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Legislative Process
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Proposed TN Abortion Bill Would Give Fathers Veto
By Tracy Thomas
Tennessee Abortion Bill: Fathers Would Get Veto, No Rape Exception In an effort to further restrict abortion in Tennessee, two state lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow a father to deny…
PrawfsBlawg
Cloture Reform in the Senate
Main Monday, March 08, 2021Cloture Reform in the SenateFor what it's worth, I wrote an article in 2011 outlining a proposal for reforming the filibuster. I still think that what…
Inside Political Law
Senate Subpoena Power Under the 2021 Power-Sharing Agreement
Recently, the Senate adopted a power-sharing agreement providing some contours for organizing the equally divided body. As we have discussed previously, such agreements are very rarely needed. The Senate has…
CAP·impact
Sunset Dates in Legislation
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/sunset-dates-in-legislation/s-EZmgQojFy6f California, like most other states, uses sunset dates or sunset clauses in their legislation. It has the effect of making the law, what's enacted, to expire on a specified…
Texas Appellate Counsel
E47 | Prelude to the 87th Texas Legislature | Jerry Bullard
Every other year, the Texas Legislature meets to take on the State’s challenges. Few people follow that process more closely that Jerry Bullard of Adams, Lynch, and Loftin. Jerry’s years…
Global Policy Watch
Governing Under an Equally Divided Senate
After the election of two Democratic Senate candidates in the Georgia runoff elections on January 5, 2021, the Senate this year will be equally divided between 50 Democratic Senators (and…
CAP·impact
Drafting a Bill’s Title
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/drafting-a-bills-title Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9 of the California State Constitution, each bill must have a title. In fact, the State Constitution specifically states, "A statute shall embrace but…
CAP·impact
An Introduction to Legislative Drafting
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/introduction-to-legislative-drafting What exactly is legislative drafting, sometimes also called bill drafting? To start, legislative drafting is defined more broadly to include primary legislation and secondary legislation. Primary legislation is what…
China Justice Observer
How Are Laws Made in China? – China Law in One Minute
By Publisher
The legislative process in China includes the following four stages: 1. Introducing a Bill Relevant parties propose a bill to the National People’s Congress (the NPC) or its Standing…
Global Policy Watch
Preview of the New Senate
The election results show how deeply divided the electorate is and that division is reflected in the make-up of the government with a Democratic President and House and a Republican…