Fetal-homicide laws, for example, which are on the books in 39 states, have often been passed in response to a brutal killing.
In order to keep the financial industry from fleeing to London and other locations, according to the study, the government had to relax some of the reporting requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley law, which had been passed in response to the collapse of Enron, and to limit lawsuits against Wall Street firms.
The legislation was passed in response to a New Jersey Supreme Court decision last week that Samuel Manzie, a convicted murderer, could not be sentenced under the tougher regulations, Senate leaders said.
The two are the first to be convicted under a state antiterrorism law that was passed in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.
He reminded them that under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874, which was passed in response to the North Korean nuclear test in 2009, its vessels are to be inspected if "reasonable grounds" exist to suspect that weapons are being exported.
The law was passed in response to the murder of Leon Klinghoffer, a wheelchair-bound American who was shot and then tossed off an Italian cruise ship by Palestinian hijackers.
Supporters of the rule, a centerpiece of the Dodd-Frank regulatory overhaul that was passed in response to the financial crisis, argue that banks should not make risky wagers while the government guarantees their deposits.
The United States also established unemployment compensation and old-age and survivors' insurance through the Social Security Act (1935), which was passed in response to the hardships of the 1930s.
The 1894 London Building Act confined structures in the centre of the city to 80 feet, and it was passed in response to the erection of Queen Anne's Mansions, a Victorian proto-high-rise apartment block of 14 storeys, that the reigning Queen herself objected to on the grounds that it blocked her view of the Houses of Parliament.
When Wyden asked if Pompeo saw any "boundaries" there, Pompeo cited existing law, including amendments to the Freedom Act which were passed in response to the outrage at the mass collection of data about Americans' phone calls, which came to light thanks to Edward Snowden.
The decree was passed in response to yet another bold attack in southern Thailand, where an escalating insurgency has claimed over 800 lives in the past 19 months.Four months ago, Mr Thaksin had promised a more conciliatory tack in restoring order, including setting up a peace panel to address local grievances.
