Sentence examples for a legislative policy from inspiring English sources

Recalling the sad plight of poor families from the Bronx who sued T.W.A. after a jet crashed off Long Island in 1996, he quoted the Bronx jurist's dispassionate dissent: "The appropriate remedial scheme for deaths occurring off the United States coast is clearly a legislative policy choice, which should not be made by the courts".

Ruthie Epstein, a legislative policy analyst with the ACLU, called the rule "long overdue".

Brecht, a legislative policy adviser and former combat Marine, said he and several other bystanders intervened and held down the attacker until authorities arrived. .

The problem with the tactic employed by proponents of Prop 37 is that the food movement attempted to directly confront Big Food in a legislative, policy-based battle.

It will also serve as a leading indicator of whether House conservatives will devote the next nine months of this term to slamming the brakes on a domestic legislative policy that has careened off course.

"It's a big deal for a lot of these people not to find a job," said David Certner, legislative policy director for AARP.

The European Commission remains the sole initiator of legislation, but the European Council is able to provide an impetus to guide legislative policy.

"We encourage people to work an extra year or two before retiring because every year you work is in essence a twofer," said David Certner, the legislative policy director for AARP.

(iii) Finally, in political systems where the rule of law is weak, the role of independent lawyers and courts as a counterweight to executive or legislative policy decisions appears to be significantly limited, sometimes even inexistent.

Our traditional deference to legislative policy choices finds a corollary in the principle that the Constitution "does not mandate adoption of any one penological theory".

Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, said he and his colleagues were skeptical of "grand legislative policy schemes" and favored "a step-by-step approach" focused on lowering health costs for families and businesses.