Larry Horwitz, the president of the Economic Alliance of Michigan, a lobbying group that represents both business associations and labor groups like the A.F.L.-C.I.O., said his members objected to parity not only because of the cost, but also because they believed it would infringe on freedom of choice -- for example, by limiting what benefits labor unions can trade off at the bargaining table.
Drivers are so wedded to their cars that they will be deterred only by higher motoring costs or regulation.Critics claim that road pricing would merely displace traffic on to side roads, and that it would infringe privacy (because drivers' movements are recorded).
William C. Powers, the university's president, had openly opposed it, claiming that it would infringe on personal freedoms.
In May, they rejected a $3.2 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, saying it would infringe on Egypt's sovereignty.
Any piece of music written or published from then on would infringe her copyrights unless it were wholly unoriginal, in which case it would infringe on someone else's.
The Communications Data Bill, as it is officially known, was blocked by the Liberal Democrats last year on the grounds that it would infringe privacy.
The police themselves can't do that, of course, as it would infringe the rights of the innocent (and guilty, for that matter).
A majority of Republicans who voted against the treaty, which was modeled on the Americans With Disabilities Act, said they feared that it would infringe on American sovereignty.
Somalia's new government rejected the proposal on the grounds that it would infringe national sovereignty.
In the spa town itself, it was impossible to implement a central location for digesters as it would infringe with touristic activity there.
