Suppose we reversed legislative course and returned to traditional criteria (whether updated in formulation or not).
Ronald Reagan's election in 1981 forced feminists on to the defensive; not only was funding for projects reduced, but the new right was committed to reversing the legislative gains.
Today, however, the dog whistle coming from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump isn't just about reversing the legislative victories of a progressive (and this time, black) president—it's also about banning Muslims from entering the United States and keeping the ones who are here under federal surveillance.
As chairman of the Latino Legislative Caucus, Lara has worked with other lawmakers to reverse that legislation.
Some lawmakers even think the hotel could reverse Cheyenne's legislative diaspora and become the center of social gravity once more, like the old days.
Sensing that Republican voters are hungry for a candidate who can not only defeat the president but reverse much of his legislative accomplishments over the last three years, Mr. Santorum has adopted a particularly sharp line of attack on the campaign trail.
If Congress wants to reverse such de facto legislative moves, say defenders of this judicial power-grabbing, it can pass corrective legislation, as it did with the 1991 Civil Rights Act in response to related Court decisions.
We don't need a constitutional amendment to reverse Hobby Lobby, just legislative action to stop the madness.
The Republicans could not reverse the gerrymander as legislative elections would not be held until 1891, but they could throw all their energies into the district, as the McKinley Tariff was a main theme of the Democratic campaign nationwide, and there was considerable attention paid to McKinley's race.
(Judicial appeals, or legislative action, could reverse the decision).
