Sentence examples for whether the statutes from inspiring English sources

"The court's job is merely to determine whether the statutes are constitutional, not if they are 'a good idea.'".

Asked whether the statutes that outline which agencies oversee livestock welfare needed clarifying, Stevenson of the Wyoming Livestock Board said she wasn't sure.

The court majority, however, accepted the logic of Division Two Presiding Justice Roger W. Boren, who wrote in April for the court of appeal: "The court's job is merely to determine whether the statutes are constitutional, not if they are 'a good idea.'".

WHETHER the obscure statute that governs America's raisin trade is constitutional, Elena Kagan is not sure.

She asked several times whether the statute would actually take the decision about what to do with an illegal immigrant away from federal authorities.

Whether the statute could be applied to anyone at the I.R.S. for singling out applications for tax-exempt status from conservative organizations is a more difficult question.

The lawsuit had been working its way through hearings to determine whether the statute of limitations had run out on each allegation.

"I think it's a matter of concern as to whether the statute applies to them or not," Mr. Brennan said.

The Supreme Court today expanded its continuing review of the Clean Air Act by agreeing to decide whether the statute requires the government to look beyond the public health benefits of reducing air pollution and consider the economic costs as well.

When asked what were some of the other antics he engaged in back in the 1980s, Mr. Rogers wondered "whether the statute of limitations had passed" and determined that no, they had not.

Its enactment was controversial in part because lawmakers did not specify what conduct could lead to someone's being detained, and because it was silent about whether the statute extended to American citizens and others arrested on United States soil.