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24 Feb 2012, 7:06 am by Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz
These efforts were designed to secure the signing and ratification by the United States of the two current international agreements outlawing anti-personnel land mines and cluster bombs. [read post]
17 Jun 2022, 6:38 am by Tessa Shepperson
Outlawing ‘blanket bans’ by agents or landlords on renting to families with children or those in receipt of benefits For the first time, ending the use of arbitrary rent review clauses, restricting tribunals from hiking up rent and enabling tenants to be repaid rent for non-decent homes. [read post]
11 Jan 2015, 5:59 am by Xandra Kramer
Third, the attempt since 2010 to revive the Judgments Project with the aim of securing at least a robust single convention on recognition and enforcement of judgments (possibly with indirect rules of jurisdiction) and with the possibility that at least some States will agree to go further and agree some rules on some or all of the following: conflicts of jurisdiction, declining jurisdiction, outlawing exorbitant fora and some direct rules of jurisdiction. [read post]
21 Feb 2007, 9:39 am
As Justice Jackson wrote in an opinion respecting the availability of habeas corpus to aliens held in U.S. custody: “Executive imprisonment has been considered oppressive and lawless since John, at Runnymede, pledged that no free man should be imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, or exiled save by the judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 5:51 am
We start to get into Constitutional arguments here…ready for the United States Supreme Court to tackle because there is a problem with the state outlawing acting on certain religious beliefs. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
 The sample that returned the positive test result was one of 40,000 samples the department is taking on an annual basis.However, the fact that a downer dairy cow went to a rendering plant, rather than a meat-slaughter plant, has everything to do with the 2009 regulation that outlawed turning non-ambulatory disabled animals into meat meant for human consumption. [read post]
12 Aug 2019, 3:39 am by Lyle Denniston
The civil rights law at issue in his case – Title IX – outlaws discrimination “on the basis of sex” in any educational program that receives federal funds. [read post]
3 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by jonathanturley
While making these dubious claims, President Biden stressed that “I can’t dictate this stuff … I can’t outlaw a weapon. [read post]
16 May 2016, 9:33 am by bryannewland
Congress responded to those concerns by assuring Indian country that its inherent rights were not subject to a state veto (unless the state itself opted to outlaw gambling in all of its forms). [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 2:36 pm
  There are all sorts of nuances in the doctrine of nonconforming uses, but the basic concept is pretty simple -- you can't change the rules on someone in the middle of the game, so even though the law may change, it cannot immediately outlaw existing uses of property.Over time, the lobby shop was used by the hotel to rent out beach and ocean equipment, but eventually, the hotel rented out the space to the surf school. [read post]
8 Jul 2014, 6:38 am by Ken White
" Censorship advocates cite the fighting words doctrine as justification to outlaw blasphemy and "hate speech," and assert that their proposed restrictions will be used to protect the powerless. [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 9:22 am by Lyle Denniston
Although it has always been clear that the Act outlawed housing discrimination when the landlord, developer, or government agency acted with the specific intent to discriminate, a question has lingered whether the law also allowed claims of “disparate impact” — that is, claims that a given housing policy or decision had a more negative impact on race (or other protected categories) than on others seeking housing, even though there was no proof of an intent to discriminate.… [read post]
3 May 2011, 7:00 am by Adrian Dayton
Footloose (1984): Complete Prohibition In Footloose, Kevin Bacon's character moves to a small, conservative town that has outlawed dancing and rock music. [read post]
1 Sep 2017, 1:04 pm by Mark Theodore
  The ALJ noted that these “arguments, although eloquently presented, are rejected…it must be found that the [Supreme] Court” in 1951 found that outlawing secondary pressure does not violate the First Amendment. [read post]
22 Jan 2018, 4:54 pm by Lyle Denniston
That is why, for the time being at least, it is very significant when a state court interprets its own state constitution to outlaw such political favoritism, and that is exactly what the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s new decision does explicitly. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 3:27 am by Adam Wagner
The commission would be unable, however, to recalibrate other controversial rights, and in particular article 3, which outlaws inhuman and degrading treatment. [read post]
12 Feb 2014, 3:07 pm by Venkat Balasubramani
There have been several prominent examples of these types of agreements that courts have enforced, including one involving a boast “made on national television that the famous outlaw Jesse James had not been killed in 1882, as most people thought. [read post]
27 Feb 2024, 4:48 pm by David Kopel
Later, the Firearms Owners' Protection Act of 1986 outlawed the acquisition of new machine guns (manufactured after May 19, 1986) by persons other than government employees, and also treated machine gun conversion kits the same as machine guns. [read post]