mandates

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The first executive order targets a powerful quantum computer by 2028; the second mandates post-quantum cryptography by 2031.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Lumsden, who is unable to sit in both parliaments due to a Holyrood ban on so-called dual mandates, is to resign from Holyrood just six weeks after winning re-election as a North East MSP.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

“Cities may not like it, but the state mandates make sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The JAA also mandates annual climate surveys: Quantifying the scope of these problems is the first step toward crafting effective solutions.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Referring to them as sacred might feel uncomfortable, because the First Amendment of the Constitution tells us that this nation legally mandates separation of church and state.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz