This shifting of the burden of proof on the central issue of intent to violate the law is no hyper-technical thing.
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Her attorney, Sarah Moshe, said those who have grown up in the United States after entering illegally did so without intent to violate the law.
Under the law, a woman who undergoes an abortion in which a fetal heartbeat has been detected may not be prosecuted for violating the law or conspiracy to violate the law.
Indeed, Swartz had announced his intent to violate the law as a demonstration against laws limiting access to information and he apparently knew that what he was doing was against the law.
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He scowled as prosecutor Brenda Morris told the jury he made the choice to repeatedly violate the law.
In any case, Perry can be commended for daring to violate the first law of politics: whatever you do, do not question entitlements.
Battlefield robots would be required to violate the first law.
"The defendant doesn't think the law applies to him, and the court has no reason to believe he will not violate the law again when it suits him, " she said.
One interesting question buried in the 88-page report is whether, if this framework is established, people should have the right to pursue class-action lawsuits against companies that violate the law, or if enforcement should be limited to action by the FTC.
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Though legal questions remain, such as the validity of trials in absentia, American officials would be wise to heed the Italian court's message that those who violate the law will be called to answer.
California's employee-privacy protections would place firms in the "untenable position of having to violate either state law or their Finra obligations, " the group wrote in a letter to Mr. Brown.
People need to understand that when they violate the law there are consequences.
If the Shell Oil hoax is determined by a court to violate a law (such as trademark infringement), Greenpeace and the Yes Men should man up, accept the verdict and pay the appropriate penalty.
Some privacy groups have filed a complaint against Facebook to America's Federal Trade Commission, arguing that the recent changes to its privacy policies and settings violate federal law.
Helping another nation to violate international law is itself a violation of the law.
The law requires the SEC to bring enforcement actions seeking penalties against individuals who violate the securities laws within five years.
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Not surprisingly, this argument concludes by warning against the slippery slope: if you outlaw sharia because it includes some dirty water around the globe, you will have effectively outlawed all such religious and private adjudicative bodies unless you are going to discriminate against the law of Muslims, which would violate the First Amendment and the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution.
Watkins, 367 U.S. 488 (1961) which held that such a law violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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But so far it has declined to say whether enforcing the court's order would violate its commitments under international law.
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner has claimed that paying 100% to these holdouts would violate Argentine law, which states that no holders of the defaulted bonds can be offered better terms than those accepted by 93% of investors in 2005 and 2010.
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They are irrelevant as to the issues under discussion, they violate basic and well established principles of law, they are arbitrary, capricious, biased and discriminatory and give rise to both civil and criminal liability, not only against the IOC as a sporting governing body, but also against certain individuals of the Movement.
Three courts have ruled the practice is legal, while another said it could violate the DMCA. In January Sony used that law and others to sue George Hotz, one of Allegra's fellow iPhone hackers, for reverse engineering the PlayStation 3.
Albany attorney Tom West is arguing the appeals on behalf of industry and has said he's confident the Appellate Division, or if necessary the highest court, the Court of Appeals, will agree that local bans violate a 1981 state law that says the state's authority to regulate the oil and gas industry supersedes the authority of localities.
Did it violate a federal law that requires that electors be selected according to rules set before the voting takes place?
An attempt therefore, to re-open the case and direct allegations against Ms Thanou for an offence which has already been settled, with the official approval of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, would violate many rights afforded to Ms Thanou and which they could be dealt with by the appropriate Courts of Law.
If they violate the law of chastity and the moral standards of the church, then they are subject to the discipline of the church.
Citing an exception to U.S. law which favors honoring the bankruptcy proceedings of other nations, Judge Hale said it would violate public policy to allow Vitro to walk away from the guarantees backing its debt.
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