as a rule

It would do so by asserting congressional authority to redefine every action taken by the executive branch as a “rule” that could be repealed through the CRA by a simple majority.

"As a rule, the part that thaws out first, especially the trunk, is often eaten by modern predators or birds," he told the Reuters news agency.

Because, as a rule, Democratic commissioners are sympathetic toward labor, while Republican commissioners are management-side lawyers who hate unions and do everything they can to crush them.

The justices did not take up the case, probably because the appeal was premature: As a rule, a defendant like Wilson can’t appeal until after his trial, and he has not yet been convicted.

She also told relatives her son would injure himself while sleep-walking, but a medical expert said pre-school children did "not as a rule sleep-walk", Mr Lumley said.