"I believe it is inhumane and ultimately futile for the law to deny this right to choose," she said.
The laws were futile, however, and aristocratic landowning and political dominance continued to grow.
In urging that some drugs be legalized, he argued that the move would save billions of dollars spent on futile enforcement of drug laws.
Finally, the Wilson Center report destroys what is perhaps the core of the gun lobby's mythology: that strong gun laws are futile because they cannot affect criminal access to guns.
We can only hope these regressive drug laws and futile self-serving political displays put on by the cast of bureaucratic ignoramuses' that run our country will eventually receive the restructuring in which they so seriously deserve.
Whereas GKOs were covered by Russian law, making lawsuits futile, IANs are subject to English law, and the restructuring agreement incorporates a waiver of the legal defence of sovereign immunity.
In contrast, Democrats, now in the position of defending a law that contributed to their loss of control of the House, at times punched at the sky, narrowed their eyes and spoke angrily about Republican efforts, however futile, to undo a law they said was already helping thousands of Americans.
"The movie 'Soul Man' is another attempt to characterize blacks in the 1980s," said a statement released by the Black American Law Students Assn. at UCLA. "However, it is a shallow and futile portrayal of black law students at Harvard Law School.
Now, in midwinter, it is evident that any attempt to repeal or weaken the law will be futile.
Instead, in a futile campaign to strip the law of federal money, the party focused harsh scrutiny on its own divisions, hurt its national standing and undermined its ability to win concessions from Democrats.
