Even Laurence Tribe of Harvard, who rejects the Section 4 option, says failure to raise the debt limit would empower the president to take actions that would normally be illegal, such as impounding funds in order to prioritize debt payments.
The Treasury Department's sponsorship also permits a degree of collusion that might normally be considered illegal — banks aren't typically allowed to work together to set loan prices.
The fires, though illegal, normally occur mid-year but unusually dry weather has made conditions ripe for wildfires.
Normally, it's illegal for lobbyists or lobbying organizations to provide benefits such as free trips to Florida legislators or top executive branch officials.
The Border Patrol's Tucson sector does not normally track arrests of illegal immigrants by country because of the disparity of the figures between Mexico and other nations.
In the meantime Nils Jennrich and Lydia Chu, employees of the art-handling company Integrated Fine Art Solutions, languish in a Beijing jail on suspicion of smuggling, a crime normally associated with the illegal importation of drugs or arms.
Normally, this would be illegal under the governing Delaware corporate law, but because of the extreme nature of A.I.G.'s situation and the government's involvement, it will likely pass muster.
This program operates under a special exemption from provisions in the Animals Law of the Cayman Islands which normally would make it illegal for anyone to kill, capture, or keep iguanas.
Illegal Haitian migrants are normally deported by the Bahamian authorities, but neither the threat of deportation nor the high risks of the Atlantic voyage has deterred thousandsfrom trying to escape deteriorating political and economic conditions.
Copyright infringement and illegal file sharing are normally civil matters in New Zealand, but there is a provision for criminal charges and a maximum 5-year jail term for serious breaches.
