as in violates
to fail to keep
a law that was struck down by the court for infringing upon the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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Bahari Makmur Sejati violates the Federal Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
23 Sep. 2025 -
The answer to the question of what is legal and what is not, what violates an individual’s First Amendment protections can be murky depending on specific circumstances — who said or wrote what and under what circumstances.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2025
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Ezra is a doula who can see ghosts, and Jonathan is a widower mourning his late husband, Ben, who Ezra can inexplicably both see and hear, even though that definitely breaks ghost rules.—
Audrey Goldberg Ruoff,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Democrats appeal to the rules, and hope for a backlash if an opponent breaks them.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Infringes (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringes%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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