Sentence examples for functions of the legislative from inspiring English sources

In the same year Britain granted Gibraltar a new constitution under which the functions of the legislative and city councils were merged and a Gibraltar House of Assembly was set up establishing self-government in domestic matters.

"We are unwilling to acquiesce to the court's attempt to hijack the functions of the legislative and executive branches," he added. .

The function of the legislative branch is to craft legislation at the federal level.

Appropriations bills, once the central function of the legislative branch, have been ditched in favor of short-term spending measures that do little more than keep the lights on.

Locke did not think of interpreting law as a distinct function because he thought it was a part of both the legislative and executive functions (Tuckness 2002a).

Ms. Quinn, responding later in the day during a separate news conference, said her office had hired new staff members "to make sure we are able to conduct our functions as the legislative body of the City of New York".

Unfortunately, the executive branch has seen no compelling reason to coordinate its functions with the legislative.

And the question is this: Many of the legislative functions of the federal government right now are in a state of paralysis as a result of partisan gridlock.

One of the most important legislative functions of the president, however, is that of signing or vetoing proposed legislation.

"The power of the purse is the very thumping heart of the legislative function in our system of separation of powers," said Jonathan Turley, the George Washington University professor who was hired in November to lead the lawsuit.

The underlying decision is so self-evidently an act of judicial usurpation of the legislative function, and so wrong as a matter of constitutional interpretation that it might seem that any self-respecting legislature would simply refuse to comply, and if it did comply, that the governor would veto the bill.