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I think thats a modern definition and is not valid on this point,,,1. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,Shall not be infringed"
2. "The little known tax code provision employed by the Democrats in demanding Mr. Trump’s returns says only that the Internal Revenue Service “shall furnish” the information, giving it and its parent agency, the Treasury Department, little leeway in deciding how to respond.
Link to above:
Trump Lawyer Asserts President’s Right to Keep Tax Returns Private
The Republican Party, the NRA and the Congress must decide if shall means mandatory, or not. The consequences are clear. Give Congress the president's taxes, or give the NRA and it's shall not be infringed a kick in the ass.
Interesting. I always thought "shall" to mean "mandatory". What did I know:
shall
v. 1) an imperative command as in "you shall not kill."
2) in some statutes, "shall" is a direction but does not mean mandatory, depending on the context.
It's a pity, really, for if "shall" changes its meaning contingent on the "context", whatever that's supposed to mean, our righty friends are still not required to interpret your examples the same way. Still, watching them tying themselves in knots finding some "context" to justify different interpretations shall be fun.
the lefty have been changing the meanings of words for decades,,, so if you get a chance to buy an older edition of the dictionary I would do so,,,