Sentences with phrase «branch executive since»

Can someone from the NDC tell Ghanaians how active I have been in the NDC and how many times I have attended or been invited by the National Executive, Regional Executive, Constituency Executive or Branch Executive since 1st January 2012 to any meeting or activity of the Congress?

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Yes, since a president's power over the executive branch is vast.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

The answer is that since November 2013 a simple majority has sufficed because of the Senate's decision to end the use of the filibuster in respect of all nominees to Federal judicial and executive branch positions other than to the Supreme Court itself.

Speaking on ABC News» «This Week» in his first TV interview since Donald Trump fired him in March, former U.S Attorney Preet Bharara said he believed the president's calls to him violated the usual boundaries between the executive branch and independent criminal investigators.

But since neither this source nor I currently work for the executive branch, the exchange is not subject to the purge policy.

Cuomo told reporters earlier on Tuesday that he hasn't spoke to the comptroller since the State of the State address on Jan. 4, though DiNapoli told The Buffalo News on Wednesday that his relationship with the executive branch is a solid one.

However, there likely would be a legal challenge since the executive branch of the government should be independent from the judiciary branch.

State records show that the company has spent over $ 140,000 on lobbying in New York since the beginning of 2013 and that the executive branch was among the entities lobbied.

The transparency of the executive branch has come under increased scrutiny since it began implementing a 90 - day email deletion policy last month.

«The reason why the courts play a big role right now is that, whether the executive branch is run by [President George W.] Bush or the executive branch is run by Obama, each time they're kind of stuck with old language,» Lazarus said, noting that the 1970 Clean Air Act hasn't seen a major overhaul since 1990.

Since the FDA is part of the Executive branch of government, of which the President of the United States is the head, Trump could potentially allow the loophole to be used by raw dairy farmers to legally ship across state lines.

Since her time in the executive branch, Ravitch has become the face of a loud group of critics of what she describes as the corporatization of education policy.

Since becoming a Portuguese autonomous region, the executive branch of the regional authority has been located in Ponta Delgada, the legislative branch in Horta, and the judicial branch in Angra do Heroísmo.

Rather than abolish (it has been around in some form since WWII and has at times played an influential role in executive branch thinking), reform by sharpening its charter and slimming it down.

«It has taken 25 years — since the global warming problem was first recognized as a major public issue — to get to this stage, with climate change preparedness planning and action being framed as a U.S. presidential order to the Executive Branch.»

But if this should actually happen, I do wonder if there is any remaining need for Congress since a new majority on the Court can and probably would effectively rewrite the Constitution and the laws passed by Congress any way the Executive Branch wants?

As a result, there hasn't been an increase in judicial salaries since 2008 as lawmakers have rejected recommendations by the state's Board on Judicial Compensation (such as HJR 1093 of 2012 rejecting a proposed 6 % cost of living increase) out of concern they were also increasing executive branch salaries.

Trump has promised to sign the bill — which would represent the only major legislative accomplishment that the GOP has gained since taking control of both the legislative and executive branches in January.