be upheld

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That authority is more legally durable than Trump’s Ieepa action and is broadly expected to be upheld in court, depending on the details of the investigations set to be released in the coming weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

But investors don’t seem worried about the possibility that the tariffs will be upheld.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Bush, and Judge Patricia Millett, appointed by former President Barack Obama — agreed that the TRO should be upheld.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2025

As the court put it, a gun regulation that was “ ‘relatively similar’ to laws that our tradition is understood to permit” could be upheld.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2025

But madame," said the emperor, slightly twirling his moustache, "I cannot see how honour can require him madly to bury himself beneath the ruins of a throne that cannot be upheld.

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar