The move effectively ratified the status quo, since the Islamic Salvation Front, the political group that controlled the fighters, had observed a cease-fire since August 1997.
When all the shouting was done, the American people on Tuesday more or less ratified the status quo that existed at the start of the day: they returned President Obama to the White House for another four years, reaffirmed Republican control of the House and kept the Senate in Democratic hands.
"The fork situation followed by the CME announcement have ratified bitcoin status," he added.
In 1953, Congress ratified the status of forces agreement with NATO as a treaty, four years after ratifying the NATO treaty itself.
In 27 BC, Octavian offered to give up the Dictatorial powers which he had held since 42 BC, but the senate refused, and thus ratified his status as master of the state.
What's in reach is an autonomy settlement, some joint oversight of the Valley, that essentially gives both sides a way to ratify the status quo — the Line of Control as a de facto border, with special status for the Kashmir Valley and a few other bells and whistles.
His "concession" to legalize — temporarily — the status of some 700,000 immigrants brought across our borders when they were children essentially ratifies the status quo forced on Trump by lower court decisions that the Supreme Court left in place on Tuesday.
Either we will ratify the status quo or we will have a new beginning in American politics.
"It seems like what is happening now with this executive order is effectively ratifying the status quo," he said.
At this point, far from being a revolutionary power, Iran is trying to ratify the status quo, largely because it has won.
However, her relationship with Mr Bennet, so often seen as establishing and ratifying her status as the smartest and most interesting of the daughters, certainly complicates – if not pollutes – her standing as our narrator's ego ideal.
