The measure does not outlaw short selling, it merely enables federal law regarding short sales to be prosecuted in South Dakota.

The measure would have effectively outlawed large-scale metal mining in the Bristol Bay drainage.

That measure, among other steps, would once and for all outlaw the use of evidence obtained through torture.

The measure would outlaw abortion except in cases of rape or incest or when the life of a woman was endangered by her pregnancy.

The measures would outlaw the imports of certain high-capacity ammunition clips and raise the legal age to 21, from 18, for handgun purchases.

Soccer Australia decided measures had to be taken, and outlawed ethnic affiliations for football clubs.

Republicans had argued that such a measure, which has failed in the Senate before, would effectively outlaw the death penalty in most states.

The Government reiterate this argument when any attempts are made by individual members of both Houses of Parliament to propose measures to outlaw age discrimination.