Sentence examples for legislative expression from inspiring English sources

That fear found legislative expression in the Espionage Act of 1917, which greatly enhanced the federal government's capacity for domestic surveillance.

But, since his new bill is lacking key details, it should be regarded as the legislative expression of a shared aspiration rather than as a blueprint for action, or as a death knell for the Affordable Care Act.

It was seen as a sort of metaphor, the legislative expression of Republicans' and Democrats' shared desire to rein in the deficit, but complete disagreement over how to do it.

This non-binding urging, a legislative expression of sentiment, was hailed as "trailblazing".

The former may lead to a change in the legislative expression of the general will; possibly to a change in the opinion of the judiciary; the latter enforces the general will, whilst that will and that opinion continue unchanged.

Increasingly offences related to sex work have been conflated in various combinations into the concept of "sex trafficking" or "trafficking and sexual exploitation" and given legislative expression, including in laws that criminalise buying sex.

The more recently enacted provision may be viewed as the clearest and most recent expression of legislative intent.

A fourth type of written law consisted of the constitutiones principum, which were, in effect, expressions of the legislative power of the emperor.

Legislative amendments further restricted freedom of expression, in particular Internet freedom".

Look again at legislative history.

With this comes a valuable opportunity for collaboration to help counter official expressions of religious bias, such as legislative initiatives targeting ritual slaughter practices or those surrounding male circumcision or bans against religious and cultural symbols.