Assertion: legislature's power | /r/CapableOf | interpret legislation
Facets:
value: to implement the legislative mandate
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Those who have the formal power to create legislation are known as legislators; a judicial branch of government will have the formal power to interpret legislation (see statutory interpretation); the executive branch of government can act only within the powers and limits set by the law, which is the instrument by which the fundamental powers of government are established.
text: While critics of bill signing statements argue that they give presidents the virtual power of the line-item veto, the power to issue them has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 1986 decision in the case of Bowsher v. Synar, which held that “... interpreting a law enacted by Congress to implement the legislative mandate
text: As a result, courts can sometimes be called upon to interpret statute law, and/or statutes may create agencies and vest those agencies with the power to interpret the law.
text: Those who have the formal power to create legislation are known as legislators, the judicial branch of government may have the formal power to interpret legislation.