Invalidate Quotes

With all due respect to the distinguished military records of Adm. Poindexter, Col. North, and the others, they have no standing in a democratic society to invalidate the decisions made by elected officials. - Harold H. Greene

While we are under the tyranny of Priests [...] it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason, in order to establish systems incompatible therewith. - Ethan Allen

We're providing some options for the city to not eliminate some of the things that are so attractive about the building, so exciting about the building. Rather than me make that decision, I'd rather give the Council that option. ... I still think an extra 10 or 12 feet does not invalidate the concerns that many of the community members had with the height. I think it's relevant enough without taking away the character or integrity of the dome. - Ed Hernando

We now have three federal appeals courts that have invalidated the federal partial birth abortion law. Most people predicted this, but it wasn't a foregone conclusion. - Carl Tobias

We have no choice but to invalidate the agreement signed in 2002. - Stephen Adams

To invalidate the Sentencing Guidelines system would also be contrary to the express sentencing policy of this state of maintaining uniformity, proportionality, and predictability in sentencing. - Alan Page

Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason; if with reason, then they establish the principles that they are laboring to dethrone: but if they argue without reason (which, in order to be consistent with themselves they must do), they are out of reach of rational conviction, nor do they deserve a rational argument. - Ethan Allen

The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment. - William J. Brennan