Sentences with phrase «president by the constitution»

In these years, it became ever clearer that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and their supporters were claiming, and actively assuming, powers specifically denied to a president by our Constitution.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the following:

An executive order is a way of memorializing in writing Presidential authority that is either expressly granted to the President by the constitution or statute, or is left to President by implication either from a lack of guidance or as a result of the structure of the constitution and historical precedent.

Not exact matches

So, in 1947, Congress passed the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified by all 50 states in 1951, limiting U.S. Presidents to two four - year terms.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 16 through June 22, 2013, as National Small Business Week.

The long - awaited reform was promised by the 2014 constitution after the overthrow of Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi.

Fresno Pacific University president Richard Kriegbaum wrote in early June that the bill «would severely restrict the free and full exercise of religious freedom granted by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.»

On 23 February, the United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, Jr., sent a letter to members of Congress in which he informed them that President Obama had determined that DOMA is in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and, as such, will no longer be defended by his administration.

Benito Juárez, supreme court justice and then president, was the liberals» foremost leader and engineer of the 1857 constitution (for which he is now honored by schoolchildren as the first among national heroes).37 Earlier outlawed had been any but «secular» education and the use of civil machinery to enforce religious vows and payment of church tithes.

Watson seemed particularly rankled by the Justice Department's plea for him to rule specifically on the language of the travel ban itself and not make his decision based on some of President Trump and his colleagues» language about the ban — language which made it clear the ban violates the spirit of the Constitution.

If the branches of the federal government are truly coequal, if the President and Congress are not subordinated to the Court by the Constitution (except insofar as the Court might declare them to be), then the theme of «judicial restraint» that runs wistfully through your symposium is less an appeal for the impossible than a misconstrual of the problem.

Once passed, the new legislation will allow Christians to build and renovate their churches as stipulated by the constitution, a far cry from the days of toppled President Hosni Mubarak, when building and restoring churches required a presidential decree.

Twenty - one years after the RFRA was introduced in the House of Representatives by Chuck Schumer, passed nearly unanimously by Congress, and signed into law by President Bill Clinton, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to strike it down as an unconstitutional «takeover of the Court's power to interpret the Constitution» and a violation of the Establishment Clause.

Then again, what does it say about the coherence of those intentions when, by Hamburger's own account, at least three of our first seven presidents, including an influential drafter of the Constitution and the author of the Declaration of Independence, seem to have held separationist views outside the mainstream of their time?

Such freedom was enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution and codified in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, supported and signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.

An executive order of the President must find support in the Constitution, either in a clause granting the President specific power, or by a delegation of power by Congress to the President.

President Washington would have also been disqualified by that, but since he predated the Constitution, that may not apply.

Sponsored by Ovie Omo - Agege (Labour Party, Delta State), the Senate Bill 329 which has already been gazetted and introduced to the lawmakers was referred to the committee on constitution review chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu last December.

It is charged with interpreting the Constitution of Iran, supervising elections of, and approving of candidates to, the Assembly of Experts, the President and the Majlis, and «ensuring... the compatibility of the legislation passed by the Islamic Consultative Assembly [i.e. Majlis]... with the criteria of Islam and the Constitution».

(1) There shall be a Vice-President of Ghana who shall perform such functions as may be assigned to him by this Constitution or by the President.»

Yesterday's comments by Vice President Biden raise the specter that the Obama administration is preparing yet another assault on our Constitution and another radical intrusion by the federal government into our everyday lives.»

As reactions continue to trail the constitution amendment exercise embarked upon by the National Assembly, lately, a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has expressed his displeasure on the blockage of the passage of Bill No. 3, which would have granted devolution of powers to the states.

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».

What mechanisms are provided by the US Constitution to handle a situation in which the president is kidnapped or held prisoner by a foreign power?

Nigel Bowles recently wrote on this blog that President - Elect Trump will be able to push through key parts of his policy agenda in the coming four years, because of the powers afforded to him by the US Constitution and because collective action problems within Congress will prevent meaningful attempts to block his agenda.

Nor may the President take an action not authorized either by the Constitution or by a lawful statute.

