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- verb Present participle of
commandeer .
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Examples
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Also: assuming my argument about commandeering is correct, it wouldn’t stop several successive congresses from gradually raising the requirements on states regarding Medicaid coverage, just like current jurisprudence doesn’t prevent Congress from doing away with “limited times” for copyright terms by retroactively extending copyright terms a little at a time forever.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drawing Lines in the Commerce Clause Debate on Health Care Reform 2010
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"We will need to take shelter there, " Secca didn't like the idea of commandeering a town, but better that in an area whose lord had rebelled than having lancers die from the cold.
The Shadow Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 2001
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"That's called commandeering the legislature," he says.
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"That's called commandeering the legislature," he says.
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"That's called commandeering the legislature," he says.
WN.com - Articles related to 2 more die of H1N1 in city, 10 test positive 2010
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That's called commandeering and it isn't constitutional.
Jihad Monitor 2010
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"That's called commandeering the legislature," he says.
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"That's called commandeering the legislature," he says.
Political Vindication Uncle Seth The Noble 2010
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"That's called commandeering the legislature," he says.
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"That's called commandeering the legislature," he says.
Below The Beltway Doug Mataconis 2010
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