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Logrolling is the process by which politicians trade support for one issue or piece of legislation in exchange for another politician's support, especially by means of legislative votes (Holcombe 2006 [5]). If a legislator logrolls, he initiates the trade of votes for one particular act or bill in order to secure votes on behalf of another act ...
The basic principles of the rule of law are the principles of the predictability of the law, its comprehensibility, clarity and internal consistency, i.e. the coherence and unity of the legal order. [14] The principle of the democratic rule of law is regulated by Articles 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the Czech Republic.
A group of state attorneys general on Thursday sued to halt Elon Musk's efforts to slash federal spending as head of President Donald Trump's new government efficiency agency, escalating the legal ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has officially announced the creation of an advisory group aimed at carrying out dramatic cuts to the U.S. government, attracting immediate ...
Vote trading is the practice of voting in the manner another person wishes on a bill, position on a more general issue, or favored candidate in exchange for the other person's vote in the manner one wishes on another position, proposal, or candidate.
Edward Martin, the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., said in the letter any action to threaten or confront employees of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency "may break numerous laws."
The single-subject rule is a rule in the constitutional law of some jurisdictions that stipulates that some or all types of legislation may deal with only one main issue. One purpose is to avoid complexity in acts, to avoid any hidden provisions that legislators or voters may miss when reading the proposed law.
Many of Trump’s executive orders arguably violate federal laws, for example, involving the severing of congressionally mandated funds and groundless firings of top officials.