But if members of the new Congress are secure in their convictions and willing to pay attention to their opponents, they just might get some business done.
On his appointment to the post, some hilarity ensued as colleagues and journalists recalled an earlier admission that he had a conviction over his refusal to pay the widely-despised Skye bridge toll in the mid-1990s.
People who affirm the use of birth control (including out of religious conviction) should not have to pay the extra medical and societal expenses incurred when women are excluded from good access to birth control by religious authorities opposed to it.
After Reggiani's conviction, the courts ordered her to pay Onorato compensation of the equivalent of roughly £142,000.
In the legal aftermath of an F.B.I. operation called Wooden Nickel, in 2006, Meyers's life began to unravel, culminating in his arrest, conviction, and imprisonment for failing to pay child support in Michigan.
In his capacity as deficit hawk, Daniels waxes eloquent on his conviction that if Americans have to pay more of their medical bills, they'll make smart choices about whether that nagging headache really requires the expense of a CAT scan.
After a four-week trial in April where one of Mr. Josephberg's grown children testified for the prosecution, a jury convicted him on all 17 charges in an indictment, including the first criminal conviction ever for willfully refusing to pay the so-called nanny tax, the requirement that people with servants withhold federal taxes.
If not, you can admire the performance of Ms. Sun (above right), who arrives late in a screamingly loud costume with four arms and delivers her admonishments with so much comic energy and conviction that she forces you to pay attention.
Turner's father had an equally outrageous statement, saying his son's conviction is "a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life".
Aggressive imposition of LFOs on individuals due to their conviction for minor offenses, inability to pay child support due to disability or unemployment--or even because their children have been in trouble--can make it impossible to hold on to even the lowest rung of the economic ladder.
