| 单词 | drafter |
| 例句 | In front of a Sol LeWitt mural in the museum’s lobby, for example, she explains that LeWitt did not personally paint the mural but that a drafter did. Artificial Intelligence, Like a Robot, Enhances Museum Experiences 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Instead, the drafters made the bill even worse, prompting the secretary of defense to write a letter in opposition and the White House to issue a veto threat. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z The drafters of the amendments sought to establish a meaningful national citizenship protected by a powerful national government. New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From John le Carré to Adam Rippon 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z “As a lead drafter of the articles of impeachment, he pulls back the curtain to reveal the 10 prospective articles — not just the two publicly tried,” according to Crown. Book coming from Dem House counsel on Trump impeachment 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Official policy documents, even secret ones, are often coloured by the biases of their drafters, whose aim may be to distort or exaggerate a leader’s preferences in order to promote the interests of a faction. Still in the shadows 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The groom, also 25, is a design engineer and drafter at Engineering Ministries International in Managua, Nicaragua. Fortune Cookie Reveals What Her Heart Already Knew 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z The UNCRC’s drafters included Article 8 to condemn Argentina for removing children from families of political dissidents and giving them to military couples, a common practice there in the tumultuous 1970s and ’80s. Do abandoned children have the right to know their origins? 2013-02-10T16:00:00Z Historians debate what the slave-holding Jefferson and his fellow drafters meant by writing “all men are created equal,” but the Declaration has inspired those not mentioned or even imagined in the text. Declaration of Independence still inspires activists 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z What James Madison had in mind when he was the principal drafter of the First Amendment was a press that would be freely examining ... politicians and government officials and people with power. How the nation's most famous newspaper editor took on Trump and his own reporters 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z He said the drafters of the amendment feared that medical technology would advance rendering their terminology obsolete. Biden’s age and frequent bumbling revive talk of invoking the 25th Amendment to replace him 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Thankfully the drafters of the 14th Amendment had the foresight to ratify this tool for a future insurrection that they could not entirely predict. "Trump is in the final stage of cult leadership": Fulton County arrest elevates his MAGA "martyrdom" 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The law's drafters consulted with several countries for advice such as the United States and Trinidad and Tobago, the attorney general said. Guyana oil legislation will grant broad powers to energy minister 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z One device the drafters of the Idaho trafficking law employed to sow confusion is ambiguity. Column: Red states are threatening to criminalize out-of-state abortions. These blue states are fighting back 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z For the majority of them — including principal drafters Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams — their fortunes included slaves, who were treated the opposite of equals. Column: Sorry, founders, we've never been created equal 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Roberts dug into the founding principle of the Voting Rights Act, as articulated by its drafters. Ketanji Brown Jackson stands as the Supreme Court's lone liberal hope 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z And as the ACA’s drafters had hoped, expanding no-cost coverage led millions more people to use many of these important services. Science, Not Legalized Discrimination, Should Drive Health Care Policy 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Other mock drafters figured Levis could go as high as No. 2 overall. Levis, Hooker among top prospects for Day 2 of NFL draft 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Mock drafters seem to think it’s an increasing possibility. NFL mock draft roundup: Will Seahawks take cornerback in first round? 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The drafters based this assertion partially on a tendentious and cherry-picked misreading of a study of Oregon Medicaid enrollees published in 2012. Column: Anti-poverty programs work. Why are Democrats letting them wither? 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Greer Donley, an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, was a drafter and signatory of an amicus brief filed in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Opinion | The stakes in the Texas abortion medication suit are broader than just one pill 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Nobody — not the mock drafters, the players, their agents or the general managers — has any idea how things will unfold once teams are on the clock eight weeks from now. NFL combine primer on Tyree Wilson, a dynamic talent with WA ties 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The drafters of this new Biden regulation have twisted themselves into Kafkaesque knots in an attempt to pass legal muster. Opinion | On immigration, why is Biden resurrecting Trump policies? 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Those who want to see Section 230 gutted argue that its drafters never meant for the provision to apply to this type of promoted material. Opinion | The Supreme Court could throw the internet into chaos 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Moreover, the compact drafters were aware of the possibility that other nationals could attempt to obtain access to the United States through purchase of Marshall nationality. Opinion | Marshall Islands might not be an easy ticket to U.S. residency 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z “I don’t think it ever occurred to the drafters of these ethics laws that a former president would actually try to cash in on his years of office this way.” After helping prince’s rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z The reasoning is that the drafters of Social Security in 1935 never expected people to live this long, so they failed to provide for the increase in costs that would be the result. Column: The stupid and dishonest idea of raising the Social Security retirement age is back 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The majority of prospect experts and mock drafters have LSU outfielder Dylan Crews and Tennessee pitcher Chase Dollander as the top two players in the upcoming draft. With No. 2 pick, Nationals could get one of two college superstars in next summer’s draft 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z But the drafters certainly did mean for it to give platforms the freedom to moderate content — and, by the way, they’ve filed an amicus brief saying as much. Opinion | The Supreme Court could throw the internet into chaos 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Other provisions of the bill will require a government-wide program to counter what the drafters say are Chinese disinformation, influence operations and economic coercion targeting Taiwan. Defense bill sharply boosts arms, support for Taiwan 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Speaker Newt Gingrich was so confident about gaining a huge number of seats that he released special prosecutor Ken Starr's bodice-ripping report on the internet, which even its drafters thought was a mistake. Ignore the polls, and remember to breathe: Nothing about the midterms is carved in stone 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The legislation’s drafters counter that this is neither the bill’s intention nor its effect, and that they’re just trying to futureproof the proposal by leaving room for evolution in the financial system. Opinion | Democrats should stop making excuses and ban lawmakers’ stock-trading 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The hearing came also about two months after the Supreme Court opened the door for measures previously considered not politically feasible by leading drafters of the upper chamber’s abortion bill. S.C. court blocks abortion law as Senate considers new one 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The reconciliation act’s drafters say the tax will apply to 150 to 200 corporations. Column: Tax provisions may be Democrats' most unexpected victory in the inflation bill 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, the bill’s drafters estimate the legislation will result in a 40 percent decline in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Opinion | The surprise Manchin deal is cause for celebration 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z But he wants to see independent verification of the analysis by the bill’s drafters that it would reduce emissions by 40%. Climate crisis hawks have questions about energy policies in Democrats’ new plan 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The 1787 Constitutional Convention proceedings show that the drafters unanimously approved federal curtailment of state legislative power to make the rules for federal elections when they adopted the elections clause. Opinion | The Founders intended for federal oversight of elections 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z But drafters should have made clear in the measure’s language that it was permissible to limit abortion after a fetus reaches viability. Would California's abortion ballot measure allow late-term abortions? Its author says no 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z It is really a stretch to think problems such as those caused by gerrymandering would ever have occurred to the drafters of the Constitution. Opinion | Aren’t we all ‘democracy advocates’? 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Perhaps Simpson’s most dishonest claim was that Social Security’s drafters deliberately set the retirement age at 65 because life expectancy in 1935, at the time of enactment, was 63. Column: Why is this foul-mouthed enemy of Social Security receiving a presidential honor? 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z That can make it difficult for an administrative agency to identify a clear grant of authority to address a problem not fully anticipated by the statute’s drafters. Gridlock in Congress Has Amplified the Power of the Supreme Court 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z In a legislative finding justifying the Mississippi law at issue in Friday’s ruling, its drafters said that the American approach, which required states to allow abortions until about 23 weeks of pregnancy, was an outlier. Here’s what abortion rights in other nations look like. