Sentences with phrase «action on constitutional amendments»

Cuomo's proposals include first action on constitutional amendments to create a full - time Legislature and set term limits for new lawmakers as well as statewide officials.

ReShapeNY also calls for any agreement to include a commitment to early action on a constitutional amendment to rework redistricting on the template of Cuomo's ill - fated 2011 program bill, which would remove the process from the legislative majorities.

Not exact matches

The governor assented to a constitutional amendment, which let legislators draw districts that will stand until 2022, in exchange for legislative action on reducing pensions for newly hired public employees and authorizing seven casinos.

Proponents of a constitutional amendment to end affirmative action in Michigan's public universities have collected more than 500,000 petition signatures, far more than the 317,757 required to get the issue on the 2006 ballot.

Steyn's second counterclaim, for constitutional tort, is appropriate because Mann's lawsuit infringing on Steyn's First Amendment rights qualifies as state action under the Fourteenth Amendment, and the lawsuit by its very existence creates a chilling effect on free speech.

The accusations came after a 2005 constitutional law class in which Peltz, a nationally known authority on the First Amendment and freedom of information, was described as having criticized affirmative action and having displayed a belittling satirical article from The Onion on Rosa Parks.

To be sure, there are storm clouds on the progressive legal horizon: the UT affirmative action case; Shelby County and the future of the VRA; the reargument in Kiobel; the Article III standing question in the constitutional challenge to the FISA Amendments Act; and a host of other cases in the food chain in which the Court's conservative majority is likely to assert itself at the expense of progressives.