Sentences with phrase «as a constitutional president»

As a constitutional president, there are constitutional limits to his powers.

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«I see this as close to a constitutional crisis,» said Robert Peabody, president and CEO of Husky Energy Inc. «The question is «how does this country work?»

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

The country, suffering from skyrocketing inflation and rampant food and power shortages, is currently operating under a «constitutional state of emergency» as protestors call for the removal of President Nicolas Maduro.

If I were the president, I would take the partisan judicial activism masquerading as constitutional principle route, no matter what the Court decides.

President Obama was for it, before he was against it: first giving a speech about religion and our constitutional system so high - minded that it was audible only to bats» and then, as criticism mounted, hurriedly explaining that he wasn't actually lending his support to the project.

That practice might have been permissible in 1787 or 1812, but it does not pass constitutional muster in 2013, when the United States is, as President Barack Obama acknowledged in his first inaugural address, «a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers.»

President Obama was for it, before he was against it: first giving a speech about religion and our constitutional system so high - minded that it was audible only to bats — and then, as criticism mounted, hurriedly explaining that he wasn't actually lending his support to the project.

So, the contemporary constitutional scholar Robert Lowry Clinton argues that it is a mistake to read the case as claiming a judicial power to tell the President or Congress what they can or can not do under the Constitution.

Lincoln is therefore today not only the model of a president committed to faithful execution of the laws and of his constitutional duties, but also the model for those who today embrace a strong view of the president's power that he holds as commander in chief in time of war.

The South fired first, on Fort Sumter, and Lincoln took immediate action under his constitutional powers as president and military commander in chief.

Lincoln again took his direction from a strict reading of the Constitution's text and structure, and from an equally strict reading of his sworn constitutional duties as president.

This hasn't been left behind as in his elected position as president of Blue's committee Max has been working to see all constitutional reforms are up to date within the committee.

Hon. Ablakwa and his colleagues only joined the numerous Ghanaians to sign the petition enable HE President Mahama to exercise his constitutional right as the Commander - in - Chief of Ghana.

She said her husband had continued to carry out his constitutional responsibilities as the President without hindrance.

A closer look at the failure of presidents to secure a third term through constitutional change in places such as Burundi, Nigeria, and Zambia reveals that one of the main barriers they faced was parliamentary opposition, including from within their own coalitions.

For example, out of 347 expected incoming MPs, a minimum of 47 were to be women, a gender equality measure that had already been viewed as «technically impossible» [vi] by President Kibaki before going on to spark constitutional confrontation between the President and the Kenyan High Court over county commissioner appointments.

Moreover, each and every member of Congress should be notified that he or she is personally liable (can be sued) for his or her own failure, or the same in conspiracy with other members, to perform what is a ministerial and constitutional duty, that is, to require and / or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are «natural born citizens» under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants» constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constituticonstitutional duty, that is, to require and / or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are «natural born citizens» under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants» constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constituticonstitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a ConstitutionalConstitutional Republic.

As well as the controversy over the Gupta family, the Constitutional Court recently said the president had violated the constitution by not paying back public money used to upgrade his private residence in NkandlAs well as the controversy over the Gupta family, the Constitutional Court recently said the president had violated the constitution by not paying back public money used to upgrade his private residence in Nkandlas the controversy over the Gupta family, the Constitutional Court recently said the president had violated the constitution by not paying back public money used to upgrade his private residence in Nkandla.

Examples include the Brexit referendum in June; the election of Donald Trump as US president in November; the failure of the Italian constitutional referendum this month; and so on.

But then, the laws of the American land recognizes that Trump has fulfilled all the constitutional requirements to fill the seat as America's 46th President regardless of the protestations on the street of Washington or New York of Atlanta.

Zellnor then went to Cornell Law School where he served as student body president, an editor on the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, a constitutional law instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organization.

«As an expert on the history of our founders and the founding documents, Sen. Loudermilk understands that the only path to fundamentally restoring our constitutional republic is over the heads of leadership in both parties,» Madison Project President Drew Ryun said in a release.

As neither Taylor nor Fillmore had taken the oath of office on March 4, some historians and Constitutional scholars have argued that neither of them had any legal authority as President in the interim until they diAs neither Taylor nor Fillmore had taken the oath of office on March 4, some historians and Constitutional scholars have argued that neither of them had any legal authority as President in the interim until they dias President in the interim until they did.

They could amend the constitution, which requires the president, congress, and the majority of states to agree on, and also requires a lot of time - constitutional amendments can drag on for decades, as each state sets its own timetable on ratification.

