Thesaurus results for LEGISLATURES

legislatures

noun

plural of legislature

as in parliaments

a group of people with the power to make or change laws Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts. Each state has its own legislature. state legislatures

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Recent Examples of legislatures In its Supreme Court appeal, the American Civil Liberties Union said the justices should get involved because state legislatures are increasingly imposing new burdens on voters who are supposed to be protected by the federal law. —

Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 21 June 2026 Steyer ran as the ultimate embodiment of the long-running strategy promoted by the Rockefeller family and fellow billionaire interests to weaponize courts, legislatures, and public opinion against American oil and gas producers. —

David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Courts are always more conservative than legislatures, usually. —

David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026 Republican legislatures and Democratic legislatures alike are increasingly treating district maps as political weapons that can be redrawn whenever circumstances change. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026 Texas Legislative Districts The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which works to get Democrats elected to state legislatures across the country, is targeting 15 seats in Texas, 12 of which are held by Republicans. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2026 Advertisement To be sure, Republicans still hold the upper hand in state legislatures. —

Philip Elliott, Time, 8 June 2026 Ir remains to be seen, though, how many legislatures will follow, and whether the outburst of mid-decade redistricting will extend down to county commissions, city councils and school boards that make myriad decisions affecting people's lives. —

ABC News, 7 June 2026 Illinois, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Missouri, Tennessee and New Jersey have bills that are moving through their legislatures which could eventually trigger the Connecticut law when passed, La Valle said. —

Julia Casola, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026

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That last insight must come as a shock to a president who until recently viewed the legislature, controlled by his own party, roughly as North Korea’s Kim Jong Un or Russia’s Vladimir Putin regard their rubber-stamp parliaments.

— Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
The country elected its first female prime minister just last year, and women currently make up less than 15% of the House of Representatives, according to IPU Parline, which tracks global data on national parliaments.

— Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 7 June 2026