The notion that we could mend some of the tatters in the modern social fabric through an initiative as modest as a communal meal may seem offensive to those who trust in the power of legislative and political solutions to cure society's ills.
It "has no legislative power and its main function is to 'advise' the pope, " he said.
The MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) committee was set up to discuss global cricket issues but has no legislative power in the game.
As Roberts limited the power of the legislative branch, he also reminded Americans about the limits of his own branch.
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The constitution establishes that the legislative power has the power to fire cabinet ministers but can do it only after three years of government.
When the Democrats finally managed to get some legislative power in the 1950s, it worked with Republicans, a bipartisan tradition that carried through for decades.
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The country's Constitutional Council, the equivalent of America's Supreme Court, has just ruled against a key part of his plan to devolve legislative power to the perpetually troubled island of Corsica.
The directly elected national assembly, the lower house, is the formal centre of legislative power, but Mr Ravalomanana is keen to ensure that he and his ministerial team, rather than parliamentarians, set the agenda.
The Tories might entrench an exemption from the working-time directive, eg, in the National Health Service, as several other countries want one too but the European Parliament, which under Lisbon has equal legislative power with EU governments, may not agree.
If there is no such legal power, adequate laws aimed at curbing such damaging activities should be legislated following proper process and legislative-executive power cooperation.
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The executive branch has immense power, even during a legislative stalemate, and some economic issues are ripe for progress.
Should Franken prevail, Democrats would be one vote shy of 60, which would give them the power to muscle through major legislative initiatives over Republican objections.
Power is exercised by an elected legislative council and an appointed executive council.
But it would be extraordinary if America sacrificed its position as the world's leading military power as the result of a legislative accident.
The bill has a counterpart in the Senate filed by Republican Kelli Stargel of Lakeland (who was a sponsor behind the 2012 legislative stripping of FHSAA power).
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It was abolished and now legislative proposals would give more power to the Federal Reserve to oversee the biggest companies underpinning the financial system.
This frustration has led to the GOP legislative effort to greatly expand the power of such emergency appointees.
Menem was accused of authoritarianism, as the executive power gained ground at the expense of the legislative and the judiciary.
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And he has persuaded state lawmakers to hold public tree and power-line hearings in advance of February's legislative session.
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If Congress wants to reverse such de facto legislative moves, say defenders of this judicial power-grabbing, it can pass corrective legislation, as it did with the 1991 Civil Rights Act in response to related Court decisions.
Common law courts have the inherent power to evolve the law, and judicial evolution sidesteps the messy legislative sausage-making process.
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For decades, these two groups have been fighting in the legislative arena, with each side trying to deploy the power of the state to promote their preferred lifestyle.
In a footnote, Scalia said Roberts had overstated the importance of one case but agreed that while agencies behave in a manner that appears to be both legislative and judicial, ultimately they are exercises of presidential power.
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And he acknowledged that the government's legislative plan would have to reflect the new reality of a power-sharing government.
It also "enlarges" the division of powers to include not only the traditional division between executive, legislative and judicial powers but it creates also the "Electoral power" and the "Social Control and Transparence Power".
Because that's the power of the purse, and under the Constitution it rests solely with the legislative branch.
Second, the LDP can block much of Mr Noda's legislative platform because of a debilitating feature of Japanese politics: the power of the upper house of the Diet (parliament).
Although a series of events allowed for a huge legislative breakthrough in 1964 and 1965, the Southern committee chairs regained power after the 1966 midterm elections and continued to assert their power in the closed rooms of Capitol Hill.
But now it wanted to be a player in the legislative battle to make it easier to build small, on-site power plants.
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