It makes sense, really, when you consider that the scope of the law is quite breathtaking.
Yet in three of the cases the court's decisions once again expanded the scope of the law, and may create more rather than less confusion.
If Americans want to restrict the scope of harassment law any time soon, it will probably be Congress, rather than the Supreme Court, which will have to do it.
But this law was very narrowly drawn by a Congress fearful of government restrictions on the media, and it seems that Mr Libby's actions are not crimes under the limited scope of the law.
In a press briefing, Assistant Attorney General Steven Bradbury said the Justice Department believes the monitoring can be done legally outside the normal scope of the FISA law.
In this manner, IPAB acts as a political foot in the door offering federal officials a chance to expand powers beyond the scope of the original law as pressures to contain the exploding costs of ACA mount.
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Alan Miller, professor of human-rights law at Strathclyde University, says that any body with public functions local councils, quangos like employment-law tribunals, and even privatised utilities will come under the scope of the human-rights law.
As a result, the scope of the common-law system of judicial review has been significantly broadened.
But while the Justice Department is putting limitations on the scope of the probe, law enforcement sources tell CNN the investigation will pursue any significant new leads.
Furthermore, since attorneys are representative of their clients, it is permissible to practice law within the scope of permissible, just, and legitimate cases that are filed to demand a right or alleviate a grievance.
That means they are outside the scope of the dictatorship's amnesty law, which covers offences committed up to 1978.
In a ruling issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard said this was no longer the case, citing case law that had narrowed the scope of the Privacy Act over the ensuing three decades and no longer supported such a broad injunction.
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The task force began its work with a meeting of the full membership to develop a common understanding of the law, project goals, scope, roles and responsibilities, resource requirements, strategy, timeline, and deliverables.
Because the perpetrators are clever to not misrepresent these products, because the products are so complex they are beyond the ability of regulators and law enforcement to figure out, and because most of these products are outside the scope of regulation by any agency, they may never be convicted.
The exact scope of the reform will be clearer in March 2013 when the draft law is presented, he added.
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Even an anti-smoking law, banning smoking in bars and restaurants, seems to be beyond the scope of coalition agreement.
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He has acted to limit the scope of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and backed incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into British law.
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