Sentences with phrase «acted as constitutional»

Over the previous year, Anand also acted as Constitutional Litigator in Residence at the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, representing the centre in a number of high - profile cases, including as an intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada in the constitutional test case of Jessica Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator.

Lord Shaw: «To what extent does the civil service act as a constitutional check on the actions of the ministers?»

Courts remain willing to act as a constitutional check on the legislature's actions within the field of education if only plaintiffs can find a way to respond to concerns over remedies.

For the Advocate General, the fact that the Treaty of Lisbon did not incorporate the same language with regard to the systemisation and hierarchisation of EU acts as the Constitutional Treaty is of no consequence (the Treaty of Lisbon returned to the old language of directives and regulations).

As solicitor general under Bush, Olson defended the McCain - Feingold Act as constitutional.

Not exact matches

Such Constitutional protections have ensured that federal programs such as Medicare, the Veteran Administration's TRICARE system (which provides benefits for active duty members of the military and their families), and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) apply the same rules to everyone they cover.

Notably, seven provinces opposed to the legislation, which, «in its drafting, if not in its intent, had serious and, in the view of the vast majority of witnesses, fatal flaws as to the constitutional violation of sections 92 and 91 of the British North America Act, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, freedom of speech, expression and association as protected by that very Charter of Rights and Freedoms,» Segal said.

This would certainly seem to be effective to confer an immunity on the listed parties for losses that are incurred in the province; but what if a party outside the province suffers losses (see Reference re Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act, [1984] 1 SCR 297, 1984 CanLII 17 (SCC)-RRB-, or what if the exercise of authority under the Act rests upon a reckless understanding as to the constitutional underpinnings of a particular provision?

In a May 30 letter to Catholics across the diocese, Bishop Lori said that the state's announcement came as a «shock» and that the church in Bridgeport had no choice but to act to protect its constitutional rights.

Whitehead notes that many school districts continue to resist the Equal Access Act, passed by Congress seven years ago and upheld as constitutional by an 8 - to - l vote of the Supreme Court.

When the nation was established as a democratic republic, the people of the former English colonies, acting in their various constitutional conventions, transferred all governing power to their states and to the federal government, reserving for themselves only certain rights and powers they previously claimed to enjoy as subjects of the British Crown.

Why do I suggest this as opposed to the more modest proposals of a constitutional code (the Cabinet Office telling us what we already have in simple form) or a constitutional consolidation act (a detailed statement from the Law Commission of what we already have)?

Then these constitutional conundrums can be ignored: Scottish MPs will have only limited impact in the UK Parliament, and negotiations can continue as if the UK representatives acted for those parts of the Union outside of Scotland.

This constitutional balancing act has pros as well as cons, not least the fact it distracts attention from what the Scottish government's proposition would actually be should another referendum be held.

Worse than being ill - named, such proposals are ill - timed as it is manifestly impossible to act upon them until the constitutional convention is convened following the elections.

But while the SNP's shift towards constitutional conservatism may be an awkward act to pull off, there is no doubt that the Conservatives will be wary of these reforms being painted as attempts to promote English interests at the expense of Scottish ones.

The GOP - lead House is set to vote yet again to repeal the Affordable Care Act recently upheld as constitutional by the US Supreme Court.

In addition to calling for an inclusion of marriage equality in the Democratic Party platform, the language also backs overturning the Defense of Marriage Act and passing DOMA repeal legislation known as the Respect for Marriage Act in addition to opposing state constitutional amendments aimed at blocking gay couples from marriage rights.

«For me, such a constitutional convention must approach its task with a particular state of mind about the need to enable both mutual flourishing and a capacity for the UK to think and act together as a Union, as a collectivity amongst all the devolution and decentralisation.»

But, as Professor MacLean noted in his paper, the Act of Union of 1707 was not simply a great political merger, creating a newly formed, British body of constitutional law, and a legislature to generate it in perpetuity.

But now the law has been federally enshrined by the Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act, otherwise known as the Speech Act and Rory's help is getting serious recognition in the new book, «You Can't Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom.»

A Government last for as long as that Government can command a majority in the House of Commons: that is a fundamental constitutional proposition in the Parliament Act.»

«The Census Adjustment Act is the law of New York State, and we will fulfill our constitutional obligation to defend state law as we do in all cases,» says AG Eric Schneiderman's office.

Second, that the independence of the Electoral Commission notwithstanding, the Supreme Court, having found an act or action of the Commission to be unconstitutional, is vested with power under the Constitution (article 2 (2)-RRB- to compel the Commission to take such steps or actions as the court deems appropriate to undo or remedy the constitutional violation.

