Instead it means that the thinking in which decision issues has the power to determine the morality of the decision, as in this instance the pressure for renewed practical or legislative attention to the constitutional problems the decision had uncovered might have done.

In this letter, Mr. Kennedy made it clear that he limited his comment only to one consideration -- what effect the legislative proposals might have on future anti-trust judgments.

and also that they may have 5 legislative days in which to extend their remarks.

Further, and as an evidence of legislative intent only, the Senate of the United States recently defeated by a substantial majority the `` Holland Amendment '' to the Fair Labor Standards Act, which would have specifically limited the regulatory authority of the Secretary in these matters.

The proposal would have to receive final legislative approval, by two-thirds majorities, before March 1 to be printed on the April 4 ballot, Roberts said.

Furthermore, individual bishops, or the Council of Bishops as a whole, often serve a prophetic role, making statements on important social issues and setting forth a vision for the denomination, though they have no legislative authority of their own.

Common law systems place great weight on court decisions, which are considered " law " with the same force of law as statutes — for nearly a millennium, common law courts have had the authority to make law where no legislative statute exists, and statutes mean what courts interpret them to mean.

, two years after its implementation began, the security situation of inside Colombia has shown some measure of an improvement and the economy, while still fragile, has also shown some positive signs according to observers, but relatively little has yet to have been accomplished in structurally solving most of the country's other grave problems, possibly in part due to legislative and political conflicts between the administration and the Colombian Congress ( including those over the controversial project to eventually re-elect Uribe ), and a relative lack of freely allocated funds and credits.

However, in most areas the ordinary legislative procedure applies meaning both Council and Parliament share legislative and budgetary powers equally, meaning both have to agree for a proposal to pass.

As the relationships and powers of these institutions have developed, various legislative procedures have been created for adopting laws.

Recent judicial opinions have indicated that provincial legislative national opt-out powers should not be exercised to interfere with the ability of another province to certify a parallel class action for residents of other provinces.

These do not have any legislative authority, and are wholly dependent upon ecclesial support.

Similarly, many republics have named a legislative chamber after the Roman Senate.

According to the Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve is independent within government in that " its monetary policy decisions do not have to be approved by the President or anyone else in the executive or legislative branches of government.

Both the executive branch and the legislative branch of the government are run by the representatives of the political parties who have been elected through the elections.

At a regional level, groups of states can create political and legal bodies with sometimes complicated patchworks of overlapping provisions detailing the jurisdictional relationships between the member states and providing for some degree of harmonization between their national legislative and judicial functions, for example, the European Union and African Union both have the potential to become federated states although the political barriers to such unification in the face of entrenched nationalism will be very difficult to overcome.

If the executive or legislative powers within the jurisdiction are not restricted or restricted only by a number of limited restrictions, these government branches have plenary power such as a national policing power.

In the legal case of Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U. S. 783 ( 1983 ), the Supreme Court of the United States held that a state legislature could constitutionally have a paid chaplain to conduct legislative prayers " in the Judeo-Christian tradition.

The structure of the US federal government may also have made its membership problematic, as its representatives at the League could not have made decisions on behalf of the United States executive branch without having prior approval of the legislative branch.

According to the constitution, executive power is exercised by the government while legislative power is vested in the ministerial cabinet, the Senate and the National Assembly, although in reality these two latter bodies have very little power or legislative role.

News of the legislative veto appeared in the New Orleans papers, and Henry and William became incensed by the fact that they had not been told of the attempt in advance.

The development of the Council has been characterised by the rise in power of the Parliament, with which the Council has had to share its legislative powers.

An incorporated entity is a separate legal entity that has been incorporated through a legislative or registration process established through legislation.

Together with the Council of the European Union ( the Council ) and the European Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world.

Multi-party legislative elections were held in 1990-91 even though opposition parties had not been declared formally legal.

Multi-party legislative elections were held in 1990-91 although opposition parties had not been declared formally legal.

# When the newly elected Reichstag first convened on March 23, 1933, ( not including the Communist delegates, since their party had already been banned by that time ) it passed the Enabling Act ( Ermächtigungsgesetz ), transferring all legislative powers to the Nazi government and, in effect, abolishing the remainder of the Weimar constitution as a whole.

Key legislative actions included declaration of the Vichy laws and acts as unconstitutional and therefore illegal, re-establishment of republican legality throughout metropolitan France, election of replacement local governments that had been suppressed by the Vichy regime, voting for women, and implementation of labour laws.

Direct funding of the Contras insurgency had been made illegal through the Boland Amendment, the name given to three U. S. legislative amendments between 1982 and 1984 aimed at limiting US government assistance to the Contras militants.

The Authority's main legislative accomplishment to date has been the adoption, in the year 2000, of regulations governing exploration for polymetallic nodules.

KAU acted as a constituency association for the first black member of Kenya's legislative council, Eliud Mathu, who had been nominated in 1944 by the governor after consulting élite African opinion.

