in violation of
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: in a way that is not allowed by (a law or rule)
The evidence was seized in violation of the law.
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The Department of Education concluded the district was out of compliance with two of the four allegations in the complaint in violation of federal law, according to the report Ellinger provided to the Statesman.
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Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2025
Wholesale disenfranchisement in violation of the 15th Amendment.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
The American Civil Liberties Union, Lawyers for Civil Rights, and nearly two dozen states immediately filed lawsuits asking several different federal courts to declare the executive order in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, citing Wong Kim Ark.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week over whether the federal law—which requires TikTok to separate from parent company ByteDance or else be banned—is in violation of the First Amendment.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2025
Wholesale disenfranchisement in violation of the 15th Amendment.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
The American Civil Liberties Union, Lawyers for Civil Rights, and nearly two dozen states immediately filed lawsuits asking several different federal courts to declare the executive order in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, citing Wong Kim Ark.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week over whether the federal law—which requires TikTok to separate from parent company ByteDance or else be banned—is in violation of the First Amendment.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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