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• “Richards says the order only "codifies" what's already in the bill.”

  InForum Blog by Sheila Liaugminas

• “There is no formal body in recruiting that "codifies" the established practices.”

  ERE.net

• “And why the equivalent urgency to reject all religion and with it the profoundly human impulses that it codifies, blaming every human ill upon it (although, in fairness, organized religion seems to be rather too much of this world, replacing actual religious experience with systems of command and control)?”

  Archive 2009-01-01

• “I think on the one hand Leigh's talking most immediately about the issues developers have with criticism of games, which seems to stem from the use of metacritic as a basis for determining where money in the games industry goes, which unfortunately codifies antagonism between game critics and game creators, who both love games.”

  Tape Song

• “LOST codifies very important economic rights of coastal states, while also freezing in place navigational rights essential to maritime states.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Law of the Sea Treaty Is Good for U.S.

• “The Citizenship Clause actually codifies the Lockean view of government articulated in the Declaration of Independence, namely, that legitimate government is grounded in the consent of the governed.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The 14th Amendment and Children of Illegal Migrants

• “The legislation's supporters in Congress say it simply codifies existing practice, such as the indefinite detention of alleged terrorists at Guantánamo Bay.”

  The Guardian: Americans face Guantánamo detention after Obama backdown

• “When a racial group codifies antisocial behavior as part of their society, and then demand other groups accept antisocial behavior as part of “who they are” then they are perpetuating their own demise.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar

• “They say it largely codifies what has already been practice, which is to bar federal employees, members of the military and those who receive federal assistance from using taxpayer money to pay for abortions, with a few exceptions.”

  The Washington Post: Legislative proposal puts abortion rights supporters on alert

• “This provision – inserted in the law without notice to concerned public stakeholders and without public debate – codifies a Bush-era regulation that was challenged by parents of low-income students of color in court because their children were disproportionately taught by such under-prepared teachers and because the regulation removed the obligation of states and districts to disclose and rectify the inequity.”

  The Washington Post: Letter to President Obama: Who is a 'highly qualified' teacher?

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