Sentence examples for upheld laws from inspiring English sources

They have upheld laws concerning unregistered weapons.

They have upheld laws making it illegal to carry guns near schools or in post offices.

And they have upheld laws banning machine guns and sawed-off shotguns.

Menand writes that the era of Jim Crow began with states erecting obstacles to voting and subsequent Supreme Court decisions that upheld laws designed to disenfranchise African-Americans.

"In case after case over the past half century, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld laws even stricter than the Texas law," Mr. Ho said.

The court upheld laws in a growing number of states that require a denial of a recommended treatment to be reviewed by an independent doctor.

The definitions tracked language from decisions upholding laws regulating sexual content.

Like Holmes, Brandeis was committed to upholding laws passed by state legislatures and Congress in most cases.

The emotional appeal of the organisation is not that it upholds laws, but that it upholds standards.

Instead, he emphasized again the importance of upholding laws that are in place.

No Republican has endorsed Gorsuch on the grounds that he would uphold laws against gay sex.