Sentence examples for there upheld from inspiring English sources

In October an appeals court there upheld a lower-court decision that Argentina had violated the pari passu (equal treatment) clause in its original bonds, by servicing its restructured debts but not its liability to the hold-outs.

His most notable advisory opinion – that no local government in the Territory of Orleans had the power to tax federal property there – was upheld in the Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland.

If Hollywood's knights of raucous mise-en-scene – Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Roland Emmerich, etc – are there to uphold the gleaming castle of entertainment, I like to think there's a shadowy league ranged against them, beyond the mountains of the Old World.

"When we drill now we know there are going to be protesters and we will need police in there to uphold our rights," he said.

Our drug laws are purportedly there to protect individuals and society from harm – they are not meant to be there to uphold any specific moral values and punish deviance from them.

She was also there to uphold the Constitution, she said.

The police clearly believe they are above the law they are there to uphold.

"The Home Secretary is there to uphold the law; to put justice before popularity.

"I think the votes are there to uphold a presidential veto, if it comes to that," Mr. Bingaman said.

One of the great blessings of the United States is that the courts are there to uphold and enforce the rights of individuals, even when that is politically unpopular.

"Anyone who is there to uphold the law cannot act like they're above the law," said Emanuel at a press conference ahead of the video's release.