strike down
- v declare null and void; make ineffective
- v cause to die, especially suddenly
- v cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
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- Langevin: 'Decision to strike down DOMA will go down in history' with other civil-rights cases
Langevin: 'Decision to strike down DOMA will go down in history' with other civil-rights cases
June 26, 2013 - The Providence Journal - House defense of DOMA gave court grounds to strike it down
When House Speaker John Boehner, supported by former Sacto Rep. Dan Lungren, decided to defend DOMA when President Obama and AG Holder refused, little did they know that they would provide the justification for the Supreme Court to strike down the law on sweeping equal protection and due process grounds, setting the stage for marriage Read More
June 26, 2013 - seattlepi.com - Supreme Court strikes down heart of Voting Rights Act: ‘Our country has changed’
President Barack Obama and his attorney general said they were "deeply disappointed" by the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a key part of the Voting Rights Act, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement that helped dismantle decades of discriminatory voting restrictions in the South when it passed 60 years ago. The vote was [...]
June 25, 2013 - Yahoo! News