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Blatantly unfair Republican maps in states like Texas, Tennessee and Wisconsin have sailed into law without being challenged in state courts because critics assume that state courts are aligned with the gerrymanders’ drafters. A Broken Redistricting Process Winds Down, With No Repairs in Sight 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s certainly thorough, though there’s always the chance that a business failure here or there escaped its drafters’ notice. Column: A lengthy list of Trump's disastrous business deals — compiled by his newest business partners 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Johnny Davis, shooting guard, Wisconsin: The 2022 Big 10 Player of the Year is one of the most popular picks for the Wizards among mock drafters. What the No. 10 pick means for the Wizards, and 10 potential draft targets 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z “The drafters were sensitive to civil liberties concerns and tried to achieve a balance.” ACLU helped defeat plan to seize Russian oligarchs’ funds for Ukraine 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z But one of the key drafters of the text apologized Monday noting that he had already identified an error that would have to be corrected before any translations are published. Vatican defends hasty rollout of revolutionary laity reform 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The lower middle class included factory overseers and such skilled workers as toolmakers, mechanical drafters, and printers. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z So, let’s review a few, while noting that many of the big-name mock drafters do only a first round, so we had to dig a little bit to find some getting to the Seahawks. Seahawks mock draft: Who will be available when Seattle picks at No. 41? 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “The budget of the federal government is more than a list of line items and charts: It is a statement of the values of its drafters,” the blueprint says. Biden offers ‘pointless’ climate agenda 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Unlike those of higher incomes, these needy people are ineligible for any Obamacare marketplace subsidies, because Obamacare’s drafters thought they would be on Medicare, leaving them no reasonable coverage option. Opinion | Obamacare is working. Democrats must make sure it lasts. 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z According to the drafters, the only thing required of drug companies is that the inventions developed with public funding are later commercialized in the US regardless of the price tag on offer. There's already a law on the books that could lower prescription drug prices — but no one's using it 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z One would be legislative enumeration of individual insurrectionists, an option the Section 3 drafters apparently contemplated. Opinion | How Congress can keep Trump and other insurrectionists out of public office 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z There are any number of laws giving federal agencies broad authority to regulate issues and technologies that their drafters could scarcely have imagined. Opinion | Chief Justice Roberts’s jarring vaccine jurisprudence 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z After all, the constitution’s drafters recognized the latter as key to Virginia’s long-term academic and economic success. Opinion | Gov.-elect Youngkin’s proposed CRT executive order opposes the spirit of the Virginia Constitution 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z This provision makes clear that the Constitution’s drafters expected that most decisions would be made by majority vote. Perspective | Five myths about the filibuster 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “I dropped the ball,” Jack Martin, one of the provision’s drafters, told the Georgia House of Representatives in 2013. Language Mistake in Georgia Death Penalty Law Creates a Daunting Hurdle 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Several Post editorials emphasized the vaunted commission over the real entity designed by amendment drafters to draw the lines: the Virginia Supreme Court. Opinion | Please, Virginia Supreme Court, prove me wrong on redistricting 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z They worked with a drafter to execute floor plan drawings. The ‘barndominium’ rises in popularity as a housing choice 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Scott Kendall, a drafter of the ballot initiative and an attorney who has defended the ballot measure, said he “wasn’t offended” that the state hand-counted ballots for that race. Email complaints scarce before Alaska ballot review 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z One is that the justices rejected the first three map drafters suggested to the court by Republican legislative leaders, who ignored the rules and nominated obvious partisans for the job. Opinion | Virginia’s Supreme Court makes encouraging progress on drawing electoral maps, but it falls short in one area 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z It was approved by a 222-8 vote at the conference’s fall assembly in Maryland after receiving only minor revisions in recent days by drafters on the bishops’ Committee on Doctrine. Bishops OK Communion document, avoid direct rebuff to Biden 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z In essence, SB 8’s drafters poked a loophole into a 100-year-old Supreme Court doctrine known as Ex parte Young, based on a case involving a state attorney general named Edward Young. Column: The wide importance of a 'narrow' issue in Texas' SB 8 abortion ban 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The drafter gave the drawings to the construction company whose engineers stamped them for permitting. The ‘barndominium’ rises in popularity as a housing choice 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The law’s drafters, Mr. Fletcher told the justices, “have candidly acknowledged that the law was designed to deter constitutionally protected abortions while evading judicial review.” Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Law 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The new bill’s drafters include moderate Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who said the earlier version lacked bipartisan support and was too expansive. Schumer announces renewed push to overhaul election law 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z During the wait, a drafter he had hired suggested that he convert the detached garage into a separate unit, which would increase the purchase price. Where the Suburbs End 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z In the first legislative finding justifying the law, its drafters looked abroad for support. Conservatives, Often Wary of Foreign Law, Look Abroad in Abortion Case 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z And there is a key question facing these drafters: How will they count the 2.3 million people housed in the nation’s jails and prisons. As redistricting begins, states tackle the issue of ‘prison gerrymandering’ 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “It’s very likely it will be found unconstitutional. The framers, the drafters themselves understood that … they have set a line well below existing case law for banning abortions,” he said. Fighting Texas abortion law could be tough for federal gov’t 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z What peeople in the know — including the law's drafters — understood, however, is that abortion doctors couldn't get hospital privileges. Greg Abbott isn't ignorant — he is a liar, and the difference matters 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The bill drafters had said the package would be paid for, but the budget office said in some cases they counted savings that would have occurred regardless of whether the infrastructure bill passes. Senators struggle to amend, finish $1T infrastructure bill 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The bill’s drafters tried to avoid court scrutiny by explicitly banning government enforcement. Opinion | Here’s what makes Texas’s ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill uniquely dangerous 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Texas’ legislation, like Arizona’s and Georgia’s, does not go as far as its initial drafters would have liked. Clear eyes, fully entrenched base: Why Texas Democrats think they can’t lose by fleeing the state 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z In a stinging dissent, Justice Elena Kagan accused the majority of rewriting the Voting Rights Act rather than respecting the intent of its drafters, and of ignoring continuing voter discrimination. Supreme Court undermines voting rights and itself 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z He urged drafters to “adopt significant portions” of the House bill and parts of bills passed by the Senate’s Commerce Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee. House passes $760 billion transportation and water bill, making its pitch on infrastructure 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Jo Boaler, a math education professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, is one of the drafters of the new California proposal, which draws heavily on the “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction.” Is mathematics racist? California could blaze pathway with woke math 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Even if the drafters of the Illinois Constitution did not anticipate the coronavirus pandemic, they contemplated the failure to meet the June 30 deadline by outlining further procedures. Editorial Roundup: Illinois 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z The regulation’s drafters said this was the only practical way to give the workers, who are often poorly educated and hard to locate, a realistic chance to consider joining a union. Supreme Court Wary of Law Letting Union Organizers Onto Private Property 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z A Democratic Senate aide involved with the bill said drafters recognized it was a sensitive issue for companies, and did not want to make bad guys out of “victims of economic coercion.” Exclusive: Senators revive bill to combat Chinese censorship of U.S. companies 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z The drafters of the 14th Amendment wanted to keep former officials who joined the Confederacy from resuming public service, without an explicit vote from Congress restoring their eligibility. EXPLAINER: After acquittal, Trump 2024? Maybe not so fast 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The charter is purely humanitarian and stays clear of political affiliations or motives, the drafters say. Families of detainees detail a vision for justice in Syria 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z “Perhaps the drafters … would have thought it a good idea to require a two-thirds majority vote for tax increases by initiative, but they simply did not say that,” Hannah wrote. Judge refuses to block Arizona’s new education tax 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The Constitution’s drafters also did not specifically bar the practice. EXPLAINER: Can Trump be impeached after leaving office? 