In particular, he repeatedly confirmed the supremacy of federal law over state law, and supported an expansive reading of the enumerated powers.

He made sure the federal law was more powerful than state law and agreed with an expansive reading of the enumerated powers.

He coaxed a richly detailed and boldly expansive reading of the score from the orchestra.

With the appointments beginning in 1980 we have on the Federal bench more and more people who will not give an expansive reading of the Constitution.

Mr. Moussaoui simply made the mistake of taking the government's expansive reading of conspiracy law at face value.

Because no federal law existed, the commission used an expansive reading of the Americans With Disabilities Act to reach its decision.

Drawing on her field experience in Africa and expansive reading, she saw little difference between "modern" and "primitive" societies, and sometimes drew startling conclusions.

He doesn't give an expansive reading to antitrust laws or securities laws.

Mr. Dutoit opened the program with an expansive but generally elegant reading of the Mozart.