Sentences with phrase «appointed justice of the supreme court»

Climate change became partisan in 2010, shortly after the five Republican - appointed justices of the Supreme Court upended a century of law and precedent to issue the Citizens United decision, which rejected limits on corporate spending on political campaigns.

It was attended by numerous legal luminaries with an interest in legal history, including most notably Andromache Karakatsanis, the newly appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

In 1983 Lance was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia and for the next 10 years as a trial judge heard all sorts of cases — torts, contracts, administrative law, criminal law, family and commercial.

Lord Justice Wilson and Jonathan Sumption QC have been appointed justices of the Supreme Court

In 1982 he was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and Yukon, and Judge of the Court of Appeal Northwest Territories and Yukon.

Not exact matches

Barrister John Vaughan has been appointed a judge of the WA Supreme Court, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Justice Peter Martino.

Of course, President Trump has accomplished some significant campaign promises, including appointing a Supreme Court justice who is well - regarded by Republicans and rolling back some of the onerous regulations of the Obama erOf course, President Trump has accomplished some significant campaign promises, including appointing a Supreme Court justice who is well - regarded by Republicans and rolling back some of the onerous regulations of the Obama erof the onerous regulations of the Obama erof the Obama era.

Supreme Court Justice Rene Le Miere appointed Ian Charles Francis to oversee YAC until an April 19 General Meeting in which YAC members will vote to elect a new board of directors.

In 1812 Joseph Story became the youngest judge ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court, and over the course of his lengthy tenure (1812 - 1845) he was Chief Justice John Marshall's right - hand man in defining the role of the court itself, and its jurisdiction over state an4 national lCourt, and over the course of his lengthy tenure (1812 - 1845) he was Chief Justice John Marshall's right - hand man in defining the role of the court itself, and its jurisdiction over state an4 national lcourt itself, and its jurisdiction over state an4 national laws..

Your idea for a string of Evangelical Presidents to appoint a sufficient majority of Evangelical Supreme Court justices falls short on a few fronts.

Most of them have said that they would make sure that any justice they appoint to the Supreme Court supports Roe.

The five - member Committee comprises a Justice of the Supreme Court who is the Chairperson with two Justices of the Court of Appeal appointed by the Judicial Council and two other persons appointed on the advice of the Council of State, who are neither members of the Council of State, nor members of Parliament, nor lawyers.

General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has fired a sharp riposte at the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for claiming Justice Yaw Apau was appointed to the Supreme Court because he did a «hatchet» job for the government on Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.

Mutterings can be heard (of varying levels of seriousness) that the United States should move to extended, fixed terms for Supreme Court justices, of 18 years, staggered so that each president would be entitled to appoint two per term.

The US Supreme Court has no retirement age, justices are appointed for life — or until they decide to take themselves out of the game, whichever comes first.

Sometimes when a Supreme Court Justice is out sick, or there's only an even number of Justices currently appointed, the Court makes a tie decision, (which may result in accepting a lower court's decision), making the Supreme Court trial a bit of a wCourt Justice is out sick, or there's only an even number of Justices currently appointed, the Court makes a tie decision, (which may result in accepting a lower court's decision), making the Supreme Court trial a bit of a wCourt makes a tie decision, (which may result in accepting a lower court's decision), making the Supreme Court trial a bit of a wcourt's decision), making the Supreme Court trial a bit of a wCourt trial a bit of a waste.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver just formally announced his new counsel, state Supreme Court Justice James Yates, who was first appointed to the bench as a Court of Claims Judge by then Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1992.

But he seemed to disparage the tone of Trump's bid for the White House, and his proposals to create a registry of Muslim citizens, to «open up the libel laws» to make it more difficult for journalists to publish critical articles, to appoint Supreme Court justices who might reverse the recent gay marriage decision and — of course — to deport millions of undocumented immigrants

The governor also has the power to appoint Justices to the Supreme Court and all the lower courts of the island.

Mahoney said her appointment of Albert Julian also won her no friends within the Republican establishment because Fitzpatrick and Dadey wanted her to appoint Anthony Paris, the son of state Supreme Court Justice Anthony Paris, to the Law Department job.

