As an example of legislative cunning, the bill is a machiavellian masterpiece.
Moreover, in a rare example of legislative foresight, politicians in many countries have anticipated the problem.
WASHINGTON — The debt ceiling debate may seem to be taking forever, but as an example of legislative dysfunction it is difficult to beat the repeated failure of Congress to manage the affairs of the Federal Aviation Administration.
The measures "are just the most recent example of legislative stupidity" applied to culture, said Sofia Bosco, the director of the Rome office of the National Trust of Italy, which supported Friday's protest.
Despite AG Suthers' tantrum, lawmakers' rejection of the bill was not an example of legislative impotence.
The bill is the latest example of legislative harassment in the Lone Star State and one thing that sets it apart is its transmisogyny.
The linkage is an example of legislative logrolling that makes it easier for urban and rural lawmakers to support each others' priorities.
Of course, a great recent example of legislative interference with speech on campus was the Oklahoma State Legislature's foray into investigating a lecture by evolutionary biologist and noted atheist Richard Dawkins, something for which the legislature has still stalwartly refused to answer.
Burger's argument in that opinion was the same argument that has been used to uphold the constitutionality of Sunday blue laws: that sponsoring a crèche is an example of a legitimate exercise of legislative power that just happens to coincide with the practices of a particular religion.
A model of legislative efficiency.
