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Domestic U.S. legal issues aside – and concerns have been raised on those grounds, too – the killings in the Caribbean violated the human right to life, an ancient principle codified today in leading human rights treaties.

Voters in seven states last fall voted to codify a right to abortion in their state constitutions via ballot initiatives.

But again, these chapters codify the Black American experience as one defined by pain and primarily linked to chattel slavery.

In March, Congress finally codified a permanent raise for federal wildland firefighters via the appropriations process, a change that advocates have sought for years.

By funding tax cuts for the wealthy while making cuts to essential services for the poor, the bill codifies a transfer of resources up the economic ladder.