Actually, we want to thank you for laying down the law before.

其实我们想谢谢你之前立威。

It is the significance of laws guaranteeing free speech, universal suffrage, and equality before the law.

那些保证言论自由、普选权和法律面前人人平等的法律的意义也在于此。

They needed protection from sexual harassment, proper equality before the law, an equal chance to get jobs.

她们需要得到免受性骚扰的保护，法律面前应有的男女平等，以及就业的平等机会。

That prospect seemed to concern several justices during the oral arguments on the law before the Supreme Court.

这件事的可能性, 令几位法官对庭上的案子有所忧虑, 他们有过几番辩论.

That is far fewer than the number who used to seek bankruptcy protection before the law was made tougher a decade ago.

十年前，法律对于破产保护条件非常严苛，而那些曾经寻求破产保护的人数却远超过申请破产的人数。

The arrest came as the Argentine government struck down the decree prohibiting such extradition, saying all Argentines should be equal before the law.

逮捕事件发生之际，阿根廷政府废除了禁止引渡的法令，称所有阿根廷人在法律面前都应该是平等的。

The values are life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, fundamental human equality, equality before the law.

价值观是生命、自由、追求幸福、人类基本平等、法律面前人人平等。

The " civil rights movement" was about getting African Americans equality before the law – ending laws that discriminated against African Americans.

“民权运动”旨在让非裔美国人在法律面前一律平等——废除歧视非裔美国人的法律。

There was already a shortage of these specialists in Idaho before the laws went into effect-- only nine in the entire state.

在法律生效之前，爱达荷州就已经出现了这些专家的短缺——全州只有九名。

Even before the law passed, HIV rates among gay men in Uganda's capital city were already three times higher than other men.

甚至在该法律通过之前，乌干达首都男同性恋者的艾滋病毒感染率就已经是其他男性的三倍。

The arrest came as the Argentine government struck down the decree prohibiting such extradition, saying all Argentine should be equal before the law.

逮捕发生之际，阿根廷政府否决了禁止此类引渡的法令，称所有阿根廷人在法律面前应一律平等。

Workers' compensation laws actually began in the U.S. in the early 1900s, but it took a long time before the laws existed in every state.

工人赔偿法实际上始于 1900 年代初期的美国，但花了很长时间才在每个州都存在该法律。

To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone's account where there is no law.

没有律法之先，罪已经在世上；但没有律法，罪也不算罪。

He was himself a socialist and believed in certain social changes as well as in changes that would affect the status of African Americans before the law.

他本人是一名社会主义者，相信一定的社会变革以及会影响非裔美国人在法律面前地位的变革。

Throughout the country we must resolutely implement the following principles: the law must be observed, law enforcement must be strict, law-breakers must be dealt with accordingly and all persons are equal before the law.

遵守法律，执法严格，依法问责，法律面前人人平等。