Sentence examples for extraordinary legislation from inspiring English sources

In a 2009 challenge the court dodged the constitutional question, but the chief justice, John Roberts, wrote that "more than 40 years ago, this court concluded that 'exceptional conditions' prevailing in certain parts of the country justified extraordinary legislation otherwise unfamiliar to our federal system.

Leftwing commentators didn't dwell on that at all, however, focussing instead on the question of whether plans for extraordinary security legislation were compatible with socialist values.

The act is an extraordinary piece of legislation.

Senator Marco Rubio offered an extraordinary endorsement of legislation to overhaul the nation's badly strained immigration system on Sunday when, after holding back for weeks, he appeared on no fewer than seven television talk shows to explain and defend a plan that he said would be "a net positive for the country, now and in the future".

It was the resulting shock that led to one of the most extraordinary pieces of legislation: actual, tangible gun control.

It is extraordinary to find legislation like this being proposed more than 60 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - as well as many subsequent international laws and standards - made it clear this type of discrimination is unacceptable.

WASHINGTON - In a move that was described by freshman Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown as "the most extraordinary piece of legislation I've ever seen in my life on the hill," the House approved a Senate version of a long delayed ethics reform measure.

However, as an extraordinary measure, federal legislation in the year 2000 gave the 26 cantonal authorities the authority to restrict the number of ambulatory health care providers.

The social mobility white paper published today will propose legislation of extraordinary radicalism - simple, fundamental and profound.

WASHINGTON — President Obama declared Monday that he was confident the Supreme Court would uphold his health care law, saying it would be an "unprecedented, extraordinary" step to overturn legislation passed by the "strong majority of a democratically elected Congress".

President Obama declared on Monday that he was confident that the Supreme Court would uphold his health care law, saying it would be an "unprecedented, extraordinary" step to overturn legislation passed by a "strong majority of a democratically elected Congress".