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Grammatical explanation of statement "He will not be questioned."

Seems to me that it is equivalent to "He is not to be questioned." There's an element of declaration or assertion I can't pin down! Context is Stephen Miller speaking about Trump's travel ban, ...
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Modal Verbs and Sequence of Tenses

Should the clause “I would/should think” be followed by another also in the past, according to the rules of tense sequence? I should think he was here [I think he is here now]. I should think the ...
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