Example Sentences

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Board, the court had invalidated legislation in order to demand that states desegregate.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2023

“If the Montana Supreme Court had invalidated this program because it included historically African American schools or all-girl schools, that would be a straightforward equal-protection violation,” Wall said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2020

But still Ms. Cabán refused to concede, her campaign filing a lawsuit to challenge dozens of ballots that the Board of Elections had invalidated for technical reasons.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2019

In 1976, for example, he cast a fifth vote to permit states to reauthorize the death penalty just four years after the court had invalidated it.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2019

"That was my public name," Rose added hastily, as if she had invalidated her claim.

From Rose MacLeod by Brown, Alice