Sentences with phrase «battle over executive»

I offered my thoughts on the story «S.C. Battle over Executive Orders Far From Finished,» which was published today:

That could trigger a court battle over executive privilege if Trump responds by refusing to answer investigators» questions.

His background in battles over executive privilege is also likely to be one of the central lines of any legal battles with Mueller and Congress if either the House of Senate ends up in Democratic control.

Not exact matches

Late Friday, a Delaware judge ruled in favor of IAC / InterActiveCorp Chief Executive Barry Diller over Liberty Media's John Malone, in their battle over who controls IAC.

Beyond the battle over at least the temporary future of the CFPB lies a legal question: Which federal law decides who will lead the CFPB — the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which gives the president the ability to fill many open positions in the executive branch, or the Dodd - Frank financial reform that created the bureau in the first place?

EasyJet's executives were battling its founder and biggest shareholder, Stelios Haji - Ioannou, over the airline's strategy.

Syracuse, NY — Any semblance of peace between Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney and the leadership of her own political party has vaporized amid battles over political patronage and a grand jury investigation into allegations of election law violations.

Though they were on opposite sides of the Sept. 9 primary battle between Sen. Tim Kennedy and Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant, and also divided over a subsequent fight for the county Democratic Party chairmanship, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Rep. Brian Higgins, and Kennedy have all lined up behind Panepinto, who, thanks to Grisanti's loss in the GOP primary to Kevin Stocker, has become a top priority for the Senate Democrats as they look to take control of the chamber.

At the GOP convention gala dinner last week, Long and state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox had a conversation during which they began to mend the fences that were broken during the battle over the gubernatorial race, in which Long successfully gambled on Rick Lazio over Cox's pick, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy.

Over the course of an hour - long debate at the Woodstock Playhouse Monday, October 24, Congressional candidates Democrat Zephyr Teachout and Republican John Faso answered moderators» questions on trade, executive authority, the battle against ISIS and other issues, all while circling back to core campaign themes.

Even some of state GOP Chairman Ed Cox's friends have begun to turn on him over the bitter and divisive battle that's exploded between gubernatorial contenders Steve Levy, the Democrat - turned - Republican and Suffolk County executive backed by Cox, and former US Rep. Rick Lazio.

The Erie County Democratic Party's executive committee endorsed Legislator Betty Jean Grant over Sen. Tim Kennedy, setting the stage for a rousing intra-party battle.

Sen. George Latimer, the Democratic Party Nominee for Westchester county executive, was involved in a serious car crash in New Rochelle over the summer in the midst of his primary battle against County Legislator Ken Jenkins.

Despite the conclusion of one of the more controversial contract battles in recent history between the Civil Service Employees Association and the executive branch, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NY's largest state workers union remain at odds over a host of issues.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat whose staff is advising the commission, said last week that a deal was in the works to avoid a court battle over separation of powers, and how far an executive branch commission could probe the Legislature.

That would almost certainly touch off a high - profile legal battle over the right of a body created by the executive branch to probe the inner workings of the Legislature.

Meanwhile today's report in the press said it all when it is disclosed that Northern Senators are poised for a battle with President Goodluck Jonathan over his choice of Mr.M» fon Akpan as Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

What the opponents say: «What Prop 1 does is take a bad situation and make it even worse by locking a system of political party control into our constitution,» said Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause, another good - government group that has done battle with Citizens Union over the proposition.

From there, the animals — which were the subjects of a 2 - year legal battle over their «personhood» — were supposed to go to Save the Chimps, a Fort Pierce, Florida — based nonprofit that bills itself as the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary, says Molly Polidoroff, Save the Chimps» executive director.

A corporate executive (Søren Malling), who starts the film giddy about successfully negotiating a sale, faces a tougher battle when one of his company's ships is taken over by pirates.

The legislative battle over Common Core standards began Wednesday with divided testimony from more than 60 parents, teachers and education leaders during a committee hearing Wednesday that lasted nearly seven hours and ended in executive action.

They are far too busy battling with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over a version of a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that leaves out a poison pill kiboshing the Obama Administration's executive order temporarily staying deportation for five million undocumented emigres.

In Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation, Blake J. Harris goes behind the scenes of what went on at both Nintendo and SEGA at the time by using over two hundred interviews to piece together how former SEGA of America president and chief executive officer Tom Kalinske took the fight to Nintendo — and was ultimately ousted for his efforts.

Eric Steenstra, Executive Director of Vote Hemp, along with Patrick Goggin, local counsel for the HIA, expressed anger at the colossal waste of industry and taxpayer resources consumed in the three - year legal battle over hemp waffles and other healthy hemp foods.

The Toronto securities lawyer has been embroiled in a near decade - long battle with the Law Society of Upper Canada, the body that regulates the legal profession in Ontario, over his «incivility» conviction — basically being rude and disruptive in the courtroom at the trial of his former client, Bre - X Minerals executive John Felderhof.

Barclays has faced intense public scrutiny in recent years: from the Serious Fraud Office's investigation into the bank's # 12bn fundraising at the height of the financial crisis, which resulted in criminal charges against the bank and former executives relating to a # 2.3 bn loan Barclays provided to Qatar, a multibillion - dollar legal battle with the US Department of Justice over allegedly - fraudulent mortgages and a New York currency trading probe that ended in a $ 150m settlement.

Resolving customers» claims privately allows Chipotle to «try and move forward from a disappointing and embarrassing issue,» said Lonny Sweet, chief executive officer for The Connect Group, a marketing agency focused on food.The last thing that they want is a battle in the courtroom over paying these people money because that keeps it in the news,» said Howard Penney, a managing director for research firm Hedgeye Risk Management, who follows Chipotle.»