In practice however, more power is vested in the executive branch of government than in the legislative, and the judiciary has been weakened by sustained attacks by the government during the Mahathir era.

It has been widely criticized, however, over the lack of Hamas presence in the Organization, even after Hamas won almost two-thirds of the seats in the 2006 legislative council elections.

Since then, many jurisdictions have been swayed by Justice Traynor's arguments on behalf of the strict liability rule in Escola, Greenman, and subsequent cases — including nearly all U. S. states, the European Union, Australia, and Japan — and have adopted it either by judicial decision or by legislative act.

In the modern era, the reach of personal jurisdiction has been expanded by judicial re-interpretation and legislative enactments.

Various historic legislative bodies in German-speaking countries have been referred to as Reichstags, including:

In 2007, a free trade agreement known as the Republic of Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement ( KORUS FTA ) was reportedly signed between South Korea and the United States, but its formal implementation has been repeatedly delayed, pending further approval by the legislative bodies of the two countries.

In the mid-1930s, a legislative attempt had been made to prevent through-road transport between Khartoum and Port Sudan.

Thus, this congressional clause is contrasted by the general vesting of the executive and judicial powers in Articles II and III in the branches of government those articles govern, which has been interpreted to mean that those branches enjoy " residual " or " implied " powers beyond those specifically mentioned, as contrasted with the Congress, which is vested with those legislative powers " herein granted ;" however, there is substantial contemporary disagreement about the precise extent of the powers conferred by the general vesting clauses.

Many of these letters have been published in compilations and are regarded as divinely empowered and authoritative ; its legislative decisions are considered infallible to Bahá ' ís.

Hoped-for legislative action on adjustment of the county unit system stands less chance than ever.

This was controversial, because ever since 1983 the Nevis Island Administration had approved all investments for Nevis, on the basis that the constitution vests legislative authority for industries, trades and businesses and economic development in Nevis to the Nevis Island Administration.

The March 1989 election of the Congress of People's Deputies marked the first time that voters of the Soviet Union ever chose the membership of a national legislative body.

* July 22 – First round of the Mongolian legislative election, the first multiparty ever held in Mongolia ; the Mongolian People's Party wins by a wide margin after the second round of voting on July 29.

The PS went on to reach its best ever result with an absolute majority in the 1981 legislative election.

In France, for example, the Ordinance of Marine of Louis XIV was published under the auspices of Colbert in 1691, and was the first complete code of maritime and commercial law ; and " when we consider the originality and extent of the design and the ability with which it is executed, we shall not hesitate to admit that it deserves to be ranked among the noblest works that legislative genius and learning have ever accomplished.

" Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich ( R ) said he's " the smartest legislative politician I've ever met.

At the same time, he was elected as Selukwe's representative in the legislative assembly, running for the Southern Rhodesia Liberal Party ; in doing so he became Southern Rhodesia's youngest ever member of parliament.

The Liberal Party performed badly in the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election, securing only 2. 64 percent of the popular vote and gaining five seats in Legco ( one in a geographical constituency and four in functional constituencies ), its lowest ever election showing.

The Assembly declared, " We hope and trust that no person or body of people will ever use these minutes, or any part of them, as articles of faith upon which to establish a sect or denomination ", and that it was not " a legislative or executive body, judicial only ".

In the Manitoba election of 1958, Schreyer was elected to the Manitoba legislative assembly as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( CCF ), representing the rural constituency of Brokenhead ; being only 22 years old at the time, Schreyer became the youngest person ever elected to that chamber.

In the legislative election of 2002, the PCP achieved its lowest voting result ever, with only 7. 0 % of the vote.

According to the Colorado state archives, " He became the only man in the state ever to have occupied the highest seat in the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government.

Most of Bérégovoy's close friends admitted that he had been depressed ever since he lost the March legislative elections in which his Socialist Party won only 67 out of 577 parliamentary seats.

Shortly after Patton turned back a weak challenge to his re-election in 1999, two Democratic state senators defected to the Republican Party, giving Republicans a majority in that legislative house for the first time ever.

Constant television coverage displays the legislative proceedings ; exposing faster than ever before, unjust rulings throughout the government process.

During a 1953 legislative debate on the issue, he made the following statement: " Why, if Communism ever came to this county-and I pray God it won't-they won't have to change a thing in this act, only the penalties.

Created by three lawyers, namely Tan Chye Cheng, John Laycock and Nazir Ahmad Mallal, all three founders were educated at the University of London and were three of the six first ever elected legislative councillors in Singapore.

Regularly vocal in his opposition to Askar Akayev, the Kyrgyz President ousted on 24 March 2005 during the Tulip Revolution, Bakir Uulu called for the abolishment of the death penalty, the release of Felix Kulov from prison, an end to the ban on the Islamic movement Hizb ut Tahrir, and called the 2005 legislative election the least free and fair the nation had ever seen.

He is the only ethics committee chair ever to have referred the heads of both legislative chambers to a prosecutor.