The City of Chicago has since banned condo restrictions on doorway religious symbols, as did the state legislature; the condo board has changed its policy.
And the Wisconsin legislature, stacked with ALEC members, has changed state statutes to try to legalize activities like those Wisconsin Club for Growth was suspected of pursuing.
But it lost that battle with the Democratic-controlled legislature and Democratic governor, its traditional allies — a sign of how much has changed, so fast.
Davis pointed out on Monday that as state senator, she introduced an equal pay bill in a Republican-controlled Texas legislature that would have changed the circumstances under which women can sue their employers for pay discrimination, and it passed.
Paul Sabatino, the counsel to the county legislature, who wrote the bill, said yesterday that a change in wording would not necessarily have changed the vote.
However, many state legislatures have not changed their statutes to comply, meaning couples must file legal challenges case by case to get married.
In fact, she was surprised to learn that the state legislature had only recently changed the law to make sure fertility preservation measures were considered a standard benefit for cancer care.
This left Green voters in ballot limbo, aligned with a non-existent party and thus ineligible to vote in primaries.Years of court battles failed to overturn the law, but, soon after the most recent governor's race, the Maine legislature had a change of heart.
The legislature has replaced the entire trash authority board and changed it so the governor now names only 3 of its 11 members.
Arizona's legislature has resisted making a small word change, from "two" to "three," in its statutes.
