Sentences with phrase «us judiciary system»

The U.S. regulatory and judiciary systems, however, do little if anything to deter the most damaging Wall Street crimes.

The high court in Pakistan, a Muslim - majority country, ruled on March 9 that citizens must declare their religious affiliation before joining government positions such as the military, civil service or judiciary system.

President Weah said under sustaining the peace — his governmentshall examine ways to improve the judiciary system to ensure that the basic rights of all Liberians are protected.

While some may point to its independence, the same is claimed for the US judiciary system.

While I grant that the acknowledgement of the failure of the War on Drugs is an important first step, security will not be achieved in the Americas until we take seriously the issues that create the environment suitable for insecurity — a weak rule of law, punitive judiciary systems and the inability of many members of society to achieve a dignified standard of living, among others.

President Nana Akufo - Addo has charged judges and lawyers to rebuild the judiciary system to win back the trust and believe of Ghanaians after it was badly bruised by the Anas exposé.

Many saw this infamous trial as a triumph for Ghana's democracy and judiciary systems.

Spanish is, and has been, the only official language of the entire Commonwealth judiciary system, despite a 1902 English - only language law.

«This is not going to stop us from performing task that is going to save this country from an imminent destruction of our judiciary system.

Speaking at the forum, the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo said she was working to build a first - class judiciary system as she spoke on the theme: «Quality judges, delivering quality judgment».

The second is essential, as the chief judge oversees the entire state judiciary system, with 1,300 judges.

«Cambodia's efforts to eliminate this slave trade have been hindered by corruption, poor law enforcement, and a weak judiciary system.»

Cooper Union's Board of Trustees proposed a Code of Conduct that would obliterate the power of students in the student judiciary system, give autonomous and arbitrary punitive power to a few select administrators, and create an oppressive and threatening environment where censorship limits...

I have a certain level of basic trust in our judiciary system.

As these SRM techniques are also largely unproven, require a mostly peaceful world to be deployed in, require the bending of judiciary systems, may backfire climatologically and do «nothing» [considering ocean temperature feedbacks they actually do do something] to abate ocean acidification — the simple notion that it is cheap [again, policy thinking] makes geoengineering so dangerous, possibly undermining cooperation behind the world's mitigation attempts, under the UNFCCC, the hard route that we need to go anyway * [as CDR geoengineering lacks the potential to get carbon concentrations back to safe levels, also for marine life — and isn't much cheaper / is costlier anyway].

And is not our own judiciary system based on that principl?

More broadly, Fountain says that the Haitian judiciary system is in the process of reform and renewal, and the United Nations is involved in that effort.

Our lawyers are respected by their peers, honored by industry endorsements and recognized through significant appointments to bar associations and the judiciary system.

Despite its complexities, a survey released this passed week by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) identified Hong Kong as the best judiciary system in Asia.

Not only will you face the fines and penalties of the Hawaiian judiciary system, you could find yourself in trouble at work.

But what about profound and life - changing decisions like in the judiciary system when a person is sentenced based on algorithms he isn't even allowed to see.

Proven ability to work with judiciary system, social services, mental health agencies, public officials, public, and other community based agencies

These are damning statistics for our judiciary system, which has chosen to ignore its very own recommendations.

California has the largest prison system in the country, yet continues to treat adolescents as adults in its judiciary system.

Foreclosures in Canada involve the judiciary system, making it a much slower process which can take up to 6 - 10 months to resolve.

Not exact matches

In 1991, you went to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and you met people who truly believed that the American rule of law, independent judiciary, free market economy, and political system were to be admired.

In the 18th century Baron Montesquieu admired the English constitution whose durability and protection of liberty he ascribed to its division of powers, including a balanced relationship between King, Lords, and Commons; an independent judiciary; and the jury system.

This separation makes possible the system of «checks and balances,» in which the deliberative decisions of the Congress are checked by the President; the actions of the President and his officers are in turn tested, challenged, and confirmed by the Congress; and the constitutionality of the acts of both the legislative and the executive branches is checked by the judiciary.

The high percentages of cases won by amparo plaintiffs and the great volume of cases initiated each year demonstrate that the Mexican judiciary is an important allocator of values, scarce resources, and sanctions in the National political system.

«The American political system,» he wrote in the spring of 1966, «seems to have fulfilled the intentions of its founders: it continuously oscillates between the ascendancy of the President and that of Congress and the judiciary.

(Rabbi) Mayer Schiller Monsey, NY... Our moral order and political system which the judiciary is busily undermining are the fruit of «the laws of nature and of nature's God,» the principles of the Declaration of Independence.

We have freedoms, but Islam is nothing but a political, economic, judiciary, and educational system of government.

His mature and most profound reflections on the scope of judicial power and the role of the judiciary in the American constitutional system came in relation to the debate over Dred Scott.

A modernization of the state court system over the last year continues as part of an effort to streamline cases and reduce backlogs, Court of Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said Tuesday during her state judiciary address.

«By passing Proposition 6, we will strengthen our judiciary and allow competent judges who are physically and mentally capable to continue serving our judicial system and making New York State work.»

For Poland is not immune to external economic pressures and needs to reform its public sector, especially the judiciary and the health system, and such reforms are always controversial, and painful for some of the electorate.

In both countries, the judiciary, military and security apparatus jealously defended the basic theological tenets of the system, while the bodies of women were the primary arena of contestation: in Turkey, they were punished if they sported Islamic dress; in Iran, if they did not.

The full U.S. system is «doing its thing,» and the result of that decentralized, bottom - up — and sometimes chaotic — process, which involves not only the three branches of judiciary, legislature, and executive, but also civil society, will ultimately result in a correction of draconian policy.

The governor, who said there was nothing wrong with the legal system in Nigeria, added that «in recent times, politicians like President Buhari are the ones responsible for the rot in the judiciary because of their desperation to use the courts to foist one party state on Nigerians with conflicting judgments from election tribunals.»

President Muhammadu Buhari has admonoshed the country's judiciary do away with the a reputation for delay in the administration of justice system it is known for.

«The impartiality of our judiciary is arguably the most important cornerstone of the American system of justice,» Schneiderman said.

There will still be many old guard people in the military and the judiciary who have difficulties accepting the new system.

Earlier today, Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau defended the judiciary's refusal to heed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call to join the executive branch in an across - the - board 10 percent cut, insisting the court system would have to resort to mass layoffs and shutdowns in order to meet that goal.

Only a strong President, in conjunction with the judiciary, can reform the system.

Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the defined - benefit pension plan to a defined - contribution plan; replacing the per diem system for lawmaker expenses to one requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the judiciary.

The letter reads in part: «SERAP notes that the independence of the judiciary has always been considered one of the important elements of the Nigerian constitutional system.

Another major question before the court is whether the matter is one for the political system to reconcile, not the judiciary.

Mr Straw: «Any system must be devoid of party politics, accountable, enhance the integrity and independence of the judiciary, and inspire public confidence.

The judiciary is not efficient enough in mechanism, and we are not talking of the individual judges, but the entire system.

There were many things wrong with the president's statements not least of all a suggestion of a presidential veto over the judiciary which is contrary to and indeed antithetical to separation of powers which underpins our constitutional order; and a severe misunderstanding and / or disregard for the presumption of innocence which is the basis of our criminal justice system.