For lawyers, reflecting perhaps their parochial preferences, there has been a special fascination since then in the role played by the Supreme Court in that transformation -- the manner in which its decisions altered in `` the switch in time that saved nine '', President Roosevelt's ill-starred but in effect victorious `` Court-packing plan '', the imprimatur of judicial approval that was finally placed upon social legislation.

This was the very sort of legislation that Roosevelt himself had in mind.

In all the turmoil, some good legislation was passed.

Codification was followed in all countries by a growing amount of legislation, some changing and adjusting the older law, much dealing with entirely new situations.

The change was not quite so dramatic as it sounds because in fact common norms continued to be invoked by municipal courts and were only gradually changed by legislation, and then largely in marginal situations.

Such legislation was clarified and extended from time to time thereafter.

Even though in civil rights legislation in 1957 and 1960 the provision for the Attorney General to act was eliminated, should we nevertheless support such a clause??

State and federal legislation against racial discrimination in employment was called for yesterday in a report of a `` blue ribbon '' citizens committee on the aid to dependent children program.

In 1914, the Clayton Act attempted to take labor out from under the anti-trust legislation by stating that human labor was not to be considered a commodity.

Taking precedence over all other legislation on Capitol Hill last week was the military strength of the nation.

He also was the one bishop that published ecclesiastical legislation during Edward the Confessor's reign, attempting to discipline and reform the clergy.

Although the legislation was not retrospective, five years later the Athenians removed 5000 from the citizen registers when a free gift of grain arrived for all citizens from an Egyptian king.

Stemming from this, the Parliament of England decided that, to ensure the stability and future prosperity of Great Britain, full union of the two parliaments and nations was essential before Anne's death and used a combination of exclusionary legislation ( the Alien Act of 1705 ), politics, and bribery to achieve it within three years under the Act of Union 1707.

The Irish Free State, whose consent to the Abdication Act was also required, neither gave it nor allowed the British legislation to take effect in the Free State's jurisdiction ; instead, the Irish parliament passed its own Act — the Executive Authority ( External Relations ) Act — the day after the Declaration of Abdication Act took force elsewhere, meaning Edward VIII, for one day, remained King of Ireland while George VI was king of all the other realms.

During his presidency, Clinton advocated for a wide variety of legislation and programs, much of which was enacted into law or was implemented by the executive branch.

The process was also criticised as cumbersome and slow, the initial deregulation having been announced in 2004, and taking no less than three years to come to fruition through delays in legislation and regulation.

The first attempt at legislation was drafted by the President of the Board of Control, Lord Ellenborough, who had previously served as Governor-General of India ( 1841 – 44 ).

It was thought that if the Conservatives were able to secure this piece of legislation, then the newly enfranchised electorate may return their gratitude to the Tories in the form of a Conservative vote at the next general election.

This was followed in 2001 by additional legislation imposing penalties on noncompliant insurers.

It was at this time that a political battle over the so-called People's Budget resulted in the passage of an act ending the power of the House of Lords to block legislation.

The main legislative framework for the Building Society was the Building Society Act of 1874, with subsequent amending legislation in 1894, 1939 ( see Coney Hall ), and 1960.

After this the legislation did prevent a cash distribution to members of less than two years standing, but the same result was obtained by permitting the issue of ' free ' shares in the acquiring Plc, saleable for cash.

The original EU legislation “ Restrictions of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronics Devices ” ( RoHS Directive 2002 / 95 / EC ) was replaced and superseded by 2011 / 65 / EU published in July 2011 and commonly known as RoHS 2.

Susan Boyd, a former Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, strongly criticized the legislation, but Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said that it is an " internal matter " and that Australia does not want to get involved.

The legislation has been strongly criticized by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe as discriminatory.

In October 1972 Congress passed legislation creating a second deputy secretary of defense position, a proposal Laird strongly supported, even though he never filled the position.

Banks's financial records strongly suggest he received a large gratuity from the Russian minister after the Alaska legislation passed.

While there is very little specific Federal legislation regarding building codes, which are generally left to local jurisdictions, the Federal government has used its funding and monetary clout to strongly encourage fire safety standards in construction.

Koch often deviated from the conventional liberal line, strongly supporting the death penalty and taking a hard line on " quality of life " issues, such as giving police broader powers in dealing with the homeless and favoring ( and signing ) legislation banning the playing of radios on subways and buses.

Kucinich has also strongly opposed space-based weapons and has sponsored legislation, HR 2977, banning the deployment and use of space-based weapons.

In 1938, Balbo was the only member of the Fascist regime who strongly opposed the new legislation against the Jews, the Italian " Racial Laws ".

Kennan strongly protested the legislation, arguing that it would only result in a straining of relations between Yugoslavia and the U. S. Kennan came to Washington in the summer of 1962 to lobby against the legislation but was unable to elicit a change from Congress.

In doing so he stated that Congress has the authority to “ exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever ” in the District, even though the Democratic-leaning district is strongly opposed to the ban.

This legislation was strongly opposed by Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley.

The final month of the Senate campaign saw both Bowles's and Burr's campaigns turn strongly negative, with Burr's campaign attacking Bowles's associations with the Clinton administration, while Bowles's campaign attacked Burr on his support of trade legislation and special interest donations.

I am on record speaking out strongly against drugs and will continue to do so .” On 16 August 2012 he failed to turn up in court to answer a charge under consumer protection legislation.

She was strongly anti-hunting with dogs and supported legislation to outlaw the practice in the UK.

In January, 1918, Wilson announced that women's suffrage was urgently needed as a " war measure ", and strongly urged Congress to pass the legislation.

Mirabella has been an advocate of voluntary student unionism ( VSU ) and strongly supported the legislation proposed by Brendan Nelson.

California's Assembly speaker has played a classic legislative leadership role as the bridge between Republican governor and a strongly liberal majority Democratic caucus, helping to forge and shepherd through a long list of impressive legislation over the past couple of years.

Plibersek campaigned strongly for the removal of discrimination against same-sex de facto couples in Federal legislation, raising the issue formally in Parliament on multiple occasions ( including 1999, 2006, and 2008 ) over her parliamentary career.

He and other black politicians had strongly opposed the 1895 state constitution, which essentially disfranchised most African-American citizens, a situation that the state maintained for more than half a century until passage of federal civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s.

Meredith strongly opposed the free trade legislation passed the year before under his predecessor Robert J. Walker.

In 2007, an editorial strongly disapproved of some legislation introduced by the Labour-led government, the Electoral Finance Act, to the point of overtly campaigning against the legislation.

However both affirming and dissenting Justices were decisive that the Constitution required a sharp separation between government and religion and their strongly worded opinions paved the way to a series of later court decisions that taken together brought about profound changes in legislation, public education, and other policies involving matters of religion.