Sentence examples for violate the state from inspiring English sources

It couldn't run a deficit, since that would violate the state constitution, so it cut benefits.

Ohio is an "open carry" state and its governor says he cannot violate the state law.

Two lower courts had previously ruled that the question did not violate the state constitution.

On November 6th the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that large fees for small loans violate the state constitution.

This, they said, would violate the state ethics code, which is designed to stop payment of witnesses for testimony.

Seminole County and Republican lawyers say they did not violate the state law and plan to vigorously contest the lawsuit.

The lawsuit backs the core assertion by Mayor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, that marriage definitions in the state's family code violate the State Constitution.

State officials decided to violate the State Constitution in order to comply with their understanding of the Voting Rights Act, which they contended would be satisfied with a relatively compact district that included parts of two counties and a black voting-age population of 39percentt.

But if the court rules in favor of the state attorney general, who is arguing that the pardons violate the State Constitution, most of the other pardons would be in jeopardy as well.

The sweeping gambling bill passed Wednesday night by the Legislature is likely to be tied up in court for years, with opponents, some state lawmakers and legal experts saying that it might violate the State Constitution's restrictions on gambling in several ways.

The financial partnership between the state and the owners of the New Jersey Nets and Devils to build a $355 million arena in Newark is a mix of the familiar and the novel: It cobbles together several old proposals by the teams and state officials, as well as new features that some critics say violate the State Constitution and may undermine pledges that taxpayers will not be put at risk.