Many jurists, fallen sway to progressivism, find the Constitution they are sworn to uphold a hindrance.
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Public figures are expected to uphold a higher standard - and are open for public criticism and ridicule if they don't.
Nor did it uphold a complaint that Jeremy Clarkson had made a "racist slur" against Germany in an edition of Top Gear.
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Instead of maximising their military power, they have forsworn the use of ground troops, except to uphold a peace agreement that may never come into being.
Sotomayor was part of a three-judge panel that ruled in February 2008 to uphold a lower court decision supporting New Haven's move to throw out the results.
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The U.S. Supreme Court met on Tuesday for oral arguments to consider whether to uphold a California law that would make selling exceptionally violent videogames to children a crime.
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And tellingly, he declared that the court was obligated to uphold a law as constitutional if there were reasonable grounds to do so, even if there were alternative grounds to strike it down.
In a rare loss in his thirty-nine arguments before the Court, Roberts failed to persuade the Justices to uphold a sixty-four-million-dollar fine against the United Mine Workers, which was imposed by a Virginia court after a strike.
The Supreme Court did uphold a patent on a software-controlled rubber-curing machine in 1981, but its ruling emphasized that this was because the patent covered a physical machine that happened to have a software component, rather than claiming a software technique by itself.
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in 2006, voted with a majority to uphold the death penalty in a Kansas case.
We all know what is needed -- a transition that is timely, new laws and a constitution that uphold the rule of law, political parties and a strong civil society, and, for the first time in Libyan history, free and fair elections.
It is the duty of courts to uphold rather than invalidate a statute of Congress if they can.
The delegates said they recognised and supported the PSNI's responsibility to uphold the law in a manner that was fully accountable.
Pledging to uphold treaties and oversee a swift return to civilian rule, it ordered the rump cabinet left by Mr Mubarak to continue governing until further notice.
Cruz offered this position in opposition to an argument the government had put forth as a reason to uphold the ban.
We have a duty to uphold local and national planning policies.
Ofqual says it has a duty to uphold standards, which is correct, but it should not do this at the expense of young people's futures.
Those nations that have already secured these liberties share a responsibility to uphold the light of freedom in other countries as well as in their own.
True, she did voluntary work but this was only to be expected from a rich woman who did not have a job and had a reputation to uphold.
Issue 2, if passed, will uphold Senate Bill 5, a Republican attempt to alleviate looming budget problems by decelerating the expansion of employee compensation packages via collective bargaining reform.
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So the Supremes have the opportunity to uphold Bilski and still get a shot in at the Federal Circuit if they include language that invalidates patents like the Prometheus process.
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The SDLP's Alban Maginness has accused the DUP's Nelson McCausland of being "dangerously close" to breaking his Stormont ministerial pledge, which includes a commitment to uphold the rule of law.
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Despite receiving a recommendation to uphold the ban on co-ed contact sports (the panel voted 16-3 in favor of the ban with one person abstaining), Archbishop Chaput made up his own mind and ruled to allow for co-ed play.
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In a faith school, where staff are expected to uphold the teachings of the Roman Catholic faith, we have a duty to investigate whether standards have been breached.
Every U.S. government official swears a solemn oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.
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So yes, it was a deft move to uphold the healthcare law while avoiding the Commerce Clause quagmire.
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Such individuals can help direct you toward a reputable travel company that will do a good job and uphold its responsibilities and promises to the trip purchaser.
And in Germany, as everywhere in Europe (see Charlemagne), the challenge posed by immigration and political Islam is forcing people to think about the axioms a liberal democracy must uphold.
Justice Samuel Alito agreed with the majority that Arizona's alien-registration requirement was void, but voted to uphold SB 1070 provisions making it a crime for illegal immigrants to seek work and authorizing warrantless arrests of certain aliens.
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