Sentences with phrase «appointment of judges»

In 2016, there was a small flurry of concern about the delays in appointments of judges by the federal government.

And, almost without fail, every year a handful of states see legislative efforts to replace commission - based appointment of judges with contested elections.

This appointment will fill the vacancy created by the Governor's appointment of Judge John Napper to Division 2.

Indeed, the most recent round of federal appointments of judges across the country included 9 new appointments, of which 3 were women, and in Manitoba, only 1 woman has been appointed out of 6 judicial appointments made in 2013.

This acts as a resource guide to accompany the Protocol [PDF] governing appointments of judges that the Council released back in August of 2010.

This fall Nevada voters will presented with a ballot question that would provide for the initial appointment of judges.

The Appellants argued that the standard appointment of judges (including Justice Harrison) on short renewable terms created a dependence on the executive sufficient to vitiate their independence, and that the importance of trial by jury was such as to demand the application of the criminal standard.

A judge may accept appointment to a governmental committee, commission, or other position only if it is one that concerns the law, the legal system, or the administration of justice, or if appointment of a judge is required by federal statute.

He also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the delay in appointment of judges to the Supreme Court.

Opponents of commission - based appointment of judges — also known as the Missouri Plan, for the state in which the judicial selection process originated — have obtained approval from the secretary of state for two identically worded proposed constitutional amendments that would establish contested elections for Missouri's appellate judges.

And, of course, it is crucial to secure the appointment of judges who, in fidelity to the Constitution, will one day overturn it.

And the Puerto Rican leadership has been very instrumental in recommending the appointments of judges of Dominican descent to serve on the Supreme, Criminal and Civil Courts of Bronx County.

In calling for Rebekah Brooks» head, the scrapping of the press complaints commission and then pressing for the appointment of a judge to lead the hacking-gate inquiry, Ed was on the front foot throughout.

About 5,000 lawyers from around the world descended on the city to discuss issues from law firm management to emerging M&A trends to dawn raids to professional ethics and the appointment of judges to the International Criminal Court.

The data reflects the ongoing need to compile statistics on the appointment of judges of color to the federal bench.

It could also come up in its deliberations on the appointment of judges related to Justice Marc Nadon's controversial nomination in October.

Until the Constitutional Reform Act in 2005, the appointment of judges was in the sole discretion of the Lord Chancellor, whose decisions were based on secret soundings, followed by the «tap on the shoulder» of the chosen ones.

The proposed reform would amend Nevada law to provide for the appointment of judges by the Governor from a list of candidates selected by the Judicial Selection Commission, followed by retention elections whereby the electorate can choose to retain or remove those judges.

According to the Constitution, appointment of judges to provincial superior courts (trial or appellate) is made by the Governor General.

Tayler urged Harper and MacKay to withdraw or apologize for their comments and review the law and practice for the appointment of judges.

Opponents of commission - based appointment of judges — also known as the Missouri Plan, for the state in which the judicial selection process originated — have obtained approval from the secretary of state for two identically worded proposed constitutional amendments that would establish contested elections for Missouri's...

The claim was made by the two lawyers who successfully challenged the appointment of Judge Marc Nadon to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The appointment of Judge Karl Eppich was made to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Joseph Howard.

On Monday, November 25, 2013, Governor Hickenlooper's office announced the governor's appointment of judges to fill vacancies in the Eighth and Nineteenth judicial districts.

At least on two occasions proposals were put to various Intergovernmental Conferences to amend the Treaties so that the appointment of Judges to the Court of Justice of the European Union should be for a fixed period of time — say nine years — as is undoubtedly the Best Practice in Europe among higher courts where appointments are not until the age of retirement.

«I hope that we don't go down the route in this country where political considerations play a part in the appointment of judges,» Lidington told MPs in response to calls from his own party for a debate on giving MPs a say in the selection of the judges ahead of the Art 50 case.

The Spring 2005 issue (TOC on the journal's website) features an essay by Peter McCormick, «Selecting the Supremes: The Appointment of Judges to the Supreme Court of Canada».

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for not paying attention to the appointment of judges in the courts but «peddling fake news».

Gandhi had also taken a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the delay in appointment of judges to the Supreme Court.

This massive rise in litigation followed the appointment of Judge T. John Ward in 1999, and his drive to create local patent rules.