contrary to law
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"USCIS's actions are contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious."
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Jesse Agus Martinez, a U.S. citizen, was charged with one felony count of importation contrary to law following the Oct.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
On Monday, Massachusetts district court judge Patti B Saris vacated Trump's order, saying it was "arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law".
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
In the recorded conversation, Ms. Coleman expressed concern that Mr. Peters’s takeover of her agency was contrary to law because it violated an executive order, the report said.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2018
This was contrary to law, nay, to the Constitution of England, her Magna Charta itself provided against unparliamentary taxation.
From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Parker, Theodore
