Look, you can't say on the one hand that the president is overreaching by acting without legislative authority and direction and then refuse to give him legislative authority and direction in another area.
On Wednesday, four Democratic legislators and Marisela Morales, a legal permanent resident who received one of the letters, intend to file suit in state court accusing the governor's office of acting without legislative authority in issuing the letters and also of discriminating against people on the basis of their legal status.
What will you do to win?" In the Senate, Mr. Frist has compiled a conservative voting record even while acting as legislative broker and deal maker on such flash-point issues as stem cell research, financing for AIDS research and patients' rights.
When it is acting as a legislative assembly, that isn't right.
Like many other states, New Jersey is reeling from the recession, but its problems have been compounded by the Sept. 11 attack and a last-minute spending spree last year by the acting governor and legislative leaders.
Even if you infer that various states acting through their legislative process have repealed sodomy laws, there is no protected right to engage in extrasexual -- extramarital sexual relations, again, that can trace their roots to history or the traditions of this nation.
The E.U. justice ministers, who are acting as the upper legislative chamber on the data protection legislation, are preparing to begin their own deliberations on the proposals under the guidance of Alan Shatter, the Irish justice minister.
"The separation-of-powers doctrine prohibits executive agencies and officials — like Paterson — from exceeding, altering or acting in conflict with legislative policy determinations," lawyers for the Christian group argued in court papers.
They also say that teachers "particularly in faith schools will be able to continue to describe their belief that marriage is between a man and woman whilst acknowledging and acting within the new legislative position which enables same sex-couples to get married".
