Word: obstruct
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...interfere,’ ‘hinder,’ ‘impede’ or ‘adversely affect.’” Congress deliberately did not use words like “impede,” “obstruct,” “hinder,” “thwart,” “inhibit,” “frustrate,” etc.; i.e., words which if used would indicate a broad and flexible prohibition on any adverse actions schools might take aimed...
...Accompanying the Rehnquist story was an item about the 2002 school-voucher decision, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. We said the court's ruling held that "a government program does not obstruct freedom of religion if aid goes directly to the student or parent, who then chooses a school." The issue involved was whether the voucher program violated the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, the guarantee that the government will not establish a religion but will maintain the separation of church and state...
Nevertheless, Galvin worried about how the University’s as-yet-unannounced plans for the land could obstruct or prevent any future efforts by state officials to add a lane or make any changes to the pike...
...University’s construction can not obstruct or complicate the activity of the turnpike or the rail yard, according to the agreement as filed at the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds...
...somewhat more significant postwar role, with a special adviser, appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to deal directly with Iraqi groups. Syria, the only Arab nation on the Council, did not vote; France and Germany decided this was a time to co-operate with the U.S. rather than obstruct. The resolution ends the long, deadly trade embargo (except for arms sales), permits the use of oil revenue for rebuilding, and provides for the return of U.N. weapons inspectors...