Sentences with phrase «about constitutional issues»

I have written a short piece for Prospect magazine about the constitutional issues raised by the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill:

Did he behave as he did because he really cared about Constitutional issues or was he just a crude attention - monger?

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In general, based on the 2003 interview, it doesn't look like Santorum knows how to talk or think about this issue very well; he doesn't, for example, appear to know how to distinguish the three levels of the right to privacy debate: a) the natural rights level, b) the Constitutional level, and c) the plain - old law level, state and federal.

Of all the responses, I like president Barack Obama's the best: Kaepernick is «exercising his constitutional right» and «generated more conversation about issues that have to be talked about.»

There is very little about the free - exercise clause in Hamburger's book, and the seeming equation of the disestablishment / separation issue with «American religious freedom» more generally seems to leave out one half of a complex and at - least - two - sided constitutional reality.

The world will little note nor long remember what most law professors and judges say about today's constitutional issues.

The last hour has seen the political and constitutional reform committee issue a report complaining that the government's ignoring its recommendations about going to war; Labour have put out a line on the strikes, saying they're «usually a sign of failure»; and the Institute for Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October last year.

We are at a «constitutional moment» said White; an exceptional historical period when normal politics is superseded by the need for «We, the people» to address fundamental issues about the content and distribution of rights in society and the basic nature of government.

Q: Why doesn't our policy statement include broader support for all the other issues good Democrats should care about, ie, Constitutional right to choice, Constitutional right to marriage equality, Constitutional ban on guns everywhere, Constitutional right to free college, etc?

12:28 - Richard Ottoway, Con, snarly and creaky and oddly wholesome, says there are serious constitutional issues on the lack of debate about euthanasia.

The whole affair has raised major concerns about the way political parties are funded, and the constitutional affairs committee is one of a number of bodies looking at the issue.

The Commons» political and constitutional reform committee said moves to end a ban on the monarch marrying a Catholic opened up related issues about the Church's links with the head of state.

Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr Show about the Scottish referendum result, the Labour leader said there was a «real danger that the political class is learning the wrong lessons» from the campaign by focusing on constitutional issues.

The current governor has said in past State of the State messages that he's for a constitutional convention, but has not talked about the issue.

Come learn about and discuss the rights we currently have, potential threats to those rights, popular issues motivating convention supporters, who is likely to serve as delegates to a NYS Constitutional Convention, and the groups involved in convention lobbying.

We talk with a constitutional law expert and a gun control advocate about the issue.

This was a speech about an issue of fundamental constitutional importance taking place in election mode.

The Rev. Jason McGuire, executive director of the conservative advocacy group New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, is among more than two dozen signatories of an open letter to Trump that presents pointed questions about the current Republican front - runner's commitment to culture - war issues including abortion, same - sex marriage and gambling.

@Bobson but we have lots of questions about basic constitutional issues such as this.

Democrats in the remaining 26 - member conference grumble about the IDC's propensity to side with Republicans on contentious issues such as a constitutional amendment for independent redistricting and a vote that some saw as watering down the powers of the lieutenant governor in order to provide needed votes (it was even joked about at the LCA Show in May).

The public relations firms» suit claims the rules violate the First Amendment as well as constitutional due - process protections «by unlawfully subjecting public relations firms like the plaintiffs to a disclosure and punishment regime designed for true lobbyists, when all they are doing is speaking to the press about public issues.

UFT members from Districts 13, 14 and 17 as well as high schools from those areas heard UFT President Michael Mulgrew speak about the proposed federal education budget cuts, the attack on unions by far - right privatization advocates, the dangers to hard - won benefits if a state constitutional convention is held in 2018 and other pressing issues.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Association of Erie County Governments urgently asks Governor Andrew M. Cuomo & the Legislative leaders to suspend this law as soon as possible and to look at all of the aspects of gun control using the proper legal procedure to bring about a law that will address gun control in a more logical manner, focusing on the real issues related to gun control — a law that will strengthen the effect on public safety and not infringe upon our constitutional rights.

Despite concerns about the impact of Amendment 1, a restrictive budget and spending constitutional amendment adopted by voters last fall, the finance issue turned out to be less contentious than in recent years in the legislature.