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The main drafters of the talking points were not analysts, and the drafters “did not completely consider” the analysts’ concerns in preparing the final version, Zulauf said. Political appointees, career analysts clashed over assessments of Russian, Chinese interference in 2020 election 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z The payroll tax is separate from income tax because Social Security’s drafters saw value in endowing it with an independent revenue stream. Column: U.S. billionaires are done with Social Security taxes for 2021, but you'll pay all year 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Long-term justice ensures an end to a culture of impunity and would prevent revenge killings and continued instability even as the war winds down, the drafters say. Families of detainees detail a vision for justice in Syria 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The drafters of the 25th amendment clearly intended for it to apply when a president is incapacitated by a physical or mental illness, experts say. 25th amendment: can Trump be removed from office before his term ends? 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z A key reason for the law’s continued relevance is the future-proofing its drafters built in. This landmark law saved millions of lives and trillions of dollars 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z The drafters of the 14th Amendment debated whether to count all immigrants for apportionment purposes, and elected in the end to do so. A Census Case That Goes to the Heart of American Democracy 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Scott Kendall, a drafter of the initiative and an attorney for the initiative sponsors, said his guess is that Ballot Measure 2 was picked “because they’re getting an earful that people don’t like the results.” Alaska official seeks initiative audit to calm questions 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Scott Kendall, a drafter of the initiative and an attorney for the initiative sponsors, called the results of the election gratifying. Alaska voters narrowly approve initiative changing elections 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Then there is Hamilton the Constitution drafter and Federalist Papers co-author. Review | Exploring the legal world of Hamilton — and ‘Hamilton’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z In 2017, Princeton University historian Julian Zelizer contended that “the drafters” of the amendment “had physical disability in mind,” not mental deficiencies. Perspective | Five myths about the 25th Amendment 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The drafters of the measure say growers are exaggerating their exposure to tax increases, since it’s possible, even likely, that implementing rules crafted by the Legislature will provide them with greater exemptions. Column: Who's opposing Proposition 15? Land developers and Big Business 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z While he said he was “mindful” of it, he didn’t believe “that the drafters of this Amendment intended its application to situations such as the instant one.” Transfer of power under 25th Amendment, explained 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z He makes a great stacking option with Prescott for high-upside drafters. FANTASY PLAYS: Kelce, Kittle lead top tight ends for drafts 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z He makes a great stacking option with Prescott for high-upside drafters. FANTASY PLAYS: Kelce, Kittle lead top tight ends for drafts 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z “I’m sure it never occurred to drafters of that law in 1978 that a partner in a major international law firm would be the spouse of a president or vice president,” Fox said. Doug Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris, takes leave from job representing ‘highest profile’ people and ‘biggest names in Hollywood’ 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Still, the judge wrote that that was what the drafters intended. Judge Dismisses G.O.P. Suit to End Proxy Voting in House During Pandemic 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Platform drafters held three public hearings last month, listening to 50 public speakers, and reviewing thousands of videos, emails and messages providing comments on what should be included in the platform, according to party officials. Democrats propose new draft to party platform, revealing shifts in focus since 2016 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The injury led to a discharge in 1981 and years of chronic pain as she settled in Southern California, working as a computer-aided drafter. At age 60 and paralyzed, she tried to row across the Pacific 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Indeed, the actual drafters of the white paper hail distinctly from conservative or libertarian politics. Column: Inside Orange County's bizarre school-reopening vote 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z “Caution should be the byword for state budget drafters in the coming year, and restraint the theme for state agencies,” he said. New Mexico lawmakers urge caution amid deep financial hole 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z The drafters of the United States Constitution assumed that anyone with power would always have the opportunity – and often the temptation – to abuse it. Leaders like Trump fail if they cannot speak the truth and earn trust 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z And the majority opinion, by Gorsuch, applies a conservative legal approach — focusing on the words of the statute, not the intent of its drafters — to reach the liberal policy result. Opinion | Don’t upset yourselves, conservatives. John Roberts hasn’t gone dangerously rogue. 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The drafters made 86 changes to the initial manuscript, according to the Library of Congress. Thomas Jefferson's original Declaration of Independence rough draft: See the pictures 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The moderator of the July 24 meeting and also the drafter of the white paper was Will Swaim, president of the California Policy Center. Column: Inside Orange County's bizarre school-reopening vote 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z “As a lead drafter of the articles of impeachment, he pulls back the curtain to reveal the 10 prospective articles - not just the two publicly tried,” according to Crown. Book coming from Dem House counsel on Trump impeachment 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Justice Gorsuch, who succeeded Justice Scalia on the bench, reiterated this basic concept on Monday: “The limits of the drafters’ imagination supply no reason to ignore the law’s demands. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z “The limits of the drafters’ imagination supply no reason to ignore the law’s demands.” Opinion | The Supreme Court’s decision on LGBTQ protections shows the conflicting ideas of textualism 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z In Gorsuch’s conception, the breadth of the statutory language made this outcome inevitable: “The limits of the drafters’ imagination supply no reason to ignore the law’s demands. Opinion | The Supreme Court’s ruling on LGBTQ protections is a triumph for textualism — and dignity 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z “But the limits of the drafters’ imagination supply no reason to ignore the law’s demands.” Supreme Court says gay, transgender workers protected by federal law forbidding discrimination 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z And the temporary program is falling short of its drafters’ hopes of helping workers who need to take time off for health or child care reasons during the pandemic. Paid Leave Law Tries to Help Millions in Crisis. Many Haven’t Heard of It. 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Getting a deal done Friday would give bill drafters Saturday to write up the text, with McConnell planning to start the process for teeing up votes on Monday. Facing calls to quit, Burr seeks ethics probe 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z James Madison, the principal drafter of the Constitution, wrote that the history of mankind showed that the executive branch is “most interested in war, & most prone to it.” Opinion | Why we’re introducing a resolution on war with Iran 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Its drafters and many others in the denomination expect that it will garner enough votes. One goal of United Methodists’ plan to split the church over same-sex marriage and clergy: Avoid lawsuits 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z It applies to the drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, whose defenders are legion and span the planet. With a new decade — a new hope? Reasons for optimism in a disordered world 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Haynes was the principal organizer and drafter of consensus guidelines on religious liberty in schools, which were endorsed by a broad range of religious and educational organizations. Analysis | Can public schools have Christmas trees? What’s true — and not true — about religious expression in public schools. 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z In one memo, in which he criticized a U.N. document that condemned racism, Veprek wrote, “The drafters say ‘populism and nationalism’ as if these are dirty words. How the White House Is Trying—and Failing—to Keep States from Resettling Refugees 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z “The spirit of the times calls for disclosure, not concealment, in every field,” law professor Edson Sunderland, one of the drafters of the rules, wrote in 1925. Special Report: Why big business can count on courts to keep its deadly secrets 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Fifteen years ago, as the American Jewish Committee’s antisemitism expert, I was the lead drafter of what was then called the “working definition of antisemitism”. I drafted the definition of antisemitism. Rightwing Jews are weaponizing it | Kenneth Stern 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The law’s drafters hoped that payments into the program would offset payments out. Supreme Court May Back Insurers in $12 Billion Obamacare Case 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The articles are likely to encompass two major themes — abuse of office and obstruction — as the drafters strive to reach the Constitution’s bar of “treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” ‘All roads lead to Putin:’ Impeachment ties Ukraine, Russia 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z If that were so, then the drafters had gotten their articles crossed: They should have obeyed Article II, the appointments clause, which requires federal officers to receive an up-or-down vote in the Senate. The Curious Case of Aurelius Capital v. Puerto Rico 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Conkling told the Court that the drafters had altered the wording, replacing “citizens” with “persons” specifically to cover corporations as well. Republicans' fantasy Constitution: Trump and the "phony emoluments clause" 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The whistleblower was the sole drafter of the complaint and followed the letter of the law. Perspective | We represent the whistleblower. Their identity is no longer relevant. 