"A blanket exclusion that a mentally retarded person can't be executed risks giving a lot of calculated murderers a way out," he said.

An unnecessary blanket exclusion of this nature would violate the ADA.

Jamie Raskin, an American law professor and politician, has argued that the blanket exclusion of noncitizens from the ballot is neither constitutionally required nor historically normal.

But the blanket exclusion of teen-agers from stores, or older people from exercise classes or babies from movie theaters, will no longer be legal.

We have purposely avoided a blanket exclusion of other areas of law from legal aid by making an exceptional funding scheme available to protect fundamental rights of access to justice.

The blanket exclusion was adopted after complaints about the previous system, which left some licensing decisions for individual state boards to make on a case-by-case basis.

"I continue to read the rule as saying that there is a blanket exclusion of copyright royalties from the outside earning limits," said a statement issued by the Speaker.

All EU countries operate blanket exclusions against people with diabetes in certain posts, but the range of excluded occupations varies widely.

I am concerned that a blanket exclusion of patents - an important intellectual property right - might risk depriving many industries of the benefits of this chapter.

The general exclusion clauses discussed in this section which impose blanket exclusions of liability give rise to particular problems under the UCTA.