Definitions
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- adjective Enacting laws; legislative.
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- noun the act of
passing orenacting oflaws ,legislating
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- noun the act of making or enacting laws
Etymologies
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Examples
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However, too many of our lawmakers consider their election a mandate to "follow their conscience" even when the majority of those who elected them did so under their conscience which defined a different priority in lawmaking that what the (now secure in office) lawmaker espouses.
Bishop bars Patrick Kennedy from communion over abortion 2009
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Sounds like "lawmaking is wasted on lawyers," right?
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One man's lawmaking is another's judicial review. (e.g., the Florida legislature in the euthanasia case).
Balkinization 2004
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This kind of lawmaking only works as a knee-jerk reaction to a crisis, when Republicans and Democrats are equally panicked and looking for a big win for the people to shore up their political ambitions.
unknown title 2009
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While the actual effects of this law may be mild, this kind of lawmaking with the overly-arbitrary wording and the practical impossibility of any government official to keep an eye on the misusing of this law, sets a dangerous base to build future laws upon.
Techdirt 2009
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"lawmaking," he's celebrated in your pages - celebrated for doing, save on a grander scale, exactly what is done by common thieves.
Cafe Hayek 2010
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"lawmaking," he's celebrated in your pages - celebrated for doing, save on a grander scale, exactly what is done by common thieves.
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"lawmaking," he's celebrated in your pages - celebrated for doing, save on a grander scale, exactly what is done by common thieves.
Cafe Hayek Don Boudreaux 2010
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"lawmaking," he's celebrated in your pages - celebrated for doing, save on a grander scale, exactly what is done by common thieves.
Libertarian Blog Place Various Libertarian Bloggers 2010
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Worse, the power of special interests paralyzes lawmaking.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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