Sentences with phrase «constitution established a system»

The US Constitution established a system of separation of powers.

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«Similarly, the founders of the United States wrote the constitution and established a system of law to govern Americans.

In return, Mr. Schneiderman's plan calls for altering the state constitution to extend terms from two years to four, establishing public financing of campaigns reminiscent of New York City's matching funds system, and increasing politicians» salaries to as much as $ 174,000 a year.

In return, the proposal calls for altering the state constitution to extend terms from two years to four, establishing public financing of campaigns reminiscent of New York City's matching funds system and increasing politician's salaries to as much as $ 174,000 a year.

The state constitution's education clause stipulates that «the public school system shall include common schools, and such high schools, normal schools, and technical schools as may hereafter be established.»

Education Provisions: The provisions in all state constitutions establishing a public education system.

Judge Hobgood granted his injunction to temporarily halt the school voucher program on the basis of voucher challengers» first claim for relief: that the state constitution requires that state funds be used exclusively for establishing and maintaining a uniform system of free public schools.

Several provisions in the Colorado Constitution prevent the state and school districts from raising and expending funds necessary to establish and maintain a «thorough and uniform» system of free public schools.

Several provisions in the Colorado Constitution prevent the State and school districts from raising and expending funds necessary to establish and maintain a thorough and uniform system of free public schools.

In U.S. Government and Politics, students examine the history, principles, and function of the political system established by the U.S. Constitution.

«The court finds that to maintain the status quo, that the state school fund must be used exclusively for establishing and maintaining a system of public schools, of course, in concert with the North Carolina Constitution,» said Judge Robert Hobgood.

Fortunately, the lower court rejected this strained interpretation, holding instead that «the Nevada constitution requires the state to establish a non-sectarian system of public schools, but it is also empowered to encourage education by other means that are not limited to non-sectarian schooling.»

Since the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Decision in San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez, which established that public education is not a right under the federal Constitution, state courts have been the battlegrounds for resolving disputes regarding public education finance systems.

She proved that she lacked the understanding of the state's role in education — laid out in its constitution as being in charge of developing «an effective system of education» and to «ensure that an educational program of high quality is established and continually maintained», when she declared to the Washington Post that it was «not reasonable» to expect the state to make sure every school provides children in the state with high - quality learning.

In its May 10th decision, Quebec's appellate court answered «no» to the question of whether «the Constitution of Canada authorize the implementation of pan-Canadian securities regulation under the authority of a single regulator, according to the model established by the most recent publication of the «Memorandum of Agreement regarding the Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System.»»

This reformulation would explain why (as the Court held) a binding guidelines system violates the Constitution, but an advisory guidelines system does not: A binding guideline system (such as the prior federal sentencing system) would violate Apprendi because — and to the extent that — it allows the judiciary to increase the sentence beyond the maximum sentence established by the legislature or Commission, pursuant to facts the legislature or Commission has prescribed as important.