(4) The independent panel shall report as approved for each judicial position all highly qualified persons who make application to the panel, provided that if the number of highly qualified applicants exceeds three times the number of existing vacancies to be filled in such position (determined as of the time the panel renders its report), the independent panel shall report as approved the most highly qualified applicants in a number equal to three times the number of vacancies to be filled in such position, provided further that if the number of highly qualified applicants is less than three times the number of vacancies to be filled in such position the independent panel shall report as approved the most highly qualified applicants in a number equal to not less than two times the number of such vacancies, provided further that the following categories of applicants who are eligible for reelection or reappointment shall be reported as approved if their performance during their term of office merits continuation in office, and no other applicants shall be reported as approved for their vacancies: (a) a judge or justice completing a full term of office seeking re-election to that office, or (b) an interim Supreme Court justice who has been appointed by the Governor to fill an existing vacancy no later than the previous June 1 after approval of the Governor's screening panel, who has been confirmed by the State Senate and has assumed office no later than the date the panel renders its report, and who otherwise would not be required to make application to the independent screening panel pursuant to the provisions of sub-paragraph (3).

(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an appliJustice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an appliJustice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an applijustice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an applijustice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an applijustice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.

In 1999, Breslin was appointed as supervising judge of criminal courts in the Third Judicial District, as well as an acting Supreme Court justice.

The other four Justices of the Supreme Court including the Rawlings - appointed William Atuguba JSC, upheld the instant application of Zanetor Agyeman — Rawlings saying the high court judge had wrongfully assumed jurisdiction to interpret Article 94 (1) of the 1992 constitution which amounted to a usurpation of the powers of the Supreme CCourt including the Rawlings - appointed William Atuguba JSC, upheld the instant application of Zanetor Agyeman — Rawlings saying the high court judge had wrongfully assumed jurisdiction to interpret Article 94 (1) of the 1992 constitution which amounted to a usurpation of the powers of the Supreme Ccourt judge had wrongfully assumed jurisdiction to interpret Article 94 (1) of the 1992 constitution which amounted to a usurpation of the powers of the Supreme CourtCourt.

Faso has previously said — most recently in a WMHT debate — that that he'd support the nominee of the party and has said it's important a Republican appoint the next Supreme Court justice.

These characteristics, the President noted, have sustained Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo's brilliant career as a lawyer, and which propelled her to the notice of the 1st President of the 4th Republic, His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings, who appointed her to the Supreme Court on 30th November, 1995, some 22 years ago.

Asked to comment on the decision of the apex court in the notorious Montie 3 case, Justice Akuffo, who was appointed to the Supreme Court on November 30, 1995 by then president Jerry John Rawlings, said a nation without a good justice system could easily break court in the notorious Montie 3 case, Justice Akuffo, who was appointed to the Supreme Court on November 30, 1995 by then president Jerry John Rawlings, said a nation without a good justice system could easily breaJustice Akuffo, who was appointed to the Supreme Court on November 30, 1995 by then president Jerry John Rawlings, said a nation without a good justice system could easily break Court on November 30, 1995 by then president Jerry John Rawlings, said a nation without a good justice system could easily breajustice system could easily break down.

RIP Joseph Suozzi, father of former Nassau County Executive - turned - congressional - candidate Tom Suozzi and also the former mayor of Glen Cove who served two terms as a state Supreme Court justice and was later appointed an appellate division justice.

State court records show Supreme Court Justice Thomas Whelan was transferred out of the commercial division, where one of his responsibilities was appointing individuals to manage commercial properties that had fallen into foreclocourt records show Supreme Court Justice Thomas Whelan was transferred out of the commercial division, where one of his responsibilities was appointing individuals to manage commercial properties that had fallen into forecloCourt Justice Thomas Whelan was transferred out of the commercial division, where one of his responsibilities was appointing individuals to manage commercial properties that had fallen into foreclosure.

(L - R) State court records show Supreme Court Justice Thomas Whelan was transferred out of the commercial division, where one of his responsibilities was appointing individuals to manage commercial properties that had fallen into foreclocourt records show Supreme Court Justice Thomas Whelan was transferred out of the commercial division, where one of his responsibilities was appointing individuals to manage commercial properties that had fallen into forecloCourt Justice Thomas Whelan was transferred out of the commercial division, where one of his responsibilities was appointing individuals to manage commercial properties that had fallen into foreclosure.

