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The deal, she said, likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act’s prohibition on government agencies from acting in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner, and didn’t comply with requirements in the Internal Revenue Code.

“They need to have a plan, and more than a rule of thumb and arbitrary goals, to live out their retirement.”

The authorities were also accused of arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances and using lethal force against the protesters.

“The CFTC’s characterization of political contests, awards contests, and sporting events as forms of ‘gaming’ is arbitrary and capricious,” the letter said.

Indeed, all of us knew that the rules of segregation were arbitrary and the price for violating them could be vicious.