Sentences with phrase «of ridiculous laws»

There are an amazing number of ridiculous laws on the books already.

We have to know if Henry is going to make it, how Walt comes out of this ridiculous law suit,... and who is the father of Vic» s baby??!

All this new Act will do is increase the number of ridiculous law suits that flood the courts by people looking to make a quick buck, and screw over hard working individuals trying to keep food in their families mouths.

Not exact matches

The atheists are fighting a campaign against Fundamentalist Christians who are trying to run for President of the United States and change our laws to suit their ridiculous biblical ideas.

The notion of a religious «think tank» is ridiculous, unless a person wanted to violate the law to promote religion and needed help in thinking of ways to distort the truth in self - serving ways.

@KatMat: your analogy would begin approaching realism if: — during the pledge of allegiance kids were forced to say «one nation under The Orioles» — our nation's currency said «In Dallas Cowboys We Trust» — if millions were slaughtered, tortured and burned to death because they weren't fans of The Pittsburgh Penguins — if NASCAR fans endlessly attempted to have Intelligent Car Driving taught beside Evolution in science class as a possible explanation for how mankind developed — if «the 5 D's» of Dodgeball (Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge) were constantly attempted to be made into law so everyone would live by the same ridiculous notions, even if those notions knowingly discriminate — if nutters constantly claimed America was founded on the principles of Darts, even though our country SPECIFICALLY calls for a separation between Darts and State because the founders knew the inherent dangers of Darts becoming government instead of staying in the realm of sport where it belongs

Gender ideology seemed a ridiculous and improbable threat when I first considered its claims of male brains trapped in female bodies, but its rapid ascendancy in law and public opinion has made the term «transgender» a household word.

These religious types did not make the best of laws and even Jesus blasted them for the ridiculous burdens their own laws placed on people.

I wouldn't care about the ridiculous beliefs of either the Mormons or the mainstream Christians except that both camps use money and politics to make laws that I must obey even though these laws are based on your religious principles.

No one would care less what god someone prays to (if any) EXCEPT that those who call themselves religious often have grander schemes of pushing their beliefs on the rest of us through ridiculous laws and blatant misuse of public money.

Actual religious beliefs and supposed truths are ridiculous as they rely on no evidence and a suspension of physical laws that govern the universe.

BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented, «This completely ridiculous ruling represents a further encroachment on free speech in our society, tantamount to a reintroduction of blasphemy laws by the back door.

The state's attorney general has proposed a package of bills aimed at improving to what he said are «arcane» and «ridiculous» voting laws that bar many potential New York voters from casting ballots.

Too bad our elected officials did not seek the advice of the professionals before drafting this ridiculous new law.

Unsurprisingly in their endorsement, The Villager wrote in rave fashion that Johnson has a «better grasp» of the details of development issues in District 3 — which is a ridiculous statement not only because he is rumored to have just a high school diploma — but because his opponent, Yetta Kurland, is extremely intelligent and more knowledgable on development issues especially when taking into account her experience in the community combined with her education: she has a Bachelors, a Masters, and a law degree.

And while I'm all for having the law come down on the punchers like a ton of bricks, Tedisco's bill is ridiculous... as usual.

Just yesterday, Cuomo was at Tryon talking about the «ridiculous» waste of keeping an empty facility open because state law requires a long lead time prior to closing it down (largely to protect union jobs).

It's ridiculous that an Order made to stop a forced marriage isn't enforced with the full rigour of the criminal law.

«I think some of the disclosure laws are ridiculous.

But after attending every day of the recent John Edwards political corruption trial, I got an eye - opening crash course in how ridiculous, complicated and full of loopholes our elections laws are.

The film, in which a geophysicist played by Aaron Eckhart tries to save Earth after its core stops spinning, has «blatant misrepresentations of physical laws... ridiculous feats of engineering, and pure fabrication of scientific «facts,»» according to the site.

Particularly in the face of such a ridiculous law as prohibition.

Pretty much every episode has absolutely ridiculous things happening first, the way Hood becomes Sheriff; then the ability of the dragqueen character to do whatever he wants with his laptop, including opening blast doors in a museum; Hood's asinine interpretation of laws, like punching criminals in front of other cops and letting prisoners go; Hood deciding to and succeeding in beating up a biker gang by himself, etc..

The murderer may not be obvious because the script breaks every law of probability, and «ridiculous» is too mild a word to apply to the deaths.

