Sentence examples for longstanding laws from inspiring English sources

Most states, including New York, have longstanding laws saying that a prison is not a legal residence.

Even though there are longstanding laws against it, many workers say they have encountered sexual harassment on the job.

Government officials say that the aggressive response is warranted by the extraordinary situation, and that they are simply enforcing longstanding laws.

China has temporarily lifted the ban on H.I.V.-positive travelers for major events in the past, but the revision of longstanding laws indicates that the latest change will be permanent.

A number of bloggers have been arrested for expressing views deemed critical of the Syrian government or even other Arab governments, under longstanding laws that criminalize "weakening national sentiment" and other broadly defined offenses.

Jamaican gay rights activists said Tuesday the peaceful events are a clear sign that tolerance for LGBT people is expanding on the island even though stigma is common and longstanding laws criminalizing sex between men remain on the books.

In San Francisco, the city has tightened guidance on a longstanding law regulating shadows.

Under the circumstances of this case, it was "unreasonable, unnecessary" and contrary to "longstanding law," the court concluded.

They are similar to a longstanding law in New York that limits the hours that residents can work.

It cited a 2010 opinion by the Maryland attorney general, Douglas F. Gansler, which noted the state's longstanding law recognizing out-of-state marriages, including same-sex ones.

To disenfranchise electors in an effort to deter Board members, as the Secretary in the present case proposes, is unreasonable, unnecessary, and violates longstanding law.