Sentence examples for valid exercises from inspiring English sources

That clause gives Congress the ability to implement valid exercises of its other powers.

In response, DePlume filed a motion to dismiss the case based on First Amendment grounds under California's state Anti-SLAPP statute, a law designed to dispense with meritless legal claims attempting to silence valid exercises of freedom of speech.

But the mayor said, "It is not a valid exercise in eminent domain to take from a private owner and give to another private owner".

Since the hours law failed to qualify as a health measure, it could not be maintained as a valid exercise of the police power, according to Peckham.

Punishment is a judicial function, so here the court was saying that as long as the detention was for a temporary purpose, such as deciding whether a noncitizen should stay or go, it was a valid exercise of the power.

To decide the state liability question, the court has to decide whether the law is a valid exercise of Congress's authority to enforce the 14th Amendment's equal protection guarantee.

The decision will hinge on whether the court believes the law to be a valid exercise of Congress's authority to enforce the 14th Amendment's equal protection guarantee.

By refusing to recognize an otherwise valid exercise of the right of a citizen to vote for the sake of sacred, unyielding adherence to statutory scripture, we would in effect nullify that right".

Her endorsement of the bill's constitutionality as a valid exercise of Congress's power under the Constitution's commerce clause gave a ringing, modern defense of the government's authority to enact social-welfare legislation.

In a brief defending the law, the Justice Department says the requirement for people to carry insurance or pay the penalty is "a valid exercise" of Congress's power to impose taxes.

In the face of opposition from parts of her law enforcement constituency within the Justice Department, she put the department on the side of an indicted bank robber in arguing that Miranda was a statement of constitutional law and that the 1968 statute, known as Section 3501, was not a valid exercise of Congressional authority.