The system is far from perfect, but Ms. Lithwick's embrace of nihilism contradicts law and practice, and is a dangerous reading for victims.
The only way around confusing, harsh state laws that contradict federal law, Mark Rogers said, is for Congress to legalize the substance.
Yet throughout the '80s and '90s, bishops who sought to penalize and dismiss abusive priests were daunted by a bewildering bureaucratic and canonical legal process, with contradicting laws and overlapping jurisdictions in Rome, according to church documents and interviews with bishops and canon lawyers.
The theory from the ECJ was that taking customers' gender into account contradicted laws on discrimination.
Defense attorneys argue that there is an "equal justice disparity" created by federal drug laws that contradict state laws.
The Supreme Court's 2012 ruling on SB 1070 said Arizona could partner with the federal government to enforce existing immigration laws, but could not establish its own immigration policies that contradict federal law.
The family's attorneys argue that there is an "equal justice disparity" created by federal drug laws that directly contradict state laws in Washington, where medical marijuana has been legal for well over a decade.
But, the judges wrote, the immigration service did not contradict federal law.
The governor of Colorado said he planned to talk by phone with US Attorney General Eric Holder about the measures that contradict federal law banning the use of pot.
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Monday for the AARP, finding that H.U.D.'s rules contradict federal law governing reverse mortgages, which protects surviving spouses.
Diving into a discussion of current events, Justice Scalia said the president's enforcement action called into question the majority's decision that Arizona's immigration statutes contradict federal law.
