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• But this is not only fueling tween and teen angst—taking someone else’s property, no matter what the item is, is also against the law.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Oct. 2024
• The court is due to hear appeals against the law in September.
  — Frederik Pleitgen, CNN, 31 July 2023
• Do’s failure to disclose his daughter’s role in the group is not against the law.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
• Jimmy wasn’t jailed because his faith was against the law.
  — William McGurn, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2023
• Reading a children’s book to children is not against the law.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2023
• Where to begin? Catch-and-release is already against the law.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
• The officer backpedaled and warned us not to BBQ or set up tents on the sidewalk because that was against the law.
  — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 29 June 2023
• The statewide tourism bureau, Visit Florida, has yet to speak out against the law.
  — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
• In the city, hunting moths gathered under streetlamps is against the law.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2024
• What’s more, trying to pass off a pet as a service animal is against the law in some states.
  — Sue Carlton Tampa Bay Times (tns), al, 18 Aug. 2023
• Killing a baby after it is born has always been homicide and against the law.
  — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
• Discharging a firearm in the city limits of Birmingham is against the law.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 31 Dec. 2021
• Plea deals should be against the law and breaking of gun laws be prosecuted.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 12 May 2024
• But the restaurant industry has spoken out against the law.
  — Cheri Mossburg and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
• But they were heartened to see so many people protesting against the law on Monday.
  — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
• Landry said the backlash against the law is unwarranted.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
• Organizers of Knox Pride Festival say the law could make parts of its event against the law.
  — Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• Feeding wildlife is against the law and punishable with a $300 fine, according to Hart.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
• What is much less clear is what happens if providers in blue states offer telemedicine abortions to women in states where that’s against the law.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• Fatou discovered that — unknown to her and against the law — her daughter had been cut.
  — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
• Texting at a light is against the law for a reason, and a police officer of all people should know not to do it.
  — Michael Boyle, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
• Abate said Beshear would likely push back against the law in one of two ways: ignore the law and appoint the replacement himself or sue against the law.
  — Austin Horn Lexington Herald-Leader (tns), al, 28 July 2023
• Another employee, the suit said, took it further and told her using the girls’ bathroom was against the law.
  — Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
• Casey, who has been vocal against the law since it was passed in 2021, lashed out at state officials Thursday via Facebook Live.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 2 Feb. 2023
• But in Boise, sleeping or camping on public property was against the law.
  — John Blackstone, CBS News, 2 June 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
• Chapek finally bowed to pressure from Disney workers and others and came out against the law.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
• Though the drug is legal for medicinal use in the Cayman Islands, transporting the drug into the islands is against the law.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• What’s more, trying to pass off a pet as a service animal is against the law in Florida and other states.
  — Sue Carlton, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
• But there’s no doubt that the job market is weak and that age discrimination, which is not against the law in China, is prevalent.
  — Li Yuan, New York Times, 28 June 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024