Kahn, a former state Supreme Court justice who was appointed a federal judge in 1996, recently instructed both sides to stop filing legal arguments, saying he has enough information to decide the key pre-trial issues on injury and diminution of property values.

Pawlenty appointed two (2) out of the three (3) MN Supreme Court Justices with the surname of Anderson.

First of appointing a Supreme Court justice.

Newly appointed justice secretary to follow through with pledge which would remove European court of human rights» leverage over UK supreme court

What hope does a child from an inner city comprehensive have of becoming a British Sonia Sotomayor — the first Hispanic justice recently appointed to the US supreme court?

«If, by the time the case gets to the Supreme Court, there is a Trump - appointed justice sitting on it, the odds of the [current Clean Power Plant rule] surviving there do not inspire confidence,» says Michael Gerrard, an environmental law professor at Columbia Law School who directs the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

The second woman to be appointed a Supreme Court justice, Ginsburg has been fighting for gender equality since the start of her career in the 1960s.

Variety reports that the film will tell the story of Ginsburg, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Clinton, becoming only the second female justice, and would face numerous obstacles in her fight for equal rights throughout her career.

Harvard Gives Christie's Education Plans a Warm Welcome New York Times, April 29, 2011 «Speaking to almost 200 students and staff members at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the New Jersey governor drew rounds of applause with his talk of sharply limiting teacher tenure, rigorously evaluating teachers and administrators, curbing the power of teachers» unions and pledging to appoint more - conservative justices to the State Supreme Court.»

Trump will likely appoint a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, reviving the effort to end the ability of NEA and AFT (as well as other public - sector unions) to forcibly collect dues from teachers regardless of desire for membership.

When John Marshall was appointed as the fourth chief justice of the United States by President John Adams, the Supreme Court had few cases, no genuine authority and met in the basement of the U.S. Capitol.

Cities, counties and towns throughout the US have defined «pit bull» as «a pit bull terrier, a Staffordshire bull terrier, an American Staffordshire terrier, an American pit bull terrier, any dog mixed with any of these three breeds, or a dog that has an appearance and physical characteristics that are substantially similar to (these) dogs...» Until YOU are appointed to the US Supreme Court and succeed in getting the other eight justices to hear a «pit bull» case and overturn this definition, it stands!

Ducharme replaces Justice Michael Moldaver who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Justice David Harris is being appointed to the Court of Appeal after two years at the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

There was a lot of pride when he was appointed to the Supreme Court and all the much more so now that he's appointed chief justice,» says Louis Charette, a partner at Lavery lawyers who worked with Wagner on construction and professional liability litigation files in the litigation team at the firm until Wagner was appointed to the bench in 2004.

However, if a justice of the supreme court dies within one year before the term of the governor expires, that justice may not be replaced until the governor whose term commences after expiration of the term of the governor in office when the justice died appoints a successor justice.

As of January 1, 2017, the Commission on Professionalism welcomed four new commissioners — Judge Alicia Washington, Erika Harold, James DeAno, and Trisha Rich — who were appointed by the state's Supreme Court Justices in December of last year.

In 1998, she was appointed by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to the Civil Jury Instructions Committee (CACI), where she still serves.

It includes Christine Arguello, a Mexican - American appointed a U.S. district judge by President Bush last year; Ruben Castillo, a Mexican - American who has been a federal district judge for 15 years; Nora Demleitner, Hofstra Law dean; JoAnne Epps, Temple Law dean; Caitlin Halligan, former solicitor general of New York, now in private practice; Johnnie Rawlinson, 9th Circuit judge; and Patricia Timmons - Goodson, North Carolina Supreme Court justice.

Like the contrasting styles of Hemingway and Faulkner, the distinctly Attic style of Holmes's legal writing differed sharply from the Asiatic style of Justice Benjamin Cardozo, who President Roosevelt appointed to the Supreme Court in 1932, the year of Holmes's retirement at the age of 90.