Indeed, German legislators wrote a kind of contract into the privatization legislation, a consulting mechanism through which elected officials can examine whether Deutsche Bahn is providing good passenger service.
"Legislators," wrote Chief Justice Earl Warren, "represent people, not trees or acres".
As Mr. Beazley's May 28 , 2002 execution date approached, 18 Texas legislators wrote to Mr. Perry, asking him to grant clemency.
It turns out that legislators wrote the provision in a way that makes it appear more generous than it really is.
Seven Republican legislators wrote a letter to members of the state's Congressional delegation, calling it a "dangerous new threat to the Jersey Shore".
"These potential crimes have not previously been raised or considered during the various John Doe proceedings about these issues," the legislators write.
This month, Mr. Merkley and several other legislators wrote to Ms. Schapiro, who stepped down on Dec. 14, to urge the agency to propose rules putting the crowdfunding legislation into effect "in the most expeditious manner possible".
Last February the two legislators wrote to the NRC, contending that certain safety modifications for San Onofre's new steam generators had been rejected because (according to the leaked Mitsubishi reports) they would have triggered a lengthy licence-amendment process.
Now, Congress is attacking some of these schemes, courtesy of interesting provisions aimed at curbing tax avoidance that legislators wrote into the new jobs bill, known as the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act.
The jail sentence "shows bias and undermines public faith in the judicial system", the legislators wrote in the letter, which noted that Persky is a former Stanford athlete and urged the commission to investigate and take action against the jurist.
