Sentence examples for telling states from inspiring English sources

Third, federal officials don't wind up looking like dictators telling states how to do their jobs.

Ms. Praeger said the group was not telling states what to do.

The theory there is that the federal government has no business telling states what to do with respect to marriage.

"Shame on you!" said Erdoğan, saying the UN should be telling states to take in refugees from Turkey.

The court was also troubled by how the EPA went about rule-making: telling states how to reduce pollution without first letting them draw up their own plans.

The federal government should stop telling states how to structure their sex offender laws and dictating the collection of DNA samples.

It is also telling state banks to promote financial inclusion.

Or at least that's what South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster spent the week telling state lawmakers.

The upshot is that the EPA must tell states the exact proportion that each contributes to downwind pollution.

The administration told states they must comply with the directive by August of this year or else they face "corrective action".

India's Supreme Court has told states to "ruthlessly stamp out" the so-called honour killings.