Sentence examples for weaken laws from inspiring English sources

Another issue is the potential for mobile payments to weaken laws against telemarketing and spam.

Industrialized agriculture fiercely resists attempts at legislation, ignores or tries to weaken laws that exist, and pays lobbyists to ensure the government will take no action.

The other side of the coin is the way that powerful business interests have lobbied to weaken laws and regulators that could help to prevent harm in the first place.

"The Mayor is lobbying with some of the most polluted cities in Europe to weaken laws that set minimum standards for public health across the whole of Europe," he says.

At present, Shell is among those pushing to prevent the Securities and Exchange Commission from reintroducing tough disclosure requirements – a step that Global Witness interprets as "lobbying to weaken laws" on transparency.

That's why we've seen this multi-state effort to weaken laws in this area, the obvious consequences for safety be damned," Everett told The Huffington Post.

Failing to do so, he said, would only further weaken law enforcement's relationship with the community and other trafficking victims.

As these organizations take over the activities of human trafficking, they implement more resources to corrupt the authorities, infiltrate institutions, and weaken law enforcement.

The groups complained that the government was intent on weakening laws against the abuses of mountaintop mining.

Arkansas, Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Florida weakened laws governing universal helmet use and limited coverage to those less than 21 years old.

Most worrisome to diplomats and security experts is Indonesia, where poverty has spawned widespread discontent, new political openness has given latitude to extremist groups and disarray in the security forces has weakened law enforcement.