as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional
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Recent Examples of strike down
But in 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court issued Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a sweeping decision that struck down limits on independent election spending by corporations and ushered in the era of the super PAC.
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Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Berkeley’s law, which was struck down by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, banned the installation of gas piping in new construction.
—Akielly Hu, Wired News, 29 Mar. 2025
The court previously struck down a firearm regulation from President Donald Trump’s first administration, a ban on gun accessories known as bump stocks that enable rapid fire.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
The Supreme Court struck down an emergency request by Biden to enforce the rewrite in states that defied the rewrite in August.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Berkeley’s law, which was struck down by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, banned the installation of gas piping in new construction.
—Akielly Hu, Wired News, 29 Mar. 2025
The court previously struck down a firearm regulation from President Donald Trump’s first administration, a ban on gun accessories known as bump stocks that enable rapid fire.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
The Supreme Court struck down an emergency request by Biden to enforce the rewrite in states that defied the rewrite in August.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strike down
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France belatedly abolished slavery in 1848 in its remaining colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion and French Guyana, which are still territories of France today.—
Marlene L. Daut,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Legislature eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1, making Louisiana the 17th state in a half-century to abolish parole altogether and the first in 24 years to do so.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
10 Apr. 2025
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The question is whether the Trump administration is entitled to repeal a rule that was upheld specifically by the Supreme Court and therefore subject to precedent, said Patrick Parenteau, an emeritus professor at the Vermont Law and Graduate School who has handled endangered species cases.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2025
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As President Donald Trump pushes to repeal several clean air and water regulations, the ALA has warned that this could deal a severe blow to U.S. public health.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Trump skipped three times during his last presidency (the 2020 affair was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic).—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions.—
Ashraf Khalil,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has been aggressively rolling back existing U.S. climate policy and dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development.—
Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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The governor has framed the new data highlighting California's position as the nation's principal economic powerhouse as evidence of the progress that could be jeopardized if Trump refuses to roll back his trade policies.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Get to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building and avoid windows.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Houston threw numbers behind the ball for most of the game to avoid getting hit by the deadly counterattacks and transitions KC has been known for.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2025
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The case had long been viewed by Palin and other conservatives as a possible vehicle to overturn the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court landmark New York Times v. Sullivan.—
Luc Cohen,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Still to be determined is Vessel’s plan in Glastonbury; the town rejected it, and Vessel won a Superior Court lawsuit to overturn that decision.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
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