law-maker

Maybe being a law-maker also requires making far-sighted decisions and not just reacting to opinion research.

CNN Poll: Afghanistan War opposition at all-time high 2009

Hence the law-maker may not justify a vote for a measure which as judge he could not declare void; but, if the judiciary declares such an act unconstitutional, it should forbid the law-maker to pass similar legislation.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Read the Bill — A Response to Orin: 2009

In a civil law system, matters of morality are the province of the law-maker, typically the legislature and almost never the judiciary, when the relevant code is drafted or amended.

"The Reader" is a law movie. Ann Althouse 2009

Parliament is our supreme law-maker and it is for Parliament to amend the Suicide Act 1961.

Debbie Purdy, the Lords and assisted suicide: the easy way out? 2009

In a civil law system, matters of morality are the province of the law-maker, typically the legislature and almost never the judiciary, when the relevant code is drafted or amended.

"The Reader" is a law movie. Ann Althouse 2009

In the case of the law-maker, the question to be asked is: ‘Have I the right under the Constitution to pass this act ?’

The Volokh Conspiracy » Read the Bill — A Response to Orin: 2009

Now if we could just get a law-maker to apply the same sorta transparency to electronic voting machine system operations and demand that the major flaws in H.R. 811 be fixed.

Obama Introducing Bill to Require Reports On Bundlers 2009

On the other hand, though the judiciary cannot declare a law unconstitutional because not clearly repugnant, it does not justify the law-maker in voting forit.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Read the Bill — A Response to Orin: 2009

The disclosure of US law-maker that drone attacks are being made from the bases situated in Pakistan have put the rulers in great difficulties as they have always denied that they have a deal with the United States.

Now Tribal Areas Must Be Opened For Journalists 2009

In a civil law system, matters of morality are the province of the law-maker, typically the legislature and almost never the judiciary, when the relevant code is drafted or amended.

"The Reader" is a law movie. Ann Althouse 2009