rules

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Lawmakers set multiple rules for deciding disputes over American parents who live abroad, but the first rule was simple and undisputed.

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I didn’t know what the rules were.

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I follow the rules to a fault.

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California built its tradition of open government — including for citizen boards that set the rules for such functions as automotive repair and security guard licensing — precisely to keep well-funded corporate interests in check.

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Last June, the South Coast Air Quality Management District received more than 20,000 comments opposing a pair of clean air rules that would have prevented 2,500 premature deaths and 10,000 new cases of asthma.

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