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The Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year.

The Court struck down a state law under which husbands but never wives might be required to pay alimony.

Without the amendment, I said, the law would be struck down by the courts as unconstitutional.

And one day, the Horse struck down the King, leaving him him in a dark place, deep inside himself.

The trouble was that this long-standing benefit had been struck down by the Supreme Court in June as discriminatory.

On that view, it was unsurprising that the Supreme Court last month struck down a law that made it a crime to sell videos of dogfights.

Having saved the Union, freed the slaves and redefined freedom, Lincoln was struck down in his hour of triumph.

When BHP asks that the pill be struck down in the weeks ahead, it is likely to win the request, say Canadian lawyers.

An honest man , strong , fearless, was struck down by a colossal power, perverted by an evil influence .

these men responsible for spreading the bad report about the land were struck down and died of a plague before the Lord .

Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued.

So many young men have been struck down in their youth in this terrible war.

The court struck down what were known as anti-miscegenation laws in the sixteen states that still had them.

Last year, the court struck down laws limiting speech about politics and making it a crime to distribute depictions of cruelty to animals.

And the great man was struck down in the day, as John F. Kennedy was.

She was struck down like that, while your God looked down from Heaven and would not take her part.

Most assume the bid was struck down on national interest, rather than on competition, grounds.

She was struck down by polio at the age of four.

Bolivia is considering pulling out of the convention if its modest proposal is struck down.

We are more likely to be struck down by the lassitude caused by trivial matters than by great challenges.

Judge Walker struck down the ban Wednesday, saying the law offers no rational basis for outlawing same-sex marriage.

In the whole land, " declares the LORD , " two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.

Many excellent intellectuals at the peak of their careers have been struck down by heart disease.

So will, can the rest of the law survive if the individual mandate which is I guess, essentially the glue of the whole thing is struck down?

The court struck down the law as unconstitutional.

They point to the democratic reforms of the Jacksonian Era, which struck down many economic prerogatives.

Around 3, 000 people were eligible for refunds after the law was struck down in 2009; a revised law soon followed.

The greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time.

It is said that he is unkillable, and those who are struck down by his hammer dont wake up again.

Two major attempts at regulation have been struck down by the courts, either in whole or in part.

In June a French government plan to sever the connections of persistent pirates was struck down by that country's Constitutional Council.

He was struck down by cancer at the age of thirty.

he then took a stone , struck down the division between two windows , and sprang in.

who were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment on their gods.

The Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.

Every firstborn male in Israel, whether man or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.

In 2008 the Supreme Court struck down Washington, DC's ban on handguns, and in 2010 Chicago's went the same way; others are bound to follow.

eg. Frank had been struck down by a massive heart attack.

It hushed the eloquent, struck down the powerful, abolished the beautiful and good.

The U. S. Supreme Court has struck down restrictions on the tests.

Courts invalidated laws against interracial marriage, struck down other barriers and even extended marriage rights to prisoners.

Oil rig workers say they are excited to get back to work after a federal judge struck down a six-month ban on deepwater drilling.

eg. The Supreme Court today struck down a law that prevents criminals from profiting from books or movies about their crimes.

California struck down its gay-marriage law in a ballot in 2008, just six months after it was passed.

On June 27, in a 7-2 decision, the U. S. Supreme Court struck down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to children.

He then took a stone, struck down the division between two windows.

When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether man or animal.

The Canadian-born businessman was released from prison last year after two of his four convictions were struck down on appeal.

which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.

But once in a while temptation takes hold and you may very well be struck down, starstruck yourselves.

In a ruling on May 15th, the state's Supreme Court struck down a ban on same-sex nuptials as discriminatory.

Instead, he is suing to have the Texas civil asset forfeiture law struck down.

He has reversed his old view that the gun ban in Washington, DC, (which the Supreme Court struck down last week) was constitutional.

In 1969, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.

Many people were struck down in that war.

To him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt His love endures forever.

Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood.

Then, in 1973, Democrats lost a vital advantage when courts struck down countywide legislative elections.

The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses.

A federal judge on Monday struck down patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer.

He was struck down By tuberculosis while in His twenties.

angels companion was struck down with fever , and died by the weeks end.

He was struck down by pneumonia while in his twenties.

Gura represented a Washington, D. C. resident who wanted the city's 32- year-old ban on handguns struck down .

So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army, all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

struck down the leader of the evil owls.

Yet these agreements, with their sweeping denials of legal rights, could easily be struck down by courts.

He also argued that all of Obamacare must be struck down.

By a 5-4 vote, the justices struck down the 28-year handgun bans in the Chicago area, which aimed to protect public security.

A mystery flu virus has struck down 61 children at a Kowloon Tong kindergarten.

Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

Struck down by Parkinson's disease later in life, Hill died from complications relating to the condition in 2008, aged 81.

Who struck down great kings, His love endures forever.

The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

He was struck down by a bus in the middle of the street.

With one blow he struck down his opponent.

Finally I was struck down by a puncture and so we ended up wheeling the bikes over the finishing line.

A child was struck down by lightning in the storm.

The state's sodomy laws, which in 1996 barred oral sex even between willing spouses, were struck down by court rulings in 1998 and 2003.

A man was struck down by lightning in the storm.

He was struck down three times on the ring.

He was struck down by a fever.

Gura represented a WashingtonDC resident who wanted the city's 32 year old ban on hinhand guns struck down.

If a majority agrees, the DC gun ban, which is the nation's strictest, will probably be struck down.

Courts have struck down not only laws that involved race as a classification, but also wealth.

He was struck down by a car.

He was struck down by cancer last year.

The LORD Almighty will lash them with a whip, as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb;

struck down to the floor, but not destroyed cause its not like this hasn't happened before

Young mother struck down with terminal cancer and told 'You've got two weeks'. . . FOUR years later, she's living life to the full

dive n. 1. (American slang) pretending to be struck down to the ground in boxing

She Was Struck Down, It Was Her Doom

He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings-

The judge who struck down Mr Robinson's sentence

Struck down, before our prime