Sentence examples for text of statutes from inspiring English sources

Scalia ultimately developed into a jurist who does not show literal fealty to what the Church says — he rejects the Pope's teachings against the death penalty, for instance — but he certainly pays close attention to the text of statutes and the Constitution.

Scalia ultimately developed into a jurist who does not show literal fealty to what the Church says—he rejects the Pope's teachings against the death penalty, for instance but he certainly pays close attention to the text of statutes and the Constitution.

She added that, beyond the text of the statute, she had to judge whether Trump's executive order was in violation of the Constitution.

Having said all of that, and acknowledging that the court's alternative ruling had stretched the text of the statute, Chief Justice Roberts said the court should avoid deciding hard constitutional questions when it could.

As is well known, the plaintiffs argued that four words in the text of the statute mean that individuals who buy insurance in the federal exchange — that is, people in thirty-four stares — are not eligible for federal subsidies.

Mr. Higgins's argument was based on the text of the statute, under which the owner of a famous trademark can obtain an injunction against the use of a similar name that "causes dilution of the distinctive quality of the mark".

"A more limited interpretation of the term 'official act' leaves ample room for prosecuting corruption, while comporting with the text of the statute and the precedent of this court".

A lawyer for the cities, Thomas C. Goldstein, responded that there are times when courts should draw distinctions between an agency's general authority to interpret a law and its specific authority to interpret a particular provision of the law based on the text of the statute.

"Even though I agree with Justice Breyer's view that the literal text of a statute is not always a sufficient basis for determining the actual intent of Congress," he said, "in these cases I believe it does produce the correct answer".

The problem faced by the counties JUSTICE SCALIA -- So there is, I mean, the court says that there's a requirement of a manual recount, but I don't see anything in the text of the statute that requires a manual recount.

With regard to the first issue, the court held that, under the plain text of the statute, a discrepancy between a sample manual recount and machine returns due to the way in which a ballot was punched or marked did constitute an "error in vote tabulation" sufficient to trigger the statutory provisions for a full manual recount.