Sentences with phrase «against judicial oversight»
Despite the courts having played an integral role in serving as a check against states not acting in the interests of all students for nearly four decades, Sessions» campaign against judicial oversight of legislative actions prevented the judiciary from resolving inequities in the Alabama education system.54
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... (Morsi) formally gave himself open - ended powers to make decrees that are immune from judicial oversight (therefore barring any legal recourse against them), giving himself license to do pretty much anything else he pleases in the name of national security.
Judge Alan Simon, who presided over the Spring Valley Village Court and the Ramapo Town Court in Rockland County, was found by a judicial oversight commission to have a history of bullying and verbally abusing court staffers, and has been suspended with pay pending a review of the allegations against him.
A lone dissenting judge in Goodwin warned for the need of greater judicial oversight in order to protect the public's right against unreasonable seizure, and Mackey says that too is a welcome compromise when it comes to curtailing impaired driving.
Moreover, doctrinal entrenchment is particularly problematic in the FISA courts, where secrecy and institutional context indicate that outside efforts at doctrinal reform are less likely to be effective than they are with courts that publish their opinions.35 Unlike published opinions, secret opinions can not provoke the public into lobbying for a legislative override36 or judicial overruling37 — two important paths of legal reform.38 Perhaps to hedge against the risks of limited external oversight, FISA limits FISC and Court of Review judges to non-renewable, seven - year terms, 39 a provision suggesting that Congress envisioned a FISA court whose membership would be responsive to shifting factual circumstances and policy priorities.40 Stare decisis, which requires judges to adhere to interpretations of law that they might otherwise reject as unjust or unpersuasive, constrains these judges» ability to adapt to such factual and policy shifts.
Arguably, if the power given to police to obtain personal information without a warrant or judicial oversight is contrary to section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees that everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.