He said he would refuse to enforce any federal mandate he felt violated constitutional rights.
France's prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, said that he would refuse to back down but gave ground in a separate dispute with striking teachers.
Nine days later the judge threw out the shareholders' lawsuit, dismissing it with prejudice, meaning that he would refuse to consider an amended filing.
Now, I was pleased to see that yesterday, Republican Senator George Voinovich of Ohio said he would refuse to support this blockade any longer.
President Obama said that people had voted for action but he would refuse to accept any approach that wasn't balanced and made the middle class suffer alone.
In the event, the Court never considered the petition because Weinstein told Netanyahu that due to his own "ethical" misgivings, he would refuse to defend Galant's appointment.
Yoav Galant as IDF chief of staff, and after the government approved his appointment, Weinstein informed Netanyahu that he would refuse to defend Galant's appointment before the High Court.
He reserves the right to refuse to sell an item if he doesn't think it would look good on the intended wearer.
Expert witnesses and police officers may be able to withstand the pressure of their performance being broadcast, he said, but "fearful or intimidated witnesses would refuse to attend court, which could impact seriously if not terminally on the successful prosecution of a case".
Ferguson would also refuse to speak to reporters if he didn't like what they said.
Romney has said he'd simply refuse to negotiate with the Taliban and instead would pursue and target each of its members across the world.
And he originally did not seek to invest equity in part thinking that banks would refuse the money for fear of looking weak.
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"The day before I was due to travel to Calcutta we were informed that the Calcutta police would refuse to allow me to enter the city, " he said in a statement.
In a statement at the start of parliamentary business, Mr Bercow said he had been advised "there were no lawful grounds on which it would be proper to refuse its execution".
However he added that if South Africa was chosen for a permanent seat on the council it would not refuse.
Sometimes, he said, he would ask for a driver to take him directly back home to avoid the embarrassment of having to refuse such favours.
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