Others say the Turkish plan, if carried out, would violate longstanding norms of international law governing the treatment of refugees.
Yet "The Age of Comfort: When Paris Discovered Casual — And the Modern Home Began" ($28), a new book by Joan DeJean, a cultural historian, shows how it not only helped transform the way homes were designed but also struck a blow to longstanding norms of social order.
Later, after coming under fire from then-senator and noted marijuana enemy Jeff Sessions, Comey retracted his comments and claimed that he was joking, but it's clear that intelligence agencies are rethinking longstanding norms in order to shape a new kind of workforce — one that can rise to meet the rising tide of global cyber threats.
This law is an affront to the longstanding norms and treaties protecting medical care in conflict.
That may not mean much to Trump given that a defining element of his rise has been his willingness to disregard longstanding norms and upend convention.
Despite his routine flouting of longstanding norms separating law enforcement and politics, Trump has rarely made his view of the Justice Department so clear: He sees it as way administrations can punish their enemies and win (or retain) power.
During the 2016 campaign and since, Trump has flouted important, longstanding norms, from his anti-Mexican and anti-Muslim demagoguery to his public encouragement of Russian hacks into Hillary Clinton's emails to his rejection of the U.S. intelligence community's assessment of Russia's involvement.
We've long assumed that politicians won't lie to us at least, not too much or break with longstanding norms of decorum (again, not too much) because doing so would (a) harm their political party irreparably, (b) destroy any shot they ever had for re-election, and (c) tarnish their personal reputation beyond salvaging.
And while there appears to be a trend toward employee willingness to do so, it is at odds with the longstanding social norm against discussing pay.
