legislature

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Mr. Pinsker reminds us that Lincoln also hand-picked the Republican candidates for state legislature that year—knowing that senators of the day were elected by the legislature, not a direct vote of the people.

From The Wall Street Journal

She ultimately left the legislature, a decision that she said wasn’t politically motivated.

From Salon

Taken together, the California and Texas decisions show that the justices are inclined to grant broad leeway to state legislatures engaged in unusual and strategic mid-decade redistricting.

From The Wall Street Journal

With her party winning 30 out of the 57 seats in parliament, Fernández is expected to have more backing in the legislature than her predecessor in office.

From BBC

While Congress and state legislatures have passed reform to soften criminal sentencing laws, immigration detention remains, technically, a civil jurisdiction and outside their scope.

From Salon