Doing that might make a change in the tax law more palatable — and inexpensive.
Brien added that, in an effort to make Rhode Island's voter-ID law more palatable, its supporters opted for a less strict version than the ones passed in states like Texas, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
Robert C. Clark, dean of the school, said the primary goal of the changes was to make the law school experience more palatable.
Perhaps of most concern to civil liberties advocates was Littlehale's apparent suggestion that the warrant requirement would be more palatable if law enforcement had access to other types of data.
The SeaTac victory was also instrumental in bringing a $15 minimum wage to the much larger city of Seattle: Once it became clear that voters in nearby SeaTac weren't afraid to pass such an aggressive wage hike, Seattle businesses joined with city officials and labor leaders to hash out a minimum wage law that employers would find palatable.
She's asked if changing the drug laws has become more politically palatable.
It's a tactic that's moved from activists on the streets to policy-makers on the Hill: In a country that largely opposes overturning Roe v Wade, framing anti-choice legislation as protective of women is a lot more palatable than admitting a law would limit their rights.
Herbaceous species were categorized into four palatability classes, as highly palatable, palatable, less palatable, and unpalatable based on the opinion of livestock herders and according to Tainton (1981).
Terms such as "detainee", "water-boarding" and "extraordinary rendition" became more palatable euphemisms for "prisoner outside the law", "drowning", "kidnap and torture" in freedom's name.
Mr. Gaffey said he found the proposed amendment more palatable than California's three-strikes law because it would require all three offenses to be violent crimes, not just felonies, to mandate the longer sentence.
