State statutes mandate that some records remain sealed, like those involving personnel or pending lawsuits.
Such dirt and debris has long been deposited there, and state statutes mandate that the deposits be clean.
Numerous environmental statutes mandate that government agencies consider "the best available science" when making decisions.
Even though federal statutes mandate that certain polling locations and other government sites offer instructions in users' native languages, existing translated materials -- on the rare occasions when they are available -- are often so poorly translated as to render them useless.
The statute mandates that the patient — who must be at least 18 and an Oregon resident — make two requests no less than 15 days apart, and that two physicians affirm that the patient has no more than six months to live and doesn't suffer from any mental disorder, including depression, that might impair judgment.
The White House extended executive privilege as a feint to protect Attorney General Eric Holder from a contempt of Congress charge (which may still proceed); should the full Congress press the charge, federal statute mandates that the justice department (which Eric Holder leads) convene a grand jury to prosecute it.
In Alaska, state statute mandates that specified professionals (e.g. medical provider, education instructor), must report suspected maltreatment to the state child welfare agency.
There, a state statute mandated that in actions to enforce an insurance policy, the court was to award the plaintiff a reasonable attorney's fee.
In 2012, after Congress enacted a statute mandating that the military initially take custody of all foreign Qaeda suspects, Mr. Obama issued a directive that pre-emptively waived that rule for most domestic circumstances, such as if the F.B.I. had arrested the suspect and was already in the process of an interrogation.
But it preserves a portion of the statute mandating that all students become proficient in English, no matter what program they choose.
