Because of the canon of constitutional avoidance ( i. e., where a statute can fairly be interpreted so as to avoid a constitutional issue, it should be so interpreted ), courts generally deal with the constitutional issues only if necessary.

Because the statute in question had not apportioned income taxes on income from property by population, the statute was ruled unconstitutional.

Because the Spending Clause does not give any power to the Executive Branch or the Judicial Branch, officials of agencies in the Executive Branch may not enter into agreements tolling the statute of limitations, and courts may not toll the statute of limitations under equitable tolling principles in claims against the United States.

Because of this codification approach, a single named statute ( like the Taft-Hartley Act, or the Embargo Act ) may or may not appear in a single place in the Code.

Because it was unconvinced by the state's proffered secular purpose, the Court went on to find that the legislature had a " preeminent religious purpose in enacting this statute.

In May, the Supreme Court affirmed Judge Gearin, deciding that " Because the legislative and executive branches never enacted a balanced budget for the 2010 – 2011 biennium, use of the unallotment power to address the unresolved deficit exceeded the authority granted to the executive branch by the statute ".

Because a reasonable person is objectively presumed to know the law, noncompliance with a local safety statute may also constitute negligence.

Because the Act was an ordinary statute, it could be struck down if it were inconsistent with the state constitution.

An appeal was filed, and a ruling in February 2003 came down in favor of WTVT, who successfully argued that the FCC policy against falsification was not a " law, rule, or regulation ", and so the whistle-blower law did not qualify as the required " law, rule, or regulation " under section 448. 102 .... Because the FCC's news distortion policy is not a " law, rule, or regulation " under section 448. 102, Akre has failed to state a claim under the whistle-blower's statute.

Because the statute struck down by Pierce was primarily intended to eliminate parochial schools, Justice Anthony Kennedy has suggested that Pierce could have been decided on First Amendment grounds.

In other words, a “ plaintiff must not behave inequitably with respect to the rights being asserted in the case .” Because the UCL is a strict liability statute, other equitable defenses such as “ good faith, mistake of law and lack of wrongful intent are generally inapplicable a UCL action .”

... Because the FCC's news distortion policy is not a " law, rule, or regulation " under section 448. 102 of the Florida Statutes, Akre has failed to state a claim under the whistle-blower's statute.

Because only a few of the lords spoke and there was confusion over the opinions of the twelve common-law judges, the resulting decision was able to be interpreted as consistent with what some scholars have called " the myth of common-law copyright "— the view that a common law perpetual copyright existed before the Statute of Anne was passed, but was impeached by the statute.

Because of an emphasis on direct democracy through referendum, the Constitution precludes the court from reviewing acts of the Federal Parliament, unless such review is specifically provided for by statute.

Because the statute directing the Court to maintain the program remains in force, a number of members of the legislature indicated that they expected the Court to continue the program by finding funds from elsewhere in the Judicial Branch's budget.

Because of the disturbances in Portumna a 1887 act was brought into effect, Perpetual Crimes Act ( 1887 ) ( or Coercion Act ), in effect the last Irish crimes act ever to be put on the British statute book.

Because there was at that time no federal murder statute, they were charged with violation of the three men's civil rights.

Although UCI lawyer Philippe Verbiest has stated that the statute of limitations for removing Riis as winner of the Tour de France has expired, " you cannot strip him of the title but it possible not to mention it anymore ... Because of what he admitted, he is not the winner of the Tour de France.

... Because the FCC's news distortion policy is not a " law, rule, or regulation " under section 448. 102, Akre has failed to state a claim under the whistle-blower's statute.

Because " Hume's plan is to extend to philosophy in general the methodological limitations of Newtonian physics ", Hume is characterised as an empiricist.

Because of the limitations of the Intel 80286 processor, OS / 2 1. x could run only one DOS program at a time, and did this in a way that allowed the DOS program to have total control over the computer.

Because the application of RS-232 has extended far beyond the original purpose of interconnecting a terminal with a modem, successor standards have been developed to address the limitations.

Because the fission tracks are healed by temperatures over about 200 ° C the technique has limitations as well as benefits.

Because of their mechanical limitations, such pumps can only achieve a low vacuum.

Because of the limitations of laundering techniques, white dresses provided an opportunity for conspicuous consumption.

Because of limitations of the transmitter the maximum useful data length was about 30 bits.

Because of space limitations, meetings held at indoor facilities do not hold many of athletics events typically contested outdoors.

Because of these complexities, it is common for organizations to use a real-time operating system ( RTOS ), allowing the application programmers to concentrate on device functionality rather than operating system services, at least for large systems ; smaller systems often cannot afford the overhead associated with a generic real time system, due to limitations regarding memory size, performance, or battery life.

Because UAVs are not burdened with the physiological limitations of human pilots, they can be designed for maximized on-station times.

Because heuristics are fallible, it is important to understand their limitations.

Because of the current access limitations, the 2009 and 2010 Open Air Festivals could not be held.

Because it inherited the CDDB limitations, there is no data field in the freedb database for composer.

Because of differences in anatomy, manual dexterity, and visual limitations, every person must find the technique that works best for them.

Because of airships ' limitations, the Luftstreitkräfte began to introduce long-range heavy bombers, starting with the Gotha G. IV aircraft that gradually took over the offensive.

Because of storage and transmission limitations, there is always a desire to reduce ( or compress ) the signal.

Because of the projection limitations at the time, Apollo 13 and Attack of the Clones had to be edited down from their original length.

Because Canada is more sparsely populated than the United States, the limitations of AM broadcasting ( particularly at night, when the AM dial is often overwhelmed by distant signals ) have a much more pronounced effect on Canadian broadcasters.

Because there is some level of uncertainty with all medical treatments, it is common ethical practice ( and in some cases, a legal requirement ) for pharmaceutical companies and many medical practitioners to explicitly state the promise, risks, and limitations of a medical choice.

Because of these limitations, C2PL is not used very frequently.

Because of space limitations, video card coolers often use small fans running at high speeds, making them noisy.

Because of space limitations the Irish team, including Keeler as center fielder, was omitted.