Though the constitution guarantees religious freedom, laws on "extremism" and a raft of vague, draconian rules governing book-keeping, publications and premises pull in the other direction.
In finding that the transaction passes muster under the Senate's rules governing book deals, the committee essentially supported Mrs. Clinton's contention that both her auction of the book to the highest bidder and the terms governing her advance payments conformed to "usual and customary" publishing practice, the Senate's standard for assessing members' book agreements.
This answer was from the rule book governing the Tories' approach to public service reform drawn up in opposition.
The Queen attended Churchill's funeral in 1965, But there is no rule book governing this unique set of circumstances so her decision to attend, with the Duke of Edinburgh, can be interpreted as a highly personal and significant gesture, indicative of the respect she had for the eighth and longest-serving of her prime ministers.
Some fans believe an unwritten rule book governs the sport: that superstars get the benefit of the doubt, home teams get more favorable calls and no one ever gets called for traveling.
One of the rules that govern comic books is that each page is broken up into panels, which enable the artists and writers to approximate in print the kinetic quality of film.
Obviously, there is a need for a specific rule book to govern official competitions and for those golfers who want to measure themselves under those conditions.
Jason Turbow and Michael Duca, obvious baseball obsessives from the San Francisco Bay Area, have collected dozens of stories from baseball history about situations that are not governed by the rule book but that pertain to the fuzzy notions of rightness and respect and that describe the contours of the so-called baseball codes.
While virtually all states have some laws on the books governing elements of the funeral industry, the laws are often applied inconsistently or not at all.
One thing that does need to be accounted for is that there is a law on the books governing Mississippi's open primary, which reads, "No person shall be eligible to participate in any primary election unless he intends to support the nominations made in which he participates".
