Sentence examples for basis for legislation from inspiring English sources

He said, "Sharia should be the basis for legislation.

The term "ethnic Hungarian" is convenient journalistic shorthand but a poor basis for legislation.

"The Koran is inadequate as a basis for legislation," said Nilufer Narli, a professor of sociology at Bogazici University in Istanbul.

By ruling out moral disapproval as a permissible basis for legislation, Kennedy, in the eyes of liberal activists and social conservatives alike, made it more likely that lower courts will come to recognize a constitutional right to gay marriage.

The draft has been criticised for its ambiguous language on civil liberties, women's and minority rights and freedom of expression, as well as its concentration on enshrining sharia law as the basis for legislation.

That recommendation, supported by a majority of my fellow commissioners of all political stripes, became the basis for legislation that is likely to come up for a vote next week in the Senate.

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's majority opinion rejected each of the two sources of constitutional authority that Congress had asserted as the basis for the legislation.

The blueprint was the basis for the legislation approved by the House and Senate, which is about to be merged by a conference committee.

On Monday, Verizon and Google created a stir by jointly proposing an alternative set of rules as the basis for new legislation governing the Internet.

"These principles will be a rallying point for a public that is eager for congressional action and will be the basis for future legislation that we will demand receive a vote," the letter said.

He said that in 1997 he had ensured as chair of European finance ministers that a code on fair tax competition was introduced, a code that has became the basis for national legislation in many countries.