legislature
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“If they are to amount to a crime then the legislature will need to codify it,” Robinson said from the bench Thursday morning, as Parker audibly sobbed at the defense table.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
He won in a landslide, and three other members of the hat movement secured seats in the state legislature.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The state legislature fixed this problem by adding a pathway for near-retirees.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Radcliffe hoped they would formulate a set of bipartisan recommendations to the state legislature.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Fortunately for Jefferson, the leadership of the Kentucky legislature decided to delete the sections of his draft endorsing nullification, presumably because such open defiance of federal law seemed excessive and unnecessarily risky.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing legislature
U.S. Government Lingo
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Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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The American Revolution - Introductory
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