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z At the suggestion of the industry and advocates of organ transplants, the drafters added a section modeled on a Texas law. How organ and tissue donation companies worked their way into the county morgue 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z “The drafters of our Constitution were wise to vest such authority in the people’s elected representatives who are accountable to the voters every two years,” Sununu wrote in his veto statement. Editorials from around New England 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The ACA’s drafters had designed the penalty to raise the cost of going without insurance, thereby encouraging more young and healthy people to buy. Column: California shows all states how to protect patients from Trump's attacks on Obamacare 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z “But who is the oppressor? It’s whoever the drafters decide that it is, right? And they’ve decided the oppressor is the Jew and Israel.” California’s proposed ethnic studies curriculum decried as anti-Semitic, left-wing ‘propaganda’ 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z In 1923, Alice Paul became the first drafter of the Equal Rights Amendment. A Centennial Celebration of Suffrage: Suffragists in Seattle uphold ‘proof of life’ — and a powerful fight for rights 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Some contemporaries of the document's drafters absolutely wanted slavery to be abolished and women's rights to be recognized. Fragile patriotism: Right-wing snowflakes, triggered by any criticism of America 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z However, the drafters of the treaty wrote with nations in mind as the primary space powers. A Fight for the Purity of the Night Sky 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The ACA’s drafters considered it a pillar of the law because that cohort generally has lower medical expenses, so their premiums help subsidize coverage for everyone else and moderate premiums. Column: California shows all states how to protect patients from Trump's attacks on Obamacare 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The word “born” was not defined by the drafters. Perspective | If a fetus is a person, it should get child support, due process and citizenship 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The state’s attorneys argued there is no evidence that when the state constitution was written in 1859, its drafters contemplated abortion rights. Kansas court bolsters abortion rights, blocks ban 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z All three cases present the question of how courts should interpret statutes whose drafters might not have contemplated the sweep of the language they wrote. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Landmark Civil Rights Law Applies to Gay and Transgender Workers 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The map has a 10-3 Republican tilt, one of its drafters said, “because I do not believe it’s possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats.” Will the Supreme Court End Gerrymandering? Arguments Begin This Week 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z “The drafters of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights in Toledo share this understanding, that existing environmental laws are simply not sufficient to protect and restore the lake.” Fighting pollution: Toledo residents want personhood status for Lake Erie 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Madison, the principal drafter of the Constitution, insisted that a proposed tax on carriages in 1794 was a direct tax and thus unconstitutional. Perspective | Elizabeth Warren’s popular plan to tax the rich is probably unconstitutional 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z So the drafters of the Constitution spent months considering who would ultimately wield that power. Can impeachment appear legitimate in a hyper-partisan universe? 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Rather, its drafters forged a legal compact in which nation-states would commit to an internal baseline of freedom and welfare for their own citizens. Perspective | Human rights treaties promised a better future. Why did they fail? 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Of course, the drafters of the Copyright Act never foresaw the emergence of internet memes, or that online games would repurpose them as a means of digital commerce. Fortnite keeps stealing dances — and no one knows if it’s illegal 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z He said that the law’s drafters had left out only the requirement that advisers be disinterested, and that the disclosure requirements were intact. Justice Dept. Says McKinsey Hid Dual Roles to Profit From Bankruptcy 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Like so many others, he lost his home in Paradise, a condominium next to the high school he had lived in for two years after retiring from his job as a computer drafter. In Paradise, finding reasons for gratitude amid destruction of California fire 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The drafters of the state’s constitution looked to create loopholes. 1.4 Million Floridians With Felonies Win Long-Denied Right to Vote 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The drafters of the “Stand By Your Ad” rule thought they would bring about a more civil brand of campaign discourse. Election Ads Turn Nasty, but Candidates Still ‘Approve This Message’ 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Afterward, the drafters of the 14th Amendment declared in their very first sentence, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” Opinion | Trump’s proposal to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z And if you believe Republicans, they're appointing jurists who will interpret the Constitution as it was meant to be interpreted by the founders and the drafters of the document. Max Boot on the end of conservatism: “The Republican Party needs to be burned down” 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The lead drafter of the censure, Judith Sargentini, a Dutch lawmaker from the leftist Greens party, last week said her motion was based on the findings of many international bodies critical of Mr. Orban. Hungary’s Orban Tests EU’s Ability to Enforce Rule of Law 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z When the First Congress debated what became the Bill of Rights, a member questioned why the drafters enumerated only certain rights. Opinion | Judge Kavanaugh, here are my closing questions 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Every draft is different and ADP doesn’t always fully reflect a player’s true value, as many drafters in the mainstream are not as fully informed as more savvy players. FANTASY PLAYS: Shifting values with average draft position 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The drafters were motivated by their utter revulsion toward slavery and a system that relegated people to subordinate political status because of their birth. Opinion | Trump’s proposal to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z In a country where Catholic bishops held such sway that they advised the drafters of the republic’s constitution in the 1930s, voters in recent years have turned their backs on core Catholic teachings. Pope heads to Ireland amid new global outrage over sex abuse 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z To create an industry easily overseen by existing governmental structures, the initiative’s drafters modeled their regulation of cannabis on the tiered system used to monitor the manufacturing, distribution and sales of liquor. Garbage from Washington state’s booming pot industry clogs gutters, sewers and landfills 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z But the email excerpts disclose that Republican drafters wanted to create a map that would give the party 10 House seats and Democrats only four. New Emails Show Michigan Republicans Plotting to Gerrymander Maps 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Its drafters say it is aimed at boosting Israel’s Jewish character, and its passage into law Thursday was celebrated as a historic moment by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies. Contentious nation-state law declaring Israel the Jewish homeland approved by lawmakers 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Wade , criticizing the majority for finding “within the scope of the 14th Amendment a right that was apparently completely unknown to the drafters of the amendment.” Opinion | Kavanaugh looks a lot like some former justices. Just not Anthony Kennedy. 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z "The drafters say 'populism and nationalism' as if these are dirty words," wrote Andrew Veprek, the deputy assistant secretary for refugees and migration, in documents obtained exclusively by CNN. Donald Trump’s startling global agenda: Taking white supremacy worldwide 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z In a 2009 paper, the drafters of a game addiction scale for adolescents explicitly wrote, “Time spent on games should not be used as a basis for measuring pathological behavior.” What’s leisure and what’s game addiction in the 21st century? 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Mr. McConnell is to be congratulated for recognizing that this is precisely what the drafters of the Constitution intended all along. Opinion | Goodbye, Justice Kennedy. Hello, unknown future. 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z What happened on the 57th day of this year’s 60-day session is exactly what the drafters of the constitution were trying to prevent. Kentucky editorial roundup 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z “This Court’s precedent prohibits such ‘judicial psychoanalysis of a drafter’s heart of hearts,'” the government wrote. Supreme Court’s travel ban ruling could have big implications for Trump’s Twitter account 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Constitution left it to the drafters of the various state constitutions to decide what protections to provide their citizens. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z So the drafters of the Constitution, as they set out to defy the odds, naturally asked themselves what went wrong for the many republics that had come—and gone—before them. The Rise of McPolitics 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z In “Building a House,” he begins with the drafters of the U.S. Former U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall dies in New Hampshire 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Shepherd’s ruling quotes from the 1891 constitutional debates in which, he writes, “the drafters were greatly concerned with the ‘fraudulent substitution of bills.’” Kentucky editorial roundup 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z “The drafters established this finding themselves; they produced several statewide draft plans that performed satisfactorily on legitimate districting criteria without attaining drastic partisan advantage.” Forget the “Big Sort”: Republicans’ advantage in Congress was carefully engineered 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z As Justice Gorsuch explained, “Respect for Congress as drafter counsels against too easily finding irreconcilable conflicts in its work. More than that, respect for the separation of powers counsels restraint.” Arbitration Wins at the High Court 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Michelle Richardson of the Washington-based Center for Democracy and Technology suggested in an interview that the prosecutors’ interpretation differs from what the drafters of the law intended. Governor’s trial hinges on photo that may or may not exist 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Obviously the drafters of the bill don't want you to know, otherwise they'd have said it in plain English. White House-backed bill purports to strengthen consumer protection. It does the opposite 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z “Instead, it’s something in the administrative