Within the bounds of law

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

"Unquestionably," she added, "the public's interest in learning the identity of those arrested and detained is essential to verifying whether the government is operating within the bounds of law".

Each provoked, among other things, a struggle for supremacy among the branches of government, raising real questions about our ability to govern ourselves within the bounds of law, custom, and the Constitution.

Abbe Smith, a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, said the danger of knowing or doing too much for a client was inherent in a lawyer's obligation to represent clients "zealously within the bounds of law".

If Mr. Obama will not end the strikes that are killing innocent Pakistanis, it is the duty of our government to stop America's extrajudicial campaign of killing on our territory, just as it is the Pakistani government's duty to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the country — but within the bounds of law and adhering to the principles of due process.

Slavery exists on a spectrum and it won't be easy to confine that spectrum within the bounds of law.

In terms of possibilities Donahoe says "the Postal Service is doing its part within the bounds of law to right size the organization".

In a series of appeals and skirmishes a court decided in 2009 in favor of the AEL, ruling that, while the cartoons were certainly tasteless, they fell within the bounds of laws protecting free expression.

However, it's hard to argue that a company is breaking the law when it was designed specifically to be within the bounds of the law.

"We find that the undocumented status of an individual applicant does not, alone, suggest that the applicant is not possessed of the qualities that enable attorneys to vigorously defend their client's interests within the bounds of the law," the ruling says, "nor does it suggest that the applicant cannot protect, as an officer of the court, the rule of law and the administration of justice".

Some of these practices are illegal; others are within the bounds of the law.

" 'Within the bounds of the law' -- what does that mean?" Ms. Smith said.