The holiday faded away in the early 19th century after the City of Albany, fearing large gatherings of boisterous blacks, enacted laws effectively barring the festivities.
The Dutch Parliament will vote Tuesday on a bill that, if enacted, will effectively require even Jewish and Muslim butchers to stun animals -- mechanically, electrically or with gas -- before they are slaughtered, eliminating an exception in current law.
If a Senate minority refuses to approve any nominee, regardless of qualifications, until its policy preferences are enacted, it effectively means that the minority can dictate policy to the majority, forcing the government to undo legislation it has passed.
The takeover battle for A. Alfred Taubman's shopping mall empire took another twist yesterday when a bill was introduced in the Michigan Legislature that, if enacted, would effectively void a recent federal court decision and allow the Taubman family to block a hostile offer.
Two months after the decision, a series of legislative and constitutional amendments was enacted that effectively reversed the Chng Suan Tze decision.
And she enacts an effectively histrionic mad scene, with a little sleepwalking on the side.
Many bishops had believed that they could not prosecute cases against priests because they exceeded the five-year statute of limitations enacted in 1983, effectively shielding many molesters since victims of child abuse rarely came forward until they were well into adulthood.
Since 2006, two of the nation's most populous states--California and New York, home to more than 600,000 teachers--have even enacted laws that effectively bar school administrators from considering a teacher's impact on student performance in teacher pay and tenure decisions.
The needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness refer to the experience of behavior as volitional and reflectively self-endorsed, effectively enacted, and intimately connected to others, respectively (Katz and Assor, 2007; Niemiec and Ryan, 2009; Van den Broeck et al., 2010).
Near the end of 2013, the government enacted a law that effectively forbids any demonstration without official approval, with a maximum punishment of a year in prison.
