Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the act of making or enacting laws; legislation{1}.
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- verb Present participle of
legislate .
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- noun the act of making or enacting laws
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Examples
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Time to impeach the SCROTUS (Supreme Court Republicans of the United States) for legislating from the bench.
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Or people who decry “legislating from the bench” when a state supreme court rules discrimination unconstitutional …
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Every Supreme Court decision could be described as legislating from the bench: whether the law is upheld or overturned, it is still defined and applied by the Court.
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“How does one determine which is “properly applying the Constitution” and which is “legislating from the bench”?”
Think Progress » Rep. Steve King floats secession as possible response to health care reform. 2010
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One thing to note: inevitably, the winning side proclaims “Justice was served” while the losing side complains about “legislating from the bench.”
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Nobody went on the court claiming to not believe in “legislating from the bench.”
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If the Reps are afraid of Americans seeing for themselves just how didingenuous they have been in legislating a filibuster will FORCE the issue.
Think Progress » Cantor Opens The Door To GOP Rejecting Obama’s Bipartisan Health Care Meeting 2010
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Please show me where that concept is in the Constitution and how that would not be legislating from the bench.
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WHere is the soldier boy and his legislating from the bench concerns?
Think Progress » Will: What conservatives truly want are activist judges. 2010
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How does one determine which is “properly applying the Constitution” and which is “legislating from the bench”?
Think Progress » Rep. Steve King floats secession as possible response to health care reform. 2010
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