Sentence examples for silly law from inspiring English sources

Now Hyams is no more, let's reform this silly law.

A ban would be a "silly law," she added.

It's a silly law and unenforceable the way it's written.

(Justice Potter Stewart, who dissented in Griswold, called the Connecticut statute "an uncommonly silly law").

One is amazed that this silly law is still on the books, even today.

It is always good to get rid of a silly law, but based on an examination of the New York State waiver, it looks like the Obama Administration has sold out the American educational system to the Pearson publishing company and its now infamous pineapple.

She thought I was overreacting: Surely these silly laws could not apply to anyone she might meet, much less someone whose journalism she admired.

Perhaps no one feels more vindicated than Christopher Cohen, a former alderman, who in the 1970's made a serious mission out of trying to repeal exceptionally silly laws.

Smoking, by its nature, is a participatory activity involving those nearby whether they wish it or not.Christophe PettusLondonSIR – In the pantheon of silly laws you forget to mention America's speed limits.

TechCrunch readers may think these are silly laws that shouldn't be enforced (I would tend to agree), but this significantly affects the economics of the deal.

In the face of its waning importance France enacted silly laws to shore up the mother tongue, such as requiring the use of French in the public square, in advertising, etc. Detroit, central to the good guys' efforts in winning World War II, never imagined it would cede its leadership to World War II's bad guys and losers.