Sentences with phrase «about judicial independence»

«Whenever we talk about judicial independence, it's about shielding or protecting judges and the judiciary from politics or political criticism, and we don't sufficiently recognize that judicial independence is truly a two - way street,» he says.

He added he was being sarcastic when he made the comments about judicial independence.

We talked about judicial independence and the fact that if the government went this route, the question of judges» salary increases would no longer be something that the politicians would have to take ownership of.

Concerns have been already raised about judicial independence and media freedom.

Not exact matches

«Given your policy - making relationship with the governor, how would you go about separating the interest of the judiciary from the interest of the executive to maintain judicial independence?»

European Commission President Jean - Claude Juncker and First Vice-President Frans Timmermans issued a joint statement expressing their concerns about the latest developments in Romania regarding the independence of the country's judicial system and its capacity to fight corruption.

We should be looking at how to sell a story about access to justice, judicial independence, or the Rule of Law in a way that does not just reaffirm lawyers» self image, but actually alters awareness and behaviour on a grander scale.

Posts about the debate over whether law societies should accept degrees from faith - based university Trinity Western with its controversial community covenant as well as matters involving judicial appointments and independence also feature on this list.

I'm less concerned about particular people holding certain positions (TechRights» Dr. Roy Schestowitz covers those issues in detail) than fundamental, structural deficiencies that have allowed judicial independence at the EPO to wither.

The statement is entitled «Judicial Independence (And What Everyone Should Know About It).»

However, David Thomas, doyen of sentencing experts, having expressed his opposition to the whole idea of a Sentencing Commission, said that if one was established, he had «grave doubts about the wisdom of involving serving senior judges in the activities of such a body... as there is a tendency to confuse the roles of the judges in their different capacities and a consequent tendency to compromise judicial independence.»

The difficulty with the MoJ's proposal is the Janus - like character of its basic premise, that a DPA will enable a company to have certainty about the sanction it would face while judicial independence or primacy in the realm of sentencing will be preserved.

Those changes in 2007 led to a public complaint from the Canadian Judicial Council about the lack of consultation and concerns over the perceived independence of these committees.

There is widespread concern, he says, about «potential threats to judicial independence, and to fair and impartial courts» at the state level.

Thanks to the IPKat blog I've become aware of an official response by the UK Government to a member of parliament (liberal democrat Dr. Julian Huppert, from Cambridge) who asked a question about what measures would be taken to ensure judicial independence at the EPO.

Thomson was active in discussions about how the Provincial Division judges could contribute to the austerity measures without compromising judicial independence.

Upholding judicial independence and judicial ethics might actually prevent us from having a real conversation about these differences of vision.

On their face, however, they do raise three issues that seem prima facie of concern: 1) the legitimacy of having rulings by the Federal Court about its process without any submissions made on the Committee's behalf; 2) the legitimacy of the Federal Court reviewing the Committee's conduct on an interlocutory basis; and 3) the legitimacy of the Federal Court intervening in a process designed to respect judicial independence, and to provide a mechanism for implementing s. 99 of the Constitution.

He says that it is harsh for a one - off incident, but he adds that some official response is important because it's not just about punishing one judge but about «making clear to the legal profession and society more broadly about why this is inappropriate and why judicial independence is important going both ways.

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.