Examples of against the law in a Sentence
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Email subject lines need to be dead honest because a misleading one is not just poor business etiquette, but also against the law in some countries.
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Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
A number of high-profile Democrats who are immigrants themselves have spoken out against the law, expressing fear that they and others will be racially profiled if S.B. 4 is enforced.
—Patrick Svitek, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
The oil industry, through the California Independent Petroleum Association, pushed back against the law, successfully waging a petition campaign to subject the law to a voter referendum this November.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
Some have leveled criticism against the law for not including any protections for transgender people.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
In issuing the original injunction against the law — which the appeals court restored on Tuesday — a federal district judge in Austin said last month that the invasion argument failed on several counts, and dismissed the idea that Texas was somehow at war.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
That means the question of whether the depictions are actually against the law is messy, and leaves victims like Swift many confusing options.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
The appeals court found that the bookstores and others suing against the law were likely to succeed on the merits that the act violated their First Amendment rights.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024
Musk sues Twitter law firm Musk seemingly held a grudge against the law firm that helped Twitter force Musk to complete the merger.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2023
Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
A number of high-profile Democrats who are immigrants themselves have spoken out against the law, expressing fear that they and others will be racially profiled if S.B. 4 is enforced.
—Patrick Svitek, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
The oil industry, through the California Independent Petroleum Association, pushed back against the law, successfully waging a petition campaign to subject the law to a voter referendum this November.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
Some have leveled criticism against the law for not including any protections for transgender people.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
In issuing the original injunction against the law — which the appeals court restored on Tuesday — a federal district judge in Austin said last month that the invasion argument failed on several counts, and dismissed the idea that Texas was somehow at war.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
That means the question of whether the depictions are actually against the law is messy, and leaves victims like Swift many confusing options.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
The appeals court found that the bookstores and others suing against the law were likely to succeed on the merits that the act violated their First Amendment rights.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024
Musk sues Twitter law firm Musk seemingly held a grudge against the law firm that helped Twitter force Musk to complete the merger.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2023
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