Sentence examples for as a binding rule from inspiring English sources
The Justice Department contends that the letter is "merely a general statement of policy with nonbinding effect," But Gary L. Kepplinger, general counsel of the accountability office, said administration officials had treated it as "a binding rule".
It now seems that whenever anyone ventures an opinion they are expected to live by the most ungenerous interpretation of that opinion as a binding rule, 100% of the time.
The solution is simple: Congress should adopt a binding rule that requires as its first order of business each year that specific budget cuts to other portions of the federal budget be earmarked and dedicated to redeeming a sufficient amount of Trust Fund I.O.U.s to cover any Social Security deficit without borrowing the money from the public.
The first aspect is the degree to which the Constitution acts as a binding set of rules that can be neutrally interpreted and enforced by the courts against government actors.
Politicians in America as well as Europe are imposing binding rules to limit public liability and to discourage risky behaviour on the part of banks.
This information should be put in writing and each member should sign that they understand and accept these rules as a binding contract.
It's a non-binding rule, or, as it's better known, a bunch of words with no power or consequence at all.
The Antarctic, after all, has no internationally recognized governance, which leaves the 46 members of the Antarctic Treaty System — with widely ranging national interests and an only mildly binding rule-making apparatus — as the next closest thing.
This reference to the verticality of politics implies moreover that: "as long as a political system is maintained, the prevalent, binding rules erga omnes are and remain the rules issued by political authorities.
Current guidance on checking whether a borrower can afford a loan before making it will become binding rules.
