"The prosecution of journalists for reporting information that does not coincide with the government of Egypt's narrative flouts the most basic standards of media freedom and represents a blow to democratic progress in Egypt," said Barack Obama's press spokesman, Josh Earnest.
In a dissenting opinion, an incandescent Justice Clarence Thomas protested that the majority ruling "openly flouts our well-established duty to respect the executive's judgment in matters of military operations and foreign affairs".In their original form, the military commissions did not even provide for a presumption of innocence or guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
Aereophobes see Mr Kanojia's firm as a pesky parasite that flouts copyright law and profits from distributing content that it does not pay for.
The case was brought by the German taxi industry, which argues that the service poses safety risks and flouts the country's passenger-transport laws.By itself, the ban of Uber would be no big deal.
But in Somalia this pact is rather stronger: an individual who flouts the system risks jeopardising trust in both himself and his clan.Having survived against great odds, the shilling now faces a serious challenge in the form of dollars transferred by mobile phone.
But it also stipulates that improper behaviour that flouts local customs may lead to fines, prosecution or deportation.
A Philip Johnson skyscraper, completed in 1987, flouts modernism by adopting a historical throwback in the form of a green gabled roof.
He is particularly protective about the rights of the Länder for instance, to subsidise their local banks and ailing industries, even if that flouts European competition rules.
Chuck Griffith, a machinist, growled disagreement: a president who flouts Congress is "a dictator .After Mr Obama's speech, several expressed happy surprise.
The problem is that many people believe America often flouts international law itself.The most glaring source of global scepticism towards American affection for international law can be summed up in one word: Iraq.
AMONG the few certainties in this short life are death, taxes, and a wink from the European Union whenever France flouts its fiscal rules.
