It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.

When I was a student, the laws of physics were regarded as completely off limits. The job of the scientist, we were told, is to discover the laws and apply them, not inquire into their provenance.

I have not yet begun to fight (as his ship was sinking, 23 September 1779)

We are going to have to deal with it, we're not there yet. But we do have that restriction and will have to comply with it.

I agree that the university's scheme is permissible but do not believe the court should take the occasion to impose a cast-iron viewpoint neutrality requirement to uphold it,

He who believes that the past cannot be changed has not yet written his memoirs.