Ms. Brewer and other supporters of this brilliant bit of lawmaking say they think local governments should be able to make money off the guns.
The words "passed," "determine" and "consent" in the Constitution's provisions dealing with lawmaking, cameral rulemaking and appointments, respectively, should be understood to contain an implicit premise that a determined and focused legislative majority must be able to get its way in a reasonable amount of time.
And if the record indicates a penchant for lawmaking from the bench, the nominee should be blocked.
The out-party hypocritically recites principles it violated just yesterday — "important legal changes should be made by congressional lawmaking, not executive order," for example.
Otherwise, they are simply ceding power over lawmaking to the Republican minority and leaving business that should be finished this year to an uncertain future.
While Ryan contends these sorts of situations are bound to happen in a bottom-up approach to lawmaking, many Democrats feel restoring key provisions of the Voting Rights Act should be a top priority.
I don't believe that 82 people should be able to select one of only 13 members of the city's lawmaking body — especially not an at-large member with the responsibility to represent all 618,000 D.C. residents.
Supporters of democracy and the idea of lawmaking by the people -- wherever they stand on the issue of same-sex marriage -- should be troubled by the Supreme Court's decision Wednesday on California's Proposition 8.
The decision by France and Germany is a particular setback to Cameron, who said in his long-awaited speech on the EU in January that nothing should be off the table in the review, which will examine every area of EU lawmaking.
If this past week has taught us anything, it should be that we cannot expect equality to exist in either our laws or the national debate surrounding lawmaking, if women are not at the table as legislation is considered.
