The provision, signed into law in October, weakens two obscure but important bulwarks of liberty.

An important bulwark against these assaults would be for theories of quantum gravity to make specific, testable, falsifiable statements that can be examined by observations.

"They consider the Bolsheviks to be the real threat and regard Adolf Hitler as an important bulwark against them."

Writing is also an important bulwark against chaos.

He received military training in the United States in 1979, when Washington viewed Indonesia as an important bulwark in another struggle, the one against Communism.

Mexico's foreign-currency reserves, an important bulwark against financial crises, now stand at a healthy $53.7 billion.

A peaceful and stable Afghanistan is an important bulwark against the resurgence of extremism in the region.

The three most important bulwarks of the future policy have been named: a common energy market, diversification of energy resources and climate change policy.

Under the EU pet passport system, this important bulwark against the spread of disease was summarily removed.

It is an important bulwark of civilian supremacy and a barrier to the erosion of basic civil liberties.