11.   Butterworth said courts with jurisdiction over Florida and most other coastal states have mistakenly ruled that the law prohibits states from regulating casino cruises.

12.   Condon countered that Congress overstepped its authority by prohibiting states from selling the information.

13.   For example, it would have prohibited the states from imposing requirements like consumer labeling or banning certain drugs.

14.   Finally, Congress mandated time limits that prohibit any state from providing federal cash aid to any family for more than five years.

15.   Gramm and others have proposed federal rules that would prohibit states from paying benefits to unwed teen-agers or raising benefits to parents who give birth while on welfare.

16.   He and his attorneys say the claims, which amount to liens against the state, prohibit the state from selling any real estate without paying his judgment.

17.   In the current measure, the administration proposed to lift a ban that prohibits states from charging tolls on existing interstate highways.

18.   In the majority opinion Monday, Justice John Paul Stevens said the Constitution prohibited states from dividing their residents into classes and from discriminating among them.

19.   In response, La Pierre argued that the free-speech right of campaign donors prohibits states from limiting contributions.

20.   It would broadly prohibit states from using their authority to write food safety regulations stronger than those required by the federal government.