Sentences with phrase «appoints judges across the country»

But McLachlin is not the one appointing the judges — it is the federal government, which also appoints judges across the country to courts where Supreme Court judges often come from.

Not exact matches

Manhattan Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, who sits on the Assembly's Election Law Committee, said Trump's comments are discouraging in light of the fact that there are federal courts across the country with judges appointed by Republicans and Democrats saying that states» voter laws are unconstitutional because they target people based on their race and ethnicity.

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.

These include: monitoring the status of provincially - appointed judges, acting as an advisory and consultative body to governments and other agencies involved in reforming the system of justice, and being an educator and disseminator of information to judges across the country.

Our Government regularly complains about activist out - of - touch judges meddling into Parliament's bailiwick by tossing out mandatory minimum sentences or invalidating Criminal Code amendments, yet over a decade in power it is that same Conservative Government that has appointed every Superior Court judge across the country.