In a statement signed by presidential aide Garba Shehu, President Buhari was quoted as saying he is fully conscious of his duty under the constitution to protect all Nigerians.

According to CHRAJ, at the end of its preliminary investigation, it came to the conclusion that based on the extensive evidence assembled, the allegations that the President contravened Article 284 of the 1992 Constitution by putting himself in situations of conflict of interest was not substantiated.

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 Nkandla.

The plaintiffs sought among other reliefs a «declaration that on a true and proper interpretation of Article 75 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, the President of the Republic of Ghana acted unconstitutionally by agreeing to the transfer of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al - Dhuby.»

Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Trump today, alleging that he has violated anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions in payments and benefits from foreign governments since moving into the White House.

Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Long Island Democrat, implied that Americans should grab weapons and oppose President Trump by force, if the commander - in - chief doesn't follow the Constitution.

According to him, the President is constrained by Article 202 (1) of the Constitution to consult the Council of State in appointing the IGP.

Under the Constitution, action by the US President to declare a war is insufficient to bind the United States so as to place it in a state of war.

The policies pursued by both President Bush and President Obama represent an overreach of executive power as defined in the Constitution.

In Section 287 (1)(2)(3) of the 1999 Constitution, the decisions of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Federal High Courts, High Courts of State and FCT and other subordinate courts, shall be obeyed and enforced in any part of Nigeria by all authorities and persons including President Buhari and his AGF.

According to the Presidential Committee on Emoluments which was set up by President John Mahama in accordance with the constitution of Ghana, all Article 71 office holders are to enjoy a 10 % increase in their monthly salary and must be retrospective to cover 2013.

It is quite reasonable to suppose that a President who for some religious reason could not take part in ceremonies on a Saturday could hold the Ceremony on the Sunday or Monday - the date of the inauguration ceremony is not specified by the constitution.

So although they aren't vested power by the Constitution, their status as an executive officer, combined with being elected alongside the President, means that informally they are often have significant influence.

Section 144 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution provides that such a medical panel should be appointed by the Senate President following a resolution passed by two - thirds majority of the members of the Executive Council of the Federation.

But the plaintiff, through his counsel, Frank Tietie, contended in the suit that «in the absence of a resolution by the Executive Council of the Federation» as required under section 144 (1) of the Constitution, the Senate President could constitute such medical panel «to determine the health status of the President.»

A statement signed and released on Monday, 22 August by Communications Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah said: «The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, has, in consultation with the Council of State and in exercise of his constitutional powers under Article 72 of the Constitution, remitted the remainder of the prison sentence imposed on three persons: Salifu Maase (alias Mugabe), Alistair Nelson, and Ako Gunn, who were sentenced to four months» imprisonment and a fine of GHS10, 000.00 each for contempt of court.

Even the president must abide by the limits that the Constitution and federal laws grant to the office, unlike a monarch, and part of the judiciary's job is to see that s / he does.

Within the corridors of the Flagstaff House, younger Ministers of State may call any of their colleagues a «Senior Minister» in deference to his or her age but that is different from an official communication by the President to Parliament in exercise of his powers pursuant to articles 58 and 256 of the Constitution requesting that a person advanced in age be vetted for approval by Parliament to be appointed as «Senior Minister».

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, pursuant to and as required by article 67 of the constitution will deliver his maiden State of the Nation address on Tuesday, February 21 on the floor of parliament.

President John Dramani Mahama also opined that government is working to amend the constitution to make the process of assets declaration by public officers more transparent.

Part of the committee's recommendations read, «The President has no powers under Section 171 (2)(c) of the constitution or any other existing law to extend or elongate the tenure of a permanent secretary, whose tenure expired by efluxion of time or age, whichever comes first.

The Constitution grants the president 10 days to review a measure passed by the Congress.

The committee, which is chaired by a member of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, in its report, noted that while Section 171 of the constitution empowered the President to appoint top officials of government, including permanent secretaries, the provision did not cover the power to extend a permanent secretary's tenure.

President Mahama's address, as mandated by the constitution, ushers in the end of the life of the sixth Parliament of the fourth Republic which would officially be dissolved on the midnight of January 6, 2017.