Sentence examples for ought to be illegal from inspiring English sources

What motivates opposition to "illegal" as it relates to noncitizens so designated is best captured in Elie Wiesel's well-known quote that "No human being is illegal". It is important to note that I read him as stating this normatively, i.e. no human being ought to be illegal.

Therefore, when immigrants object that no human being ought to be illegal per Wiesel, they are rebuffed by evidence — found in places such as legal precedent — that there are such things as illegals and that the law can, and does, talk sensibly about them.

That song ought to be illegal.

But if the activity is not one that ought to be illegal, perhaps we should consider changing the law?

(Though it obviously ought to be illegal for men of any age to wear shorts in a library).

There will be truffle chips, curry chips with mango chutney and even beer-battered chips, which ought to be illegal but isn't.

They used to be illegal".

Richard Spertzel, a former head of biological inspections in Iraq for the United Nations, said Mr. Tobiason's instructions would produce "a low-grade product" at best but added that the book, "ought to be damn near illegal, if it's not now".

Gov. Scott Walker (R) campaigned for re-election partly on the idea that food stamp recipients ought to be tested for illegal drug use.

The US government's privacy board has sharply rebuked President Barack Obama over the National Security Agency's mass collection of American phone data, saying the program defended by Obama last week was illegal and ought to be shut down.

"The feeling in Alabama is, if you're here, you ought to be legal, and if you're illegal, you ought to make arrangements to be somewhere other than Alabama or anywhere else in the country for that matter," he said.