31.   But experts said federal law forbids companies from giving to candidates and generally bars them from compensating anyone for donating.

32.   But Henshaw said Wednesday that he was aware at the time that Guatemalan law expressly forbade the export of archeological artifacts without a permit.

33.   But HMOs challenged the state law in federal court this year, saying federal laws specifically forbade states from mandating Medicare benefits.

34.   But Massachusetts law currently forbids the practice, as do most other states.

35.   But Skaggs also worries that a law forbidding the false reporting of threats would outlaw some of his own work.

36.   But Russian law forbids it from accepting nuclear waste from abroad.

37.   But state law forbids the party to use that money for individual candidates.

38.   But U.S. law forbids trade with Cuba, so Cohibas were nowhere in evidence at the Miami shindig, or in any U.S. cigar store for that matter.

39.   By contrast, the Ohio law forbids anonymous campaign speech wherever it occurs.

40.   California law also forbids the release of non-native species into parklands and waterways, yet the practice is reportedly common.