bureaucracy which operates as insulation from the political accountability that the drafters of the Constitution intended.” Supreme Court considers power of agency judges and who should appoint them 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “The drafters of the regulations criticized that approach and took steps to preclude it, and on the whole, the regulations achieve that goal.” Robert Mueller’s Donald Trump findings may stay confidential 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z The bill's drafters say that they're in the process of revising the legislation to avoid unintended side effects, mitigate some local concerns, and to win over more supporters. Facebook, Yelp clash with California homeowners over plan to dramatically boost development 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The deduction was intended to exclude affluent doctors, lawyers, and other “service” industries that may be unsympathetic constituencies for a tax break, and the law’s Republican drafters constructed rules meant to ensure they were excluded. ‘That’s the game’: Tax planners look for loopholes amid uncertainty over new law 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z That was until she read an "interesting" job advert for a parliamentary drafter in the early 1990s and soon found herself among stimulating although rather different company to that she had been used to. Meet the woman who drafts the UK's laws 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z So here’s a review of what some of the better-known mock drafters are picking for the Seahawks with my own comment. Seahawks mock draft roundup: Running backs, cornerbacks, safeties popular picks for Seattle’s first choice 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z A group of legislators, including representatives of Islamic parties, are negotiating the wording of the bill with government drafters. Don’t Criminalize Gay Sex, U.N. Rights Chief Tells Indonesia 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Some mock drafters are expecting Seattle to do just that, though. Analysis: Richard Sherman’s uncertain future looms over Seattle’s cornerback position heading into offseason 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Critics say the moves, which are being negotiated among Indonesia’s political parties and government legislative drafters, would, if enacted, be a major blow to democracy in this Southeast Asian nation of 250 million. Gays, Unmarried Couples Face Jail for Sex as Islamists Push Legal Changes 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z MPs and peers cannot lobby drafters directly on the wording of bills but can, of course, make their own linguistic changes. Meet the woman who drafts the UK's laws 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Here’s a look at what some other mock drafters see in Washington’s first-round future: ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. projects Baker Mayfield to Redskins in first mock draft. He’s not alone. 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z This was hardly the broad public message the bill’s drafters needed, and it created a vacuum quickly filled by Democrats. GOP Tax Reformers Are Lousy Salesmen 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Feldman captures the remarkable extent to which the drafters agonized over how slavery would blemish the character of the Constitution and indeed of the drafters themselves. Slavery and the contradictions of James Madison 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The treaty drafters envisioned a mechanism, the Special Verification Commission, for resolving disputes, and in November 2016, there was a meeting, without result. Opinion | Russia and the United States are wrecking a landmark treaty 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z The drafters of the tax bill say the unlimited deduction simply cost the federal government too much money and encouraged big spending by state and local governments. Homeowners Rush to Prepay 2018 Property-Tax Bills 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Superior Court and Sheika Reid, an architectural drafter. Five candidates now challenge incumbent Brianne Nadeau for Ward 1 seat 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z What the legislation’s drafters anticipate, indeed proclaim, is that Congress will not allow to happen what the legislation says, with a wink, will happen. Opinion | The Republicans’ tax wager is worth the gamble 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z “Senator Schumer was one of the principal drafters, and she wanted a chance to meet with him about that and he wanted a chance to meet with her.” Trump consumer-watchdog pick freezes hiring, regulatory action 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Another was Adel Fakieh, an early drafter of the crown prince’s reforms, who was ousted from his post of economy minister earlier Saturday. Investors Worldwide Size Up Palace Intrigue in Oil-Rich Kingdom 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Even before the House bill was released, drafters exercised that option. Here are the 5 major differences between the House and Senate versions of the GOP tax plan 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z “If the point of tax reform, as the drafters claim, is to lift the U.S. economy and boost Main Street America, it ought to boost Main Street America,” he said. The Republican tax bill's small-business problem — most won't benefit from the special new rate 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Bill drafters had to scramble to find new revenue sources to offset the loss to federal coffers. GOP House tax bill would deliver blow to California homeowners 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z “A lot of work remains with the drafters, they are continuing to work through the night. We are moving forward.” GOP tax writers delay rollout as Trump sets rapid timetable 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Last November, relying on the same kind of analyses as the map drafters, the three-judge panel in the second Wisconsin case struck down the state’s 2011 redistricting law. The New Front in the Gerrymandering Wars: Democracy vs. Math 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The “disproportionate effect of the law on minorities”, the court held, was not lost on its “drafters and proponents”. Courts repeatedly chastise Texas for voting-rights violations 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z RIGHT-wing extremism reared its ugly head last week in Charlottesville, home to Declaration of Independence drafter Thomas Jefferson. Gov. Dan Evans: How a real leader squashed hate and extremists 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z In the meantime, drafters may be drawing too neat a conclusion from the facts that Thomas finished seventh at WR last year and New Orleans then traded away Brandin Cooks. Fantasy football 2017: Most overrated, underrated wide receivers 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z “I worked with the drafters of the Byrd Rule,” said Bill Dauster, a retired Democratic Senate staff veteran who worked on the Budget and Finance Committees, as well as in the majority leader’s office. Byrd Bath: Seven Provisions That Could Disappear From the Senate Health Bill 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Hours before it was due to be published, Liu, who had been one of the document’s drafters, was detained at his Beijing home. Liu Xiaobo, Nobel laureate and Chinese political prisoner, dies aged 61 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The blueprint offered a rare admission by Democrats that the 2010 law is faltering in places and needs surgery, although drafters also accused President Trump of undermining its enforcement. Obamacare repeal, replace plan stumbles in Senate 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z But bill drafters ran into a problem: the lack of information, including cost specifics, about Medicaid’s varied population of children with special needs. Senate GOP effort to shield disabled from Medicaid changes would leave many kids on the outside 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Liu said the court majority had concluded “that the drafters of Proposition 47 pulled a fast one on an uninformed public.” California Supreme Court makes it harder for three-strikers to get sentence reductions 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z The pact should eventually be put to the United Nations for adoption and impose legally-binding obligations on signatory states, its drafters - comprising legal experts from several countries - have said. France's Macron to back push for global environment rights pact 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Tillis said drafters are researching ways to ban consumers from using refundable tax credits offered in the plan to pay for abortions. Donald Trump to help Senate with health care bill vote 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Recklessly, its drafters introduced just one day before the vote legislative language that an independent expert called “incoherent, arbitrary, and technically complex.” Opinion | Betrayal, carelessness, hypocrisy: The GOP health-care bill has it all 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Dave Gettleman has not lived up to his reputation as an obsessive drafter of pass rushing prospects since taking over as general manager in Carolina. NFL mock draft 2017: the sleepers, the shoo-ins and Myles Garrett 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z But any large vision was beyond the drafters of this legislation. The Trump Elite. Like the Old Elite, but Worse! 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z “It matters not a whit that some of the drafters of the 14th Amendment were racists,” he said. Democrats Fail to Move Gorsuch Off Script and Beyond Generalities 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z The state argues there’s no evidence that when the constitution was written in 1859, its drafters contemplated the issue in a legal environment in which abortion generally was illegal. Kansas Supreme Court ruling on abortion law may invalidate restrictions 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Examination of officials’ actual purposes was appropriate, Justice Souter wrote for the majority, “where an understanding of official objective emerges from readily discoverable fact, without any judicial psychoanalysis of a drafter’s heart of hearts.” Campaign Pledges Haunt Trump in Court 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The drafters relied solely on open source material, which meant it could be delivered to reporters without violating federal laws on mishandling classified information. Homeland Security report undercutting Donald Trump’s travel ban drafted to be leaked to press 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Always reliant on human evaluation, increasingly willing to trust data, Rizzo and his staff developed a reputation as smart drafters and smart dealers. Mike Rizzo has two years to get the Nationals to the World Series. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z “It looks to me like they have only now become aware of the impacts of the policy the drafters didn’t foresee or the White House didn’t foresee,” he said. Trump administration signals that some bans on U.S. entry could be extended indefinitely 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z One diplomat on vacation in the United States said he received the letter from a colleague in another part of the world who was not connected to the drafters and was simply passing it along. State Dept. Dissent Cable on Trump’s Ban Goes Viral at U.S. Embassies 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The genius of the drafters of our Constitution was in eschewing attempts to answer such questions theoretically. Federal Policy Will Shift. Not All States Will Shift With It. 