If Georgia's law remains in place, other states are likely to follow.

This law still remains in full force as of 2013.

The old gold standard is long since gone, but the basic economic laws remain.

Though the service is no longer offered, these laws remain in force.

The frontier has long since been settled but the law remains.

"What happened is when the period of opening came, the laws remained," he said.

But, he said, "the law remained in the back of my mind."

And Indian law remains in full force by prior sovereignty.

"The law remains on the books, but it is not applied," he said.

If current laws remain in force, more such cases are likely to be brought to trial.