Word: overturned
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...West Banker suspected of engaging in resistance activities, even throwing a stone at an Israeli vehicle, is liable to have his home destroyed; some 1,500 houses have been so razed. In some instances, Palestinians have appealed to the Israeli supreme court for redress, but the court refuses to overturn rulings on issues involving military security...
...hurriedly arranged session. The Justices had been asked, at the very last hour, to decide whether to allow the execution later that night of Frank J. Coppola, 38, a convicted murderer who wished to die. After discussing the case, Chief Justice Warren Burger and four others voted to overturn a stay that had been issued by an appeals judge earlier in the day. About 45 minutes later, that news reached Coppola at Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond. At 11:18 p.m., the prisoner walked 30 paces and, with outward calm, sat down in an oak electric chair built by inmates...
...move was promptly attacked by a coalition of outraged insurance companies and various consumer groups, which petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to overturn the action taken by Peck and the NHTSA. The coalition told the court that passive restraints could save some 9,000 lives a year on the nation's roads and highways...
...NHTSA has until Oct. 1 to say whether automakers will be able to meet the September 1983 deadline. Meanwhile the agency is free to issue a new set of auto-safety standards, subject to court review. The other choices open to overturn the appeals-court ruling are to seek congressional legislation that would repeal the regulation and, more likely, to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court...
...serious trouble. By March of 1979 ERA opponents had succeeded in getting five states-Tennessee, Kentucky, Idaho, Nebraska and South Dakota-to overturn their ratification votes. In December of 1981, in a long-awaited decision, U.S. District Court Judge Marion J. Callister ruled that states have the right to rescind passage of constitutional amendments. Moreover, he declared, Congress had violated the Constitution by granting the three-year extension of the deadline. Angry ERA supporters immediately appealed Callister's decision. They also launched a vigorous ERA Countdown campaign aimed at getting Oklahoma, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois and Florida to pass...