Sentence examples for to uphold a from inspiring English sources

Here are some difficult but essential positions to uphold: –A trustee owes a duty of loyalty to the beneficiaries and must administer the trust for their best interests.

Most recently, he voted to uphold a law allowing federal regulation of home-grown medicinal marijuana.

And it declined to uphold a challenge to gay marriage in California.

This case gives the justices the chance to uphold a well-crafted tool of public financing.

"You don't deserve that," Mr. Cummings, said, adding that the committee needed to uphold "a certain level of integrity".

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

Their job is to uphold a venerable text, which empowers them to overrule any other branch of government.

On November 6th the Sixth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to uphold a state ban on gay marriage.

Like criminals' aversion to snitching, cops are expected to uphold a code of silence — and protect some particularly reprehensible behavior.

Mr. Romney also remarked on the court's decision Monday, to uphold a key provision of Arizona's controversial 2010 immigration law.

India's highest court has agreed to review its decision to uphold a colonial law which criminalises same-sex relationships.