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The administration argues that it has legal basis for the project under a statute that authorizes the president to manage the “improvement” or “alteration” of the White House Executive Residence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Furthermore, federal courts have typically given the president broad discretion in implementing the statute.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

If no one claims the prize by next Thursday, the money will go to public schools in California as dictated by the statute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

There is a statute of limitations of 15 years for many crimes in South Korea.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Between the passage of Alabama's new death penalty statute in 1975 and the end of 1988, there had been only three executions in Alabama.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Flaherty that prediction-market contracts are “swaps” under the Commodity Exchange Act, and that therefore federal law pre-empts state gambling statutes from reaching these markets.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

He added that federal banking laws such as anti-money-laundering rules and consumer protection statutes will be “directly applicable and enforceable.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Another is the existence of relatively new statutes that support growing schools of the Atlantic menhaden, an oily fish with a variety of industrial uses like commercial bait and omega-3 supplements.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

That conduct is already enforceable under existing New York statutes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

State legislatures enacted harsh new punishments for crimes, naming statutes after particular victims.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson