Chief Justice John Roberts, among others, seems reluctant to open a new avenue for judges to strike down state laws.
Similarly, judicial refusals to strike down vague regulatory statutes under the delegation doctrine are sometimes predicated on an expectation that the administering agency will develop standards to particularize the statute.
She also voted to strike down a state law barring “partial-birth” abortions and to let aggressive protesters outside abortion clinics be pursued with racketeering laws designed to curb the mafia.
Armed with his blessed cleaving blade Justice, and harnessing the power to strike down his enemies with the might of God's Strength, Sven's wrath toward the unjust is a sight to behold.
But he refused to strike down the new law in its entirety or to order that it should not be implemented pending appeal.
The racists attempted to strike down the opposition of the blacks by threatening to storm the town.