Sentence examples for the majority contends from inspiring English sources

However, the majority contends that separation of powers concerns are heightened when the president's powers are exercised in the "domestic sphere" and that Congress, not the executive, controls utilization of war powers when invoked as an instrument of domestic policy.

If Parliament fails to elect a successor for Mr. Lahoud 10 days before his terms ends, the majority contends it can elect a president 65 votes of the 128 total.

He says that is a constitutional requirement, but the majority contends that all that is needed is a simple majority; the two-thirds requirement for meeting, it says, would effectively require it to have support of two-thirds of the members to elect a president, instead of a simple majority.

Speaker Sheldon Silver and other Democrats in the Assembly majority contend that the fare increase amounts to a tax and accused Mr. Pataki of ignoring the need for fare increases during the election.

The majority, they contended, had not only bypassed "important principles of constitutional law laid down by the Supreme Court" but also violated the appeals court's established standards for issuing preliminary injunctions.

A small minority of researchers, such as paleornithologist Alan Feduccia of the University of North Carolina, oppose the majority view, contending that birds are not dinosaurs, but evolved from early reptiles like Longisquama.

The majority of studies contend that France's ageing population means immigration is necessary to assure a steady level of salarial contributions.

The majority of children contended that the source of their knowledge on oral health were parents, (68.6%) followed by dentists (43.5%) and teachers (13.5%).

However, the majority of informants also contended that the improvements had leveled off over time.

For the four conservative dissenters, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. contends that the majority has turned the decision about when to give Miranda warnings from a simple, easily applied rule into a complicated undertaking, upsetting the balance between society's and a suspect's interests.

Republican leaders strongly support the deal, arguing it will boost economic growth, but the majority of Democrats oppose it, contending it will exacerbate income inequality and undermine key regulations.