Word: upholds
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...throughout her career, Marshall has shown that she has a remarkable ability to do what judges are supposed to do--uphold the law. Her record shows an unrivaled depth and breadth of experience, legal and otherwise. In a July opinion, she upheld a law refusing health benefits to domestic partners while also pointing out that the law on the books may be outdated; she wrote, "A 'family' may no longer be constituted simply of a wage-earning father, his dependent wife and the couple's children...
...subordinates would be immune from prosecution for their crimes, even after he stepped down. He then used his authority while Chile's constitution was being written to ensure that this decree could never be repealed without his consent. Since 1990, Chilean courts have consistently been forced to uphold this immunity decree; cases against Pinochet in Chilean courts have all been thrown out before going to trial...
Kovach has written on behalf of the Nieman Foundation to Zimbabwean President Mugabe, urging him to uphold the principles of free speech that he talked about during Kovach's visit to the African nation...
...hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too; I can feel the sufferings of millions; and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty will end, and that peace and tranquillity will return again ... I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them...
Organizers pledge to respect all of Harvard'srules and regulations and will uphold Greenspan'sright to free speech...