Even now, the legislation he is proposing to handle Guantánamo prisoners would undermine key principles of justice.

The governors say the legislation would undermine their autonomy.

Most opposition comes from the view that the proposed legislation will undermine property rights of inventors, stifle innovation and threaten American competitiveness.

The legislation would undermine environmental safeguards and raise broad new threats to endangered species and public lands.

And, finally, such legislation would undermine the chances of achieving a good nuclear arms reduction agreement.

By the late 1850's, however, increasingly restrictive legislation on the activities of blacks in the state, combined with a national financial panic, undermined Day's business.

Detractors say the legislation would undermine basic rights, insulate the military from outside scrutiny and possibly spawn new paramilitary groups.

The proposed legislation undermines the principles of the 1951 Geneva convention.

He said the legislation would undermine Social Security and Medicare.

The new legislation undermines the pluralism and freedom of the mass media and removes its political and financial independence.