Noun The decision overturns the Supreme Court's earlier ruling. She disputed the referee's ruling. Adjective members of the ruling class the ruling opinion on premarital sex
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Multiple outlets reported Friday the star running back is awaiting a ruling from the NCAA. Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2022 What happened between the two decisions was a groundbreaking ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that did not just say limits against the carrying of firearms in states such as New York and California are unconstitutional. Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 As early as November 2020, the ruling said, Griffin attended Stop the Steal rallies in his home state, some of them with a militia group known as the New Mexico Civil Guard. Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 The real prize is a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court neutering the Antiquities Act, the 1906 law presidents have been using since Theodore Roosevelt to designate monuments, often spanning hundreds of thousands of acres. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 The previous ruling by the NLRB had said Walmart's justification for restricting union insignia on the selling floor to enhance the customer shopping experience and prevent theft or vandalism was legitimate. Reuters, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022 The ruling, from Janet DiFiore, the chief judge of the State Court of Appeals, clears the way for oral arguments next year before the entire court, a court spokesman said. Adam Reiss, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2022 According to the Times, that ruling said the companies had continued to dispense large amounts of prescription painkillers despite signs they were being abused. Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022 Friday's ruling from U.S. District Judge Brian Morris requires government officials to conduct a new environmental review prior to resuming coal sales from federal lands. Landon Mion, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2022
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As President Cyril Ramaphosa campaigns for re-election at the ruling African National Congress’s conference in December, even the party’s traditional allies have seized on the cost of fuel as a failure of political leadership.New York Times, 2 July 2022 Runaway inflation in the 1930s and 1940s helped undermine the ruling Nationalist government and open the door to the Communist Party’s takeover. Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 8 May 2022 Signs of a rift in the ruling PDP-Laban party began in March when the former boxer criticized Duterte's stance on a maritime dispute with China and accused government agencies of corruption. Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson And Jinky Jorgio, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021 Support for the ruling Liberal Party — the main conservative party in Australia — has been slowly declining among women for years, even before the assault allegations emerged, said Sarah Cameron, a lecturer in politics at the University of Sydney.Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021 For sure, most were looked down on as unworthy minorities for much of American history by the ruling Anglo-Saxon Protestants.WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020 Just as the purveyors of apartheid did, the ruling African Nation Congress seems to often prioritize self-aggrandizement and neglect social development. Norma Young, Quartz Africa, 23 Sep. 2020 It was released in several European countries in 1969 — the year it was nominated — but was banned under the ruling military junta in Greece and would not screen there until after the junta fell in 1974. Sara Aridi, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020 She was awarded the prize in 1991, for leading the opposition to the ruling military junta and calling for a nonviolent transition to a democratic society.BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2019 See More