"The way the statute reads, it's the needless killing of an animal," Mr. LeDoux said.
"The primary objective" of the European system of central banks "shall be to maintain price stability," the statute reads.
Therefore, he said, Mr. Miller did not act, as the criminal statute reads: "with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights".
"The statute reads that certain things have to be done to deny clemency," said Patti Urias, a spokeswoman for Ms. Napolitano.
The court's amendment of the statute reads out of the provision the congressional decision that dangerousness alone is a sufficient basis for detention, and reads out as well any meaningful structure for supervised release...
In our view, the statute, read in light of the Constitution's demands, limits an alien's post-removal-period detention to a period reasonably necessary to bring about that alien's removal from the United States.
To make the statute read the way the defendant claims it was intended to be read, the writers would have had to use "distributing," a gerund a verb that has been twisted into a noun which would make it parallel with the other items in the series: "canning, processing," etc.
The statute reads as follows: "No partial birth abortion shall be performed in this state, unless such procedure is necessary to save the life of the mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself".
As the Preamble of the Rome Statute reads, it is the "duty of every State to exercise its criminal jurisdiction over those responsible for international crimes.
Anything related to "sources and methods" - how the spy agency goes about its business - is exempt, because, as the statute reads, "the Director of Central Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure".