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z "Even if the drafters of the legislation have pure intentions, other countries could use this as a pretext for propping up or subsidizing their own favorite industries." Stocks could suffer as Trump trade policy takes shape 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Some scholars say the drafters of the Constitution intended the ban to apply only to appointed officers of the United States, not elected officials. Will Trump's business holdings run afoul of the Constitution's ban on foreign gifts? 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z One of the artists, Chris Garza, works as a drafter at Cornhusker State Industries, according to a biographical sketch that accompanies his art. Lincoln bookstore art exhibition features works by inmates 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z There is also a sales and engineering position as well as a solid works drafter position available. Hastings employers seeking workers 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z “There is ample evidence that the drafters at the 1970 Constitutional Convention believed they were specifically preserving the right to a 12-person jury when they adopted the current constitution,” Garman wrote. Supreme Court overturns law cutting civil juries to 6 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Few countries have had more constitutions and drafters have historically failed to produce anything lasting. Thailand, seeking stability, approves military constitution 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z If it was designed to stop that sequence of events, its drafters did a poor job. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Allowing outdated legislation to linger also has an ugly history in Virginia, said Howard, a Virginia native who was the principal drafter of the modern Virginia Constitution. Virginia still has laws banning gay marriage. Should that matter? 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The drafters of the Party’s platform, they say, do not represent the evolving party. Why Caitlyn Jenner Said She's a Republican 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z But it's clear that platform drafters felt they could get away with the boldest Wall Street reform plan in many years. The Democratic Platform Feels the Bern 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z The drafters also declined to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but their silence represented deference to President Obama, whose administration negotiated the trade deal. Sanders is making his long goodbye count 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z In the heady times of Philadelphia 1787, the drafters of the U.S. What History Teaches Us About Demagogues Like The Donald 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z When the drafters of the Constitution crafted the District, they surely didn't envision their choices resulting in more than half a million Americans being taxed without representation, as D.C. license plates note. The Democrats' D.C. Blunder 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z “We recognize that these solutions are ambitious, and that we are proposing them at a time of intense public district in politicians and the political system,” its drafters wrote at the time. Republicans set to unveil election-year policy 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z But not Priest Holmes, whose years at Texas impressed none of the 1997 drafters. From Undrafted to Unforgettable in the N.F.L. 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The legislation’s drafters say they expect it would be two years before regulations are written and retailers are ready to sell to patients. Pennsylvania Set to OK Medical Marijuana 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Guard leadership argued that court martial proceedings were prohibitively expensive, but the amendment’s drafter Sen. Charlie Huggins said the need for justice for accused guard members outweighs financial concerns. The Latest: Senate panel advances military code bill 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Albo and other drafters of legislation looked at statutes governing charitable bingo and betting on horse racing “and borrowed stuff that seemed to fit this.” Fantasy sports games make a play for legitimacy 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Background: A graduate of Yale University and Law School, she clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun at the Supreme Court, who credited her with being the main drafter of his dissent in Bowers v. Who else was in contention for the Supreme Court nomination? 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Two years later, when many of those drafters were sitting in the First Congress, the same problem popped up again. Apple v the FBI: why the 1789 All Writs Act is the wrong tool 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z However, the drafters of the Outer Space Treaty did overlook the mid-20th- century development of international human rights law and, most significantly, the principle of self-determination. Elon Musk, president of Mars? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z "In many situations, industry discharges pollutants without meeting standards. And very often they are not penalised by the enforcement officers. "The law drafters today are doing a much better job than I did. What is China doing to tackle its air pollution? - BBC News 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said a “creative drafter” could draw up a bill that accomplished the same outcome for the plaintiffs without mentioning the specific case. Justices weigh Congress’s right to pass a law helping victims of Iran terrorism 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The drafter of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson said, “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.” Text of Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant’s inauguration speech 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z This is precisely the problem that the drafters of the US constitution faced when they met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. Apple v the FBI: why the 1789 All Writs Act is the wrong tool 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The Constitution’s drafters shed little light on what they meant by the phrase. Is Ted Cruz a natural born citizen? Ask the founders 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z She will get no argument from her father, Charles, an architectural drafter, or her mother, Anne, a registered nurse. Swimmer Rethinks Her Course After a National Breakthrough 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z A technical glitch, he explained, brought on by the fatigue of a drafter. How the world learned its lesson and got a climate deal 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Teret, the law's drafter, says the idea was to counteract gun manufacturers' claims that no market existed for smart-gun technology by "guaranteeing them a market in at least one state," he told me. Aiming to bring smart guns to U.S. market 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Phyllis Curott is Vice Chair of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, drafter of its Declaration on the Dignity and Human Rights of Women, and the force behind the Inaugural Women’s Assembly. How Religious Women Can Fix Sexual Politics 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z When the drafters work hard, they can eat a whole bale in a weekend. 1,700-pound horses power fall color wagon rides 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The Italians were more respectful to the Italian-headed drafters, tending to focus on the minutiae of their proposals. Pope turns bishops' attention at synod to real-life family crises with appeal for Mideast 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z She also helped him get his first job, working as an autocad drafter for her very close friends, Bill and Vickie Butler at their surveying company, Butler and Associates. Finding love with Autism: Couple to wed in public ceremony 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z As soon as the junta’s drafters completed this authoritarian framework, the junta-created National Reform Council voted it down. Thailand’s ruling generals threaten critics with an ‘attitude adjustment’ 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z In a televised vote following a cheesy group photo, a junta-backed National Reform Council voted to abandon a proposed new constitution which a junta-backed set of drafters had spent ten months drawing up. Curiouser and curiouser 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z The key question is what the amendment’s drafters meant when they wrote about persons “subject to the jurisdiction” of the government. Donald Trump pushes birthright citizenship to forefront of political debate 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z But smart drafters will not even have to go that far. 2015 Fantasy Football: Running Back Preview and Rankings 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Gordon of the Council on Foreign Relations suggested that the drafters purposely left room for interpretation in the snapback provision. After Deal, Europeans Are Eager to Do Business in Iran 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z The bill’s central aim was to quicken the pace of drug development by reducing what the drafters said were regulatory hurdles, and many of its provisions will deeply affect the F.D.A. House Passes Product of Unusual Bipartisan Partnership on Health Care 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Notes related to that proposal, which are available to the public on the Legislature’s website, were widely reported to show communication between Walker’s staff and bill drafters. Republicans propose limiting public access to records 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z "But in this case, the clear impact of a statutory exegesis is amply supported by the views of the drafters." NSA Can Restart Phone Dragnet, Surveillance Court Rules 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Roberts calmly wrote that, taken in context, the purpose of the law’s drafters to provide for a federal exchange was obvious. This was a great week for progressives 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Looking closely at the text, Ose realized the resolution referred to the Sox "clinching the American League Wild Card payoff berth," when clearly, the drafters had meant to say "playoff." Obamacare Ruling Shows Conservatives Don't Own the Supreme Court 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z In the end, drafters adopted softer language, telling the F.D.A. to study how quicker-to-gather data, like information from doctors’ practices or disease registries, might be used to approve new uses for drugs. House Passes Product of Unusual Bipartisan Partnership on Health Care 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The drafters recognized that leaving fiscal policy to individual members created a dangerously unbalanced system. Top Dozen Villains in Greek Soap Opera: Who Is To Blame As Greece and Euro Stagger Toward The Brink? 