Lincoln rarely raised objections in the courtroom ; but in an 1859 case, where he defended a cousin Peachy Harrison, who was accused of stabbing another to death, Lincoln angrily protested the judge's decision to exclude evidence favorable to his client.

Mies protested the decision, eventually speaking to the head of the Gestapo, who agreed to allow the school to re-open.

The Minister for the Environment was criticised for allegedly changing the law to suit one company and other agencies protested the law change as damaging to small businesses while the government defended their decision stating that the move was a positive one for Irish consumers.

While the U. S. Supreme Court majority in 1896 Plessy explicitly upheld only " separate but equal " facilities ( specifically, transportation facilities ), Justice John Marshall Harlan in his dissent protested that the decision was an expression of white supremacy ; he predicted that segregation would " stimulate aggressions … upon the admitted rights of colored citizens ," " arouse race hate " and " perpetuate a feeling of distrust between races.

Many familiar with the classic Milne books protested Disney's decision to exclude Piglet, and Disney relented.

Members of various evangelical Christian interest groups protested the decision.

This was a controversial decision, and in response, the Landless Workers ' Movement protested by invading and occupying several Monsanto farm plots used for research, training and seed-processing.

He protested against Hitler's decision and as a result lost the Führer's confidence.

After the death of the prince, janissaries and Anatolian soldiers of Mustafa protested the decision of Suleiman.

Against the second part of this decision, however, the great ecclesiastical expert Epifany Slavinetsky protested energetically, and ultimately the whole inquiry collapsed, the scrupulous tsar shrinking from the enforcement of the decrees of the synod for fear of committing mortal sin.

When this news was released, loyal fans who had enjoyed the new series protested to Channel 9, who bowed to public opinion and reversed their decision.

Following the vote, several Canadian Jewish groups protested the decision.

Fox was a member of the Cornerian flight academy, like his dad, and he protested against the poor decision of Andross's exile ; however, the Cornerian government didn't want to be bothered further, and quickly silenced Fox and anyone else who dissented.

The Hasidic community was not pleased by the prospect of a new public school because it would bring " a bad element " ( scantily clad girls ) and protested the decision.

The crown prince's tutor Shusun Tong and Zhou Chang protested strongly against Gaozu's decision to replace the crown prince.

Then-chairman Kweisi Mfume protested the decision.

He claimed that he had protested about the decision, made by Hitler, according to him, but he was " without power or authority to countermand or avoid the order ".

Jack Schwarz promoted him to Class B, a decision that he protested, noting that players with worse performance were being sent to Double A.

's Torrie Wilson and Sable, who had recently been featured in a pictorial in Playboy, against Raw's Stacy Keibler and Miss Jackie, who had protested the decision made by Hugh Hefner to not feature them.

Constance protested against this decision to the Court of Constantinople.

Around the turn of the millennium, several coaches protested the USAD's decision to publish error-ridden Resource Guides rather than provide topics for students to research.

This decision was criticized because there was no legal nor constitutional basis for it: normally, questions of judicial honesty are handled by the Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature ( CSM ), which ( politely ) protested Chirac's action.

The defense also protested the prosecution's decision to display graphic autopsy photos of the Wicklunds and Barbara Hendrickson.

When the Far East Bureau of the Comintern issued an order for anti-rightism and blamed the CCP for not being active enough in 1929, Xiang protested this decision.

Although the Chrysler Building claimed victory with its spire at 1, 046 feet, Severance protested that his building had the highest usable space.

Though the summit itself was not directly threatened, many people protested this action due to the peak's status as the state's highest point.

Paolo Sarpi, as spokesman for the Republic of Venice, protested against the papal interdict, and reasserted the principles of the Council of Constance and of the Council of Basel, denying the pope's authority in secular matters.

Calvin protested that the council did not have the legal authority to overturn Berthelier's excommunication.

Britain argued that because neither the short-lived Central American Federation ( 1821 – 39 ) nor Guatemala had ever exercised any authority in the area or even protested the British presence in the 19th century, British Honduras was clearly under British sovereignty.

Peter, Bishop of Pistoia, protested to the pope, and the cathedral chapter opposed it, but Urban's continued support allowed Dagobert to establish his authority.

Telesio was the head of the great Southern Italian movement which protested against the accepted authority of abstract reason, and sowed the seeds from which sprang the scientific methods of Tommaso Campanella and Giordano Bruno, of Francis Bacon and René Descartes, with their widely divergent results.

Following this event, France's television authority then classified Bayrou and the other UDF deputies who had voted for the motion as being in the opposition for time allocation purposes ; however, after Bayrou protested, he was classified as neither majority nor opposition.

The Tibetan government protested and its authority was restored after Lightfoot's brief stay.

Robert II's charter gave Alexander the lands of Badenoch seemingly in regality with, presumably, authority over the church lands however, bishop Bur possibly protested at this, as the details of the grant of Badenoch contained in the Register of the Great Seal has no reference to regality.

The Malays strongly protested against the treaties, as the treaties had the effect of circumscribing the spiritual and moral authority of the Malay rulers, which the Malays held high esteem over it.

) Following Bayrou's support for this measure, France's television authority classified him as a member of the parliamentary opposition for timing purposes ; however, after Bayrou protested, he was classified as a member of neither the majority nor the opposition.

Acratas, influenced by new protest movement amongst students abroad, was anarchist rather than Marxist in character, against all authority, & protested by asserting their right to have fun by ridiculing the ideas, individuals and groups they despised.

Hereford jealously guarded his authority as hereditary Constable of England, and protested vigorously when the Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester was appointed commander of the forces in South Wales.

This raised international issues regarding ICANN's unusual position as an American organization with worldwide responsibility for domain names, and ICANN protested that they had neither the ability nor the authority to remove the domain records of Spamhaus, which is a UK-based company.

: There were those who protested that the action of setting up NDRC was an end run, a grab by which a small company of scientists and engineers, acting outside established channels, got hold of the authority and money for the program of developing new weapons.

He claimed that he had protested about the decision, made by Hitler, according to him, but he was " without power or authority to countermand or avoid the order ".

The Malays strongly protested against the treaties, as the treaties had the effect of circumscribing the spiritual and moral authority of the Malay rulers, which the Malays held high esteem over it.

He protested against a perceived paganizing of the papacy, superstitious and magical uses of the sacraments, the authority of ecclesiastical tradition, and the tendency in later scholastic theology to lay greater stress, in a doctrine of justification, upon the instrumentality of the human will than on the work of Christ for man's salvation.

However, the other chiefs and warriors ( particularly the Upper Creeks ) protested this agreement, stating that the signatories did not have the authority to speak for the entire Creek Nation.

When McGee was introduced in " Sub Rosa ", Todd protested DiNozzo's apparent abuse of authority when he ordered McGee to stay on a crime scene until someone else can come to relieve him.