Sentences with phrase «as a constitutional responsibility»

As a constitutional responsibility, the maintenance of the superior courts does not compete with the government's discretionary expenditures.

Not exact matches

Some of my Episcopal friends tell me that episcopacy is not a name for a particular kind of church constitution (as Presbyterians might suppose), but rather an understanding of representative authority and responsibility in ministry vested in a college of «sacramental persons» — an understanding compatible with a wide range of constitutional theories and structures.

Additionally, the bill claims it will help the state to discharge its constitutional responsibility as article 31 (2) of the Constitution states that the «State shall endeavour to make the teachings of the Holy Qur «an and Islamiyat compulsory».

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

He stressed the need to reflect on the constitutional and legally - defined responsibilities of the commission, and as well analyse the legal and procedural framework for elections management in Nigeria.

That we see the reform of collective responsibility so that it is workable in coalition governments as an important constitutional reform.

In 1999, he was given additional responsibilities as Spokesman for Constitutional Affairs.

The INEC Chairman explained that the Committee, headed by National Commissioner, Engineer Abubakar Nahuche, was not expected to investigate the outcome of the Local Government Election conducted by the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KASIEC) as that would be outside the constitutional and legal responsibilities of INEC.

Commenting on the incident, opposition youth leader in the state, Austin Okai, described the action of the Governor and the Police Commissioner as a plot to truncate democracy in the state and institutionalize autocracy where in the legislature is suspended from carrying out its constitutional responsibilities.

Although states bear formal responsibility for educating their citizens — the wording varies, but a typical example is Ohio's constitutional charge to its legislature to «secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state» — all but Hawaii have opted to deliver schooling through «local education agencies,» also known as school districts.

Save for a few instances, such as the initial efforts of Southern governors (including Alexander during his tenure as Tennessee's governor) and chambers of commerce during the 1970s that spurred what became the modern school reform movement, it has been the federal government that has been the driving force in coaxing states to take full responsibility for the districts they control as part of their constitutional provisions requiring them to provide education.

The third part of the proposal would require the Legislature «to ensure that students enrolled in public education understand and are prepared to exercise their rights and responsibilities as citizens of a constitutional republic.»

As the state spends literally hundreds of millions of dollars to address its moral, legal and constitutional responsibility to make our schools less racially isolated, Connecticut's charter schools are moving Connecticut in exactly the wrong direction.

§ 20.331 (6)(a)(FWCC «shall implement a system of adequate due process procedures to be accorded to any party, as defined in s. 120.52, whose substantial interests will be affected by any action of the FWCC in performance of its constitutional duties or responsibilities»).

However, as the amendment practice direction shows, PDs remain the responsibility of the President of the Family Division (Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (CRA 2005) s 13 and Sch 2 (power to give directions) as explained in Re C (Legal Aid: Preparation of Bill of Costs)[2001] 1 FLR 602 and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government v Bovale Ltd and anor [2009] EWCA Civ 171, [2009] 1 WLR 2274 (Bovale)-RRB-.

Our schools have a responsibility to teach students about constitutional principles not only as part of the curriculum, but also by faithfully applying them.

While in law school, he served as editor - in - chief of the Nova Law Review, was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, and received Book Awards for Contracts, Civil Procedure, Legal Research & Writing («LSV») I, LSV II, Property, Constitutional Law II, Agency, Professional Responsibility, Travel Law, Interviewing & Counseling, and Will Drafting.

The Parliamentary Constitutional Affairs Select Committee (the committee) observed that «the [AG's] responsibility for prosecutions has emerged as one of the most problematic aspects of his or her role».

It is, of course, quite true that the responsibility for public education is primarily the concern of the States, but it is equally true that such responsibilities, like all other state activity, must be exercised consistently with federal constitutional requirements as they apply to state action.

«Deciding whether a matter has in any measure been committed by the Constitution to another branch of government, or whether the action of that branch exceeds whatever authority has been committed, is itself a delicate exercise in constitutional interpretation, and is a responsibility of this Court as ultimate interpreter of the Constitution.»

If we in the judiciary do not have the authority, and indeed the responsibility, to right fundamental wrongs left excused by a majority of the electorate, our whole intricate, constitutional system of checks and balances, as well as the oaths to which we swore, prove to be nothing but shams.

Corporations have been recognized as subjects of Constitutional guarantees, but also capable of engaging in criminal conduct & responsibility (previously restricted to individuals only).

After ignoring its oversight responsibilities for years, as the eleventh hour approaches before intelligence powers near their expiration, members cite national security concerns as a basis to ignore not only the need to conduct any oversight but also constitutional limits on executive power.

As many members are aware, the federal, provincial, and territorial governments share constitutional responsibility for family law, and the administration of justice is a provincial / territorial responsibility.