In states like Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) have forced ridiculous rules onto clinics, doctors and patients to ultimately diminish the total number of abortion procedures.

This ethical quandary sits at the center of Fracture, a convoluted courtroom drama which unfortunately relies on ridiculous interpretations of the law which fly in the face of fundamental notion about jurisprudence.

Certain state legislatures got around the provisions with Jim Crow laws, allowing jurisdictions to refuse voter registration to black citizens for a myriad of ridiculous reasons — without any «official» discrimination, of course.

He learns he has the ability to defy nearly every physical law known to man in such ridiculous ways that it's hard to not just stop, smile and think fondly of The Matrix.

These are men meant to uphold the law — no matter how ridiculous it may be — who have decided to turn a blind eye to the big business of bootlegging as long as they're getting their cut.

When one of the society ladies states she could forgive Anna for breaking the law, but not for breaking the rules, we fully comprehend what a ridiculous state those in high society exist.

No, the problem is who is getting laid off; we are losing some of the best and the brightest, including teachers - of - the - year due to ridiculous seniority laws.

Peters has only achieved a ridiculous «postponement» of the evaluation law.

U turns, invasions of privacy, hard Brexit, ridiculous speeding laws and upcoming tax hikes.

Our first session behind the wheel came, not at the track, but on the road to Road America, a wide Interstate nearly devoid of traffic, except for a couple trucks and a few citizen sedans all cowed into submission by what was no doubt draconian enforcement of the ridiculous speed laws in this state (55 mph???).

We also meant it and, despite how ridiculous this gentleman's agreement may appear to be, we share this story with family and friends, with full knowledge that our handshake would never stand up in a court of law, if it came to that.

The California ferret owners have kept their beloved pets out of sight for long enough, they feel, and are now getting organized to take a stand against what they view as a ridiculous law.

While the whole mess is completely ridiculous, as Noriega is a convicted war criminal and murderer who's reputation could not possibly be any worse, the people at Activision still have to defend themselves and thus have motioned for the lawsuit to be dismissed in a California court of law.

It's one thing to design a ridiculous vomit comet that betrays the laws of gravity and physics, it's another thing entirely to witness your horrible creation from the view of those digital avatars forced to endure it.

Placing your trust in individuals who are not law abiding and following the orders of a government who keeps themselves far away from a vigilante agent surely foreshadows, to me, a terrible demise or a ridiculous hero ending.

I'll wait, and you tell me the name of the law of physics even governing all your ridiculous claims, and we'll see if you're as stupid as I'm telling everyone here, you are.

These people take structure very seriously, and they are very unhappy with the structure of the U.S.C. Barring the even more ridiculous case of Congress repealing everything and passing the exact same laws again, just under different Titles / Chapters / etc, would it be possible for Congress to arbitrarily merge, combine, and delete Titles, and to rearrange the location of laws, definitions, etc?

In regards to the «ridiculous» comment, I was referring to the fact that the odds of Congress agreeing to repeal and re-pass literally every law currently in the books probably hovers around zero; It would be very difficult to convince me that the following scenario wouldn't occur: a partisan law gets repealed in preparation for re-codification, only to be rejected by the opposing party when it comes time to re-pass it.

If people are expected to know and comply with the ridiculous proliferation of laws and regulations, they ought to be able to find them, at a minimum.

Before I begin writing out my opinions and thoughts on one of the ridiculous decisions made on December 14th, 2017, I want you to know that if your law firm website is in the hands of a competent digital marketing agency, you will be fine.

This would seem ridiculous (although the law may see it differently), as I could potentially change (in actual meaning, rather than just rewriting the same logic but with different terms) every line of code and it would cease to have anything to do with the original author.

«Law Student Sues to Enforce Lawyer's $ 1 Million TV Challenge Main A Double Helping of Ridiculous Lawsuits»

The attorneys at the Law Office of John J. Leunig can help you to expose ridiculous reasoning such as this by appealing your denial to a district court judge.

Assumed jurisdiction: The most ridiculous aspect of Canadian human rights laws is that the tribunals often assume their jurisdiction to hear quasi-discriminatory matters before a hearing to determine whether that jurisdiction even exists.

In the case of Class 21, we see a fortunate suspension (albeit temporary, because the exemption is only good for 3 years at a time) of what is IMHO a simply ridiculous law.

The ridiculous pseudo-scientific detail of the Bluebook, the law review citation manual, is emblematic for him of problems with American law.