{"id":506,"date":"2019-09-09T10:15:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T17:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=506"},"modified":"2019-09-08T14:05:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T21:05:41","slug":"understanding-how-laws-are-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/understanding-how-laws-are-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding How Laws Are Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/understandinglawsmade.jpg?resize=342%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9585\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UA51Bm\">Understanding How Laws Are Made<\/a><br \/>\nby Matt Bowers (Author) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Follow the sequence of events from idea to implementation and see how a law is made. A timeline supports each step in the process, from an idea for a new law through writing a bill, getting Congress to pass it and the president signing it.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/9781681516721_6.jpeg?resize=188%2C275&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9578\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/9781681516721_7.jpeg?resize=188%2C275&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9579\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/9781681516721_12.jpeg?resize=188%2C275&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9583\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/9781681516721_13.jpeg?resize=188%2C275&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9584\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding How Laws Are Made by Matt Bowers (Author) Booktalk: Follow the sequence of events from idea to implementation and see how a law is made. A timeline supports each step in the process, from an idea for a new law through writing a bill, getting Congress to pass it and the president signing it. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/understanding-how-laws-are-made\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Understanding How Laws Are Made&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-8a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":789,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/jane-against-the-world-a-definitive-examination-for-teens-of-the-struggle-for-reproductive-rights\/","url_meta":{"origin":506,"position":0},"title":"Jane Against the World &#8211; A Definitive Examination for Teens of the Struggle for Reproductive Rights","author":"Cindy Dobrez","date":"May 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Lynn: Does a woman have the right to control what happens to her body? 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