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The WP quotes one expert referring to probable "preemptive arrests," and saying that the FBI would "nail [those arrested] for anything they can, just to get them off the streets."
Since Hawaii's 1993 decision, 29 states have passed preemptive laws saying they would not accept gay marriages from other states.
The supplementary information published with the Final Rule clearly states the preemptive effect to be given to the rule; what, if any, retroactive effect its provisions may have; and the administrative procedures to be followed prior to any judicial challenge to provisions of the rule.
Chatterbox was intrigued by Bruce Orwall's Oct. 6 story in the Wall Street Journal about how the diet-pill maker Metabolife International, Inc., was launching a preemptive strike against ABC News' 20/20 , which is investigating the company.
The NYT lead story, also the off-lead at the WP , describes Clinton's proposal that the IMF distribute preemptive emergency lines of credit to countries that show relative economic stability but nonetheless could succumb to panic swings.