Sentence examples for whether to overrule from inspiring English sources

The question for the justices was whether to overrule Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 decision that said "separate but equal" facilities were constitutional.

It is her duty to decide whether to overrule those who resist life-saving medical interventions – whether they are conjoined twins or Jehovah's Witnesses who need blood transfusions.

A new poll of Maryland voters, who will get to decide in November whether to overrule recently signed legislation establishing same-sex marriage in the state, shows that 54 percent favor the law, while 40 percent oppose it.

Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, was responsible for deciding whether to overrule the council's decision and approve the tower.

But Alito, Roberts and Gorsuch were skeptical of using social science as the basis to determine whether to overrule state lawmakers.

The Bush administration has not signaled whether it intends to overrule that directive.

The Florida Supreme Court should announce by Friday whether it is going to overrule Judge N. Sanders Sauls and order a recount in Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade County

When Mr Howard was asked on the BBC's "Newsnight" whether he had threatened to overrule Mr Lewis, he declined 14 times to deny that he had, even though he explicitly denied this in the Commons in 1995.

She asked Ms. French whether the state's position would require the Supreme Court to overrule its leading church-state precedent on tuition assistance, a 1973 decision known as the Nyquist case.

Now that the deal is final, we will see if these comments are just hot air, or whether there really is a "supermajority" ready in Congress to overrule the president's decision here.

He may have been willing to overrule old hands when it came to whether mining should be run by managers or miners and do it with absolute self-confidence that brooked no question.