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While the report recommends employee contributions to health care and changes in pension contributions, along with other cost saving actions, it does not generate enough savings to warrant its acceptance. In addition, the report includes a provision which would increase benefits for existing retirees, an action that the courts have confirmed as unlawful.

Jack Brooks

[i]t is a defense to any offense that the accused was acting pursuant to orders unless the accused knew the orders to be unlawful or a person of ordinary sense and understanding would have known the orders to be unlawful.

Marcus Valerius Martialis

If they saw something unlawful, why didn't they commit an arrest then?

Roy Warden

It is contributing to the delinquency of a minor and is unlawful for anyone to provide alcohol to anyone under 21. There are no exceptions.

Amber Dillon

Juries are being presented a real mixed bag of evidence, where on one hand the person before them bears some direct responsibility for the crime that is committed, but on the other hand they're hearing evidence that this person was operating under either unlawful orders or mixed messages about what sort of job they were supposed to be doing.

Deborah Pearlstein

We considered Mr. Scott a dangerous fugitive. He was wanted for rape and kidnapping and for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

Scott Wilson

The SCLC remains steadfast in its belief that unlawful excessive force was used to detain and subdue Mr. Williams and directly caused his untimely death.

Charles Steele Jr

We do not believe that Ms. Nardi was a victim of unlawful sexual harassment and intend to defend this lawsuit vigorously.

Rebecca Marks

The Justice Department is committed to prosecuting those who abuse a position of trust to mistreat those in custody. Such unlawful behavior undermines the tireless efforts of the vast majority of law enforcement officers throughout our nation who do a tough job with professionalism and courage.

Wan J. Kim

Because of the overwhelming evidence of official misconduct, deliberate fraud, and an attempt to suppress voter turnout by unlawful means. I felt the necessity, as do my colleagues from the Congressional Black Caucus and other members of the House of Representatives, to object to the kinds of errors against democracy ... that were permitted in the state of Florida.

Alcee Hastings

If the court were to hold the Forest Service didn't comply with NEPA and the repeal was unlawful, there would be the question if the proper remedy is to reinstate the old rule and how does that interrelate with the existing rule.

Paul Weiland

We've come to ask for the court's help because the elections were unlawful.

Somsak Kosaisuk

A determination that unlawful conduct has occurred will result in aggressive law enforcement activity by the FTC.

John Seesel

The police will take firm action as necessary. Blocking the highway or preventing companies going about their business is unlawful.

Chris Fox

There will be no direct evidence introduced by the government that Martha Stewart conspired to obstruct anything. No witness will appear in this courtroom during the trial to say 'Martha told me to do something unlawful'.

Robert Morvillo

So far, 82 persons have been arrested and detained. Their offences include arson, grievous assault on census officials and unlawful possession of firearms.

Haz Iwendi

I don't have an infinite number of agents to address the unlawful population. So the ones that would come up, priority-wise, would be the ones that pose the greater threats to our community.

Wayne Wills

My direction to you, gentlemen, as a matter of law, is that each of the orders was a lawful order. The defense contention that the orders were unlawful is wrong.

Jack Bayliss

I have been advised that my expulsion was unlawful and against the federal constitution.

Anwar Ibrahim

None of the orders given to the defendant in this case was an order to do something which was unlawful.

Jack Bayliss

It is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if these were so many rights given by nature to man.

Pope Leo Xiii

Judge Robertson's decision sets up a very real constitutional crisis. The court's decision sets up this anomaly where it finds executive branch actions unlawful, and yet decides there is nothing it can do to remedy the unlawful action.

Neil Mcgaraghan

If and when discrimination or harassment occurs, employers must act swiftly to prevent and correct the unlawful conduct -- which TWA failed to do in this case.

Katherine Bissell

When we asked them to show us a law to show it is unlawful, and they were unable to do so, we said they're legal as far as we're concerned.

Hani Durzy

He was called names and that's wrong, but it's not unlawful. It did not interfere with his person.

Peg Lautenschlager

All this is unlawful gambling.

Marvin Brown

It's quite comprehensive. Our goal is to make students and parents aware of dangerous, inappropriate or even unlawful activities on the Internet.

Tim Wyrosdick

Half the people investigated [in the report] were convicted felons. The problem is not loopholes. The only loophole is the loophole of lack of enforcement. If there are unlawful dealers, traffickers and prospective purchasers, the laws are there, go prosecute them.

Bill Powers

As long as students continue to corrupt this specialized academic network for the flagrant theft of music, we will continue to make it clear that there are consequences for these unlawful actions.

Cary Sherman

The United States decided to defy the WTO system by introducing a form of sanctions which has no WTO authorization whatsoever. What the United States has done is therefore unacceptable and unlawful.

Sir Leon Brittan

Obviously we're a little disappointed but satisfied that we did prove he was there for an unlawful purpose and did try to tamper with evidence.

Laura Wood

Most of the charges are for things like possession of stolen property, theft over and under $5,000, unlawful use of credit cards, and possession of counterfeit money.

Jeff Wuite

Avoid large crowds, keep moving, know that law enforcement can declare unlawful assembly any time. If that happens, you need to get out.

Dennis Martell

Not in accordance with the constitution and ... therefore unlawful.

Kamisese Mara

But they do have the power to enforce federal criminal laws. So if you make unlawful presence a crime, they'll be able to enforce civil immigration law. They could charge immigrants or just transfer them to DHS, who could deport them.

Timothy Edgar

The Arab Bank is a major international bank with branches in Switzerland, Italy, and the U.S., and 6,000 employees. A major international bank all over the world with 6,000 employees, it has the capability of laundering money and trying to conceal the unlawful nature of banking services.

Mark Werbner

We think that this election was absolutely unfair, absolutely unlawful, and it's an obvious sign that our country is turning from an authoritarian regime into a totalitarian one.

Zharmakhan Tuyakbai