as in violates
to fail to keep
a law that was struck down by the court for infringing upon the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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Since Missouri vanity plates have to follow the state obscenity law, a court would need to find that the state law violates the First Amendment.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
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Further, the letter warned that Unwrapped violates Spotify's developer policy, which bans using the Spotify platform or any Spotify content to build machine learning or AI models.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
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However, one breaks the mould more than the rest.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Involving the police also breaks trust between them and people suffering from mental health struggles, Weaver said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Infringes (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringes%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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