Sentence examples for legislate intent from inspiring English sources
But you can't legislate intent.
In your opinion, should government leaders address issues with policies that acknowledge longstanding disparities or should they legislate solely with the intent to help all Americans regardless of race?
The preachers who attempt the role of politician, with the intent of legislating human behavior, should cause one to question their ability to reason or lead.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that according to Afroyim v. Rusk, "Congress is constitutionally devoid of the power" to revoke citizenship; and further, that Congress had no power to legislate any evidentiary standard for proving Terrazas's intent to relinquish his citizenship that fell short of a requirement of proof by clear, convincing and unequivocal evidence.
Lord Justice Treacy said that Parliament had not legislated to criminalise excessive drinking of a pregnant woman expect in cases of intent to procure a miscarriage, or to destroy the life of a child capable of being born alive, before it is born.
The Democrats' new reform measure drew sizable support from G.O.P. lawmakers intent on escaping the shadows of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal — the illicit golf-and-goodies legislating that helped deprive them of their control of Congress.
Archaeology cannot legislate belief.
