Opponents of the minimum wage claim it has these effects:

Opponents claim that Contra warfare had largely died down, and that the Sandinistas had grown increasingly unpopular, particularly due to forced conscription and crackdowns on political freedoms.

Opponents say that such a market would encourage criminals by making it easier for them to claim that their stolen organs were legal.

" Opponents claim that they deviate from the text in a number of places ( for example, the Baker is supposed to have whiskers and hair, Fit the Fourth, but in the illustrations he is bald ) and hence should be discounted.

Opponents such as land and mining claim holders blocked efforts to reclassify the monument as a U. S. National Park for 11 years.

Opponents, who sometimes say that affirmative action is " reverse discrimination ", further claim that affirmative action has undesirable side-effects in addition to failing to achieve its goals.

Opponents of Communist states claim that this is a form of indoctrination.

Opponents often claim this technology will be used primarily to enforce digital rights management policies and not to increase computer security.

Opponents to the theory deny the existence of the panthers or claim that witnesses are simply mis-identifying the native lynxes or " bobcats ".

Opponents of his regime claim that he has used money amassed through weapons sales, narcotics, international loans, and confiscation of private property to enrich himself and his political cronies who hold his dictatorship together, and that the $ 900 million published by Forbes is merely a portion of his assets, although that needs to be proven.

Opponents of the bill claim it has reduced America's international competitive edge against foreign financial service providers, saying SOX has introduced an overly complex regulatory environment into U. S. financial markets.

Opponents to both of these methods point to the large increase in reporting requirements they impose, and claim that they rob industry of necessary flexibility.

Opponents claim that a hermeneutic approach is too relativist and that their own interpretations are based on common-sense evaluation.

Opponents of such advocacy rebut this claim by pointing to the ability of same-sex couples to disperse their assets by will.

Opponents of Chávez claim that the government is abusing freedom of speech and press, especially after periodic inspections of the Venezuelan National Telecommunications Commission ( CONATEL ) and the implementation of the controversial Social Responsibility in Radio and Television Law ( best known as Ley Resorte ).

Opponents claim that the move would result in the closure of post offices and in job losses at the nation's largest employer.

Opponents and critics of Ibn Taymiyyah claim that he rejected intercession completely as proved in Qur ' an and Sunnah.

Opponents claim that it is illegal to give or accept anything that has pecuniary value in exchange for a vote.

Opponents to the relocation policy claim that the government's intent is to clear the area – an area the size of Denmark — for the lucrative tourist trade and diamond mining.

Opponents of desegregation busing claim that children were being bused to schools in dangerous neighborhoods, compromising their education and personal safety.

Opponents claim that Dimitrov was the most loyal " lap dog " of Stalin and Stalin did not have a real reason to kill him.

Opponents of evolution claim that there is significant dissent on evolution within the scientific community.

Opponents claim they are " socialist " and innovations of Islam.

Opponents claim the barrier severely restricts the local population, particularly in their ability to travel freely over the border and to access work, thereby undermining their economy.

Opponents of school vouchers say allowing families the option of both public and private schools undermines the public education system through threatening its funding and enrollment.

Opponents of certain privatizations believe that certain public goods and services should remain primarily in the hands of government in order to ensure that everyone in society has access to them ( such as law enforcement, basic health care, and basic education ).

Opponents do argue that the simple fact of producing a communication is not by itself leading to a direct result on the public opinion, unless this one is considered as a merely passive mass in front of an irresistible communication ...

Opponents of the hotel project have either questioned the necessity of a new hotel altogether, or objected to the use of public dollars to finance the project.

The list was part of a campaign officially known as “ Opponents List ” and “ Political Enemies Project .” The list became public knowledge when Dean mentioned during hearings with the Senate Watergate Committee that a list existed containing those whom the president did not like.

Opponents contend that local languages are often non-standardised ( thus making curricula difficult ), of dubious practical usefulness ( since most are spoken by a small number of people, without any sizable corpus of publications ) and that the curriculum and funding of public schools are already too strained.

Essentially no Opponents will ever make their access to message content public, and so neither designers nor implementors nor users of crypto systems will ever learn from them that their design is insecure.

Opponents further argued that the " police power " of government enabled legislatures to regulate the holding of property in the public interest, subject only to specific prohibitions of the written constitution.

Opponents of majority verdicts argue that it undermines public confidence in criminal justice systems and results in a higher number of individuals convicted of crimes they did not commit.

Opponents of the light-rail project have argued that it was undertaken without sufficient consultation with the public.

Opponents nevertheless succeeded in gathering enough signatures on initiative petitions to place the matter on the ballot for a public vote by Clackamas County residents.

Opponents countered that the oath was intrusive to individual conscience, somewhat fascist in nature and denied general public access to the president.

Opponents cite concerns such as traffic congestion, environment problems, public safety, absentee landlordism, bad public relations, low wages and benefits, and predatory pricing.

Opponents charged that the proposition was heavily funded by businesses who wanted to weaken consumer rights by limiting Californians ' ability to enforce environmental, public health, and consumer protection laws such as 1986's Proposition 65.

Opponents of the war had campaigned for the advice to be made public for some time, with many speculating that the government's reluctance to do so indicated that Goldsmith had advised that war would be illegal.

Opponents of the village criticised the building of the village citing the destruction of more than 1000 trees, demolition of 4 of the hospital buildings pending a heritage listing, and denigration of the heritage value of the remaining buildings, a lost opportunity to return a development back to public parkland, and privatisation of public lands.

Opponents and supporters of the proposed third reactor at Calvert Cliffs have been involved in a series of public hearings before officials of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Opponents say that frivolous parties make a mockery of an important public process, and undermine the prestige of the democratic system.

Opponents argued that the decision was flawed and possibly illegal as there was no Environmental Impact Assessment — a legal requirement incorporated into British law two weeks after the start of the 1988 public enquiry.

Opponents to public access along FERO have submitted a formal legal injunction that questions the right of local government to allow people to walk along a public road reserve.