Word: upholds
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...close votes and the widely divergent opinions reveal a court still divided over abortion and, in these cases, over the state of the family. Justice Anthony Kennedy voted to uphold the Minnesota law, with or without the judicial bypass, reasoning that to keep parents in the dark about a daughter's abortion "is to risk, or perpetuate, estrangement or alienation from the child when she is in the greatest need of parental guidance and support." But even he conceded that at times "notifying one or both parents will not be in the minor's best interest...
...have said you would vote against the death penalty as a legislator, yet on the court you voted to uphold...
Vest is also expected to uphold MIT's role in the revitalization of America's lagging manufacturing sector. "We felt that anybody who had spent most of his adult life in the state of Michigan would understand that issue," Solow says...
...University has dragged its feet on the issue for almost 20 years, latching on to one discredited compromise after another while ignoring the pleas of such moral authorities as South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, a member of the Board of Overseers. An educational institution that claims to uphold moral principles must recognize the imperative to eschew profits derived from institutionalized racism...
...concerned, I've already answered. As for my view on the development of our federation, I'm speaking about the Baltics almost every day. We're seeking a political solution, and we're doing so precisely at this moment. As President, I took an oath of office to uphold the constitution. Certain anticonstitutional developments are taking place. They began just as we started our Congress of People's Deputies. The congress considered the situation, declared the decisions of the Lithuanian parliament illegal and instructed me as President to uphold the constitution. As I said to Senator ((George)) Mitchell ((the majority...