Misapplication

Alaska's attorney general, Daniel Sullivan, tells Newsweek that regulating business is a "misapplication" of the ESA. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Friday, USA Taekwondo filed an unsuccessful protest, arguing that a "misapplication" of the rules resulted in a point being deducted from Lopez late in regulation time of his fight with Mauro Sarmiento of Italy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Steve King of Iowa, George Miller of California and Rob Woodall and Phil Gingrey, both of Georgia, said the current practice of extending U.S. citizenship to so-called "anchor babies" is a "misapplication" of the Constitution's 14th Amendment. ❋ [email protected] (2011)

They presented model legislation to correct what they called the "misapplication" of the amendment. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The importance of Hanukkah's history is magnified by its present misapplication by those least likely to understand it: Jewish dati leumi religious ultra-nationalists who seize upon it to "reclaim" land beyond the borders of the sovereign State of Israel. ❋ Joshua Stanton (2011)

As a practical matter, we expect to see serious problems, because of widespread confusion and misapplication of the law. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

To some extent, the Japanese auto maker was vindicated by the early-February announcement by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Board that many of the reported accidents involving Toyota models resulted not from gremlins in electronic control systems, but "pedal misapplication"—or driver error. ❋ Chester Dawson (2011)

This is not only a misreading of Jesus' words in Matthew 28:19-20 but a misapplication of their meaning as well. ❋ Steve McSwain (2011)

I am hoping the time has come that Portland politicians and the city is legally called on the misapplication (and sometimes fraudulently so) of its own rules. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I’m sure much unhappiness and wrong has come about from the misapplication of mercy but there’s little else to do but for us to continue, even as we can’t know if we’re right or wrong. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The NBA will only replay games where there has been a misapplication of a rule, not one with a mistaken judgement call. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As I've said before, the bill is really just a messy handjob for the insurance industry now that the GOP has forced all effective provisions out of it thru fear mongering, misinformation and rabble-rousing people dumb enough to think that misapplication of the pseudo-epithet "soshulism" is a rational argument. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Incidents of unintended acceleration have claimed dozens of lives, and NHTSA officials have steadfastly said that, in the absence of a detectable vehicle defect, "pedal misapplication" is frequently the cause for such events. ❋ Kimberly Kindyand Peter Whoriskey (2011)

But in the first two or three decades, I fear a protracted "Copyfight" based on a misappropriation and misapplication of Hayekian concepts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They also cite misapplication of the state's election code and faulty juror instructions. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"What most likely happened was pedal misapplication." - Ron [Medford], [NHTSA] "Is that the brake or the gas pedal? I can't tell the difference!" - [Toyota driver] ❋ Allterrain (2011)