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Coming shortly on this road is some legislated, sanctioned form of pseudo-reality that exists only in the imagination of its drafters. ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Caitlyn Jenner, gender and the ‘post’-postmodern era 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The words were written by professional drafters — skilled nonpartisan lawyers — from the office of the Senate legislative counsel, then James W. Fransen. Contested Words in Health Law May Have Been Left by Mistake 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The drafters say such reforms are designed to check abuse by corrupt politicians, a problem acknowledged by all sides. Thai year-old coup imposes superficial calm but little else 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Madison was the era’s greatest legislative strategist, skills fully required as he worked for support in his native, and crucial state, Virginia, and as drafter of the Bill of Rights. Prize-winning historian reflects on birth of Constitution 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Madison was the era's greatest legislative strategist, skills fully required as he worked for support in his native, and crucial state, Virginia, and as drafter of the Bill of Rights. Prize-winning historian reflects on birth of Constitution 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Sanders’s backers said they hope he can serve as a proxy for Warren’s disappointed drafters, helping to animate small-dollar Democratic donors with his brash persona and speeches condemning the “billionaire class.” Sen. Bernie Sanders to launch presidential bid on Thursday 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Congressional aides said they, not the drafters, were ultimately responsible for any ambiguities that remained in the legislation. Contested Words in Health Law May Have Been Left by Mistake 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The junta later picked the drafters and a 250-member National Reform Council to help write a new constitution. Thailand's new constitution draft ready for council's review 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z GOP budget drafters instead found a creative way to get around the sequester cap on the main defense account, which sets the Pentagon budget at $523 billion for fiscal 2016. House GOP approves budget to hike defense, slash safety-net programs 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z The plan’s drafters say this would heal ecosystems damaged by decades of artificial control, including declines in some fish and bird populations, depleted wetlands and the runaway growth of cattails along the coast. Around Lake Ontario, Neighbors Debate a Dam, Property Values and Muskrats 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has the potential to radically reshape the Affordable Care Act, creating a result profoundly different from that imagined by President Obama and the law’s drafters in Congress. The Supreme Court Has the Power to Deepen a National Health Divide 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z The drafters of the health law, which faces another challenge before the Supreme Court this week, anticipated the number of uninsured Americans to decrease dramatically, in part because they expected a nationwide expansion of Medicaid. Economy boosts safety-net hospitals in states not expanding Medicaid 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Cathy Clark, 60, a self-employed computer drafter in Gainesville, said that she, too, would drop her coverage immediately if she lost her subsidy. Before Supreme Court Rules, Florida Considers Future Without Health Subsidies 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Of course, their plan may or may not be politically popular, and the drafters may or may not be able to pass it. Net-neutrality battle is really about FCC independence 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Constitution influenced the drafters of this document in part. Five Questions (and Answers) About Obama’s Trip to India "This is obviously something that was important to the drafters of the constitution because they put religious freedom in the constitution," Ralston told reporters. GOP pursues state legislation limiting gay rights ahead of Supreme Court ruling 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Some drafters of the A.P.S.A. report had admired recent events in England, where the Labour Government elected in 1945 had nationalized the railroad and coal industries and, over Tory opposition, introduced a national health service. The Blight of Bipartisanship 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z “The drafters of the ACA,” Washington and Lee Law Professor Timothy Jost wrote last July, didn’t want to plant “a secret bomb in the heart of the statute.” What would happen if the Supreme Court dismembers Obamacare 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The lions were made from solid marble in Minneapolis following a design crafted by the drafter at Building Restoration Corp. in cooperation with the St. Leo’s Building Committee. Statues bring beauty, culture to Minot 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Siding with the law’s drafters, the four dissenting justices in McCutcheon looked at the broader deleterious impact of money in politics. The Top Court Cases of 2014 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Here's a bright idea - the Supreme Court should not strike down subsidies on the Federal exchange because the obvious intent of the ACA drafters was to allow subsidies on both the Federal and state exchanges. Many States Will Be Unprepared if Court Weakens Health Law 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Madison, who is widely considered to be the “father of the Constitution,” was a primary drafter of the First Amendment. This Week in God, 12.6.14 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z He was also one of the drafters of the mission statement for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Barry remembered as civil rights pioneer 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z It is enough to send legal drafters to an early grave. A lack of will power 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Contrary to Krugman’s slashing analysis, it’s not “corrupt” to read a clunky statutory provision according to its literal meaning, as opposed to inferring a more logical intention on the drafters’ part. Liberals Lose Their Cool in the Supreme Court Fight Over Obamacare 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z The opposing view, described by Pierre, states that the obvious intent of the ACA drafters was to allow subsidies on both the Federal and state exchanges. Many States Will Be Unprepared if Court Weakens Health Law 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The drafters ignored services but as they became more important to the economy, their taxation became the preserve of the centre. The truck stops here 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z “Race was the predominant factor in the drafters’ decisions to draw the majority-black districts as they did,” he wrote. In Alabama, race again at heart of voting rights debate — but with twist In the eyes of the drafters of the ACA, a successful Exchange would bring down health insurance premiums in the State’s individual and small group markets and expand health care coverage overall. How ACA Insurance Market Reforms Could Affect Large Employers 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Some occupations – such as registered nurses and drafters – now require a higher skill level and technological aptitude than they once did, which likely explains the surge in demand from employers for college graduates. More employers demand college degrees, study finds 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z In deciding between competing interpretations of an ambiguous term, he wrote, Delaware law clearly states that courts should rule against the drafter of such terms, in this case Goldman. At Goldman Sachs, Even the Legal Fees Are Different 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Leyshon, a Silver Spring native and resident, was a National Park Service land surveyor and topographic drafter before he joined the staff of Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Md., in 1977. Washington area obituaries of note The theory of these suits is that the drafters of the ACA planted a secret bomb in the heart of the statute. Courts won’t void thefhe Affordable Care Act over semantics “Seeing kangaroos in urban areas is one of the best aspects of living in Canberra,” says Tara Ward, a legislative drafter with the Department of the Environment. Animal-Welfare Groups Hopping Mad Over Canberra's Kangaroo Cull 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Many cases are litigated when the legislature or the document drafters did not contemplate the precise fact situation they now face. Why The NBA Is Taking So Long To Oust Donald Sterling 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Amid all that scholarship lurked ideas about government that he would champion throughout his career, as drafter of the constitution, a leader in Congress, his country’s chief diplomat and its fourth president. Lexington: Because men are not angels 2014-04-24T15:01:05Z The law’s drafters assumed that the states would all expand Medicaid, so the subsidies only kick in above that $11,700 threshold. Obamacare: Uphill all the way 2014-03-27T15:58:21Z To account for that, the drafters said, total compensation for a St. Mary’s president — including housing and vehicle benefits and deferred pay -- should be capped at 11 times what the lowest-paid employees earn. Some at St. Mary’s suggest capping college president’s pay 2014-02-21T01:46:03Z Outside the conference room, on the other side of the coffee shop, a computer drafter named Mac Geissinger takes his turn at the ATM. Bitcoin’s next frontiers: ATMs and Capitol Hill 2014-01-24T01:48:01Z Circuit have "assembled significant evidence" that the drafters of the Constitution and early presidents believed an office must fall vacant during the recess to be subject to a recess appointment. Analysis: Weighing power among branches, U.S. court could tip against president 2014-01-12T15:00:57Z The drafters of the report went with the lower numbers, choosing to treat the outlier science as not very credible. By Degrees: A Climate Alarm, Too Muted for Some 2013-09-09T21:43:00Z The new law, which went into effect on Monday, July 1, is meant to discourage teen pregnancy, according to its drafters, but in a very roundabout way. Expansion Of The Genetic Surveillance State: Taking The Blood Of Babies Born To Mississippi Teens 2013-07-02T18:11:00Z Still, Lucian Bebchuk, a professor at Harvard Law School and one of the principal drafters of the petition, said he is optimistic that it will prevail in the end. White says SEC not now writing political spending rule 2013-05-16T21:01:28Z But our correspondent says the drafters watered down the language, backing the coalition as simply "effective representative interlocutors for a political transition". UN urges Syria political transition 2013-05-15T23:17:24Z Note that not even the drafter of cable gets to put the secretary’s “signature” on the cable; it is done by the worker bees in the communications center. Issa’s absurd claim that Clinton’s ‘signature’ means she personally approved it 2013-04-26T10:00:00Z