They cannot move directly against their harassers because such harassment has not been deemed inherently illegal.
The term illegal per se means that the act is inherently illegal.
Purchases by a company of its own stock are not inherently illegal.
In the United States, going without a name is not inherently illegal.
The embargo is inherently illegal and invalid with respect to Bosnia.
But extraordinary rendition is distinct from both deportation and extradition, being inherently illegal.
Even if Earl Bateman put those bells on the graves, there's nothing inherently illegal about that.
All along, American courts ruled that there was nothing inherently illegal about adding components to Windows.
Experts say there is nothing inherently illegal about the agreements, unless they interfere with fair competition.
There is nothing inherently illegal about threatening to sue another person based on a claim of a legal right.