Sentence examples for uphold state from inspiring English sources

Physicians have a responsibility to their patients' welfare and to uphold state and federal laws governing their practice.

The federal district judge, however, did properly uphold state limits on campaign donations for individuals, political committees and political parties.

Alesina and Spolaore (2003) call this the "costs of the scale of the state," while Zhou (2011) argues that it is due to the design of China's state system to uphold state authority at the cost of the effectiveness of governance.

Federal courts are finding that there are no legitimate legal grounds to uphold state bans on same-sex marriage.

"We will continue to work with local, state and federal authorities to uphold state laws intended to ensure wise stewardship of taxpayer dollars".

He didn't stress that he's also a theocrat and secessionist who thinks it would be great if local officials refused to uphold state laws.

But other courts have since upheld state bans.

It was only when the Sixth Circuit upheld state bans in Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio that the Supreme Court took the case.

Until a decade ago, the Supreme Court upheld state laws making "private sexual conduct" between people of the same sex a crime.

In an opinion in 2000 upholding state limits on campaign spending in Missouri, the justices split 6 to 3.

Judge Wilkinson may have a clearer judicial record on the abortion issue, upholding state restrictions in some cases.