And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.

Issues like the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance for undocumented immigrants, and ethics reform such as the constitutional amendment the governor first proposed in December for term limits and limiting outside income for state officials, lack the «political will,» he said.

«As my office's legal guidance makes clear, President Trump lacks the constitutional authority to broadly cut off funding to states and cities just because they have lawfully acted to protect immigrant families,» Schneiderman said.

«Consequently, any individual or group of persons who engage in any act of sabotage to the nation's strategic assets will face the full weight of the law as the military and other security agencies will ensure total protection of such facilities wherever they are in line with our constitutional mandate.

With local stories pouring in each day of the very real ways the Tea Party shutdown is hurting the middle class, it's time Republicans in Congress come to grips with reality that the Affordable Care Act is the law of the land, that it was upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, and that it's working.»

«The President lacks the constitutional authority to cut off funding to states and cities simply because they have lawfully acted to protect immigrant families — as described in the legal guidance my office issued last week,» Schneiderman said.

SERAP is urging the court to declare that Malami's refusal to file a criminal charge against Patience was in conflict with his constitutional mandate as well as the provisions of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

After over 25 years of the functioning of the Fourth Republican Constitutional dispensation, acts such as this must not only be frowned upon but must also be jettisoned with speed and alacrity and perpetrators named, shamed and dealt with to guarantee the growth and progress of our democratic order.

He takes his constitutional roles seriously as he has always done and will always do whether as acting president or vice-president,» Akande added.

On June 28, 2006, the Supreme Court upheld the statewide redistricting as constitutional, with the exception of Texas» 23rd congressional district, which it held was racially gerrymandered in violation of Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, apparently to try to protect a Hispanic Republican representative.

He acted as vice chairman of the council when Chief Adelabu went to London to attend the Constitutional Conference in London.

While setting aside the claimant's right to sought relief of judgment as the minority leader, the judge said the House in the other relief acted outside its constitutional power.

And Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed Smart Schools Bond Act, Proposal 3, which would generate $ 2 billion to improve classroom technology and other elements of educational infrastructure, also saw approval, as did Proposal 2, the constitutional amendment that would eliminate the need for legislative bills to be printed and supplied to every lawmaker before being considered.

Jointly known as the Right to Know Act, the bills would obligate cops to provide extensive identification in stops that don't result in a summons or an arrest and to inform civilians of their constitutional right to refuse a search.

«Whether the 1st defendant (Buhari) after compliance with the 1999 constitutional provision, the Electoral Act and the guidelines to the extent of winning the 2015 presidential election as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, need other further qualification to contest the 2019 presidential election.

Constitutional Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome has querried the continued retention of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) saying it is an impeachable offence.

«Therefore a governor who overreaches himself and acts outside his constitutional mandate can at best be described legally as a meddlesome interloper.

Republicans who controlled the redistricting process as part of a task force called LATFOR always said their lines were based on demographics, and insisted they complied with the state and federal constitutional as well as the federal Voting Rights Act, which was enacted to protect the voting rights of racial minorities.

The Fixed Term Parliament Act aside, planned constitutional reform has fallen well short of expectations since 2010 as House of Lords reform, «equalising» boundaries, reducing the number of MPs and the Alternative Vote have all fallen by the wayside.

Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers» constitutional reforms have been criticised from the start, as the Fixed Term Parliament Act deliberately linked the establishment of a five - year electoral cycle with the mechanics setting up the 2011 electoral reform referendum.

Leadsom also confirmed that the EU withdrawal bill would not return to the Commons next week, and pointed to long breaks of up to 10 weeks at the same stage of other recent constitutional bills, such as the Human Rights Act and the Fixed Term Parliament Act.

And the yes voters, 73 % of whom are apparently in the market for a second referendum within five years, might well reflect that all the commissions thus far — from the constitutional convention which delivered devolution through Labour's Calman commission updating the Scotland Act, to the latest Smith proposals, share one arresting component: all appear to have a built - in obsolescence — as the independence debate stubbornly refuses to shut down.

Harvard's Jonathan Zittrain and his colleague Jack Balkin, a professor of constitutional law at Yale University, have argued that tech companies whose algorithms function as gateways to the internet should act as «information fiduciaries.»

Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it amended the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to cover states and their political subdivisions, such as cities and school districts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week.

It's been ten years since the Children's Internet Protection Act — the law that requires public libraries and K - 12 schools to employ internet filtering software in exchange for certain federal funding — was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court as constitutional.

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