Codifying the legality of wireless device unlocking will provide the certainty that this law will not stand in the way of consumer rights and competitive markets, now or in the future.

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The merits of such a system are that similar cases will be decided in a similar way and there is certainty of the law not affected by social or political consequences of the decision itself.

CNN: HOLD TO THE COMMON LAW

If this character of our legal system is destroyed so that any decision can be the subject of "re-interpretation, " the certainty of and respect for the common law will be very much diminished.

CNN: HOLD TO THE COMMON LAW

"Certainty is an integral part of the rule of law and the government needs to make laws that give a clear picture to investors, " Mr. Butani said.

WSJ: Vodafone Overturns Tax Bill in India

The House should act to pass the tax cuts for the middle class -- 98 percent of American taxpayers -- and do what everyone in Washington agrees should be done, which is to extend those tax cuts, pass that law, the President will sign it, and it will create certainty for 98 percent of the American people.

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