As early as 1683, Pennsylvania's colonial legislature attempted to bar felons from being introduced within its borders.

When some debt relief measures passed by the legislature were declared unconstitutional by the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the legislature attempted to dissolve the court and replace it with a more sympathetic one.

In retaliation, the legislature attempted to abolish the court and create a new one more sympathetic to their views.

Incensed, the legislature attempted to removed him from office, but the vote of 59-35 fell short of the needed two-thirds majority.

Furthermore, the Governor's "cook shack" difficulties and crusade against superfluous rulemaking, government red-tape and over-regulation set the stage for an overhaul of Florida's Administrative Procedures Act, reforms the legislature had been attempting for several years.

There is no doubt that the decision by the influential New Jersey court will be pivotal as various courts and legislatures attempt to grabble with the intricacies of the situation.

The provincial legislatures previously had attempted to legislate their privileges, which were repeatedly rendered by the privy council as ultra vires.

The customary laws of marriage and succession are the main areas in which the South African legislature and courts have attempted to advance women's rights.

The angered legislature attempted to impeach the justices on the Court of Appeals, but lacked the necessary two-thirds majority.

Both the courts and the legislature have attempted to limit the scope of RICO in civil causes of action.