lawbreaking

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The First Amendment protects the right to advocate such lawbreaking, but a nonprofit that enjoys tax privileges can lose those privileges for supporting unlawful conduct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

That’s because it lacks a critical deterrent in white collar crime cases: criminal charges against TD’s top executives who were in place while the lawbreaking was in full cry.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

When their work was complete, the panel said it had amassed “overwhelming evidence” of lawbreaking by Santos that it sent to the Justice Department.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023

"No individual, regardless of their position or stature, should be exempt from legal scrutiny for lawbreaking," the letter furthered.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2023

In all this letter there is no distinction between the law-abiding and lawbreaking sections of the community.

From The Story of a Dark Plot or Tyranny on the Frontier by A.L.O. C.