The drafters of the Constitution sought to secure the federal Spending Power with legislators rather than the president, to keep separate the powers of purse and sword. Dither No More, Please 2013-04-11T16:04:30Z The drafters should look at other items on hunters’ legislative wish list, such as excluding ammunition and fishing tackle from the Toxic Substances Control Act. Viewpoint: If We Want Gun Control, We’ll Need to Compromise 2012-12-17T12:15:34Z The problem is not just the document but the drafters. Washington Warily Eyes Egypt's Constitutional Crisis 2012-11-30T18:20:24Z Kohl’s boss, the platform’s overall drafter, was U.S. Why AIPAC is Afraid 2012-09-14T13:42:00Z “There has been a change recently in the language being used by officials, advocates and law drafters,” Ms. Wang said. The Female Factor: Women in Prison Fare Better in China 2012-09-11T10:50:07Z The drafters were clearly contemplating a gold standard. Today's Economist: Bruce Bartlett: Republicans Are Wrong on Call for Gold Standard 2012-09-04T10:00:25Z The 2010 charter drafters recommended creation of a commission composed of representatives of the mayor and the City Council to decide which reports and commissions could be waived. City Room: Years After It Was Abolished, a City Board Lives On 2012-08-20T13:42:18Z The legislative history clearly indicates that the drafters of the Williams Act made a conscious choice not to impose an inflexible 5 percent cap. DealBook: Don't Discourage Outside Shareholders 2012-08-15T17:06:43Z That, more or less, seems to have been the approach adopted by the drafters of the constitution. Lexington: Meddling for morality 2012-08-02T15:10:03Z Other drafters argued that local interests, especially those outside Manhattan, would be ignored by City Hall if there were no empowered smaller divisions. F.Y.I.: Answers to Questions About New York 2012-07-21T05:47:57Z To be sure, the drafters of “The Technology Revolution” complicate things with their rhetoric. Ron Paul and Rand Paul's 'Technology Revolution' Isn't Revolutionary. Neither Is Internet Freedom. 2012-07-08T14:47:43Z It decided—in a bid to placate Benghazi on the eve of today’s election—to have regional elections instead to choose the drafters. “Now We Are in Paradise” 2012-07-07T21:45:00Z Mariners draft pick Mike Zunino wins Golden Spikes Award Mike Zunino, the University of Florida catcher drafter second overall by the Mariners last month, just won the prestigious Golden Spikes Award. Mariners draft pick Mike Zunino wins Golden Spikes Award 2012-07-06T23:10:31Z But the drafters of Dodd-Frank say it was always their aim to prevent banks that receive government backstops like deposit insurance from trading for their own gain. Insight: As banks deepen commodity deals, Volcker test likely 2012-07-03T05:13:23Z Aware of the importance of social norms, the drafters of the Affordable Care Act described the payment for noncoverage as a “penalty.” On ACA, the Court Reduces the Stigma of Going 'Naked' 2012-06-28T19:06:16Z She said when the EAW framework had been set up, the drafters had intended it to include the prosecutors of many countries. Extradition ruling due on Assange 2012-05-30T06:08:39Z And though two piracy heavyweights, Russia and China, have not signed, ACTA’s drafters say they hope those countries will come to see the benefits of joining. A New Question of Internet Freedom 2012-02-05T17:51:02Z The drafters of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law got an important thing right. Economix Blog: Simon Johnson: Progress on Letting Big Banks Fail 2012-02-02T10:00:34Z At the time the letter was drafted, Breuer told one of the letter’s main drafters, “As usual, great work.” Attorney General Holder calls ?gun-walking? tactic in Operation Fast and Furious inexcusable 2011-12-08T07:36:36Z Mr. Holder said that the drafters of the letter did not know at the time about the tactics used in Wide Receiver and Fast and Furious. Holder Urges Lawmakers to Support Efforts to Stop Gun Trafficking 2011-11-08T20:37:02Z Still, he said, “It’s important to acknowledge that Chairman Camp and the drafters recognize that there are serious problems with a territorial tax system with base erosion concerns.” Top U.S. Tax Writer Releases Overhaul Exempting Overseas Profits 2011-10-31T21:21:58Z But this time, the drafters hope the policing system will be more credible. E.U. Moves to Toughen Rule Book for Euro Membership 2011-09-27T18:56:41Z For the original drafters, health care is only the first compact in a longer list that would include measures giving states broad powers to control banking, education and energy. Officials opposed to U.S. health-care law seeking interstate compact 2011-09-17T20:54:36Z Even while considering the “legalization” of secret detentions, the drafters of the proposed revisions of the code seem to be moving in another direction at the same time. China Threatens to Legalize Repression 2011-09-01T07:05:25Z Senator Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, on Tuesday suggested passing a one-month debt ceiling extension to give drafters time to put together a Gang of Six bill. But As Prospects for a Grand Debt Deal Fade, Gang of Six Shapes Plan B 2011-07-20T11:20:00Z “Had the drafters of Rule 2019 intended for all plan proponents to be subject to the rule, as the debtors urge, they would have written the rule to say so,” they said in a filing. Paulson Disclosure Plan ‘Intimidates’ Lehman Creditors 2011-06-10T22:37:52Z William Hsiao, a Harvard health care economist and consultant to the drafters of Vermont's legislation, has called for a payroll tax shared by employers and workers. In Vermont, health care for all nears reality 2011-05-11T21:01:05Z Even the best drafters of all time have had a lot of misses. Dan Pompei's post-draft Bears mailbag 2011-05-05T16:14:00Z With provisions appealing to sportsmen and conservationists alike, the bill enjoyed broad support; drafters took into account requests from dozens of constituent groups in putting together the legislation. Land Locked: U.S. Wilderness Protection Act Benefits the Climate--Hunters Like It, Too 2011-03-10T21:15:02.183Z It seems certain that the drafters of the charter were honest in their intentions, and did not purpose to set up a feudal oligarchy in the place of a royal autocracy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z There is a little evidence that the drafters of the First Amendment meant to single out a set of businesses for special protection. Sidebar: Press Poses Wrinkle for Critics of Campaign Ruling 2011-02-07T15:36:05Z “We never found one,” Lousin said, adding that the drafters resorted to saying it depended on intent. Court Ruling Ends ‘Circus’ in Chicago as Emanuel Stays on Ballot 2011-01-28T06:03:03Z In an argument over a law barring the sale of violent video games to minors, Justice Scalia asked what the drafters of the First Amendment thought about government restrictions on depictions of violence. Sidebar: A Taxonomy of Supreme Court Humor 2011-01-24T15:20:10Z After weeks of countless blood draws and tests, Scott and Kyle, 26, a mapper/drafter for Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, were both pronounced matches for their mother. Family members share kidneys 2011-01-11T19:16:42Z As she said: "With all due respect to the drafters of the American Declaration of Independence, all men and women are not created equal, at least in regard to their characters, abilities and aptitudes." Rupert Murdoch's inaugural Margaret Thatcher lecture 2010-10-21T19:00:00Z “We built completely on his work,” one of the drafters of those laws acknowledged. DealBook: Another View: Lessons From Pecora Were Ignored 2010-10-14T16:30:00Z It is the oldest constitution in the world, signed in 1787 by its drafters in Philadelphia. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials 2010-09-22T16:29:00Z The drafters could have written the Constitution as a list of specific rules and said, "That's all, folks!" Supreme Court Justice Scalia on Women and the Equal-Protection Clause 2010-09-22T09:40:00Z The best drafters tend to avoid making these slim expected value bets. When ADP (Average Draft Position) Is Riskier Than It Appears 2010-08-03T11:11:00Z "Congress does not always act on authorizations that are put into legislation by drafters," explained Kenneth Baer, a spokesman for the White House budget agency. Health Overhaul Could Cost $115B Extra 2010-05-11T21:30:00Z In that capacity he became one of the primary drafters of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Stephen J. Ledogar, 80, Architect of Three Weapons Treaties 2010-05-10T04:44:00Z But he said its drafters became as "ideologically greedy" to punish public education as liberals so often are to pamper it. Florida's Charlie Crist Moves Closer to Independent Run 2010-04-21T09:00:00Z Every rookie played a role in the Giants’ stunning run to the championship that season, and Reese established himself as one of the N.F.L.’s most astute drafters. Pressure Builds as Giants? Jerry Reese Begins Repairs 2010-04-19T03:18:00Z Parliament is working on a same-sex marriage law even as the constitution drafters are incorporating gay rights into the document expected to be ratified later this year, said Pant. Pink Everest: Nepal appeals for gay tourists 2010-03-15T06:16:00Z He directly counters Yoo’s interpretation of the word “declare”: “The drafters brought in ‘declare’ as the stronger sense and assigned it to Congress.” 2010-01-22T20:21:00Z The drafters of the 1971 Constitution of Bulgaria subscribed to Lenin's principle of unity of power, which advocated combined legislative-executive authority in one state organ of power. Area Handbook for Bulgaria Ever since its adoption the Constitution of the "Fathers" has been the most popular text-book of constitution drafters the world over. History of the Constitutions of Iowa The Patriots, considered astute drafters, have had 28 picks in that time. Pressure Builds as Giants? Jerry Reese Begins Repairs 2010-04-19T03:18:00Z In China, whither the drafters of the code went for models, no restrictions were imposed on a sovereign's choice of wife. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Of one of the collateral branches was Roger Sherman, drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It is suitable food for work horses, or idle drafters, if sound and not too liberally fed. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry Let me introduce to our readers seven of the wisest men of the present century—the seven drafters and signers of the first teetotal pledge. Winter Evening Tales The heart of the drafter may have quailed when he wrote the words that signified the surrender of the imperial power, but the spirit of Mencius guided his hand. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) That is obviously true, though I admit that the drafters of the American Constitution made an attempt—in some ways very successful—to implant some of the advantages of a Monarchy upon their Republic. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography These bill drafters may be set to work on the request of either house, or of a committee, member, or officer thereof. Problems in American Democracy There is a growing tendency for state legislatures to employ expert bill drafters to draw up laws on technical and highly-complex subjects. Problems in American Democracy The expert bill drafter and the legislative bureau help materially to reduce the amount of defective and unwise legislation on the statute books. Problems in American Democracy What is the function of the expert bill drafter? Problems in American Democracy |
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