Jurisdiction Quotes

It`s not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction of the sovereign.

Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance.

But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules.

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.

Of those signatures, only 397 were judged to be qualified electors. Of the 201 invalid signatures, 177 were not registered, five were illegible, two were rejected after signature comparison, one was a duplicate, one was not registered to vote on the date of signing, one had no date provided and 14 lived outside of the jurisdiction.

Minnesota will have to wait their turn, ... We`ll relinquish our jurisdiction over him upon completion of our criminal case.

It gives us jurisdiction we currently do not have. Historically, the criminal cases surrounding the large-scale manufacturing of illegal documents have been brought by the U.S. attorney.

But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction.

Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impact on our jurisdiction, and not on the nationality of the companies. This is exactly what the U.S. antitrust agencies, the Justice Department and the FTC, do.

One of the things I would point out is the USDA does have regulatory jurisdiction over the companies involved in those industries.

Sir, two of those schools aren`t even under our jurisdiction.

If it were only the federal government`s lawsuit, it would be clear that the Appeals Court loses jurisdiction, ... The existence of the state suit makes it significantly less clear. But if the Supreme Court wants both suits, there is little doubt in my mind that it could take both of them.