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He wants to “get tough” on drug dealers, as well as homeless people who refuse to accept shelter or treatment.

Uber and Lyft may portray drivers who refuse to accept guide dogs as isolated bad apples, but truly solving this problem will be challenging as long as these corporations continue to disclaim responsibility for the people who perform their core work.

As in a postconviction hearing, judges can ask questions, plumb the record for details, and, when they see fit, refuse to accept the deal negotiated by the parties.

During his Nobel Peace Prize speech, Martin Luther King Jr. declared: “I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction.”

“We refuse to accept shootings at schools, parks and concerts as a normal fact of life. While we fought for the court to go further, today’s ruling affirms our state’s authority to limit guns in many public places,” Newsom said in a statement.