The group led efforts in Oregon to establish an initiative and referendum system, allowing direct legislation by the state's citizens.
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Dolan justified accessing the list on the ground that Bork himself had stated that Americans only had such privacy rights as afforded them by direct legislation.
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U Ren brought together representatives of the state Farmer s Alliance and labor unions to form the Direct Legislation League, of which he was named secretary.
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During Oregon's history it has adopted many electoral reforms proposed during the Progressive Era, through the efforts of William S . U'Ren and his Direct Legislation League.
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But Siegelman struck first, persuading the Democrat-controlled state Senate a few weeks back to strip away the traditional power of lieutenant governors to appoint committees and direct legislation.
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In 1902 he was part of a movement for a state constitutional amendment that would provide for " a system of direct legislation, state, county and municipal ."
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In 1892 MacCartney affiliated himself with the People's Party, attracted by that organization's program calling for national and state ownership of major industry and the adoption of direct legislation.
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The changes have included the introduction of a direct legislation system, which enabled Oregon voters to propose and approve amendments both to the Constitution and to the Oregon Revised Statutes.
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The Chicago-based organization was dedicated to advancing the ideas of direct legislation and free coinage of silver through the supplying of inserts and stereographic plates on the topic to newspapers around the country.
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Taft, in keeping with his personal judicial philosophy, suggests that Congress may " of course " extend such protections to telephone conversations by passing direct legislation that would prohibit their use in federal criminal trials.
