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2020
This chapter explains how legislative power was weakened after the courts agreed with Attorney General Bill Allain that it was unconstitutional for legislators to serve on executive boards and commissions. This chapter discusses the most important separation of powers case in the state’s history, Alexander v. State of Mississippi by and Through Allain (
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This chapter explains how legislative power was weakened after the courts agreed with Attorney General Bill Allain that it was unconstitutional for legislators to serve on executive boards and commissions. This chapter discusses the most important separation of powers case in the state’s history, Alexander v. State of Mississippi by and Through Allain (
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The President’s Legislative Powers
2020This chapter explains the king's extensive powers to control the legislative branch and decide when and whether to call a parliament. It details how the Crown lost control over the timing of elections and sessions of Parliament after the Glorious Revolution.
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Legislator Uncertainty, Legislative Control, and the Delegation of Legislative Power
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1986On May 2, 1878, the House Commerce Committee favorably reported a bill "to regulate interstate commerce and to prohibit unjust discrimination by common carriers." Known as the Reagan bill, after the chairman, John Reagan, of Texas, H.R. 3547 outlawed rebates and other forms of discrimination and included a restrictive longand short-haul clause.
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Executive-Legislative Power Relationships
American Politics Quarterly, 1981The governor of a state is often seen as the "chief legislator" running rough shod over a helpless legislature. The current research sought to determine if legislators thought there was an imbalance of power between the chief executive and the legislature.
E. Lee Bernick, Charles W. Wiggins
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Legislative Power, Executive Duty, and Legislative Lawsuits
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014The Constitution does not entitle members of Congress, or the houses of Congress, as such, to judicial relief for executive failure to carry out the law properly. Nor does the Constitution empower Congress to authorize lawsuits for that purpose by legislators or legislative bodies.
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2020
This chapter examines the sources of EU law. As with domestic law, there are two overarching categories of EU law: primary law and secondary law. EU primary law includes the EU Treaties and the general principles of EU law. Meanwhile, EU secondary law includes regulations, directives, decisions, international agreements, and ‘soft law’.
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This chapter examines the sources of EU law. As with domestic law, there are two overarching categories of EU law: primary law and secondary law. EU primary law includes the EU Treaties and the general principles of EU law. Meanwhile, EU secondary law includes regulations, directives, decisions, international agreements, and ‘soft law’.
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2006
In a political climate where the machinery of the federal government has grown increasingly complex,The Power to Legislateoffers a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the extent and limitations of legislative power granted by the U. S. Constitution. By examining the historical development of the Constitution as well as judicial precedent set by the ...
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In a political climate where the machinery of the federal government has grown increasingly complex,The Power to Legislateoffers a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the extent and limitations of legislative power granted by the U. S. Constitution. By examining the historical development of the Constitution as well as judicial precedent set by the ...
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