Sentences with phrase «against the legislature»

He also tried to diffuse tension over his Moreland Act Commission probes, saying he's not against the legislature.

Rather than apologise as the Senate is demanding, Osinbajo recently said the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu — whose nomination was rejected and his retention pitched the executive against the legislature — would remain in office...

But Paterson's rhetorical attacks against the legislature have left Senate Democrats seething.

Committed advocates like you that pushed back against the legislature taking away community control of our public schools and eventually thwarted the 2015 legislation.

This would certainly be an option against the board - it may not be available against the legislature - courts generally feel that they do not have any authority over the legislature (legislators, yes, the legislature, no) due to the principle of separation of powers.

By the end of the session in June, nothing had been voted on by the upper house so Cuomo created the now infamous Moreland Commission to «use as a hammer» against the legislature.

When I asked whether he'd vote for or against the legislature's maps, Gottfried replied, «We don't know what the final bill will look like.

Late in the day, the New York Public Interest Research Group also came out against the legislature's bills, saying, in a statement, «We can not say with confidence that it will lead to a better product in the form of fairer district lines».