41.   The court rejected this argument, holding that the First Amendment did apply, although more loosely than it would if the law imposed a government ban.

42.   The current law does not impose any rules on the origin of donations.

43.   The law also imposes stringent new work requirements on most welfare recipients and cuts back sharply on food stamps and aid to legal immigrants.

44.   The law imposes a maximum prison term of five years for anyone convicted of defaming an elected official, the military, the judiciary or the police.

45.   The law also imposes harsher punishment on heads of criminal organizations.

46.   The law also imposed new rules aimed at better emergency response planning, one of the major weaknesses in the Valdez accident.

47.   The new law imposed such severe restrictions on financing that nobody expected any deals.

48.   The new law imposes stringent work requirements on welfare recipients.

49.   The law does not impose a blanket prohibition on raunchy banter, the court said.

50.   The law imposes U.S. sanctions on the U.S. operations of foreign-owned companies that also do business in Cuba.