Sentences with phrase «mercy of the legislature»

Either of those is a political question and is at the mercy of the legislature.

«As a result, you and I are at the mercy of the legislature.»

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If the «wall of separation» is lowered, we are told, our schools may be returned to the days of prayers prescribed by state legislatures; evolution may be banished from the classroom and replaced by «creation science»; and religious minorities may be at the mercy of intolerant majorities.

Maybe after all the posturing, the legislature won't go far enough in crafting something Cuomo can present to the public as an enlightened compromise, and maybe then the governor will simply lose patience and issue a veto after all, putting the whole matter at the mercy of the courts.

Rejection by the House of the finance - reform bill left lawmakers and educators at the mercy of an impatient state supreme court, which has threatened to halt state aid to schools if the legislature did not deliver dramatic changes in its $ 14 - billion funding system by April 1.