From the start of the NSA eavesdropping scandal, I began writing every day about what I believed were the profoundly important legal, political, and constitutional issues raised by the Bush administration's secret surveillance program.

He has written extensively about electricity regulation, on issues ranging from electric vehicles to Constitutional challenges to states» energy laws.

What would be «nice» is a GOP that actually cared about national security, the Russian connection (s) into this White House, and the serial Constitutional issues of the Donald Trump kleptocratic kakistocracy.

There is a range of European constitutional courts asking the CJEU to take at least their thoughts into account when judging about fundamental national issues.

Yet, if it is primarily the preserve of constitutional theorists — think of the American debate about the constitutionality of a proposed flag - burning amendment — it is nevertheless an issue with practical implications, as witnessed in the recent Pringle case before the CJEU.

The application of constitutional law is complex, and certainly, the application of a reasonableness standard to how committee accounts for Charter values raises the difficult issue of different regulators reaching different conclusions about the extent to which the Charter protects freedoms or rights in similar situations.

I doubt that thinking most Aboriginal issues are about money, rather than constitutional law principles, international law principles, or human rights principles is any kind of insight.

Committee members asked tough questions about whether legislative changes are needed, deference to decisions made by other law societies, national mobility issues and constitutional issues about freedom of religion and equality.

I do not know enough about Florida's appellate procedures to know if the Florida Supreme Court will now have to, or at least is now very likely to, take up these important constitutional issues.

93 One of our fundamental beliefs is that lawyers generally — not just constitutional advocates before the United States Supreme Court — need access to the scope of arguments available through a global approach.94 Consequently, we think the advocacy component of the traditional LRW course may be the best place to think about incorporating a global legal issue.

In Goodwin, a group of about seven drivers, who had been issued 90 - day licence suspensions after refusing to provide samples, made a constitutional challenge against the law.

An accused has a constitutional right to a fair trial and may raise concerns about race and discrimination if they identify it as an issue in their case.

No constitutional or public policy issues can arise about enforcement against the KRG and KRI under Articles 42 and 43 of the Arbitration Law where there is an effective waiver and there is nothing that could be referred to the UAE Supreme Court in that connection.

In future posts, I will explore some of the constitutional and non-constitutional issues raised in these cases and also speculate about how particular Justices might view these cases.

Prof. Smith's concerns about renewable terms point to the central constitutional issue raised by our expert witnesses: whether Bill S - 4 can be enacted exclusively by Parliament, or also requires agreement by at least seven provincial legislatures representing at least 50 % of the population of all the provinces.

The conference will take up such issues as the nature of domestic and international crimes committed; which high - level Bush officials, including Federal judges and Members of Congress, are chargeable with war crimes; which foreign and domestic tribunals can be used to prosecute them; and the setting up of an umbrella coordinating committee with representatives of legal groups concerned about the war crimes such as the Center for Constitutional Rights, ACLU, among others.

This case involved the appeal of three non-Charter cases in Ontario where the Attorney General disputed the amicus curiae rates as determined by the court, raising constitutional issues about the relationship between the judiciary and the executive and legislative branches in our society.

I just noticed that a blog post of mine on Slaw about Ron Livingston was cited in an article by Rebecca Phillips in the Fall 2010 issue of the Campbell Law Review, Constitutional Protection for Nonmedia Defendants: Should There be a Distinction Between You and Larry King?

Over the past year I've written about the Emoluments Clause; the No Religious Tests clause; limits on presidential power as defined in the steel seizure case; the meaning of the oath of office; how the Appropriations Clause constrains lawsuit settlements involving the federal government; how and whether gerrymandering by race and for partisan advantage affects constitutional rights; judicial independence; the decline and fall of the Contracts Clause; the application of Obergefell to issues of public employees and birth certificates; Article V procedure for calling a new constitutional convention; and too many First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment controversies to list.

«Constitutional reform is a complex issue and therefore it is important to educate people about it.

A number of submissions made to the Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill 200631 (by the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs) raised issues about the effectiveness of the tribunal in conducting mediation.32

A government statute telling someone they can't freely voice an opinion even about legal issues would interfere with constitutional protections.