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Example sentences for: assertion

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As we explained in our June 22 letter, the Counsel failed to supply any evidence from the statutory language, legislative history, or case law to support the assertion that Congress intended the phrase "existing law" to exclude the Constitution, the highest law of the land.
Only days later, in the Nov. 24 Weekly Standard , he repeated the assertion phrased for maximum emphasis:
Self assertion reigned again: After years of peace, hostilities broke out between the Hindus and the Muslims.
Most shocking of all is the Enquirer 's assertion that Hamilton did not sign a prenuptial agreement.
We merely note that a) the article does present evidence, not just the naked assertion quoted here; b) the piece also has many positive things to say, not just about Skip Gates and his scholarship in general but specifically about his mass-production technique; c) in context, the complaint is about general academic practice, with Gates as a prime example, as much as it is a specific criticism of Gates himself.