This 1994 federal law neither told the states to do anything nor prohibited them from taking any action.
The law tells us that the taking of human life is wrong, then goes ahead and sets the example.
The law does tell them to serve the public interest.
They should have done what the law told them to do.
And in any case laws don't tell the whole story.
I can be guided only by what the law tells me.
In some cases, the law tells people that they have special duties.
But you're up to date on what the law tells you about going outside Miranda.
His law tells us how two bodies, like you and Earth attract each other.
The law, the Party, and his own conscience told him that.