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A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs the legal entities of a city, state, or country by way of consent. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy. Statutes are rules made by legislative bodies; they are distinguished from case law or precedent, which is decided by courts, and regulations issued by government agencies.
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The numerical value of statutes in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
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The numerical value of statutes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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You don't have to go all the way back to the Civil Rights Movement to find an analogue, on the one hand, it's unfortunate. On the other hand, it's a really great thing that we have federal civil rights statutes.
Although there is evidence of potential violation of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case, prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing the charges. There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent.
We saw earlier this year that, even though four of the current justices are ready to take up a number of Second Amendment cases, they weren't sure if they had a fifth vote on the merits -- because they weren't sure about the chief justice, it seems likely that the confirmation of Judge Barrett would remove that uncertainty and open the pipeline to a flurry of Second Amendment cases, perhaps ranging from the constitutionality of criminal felon-in-possession statutes to large-capacity magazine bans.
The statutes are important. They really do send a message.
The( executive order) does not explicitly ban regulations mandating the use of face masks by children in Florida Statutes schools, the authority to regulate this lies with the Florida Department of Health after consultation with the Florida Department of Education, not with the governor.
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