Sentences with phrase «state prerogatives»
"State prerogatives" refers to the rights and powers held by a particular state or government. It includes their authority to make decisions and take actions on behalf of the people living within that state. Full definition
While adopting a more accommodating approach to the First Amendment than its predecessor, the Rehnquist Court has also shown a strong sympathy for state prerogatives on matters of federalism.
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In the fall of 2001, Congress, in the No Child Left Behind Act, reaffirmed the basic structure of the state reforms, while simultaneously reducing state prerogatives, particularly...
Although in principle they should be eager to defend state prerogatives, governors do not live in principle.
He said EPA and the corps adequately justify their position «in discussing the need to account for state prerogatives.»
Asked about the 19th Amendment that gave the vote to women in 1920, he called its passage an «encroachment» on what should have been a state prerogative.