"The language of the compromise is very clear," said Representative Rosa DeLauro, Democrat of Connecticut, "it prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortions".
The Virginia law "is unconstitutionally overbroad on its face because it prohibits the anonymous transmission of all unsolicited bulk e-mails, including those containing political, religious or other speech protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution," Justice G. Steven Agee wrote.
Lucent, which says it seeks to balance the right of its employees to express themselves with its other responsibilities, says it prohibits the sending of threatening or harassing messages.
Google has said that it prohibits the targeting of adverts within its "sensitive category policy", which includes health issues such as substance abuse.
"Appellees request us to construe the Amendment as saying, in effect: The State may prohibit the importation of intoxicating liquors provided it prohibits the manufacture and sale within its borders; but if it permits such manufacture and sale, it must let imported liquors compete with the domestic on equal terms.
That issue surrounded the renewal of a civilian nuclear accord with South Korea — a major issue in Seoul, because it prohibits the South from enriching or reprocessing its own nuclear fuel.
But it prohibits the channels' journalists from reporting inside Iraq.
And it prohibits the spending of hard-currency earnings on local goods and services.
It prohibits the sacrifice of animals, but defines sacrifice as "to unnecessarily kill..
Instead, it prohibits the use of drugs that "disrupt profoundly the sense or the personality".
As a consequence, it prohibits the city itself from becoming the architect's muse.