It is time for the «Presidency» to disclose in full the nature of President Buhari's ailment, his current condition and his ability (or otherwise) to function as president so that the country may determine whether it is necessary to trigger the constitutional provisions under section 144 relating to a president's medical President Buhari's ailment, his current condition and his ability (or otherwise) to function as president so that the country may determine whether it is necessary to trigger the constitutional provisions under section 144 relating to a president's medical president so that the country may determine whether it is necessary to trigger the constitutional provisions under section 144 relating to a president's medical president's medical capacity.

As President Muhammadu Buhari begins his official visit to the United States of America on Sunday (today), the Peoples Democratic Party has drawn the attention of President Donald Trump to alleged constitutional and human rights violations in Nigeria.

ALBANY, NY (08/20/2012)(readMedia)-- Today, August 20, 2012, Mario Cilento was reelected unanimously by the delegates of the 32nd Constitutional Convention of the New York State AFL - CIO to a four year term as president.

I wish first and foremost to thank Your Excellency, Mr. President, for the very fact of considering me as a fit and proper person for this position even though I come from the opposite pond of social democracy and in the past, we have been very strong and robust professional adversaries in the development of the constitutional law of our dear country from its inception.

In a response published on all the electronic and print media entitled «I have nothing personal against the Government or the President» I answered each of the allegations, showing the role I played in John Mahama's nomination as Vice Presidential candidate and stated that: «Being my true self I disagree and I have disagreed with the NDC Government on matters of constitutional principles, beliefs, values and policy issues but never on personal matters.

As the Attorney General I had a constitutional duty to perform my functions without fear or favour and the President was at liberty to have given a copy of my report to Betty for her comments.

President François Hollande signed the law on May 18 for marriage equality and adoption for same - sex couples after the Constitutional Council approved it as in line with the French constitution.

And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.

The MDC leader developed a national following by serving first as leader of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leader and later as president of the National Constitutional Assembly.

ABUJA — THE House of Representatives, yesterday, described former President Olusegun Obasanjo's letters to the leadership of the National Assembly, accusing the lawmakers of greed, graft and insensitivity to the declining state of the country's economy, as misdirected, saying they would not be distracted from performing their constitutional duties.

He quoted the president as saying that, «every attempt must be made to resolve all contentious issues by constitutional means in Zimbabwe to save the country from avoidable political instability.»

Important point as @ohwilleke's answer points out in his last two paragraphs: the President is still the President until constitutional processes resolve otherwise.

«As my office's legal guidance makes clear, President Trump lacks the constitutional authority to broadly cut off funding to states and cities just because they have lawfully acted to protect immigrant families,» Schneiderman said.

«In summary, the constitutional procedure for preparing the appropriation bill is that each arm of government (the executive, legislature and the judiciary) lays before the national assembly its estimates of revenue and expenditure for each financial year after which it is appropriated, harmonized as a bill and presented to the president for his assent.»

«For the records, I was the only member from Kebbi state who did not find it worthy at that time of collecting the sum of N50 million as an inducement to subvert the constitution and provide a constitutional framework for the third term ambition of President Obasanjo.

Agbakoba, in his suit is praying that the court should determine the constitutional qualification of the President to hold executive office as Petroleum Minister.

«The President lacks the constitutional authority to cut off funding to states and cities simply because they have lawfully acted to protect immigrant families — as described in the legal guidance my office issued last week,» Schneiderman said.

He further argued that Nigeria, as a nation, should not have been in the present situation if the provisions of the constitution were respected by the leadership of the country, insisting that the constitution has specific provisions on how an ailing president could be succeeded, even as he noted that the refusal by the FEC to respect and apply the constitutional provisions had led to the present crisis in the country.

He takes his constitutional roles seriously as he has always done and will always do whether as acting president or vice-president,» Akande added.

His only constitutional role is as president of the State Senate, but he rarely takes the rostrum.

SRC which is the legislative arm of the Students» Union also impeached the Vice President, Ganiyu Oseni and the Treasurer, Musa Jamiu as SRC relieved them of their constitutional duties in the Union.

Prior to his term as president from 1994 to 1999, Herzog served as president of Germany's Constitutional Court.

The President may conclude an international agreement on any subject within his constitutional authority so long as the agreement is not inconsistent with legislation enacted by the Congress in the exercise of its constitutional authority.

Femi Falana, Human right activist and constitutional lawyer, has thrown his weight behind the third force movement of former President Olusegun Obasanjo known as Coalition for...

As a president's wife, Patience's office during the Goodluck Jonathan administration was not a constitutional one.