legal weight

noun

the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.

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The next day, however, California Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond sent out a letter, saying that the federal warning carried no legal weight.

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State Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond responded last week by saying in his own letter to schools that Dhillon’s warning carried no legal weight and that school districts were still obligated to follow state law, which requires transgender athletes be allowed to compete on teams based on their gender identity.

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Some people in the transgender community now worry GRCs have lost their legal weight and will only serve a symbolic purpose from now on.

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Laws passed by Congress have more legal weight than executive orders, so the NSF shouldn’t prioritize Trump’s order over its mandate to support underrepresented people in science, Scheppele said.

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So that's all gross and evil — but it's not entirely clear how much legal weight this screed has.

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