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  2. List of executive actions by John F. Kennedy - Wikipedia

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    Executive orders are issued to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the federal government itself. [1] Presidential memoranda are closely related, and have the force of law on the Executive Branch, but are generally considered less prestigious. Presidential memoranda do not have an established process ...

  3. II Marine Expeditionary Force - Wikipedia

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    The II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force consisting of ground, air and logistics forces capable of projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a period of 60 days.

  4. List of United States federal executive orders - Wikipedia

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    The current numbering system for executive orders was established by the U.S. State Department in 1907, when all of the orders in the department's archives were assigned chronological numbers. The first executive order to be assigned a number was Executive Order 1 , signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, but hundreds of unnumbered orders had been ...

  5. 2nd Marine Division - Wikipedia

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    The 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV) is a division of the United States Marine Corps, which forms the ground combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF). The division is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and headquartered at Julian C. Smith Hall. The 2nd Marine Division earned renown in World War II ...

  6. United States administrative law - Wikipedia

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    Section 551 of the Administrative Procedure Act gives the following definitions: . Rulemaking is "an agency process for formulating, amending, or repealing a rule." A rule in turn is "the whole or a part of an agency statement of general or particular applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy."

  7. List of executive actions by Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Executive orders are issued to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the federal government itself. [1] Presidential memoranda are closely related, and have the force of law on the Executive Branch, but are generally considered less prestigious.

  8. Merchant Marine Act of 1920 - Wikipedia

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    It requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried on ships that have been constructed in the United States and that fly the U.S. flag, are owned by U.S. citizens, and are crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents. [2] [3] The act was introduced by Senator Wesley Jones.

  9. Common law - Wikipedia

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    According to Black's Law Dictionary, common law is "the body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather than from statutes or constitutions." [15] Legal systems that rely on common law as precedent are known as "common law jurisdictions."