Sentences with phrase «to pass such a law»

Plus, it's not ME telling others what to do — if the government passes such laws, it would be the people telling others what to do.

Every state, city, county and country should consider passing such laws, as well as programs to ensure dog owners know the law.

By passing such a law in only one province, this stands to hurt independent bookshops even more than the current situation.

Steve DelBianco, executive director of NetChoice, a coalition of e-commerce companies and tradegroups, such as America Online, eBay, Oracle, Orbitz and Yahoo, said more than a dozen states have considered but not passed such laws.

Proposition 14 was a proposed constitutional amendment placed on tlie ballot by real - estate leaders, designed to repeal an existing open - housing law and to prevent any future Legislature from passing such a law.

I thank the Legislature for unanimously passing such law in record time, a law I was proud to sign into effect last June.

Alabama being one of the few states in the union without a charter school law, a handful of Alabama legislators had made passing such a law their top priority.

I was encouraged that the members of the City Council saw the wisdom of passing such a law and I am hopeful that my colleagues will follow suit.»

New York passed such a law on May 1, and Congress is considering similar legislation for the entire nation.

«So essentially it means they're still sovereigns, they still have the legal power to pass any law they want, but if they do pass such a law unilaterally damaging the fiscal position of the oil company, then the oil company will be entitled to damages.»

In other words, the President could try to propose that Congress pass such a law, or they could try to order INS to change their policy to make it difficult / impossible for certain people to enter the United States, but either direction would require the cooperation of the legislative branch and / or the judicial branch in order to have any real effect.

(California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington passed such laws.)

The proposed federal law would use the threat of withheld highway funds to pressure those states that haven't passed such laws to think again.

But her research found little evidence of backlash in the jurisdictions that have passed such laws.

His government is using its time and effort to pass such laws and Thwaites thought it would be a jolly good idea for Britain too.

The Westchester County Board of Legislators voted 10 - 5 today to approve the Immigrant Protect Act, making it the first county in the state to pass such a law, which still faces a veto from the county executive, Rob Astorino.

We have a proud tradition of leading when others won't, and that is why working with the current legislature I know we can pass such a law this year.

States like Texas that have passed such laws have been found to be in violation of the Constitution.

He knows that victory will not be enough to defeat slavery, that abolition needs to be enshrined in law, but if the war ends first politicians will feel no need or desire to pass such a law.

The Smith - Hughes Act of 1917 preceded the passage of compulsory attendance laws in Mississippi in 1918, the last of the 48 states of the time to pass such a law.

Maine is the first state to pass such a law, though the idea of valuing skills over credits is increasingly popular around the country.

While mandatory spay / neuter laws sound like a good idea, the reality is that in practice, in those communities which have passed such laws — and there are many of them — killing has not decreased, but rather increased.

In 2012, Tennessee passed a law to allow teachers to present alternative theories to climate change and evolution, making it the second state, after Louisiana, to pass such a law.

Oklahoma was the first state to pass such a law.

In theory, the federal government, a state government, or a local government could pass such a law, provided that it's not superseded by a law at a higher level.

Rosenblum, who had championed the bill that was passed overwhelmingly by the Legislature last year, said Oregon is among the first states, if not the first, to pass such a law.

New Mexico is one of a handful of states to pass such laws.

Florida is now the 14th state, along with the District of Columbia, to pass such a law.