1.   If so, the state measure might then violate the federal law, she suggested.

2.   The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tom Foley, suggested that the measure violated the principle of contemporaneous consideration by the states.

3.   Advocates of regulation easily overwhelmed objections from a handful of lawmakers who said the measure would violate constitutional rights to free speech and threaten the growth of computer networks.

4.   Civil liberties advocates warn that the measures could violate privacy rights.

5.   Civil rights groups contended the measure would violate rights of free speech and vowed to fight it.

6.   Democrats maintain that the measure would violate the recently negotiated balanced-budget agreement because it would impose spending levels that fall below that plan.

7.   Even tougher proposals, including random searches of students, raise questions about whether such measures violate the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable search.

8.   He argued that the San Francisco measure violates the federal Airline Deregulation Act, which prohibits state and local regulation of airline rates, routes or services.

9.   He shrugged off complaints by the European Union that the measure would violate trade agreements.

10.   Human rights activists say the measure violates the Russian Constitution, which bans the establishment of a state religion.