Sentence examples for untenable challenge from inspiring English sources

Calling the government's position an untenable challenge to the separation of powers, he said the administration had improperly given itself "final, unreviewable power to delay, hinder or prevent access to the courts, " which amounted to "executive fiat".

Instead, they flung a dangerously untenable challenge at the UN by declaring they would block UNSCOM's work until sanctions were lifted, and its chief, Richard Butler, whom they accuse of being America's puppet, replaced.So back the world goes to the tense February days of military ultimatums from Washington and defiance from Mr Hussein.

The increased genomic complexity of higher-order organisms makes systematic screening an often untenable challenge.

With high levels of stigma associated with HIV, openly taking life-long medication can present undesirable or even untenable social challenges, given the rarity with which chronic diseases are managed with continuous medication therapy, particularly in rural areas.

Ashley Underwood QC is arguing on behalf of Holland that E7's legal challenge is "untenable", and there is evidence that contradicts every stage of his claim that he opened fire because he believed – because of movements he saw Rodney make – that his target had picked up and was preparing to shoot a firearm.

Without knowing who, in particular, has been subjected to illegal spying, court challenges are untenable: a federal judge found the TSP unconstitutional in August 2006, but her opinion was reversed when a divided panel of three Sixth Circuit judges found no evidence that authorities had actually spied on the particular plaintiff in that case.

Breaking out of this untenable position is the urgent challenge of the century.

On the one side molecular epigenetics is certainly a welcome challenge to the biologically untenable dualism of nature and nurture (Meaney, 2001a, 2010).

There are circumstances in which Mr Blair's position could become untenable (see article), but nobody sensible thinks a formal challenge is remotely likely.

Before we can see a Kim-Trump summit, there are critical challenges that must be met to ensure the crisis does not reach untenable heights.

But for most practicing physicians and for many patients, the untenable situation of balancing what you should do with what you can do remains a daily challenge.