Sentences with phrase «as a constitutional body»

We assure the good people of Ghana that the NCCE as a Constitutional Body remains independent in carrying out its mandate to the nation,» portions of the statement said.

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There is a very real possibility that under this administration my daughters will lost their Constitutional rights to reproductive freedom and therefore autonomy of their bodies, as is already happening state by state.

Central to this model are the principles of random selection and deliberation: the idea that a diverse body of ordinary citizens, chosen on a near - random basis so as to be descriptively representative of the citizen population, are willing and able to deliberate and make recommendations on constitutional questions.

Zellnor then went to Cornell Law School where he served as student body president, an editor on the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, a constitutional law instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organization.

But, as Professor MacLean noted in his paper, the Act of Union of 1707 was not simply a great political merger, creating a newly formed, British body of constitutional law, and a legislature to generate it in perpetuity.

After back and forth, Mr Afoko on Monday appealed the decision of the NEC at the National Council level stating constitutional breaches as the basis of the 14 - paged petition, which prompted the highest decision - making body of the party after congress, to meet over the matter Thursday afternoon.

It strengthens the NPL now view, but does not clinch it, as the major affiliated unions and other bodies are likely to stick with Labour, at least until the election, unless constitutional changes which effectively end union affiliation come into force before then.

As the Speaker of this House I am of a firm conviction that constitutional bodies must respect each other in the performance of their duties in order to avoid role conflicts,» Mr. Adjaho added.

For an amendment to be placed before the voters as a referendum, a state constitutional convention, a joint meeting of both houses of the legislature sitting as one body, in each of two successive two - year legislative sessions, must provide the required number of votes.

«The NDC as a party wishes to state that its official position on this matter is that the Supreme Court as the apex court of the land is entitled to conduct its business as an Independent body within the framework of our democratic and constitutional dispensation», the statement counseled.

According to her, the role of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) like INEC in a democracy «is to conduct free, fair and credible elections as well as provide an enabling environment for all eligible citizens irrespective of sex, creed or tribe to exercise their constitutional rights and privileges to vote and be voted for during periodic elections.»

Whether there is any chance that, in seeking to preserve the House of Lords as at - least a partially - appointed body, the Lords might sabotage the entire constitutional reform bill is not yet clear.

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When the culture of the East, its chief characteristic, is added to the strength of body and the strength of mind of the agricultural center, its special contribution, and these two great characteristics are constantly imbued with the spirit of independence and love of liberty which lives in the hearts of the dwellers of the mountains, their main quality added to the national character, there is every reason to believe that we shall have a people and institutions such as will be permanent; with such wealth of resources, of such high education and intelligence, and of such vitality, of such longevity, of such devotion to freedom and hostility to centralization and tyranny as shall enable this Nation of ours to stand indefinitely; and to maintain in the future years its manifest destiny of leading the peoples and nations of earth in the principles of free government, constitutional security and individual liberty.

Almost two years later, he was appointed as the head of the independent and constitutional anti-corruption body, namely: The Office of the Ombudsman.

As Justice Stratas put it to the attendees, should Canada ever be gripped by some form of threat or disorder, leading the government to abridge the civil liberties of many Canadians, do we want the judge deciding the constitutionality of the government's action to be able to turn to a body of constitutional law «based on fundamental principles, consistently applied over decades» — in other words, «settled legal doctrine» — or do we want the judge deciding the issue based upon «her or his own worldview?»

must be interpreted so as not to violate the Charter, wherein a seizure and dissection of the individual's body contradicts the purpose of the constitutional exemption, which is aimed to protect the dignity of the individual.

In 1982 Parliament — that same body elected by the Canadian people that now complains so bitterly — decided that Canada needed not just another law on par with all other federal laws, but a Constitutional law elevated as the «supreme law of Canada» [section 52 (1)-RSB- that would set limits and restrictions on all government powers in accordance with fundamental rights and freedoms inherent to all Canadians.

A corporation is but an association of individuals with a distinct name and legal entity, and, in organizing itself as a collective body, it waives no appropriate constitutional immunities, and, although it can not refuse to produce its books and papers, it is entitled to immunity under the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures, and, where an examination of its books is not authorized by an act of Congress, a subpoena duces tecum requiring the production of practically all of its books and papers is as indefensible as a search warrant would be if couched in similar terms.

In the following post, I briefly develop both aspects of this equation — pragmatism with regard to the scope of the CFSP versus principle with regard to the reach of EU constitutional principles into the CFSP — and I conclude with a brief reflection on the normative issue of whether the Court stays within its role as a judicial body, where I suggest the CJEU's approach fits squarely within its duty to say what the law is.

Hence in public law, this has resulted in is a growing body of innovative, creative judgements in constitutional law and judicial review as the courts juggle this balance.

The purpose of the Court was to create a body that could receive appeals from both the provincial Courts of Appeal and federal courts, as well as resolve constitutional debates and answer legal questions of Parliament through the reference procedure.

The Board refused to consider respondent's constitutional challenge on the ground that, as a quasi-judicial body, it had no authority to pass on the constitutionality of state law.

Certainly, one could argue that public law adjudication requires a certain adjudicatory structure, such as the presence of an appeals mechanism and permanent courts with tenured judges; yet, this disregards that arbitration is not an infrequent mode of settling disputes between public law bodies and private actors also at the purely domestic level, and is obviously accepted under the constitutional provisions of the legal systems involved.

The Italian constitutional Court has upheld national rules which had been judged by the ECHR as contrary to the Convention, arguing that such rules nevertheless protected a different constitutional principle of the national constitution and the convention could not modify the constitution, beng it a lower rank act - so from a theoretical point of view the CJEU adopts the same approach: the ultimate decision on whether a EU act is in compliance with EU law must be taken within EU only (to make a parallel, think of the CJEU approach for WTO decisions: despite an action being contrary to WTO as decided by the appellate body, nonetheless individuals can use such illegality as a ground to void the action within the EU system)

In dealing with the principles of fundamental justice, the majority pointed out that, contrary to the aura of inevitability apparent in many media reports, «enshrining [assisted suicide] as a constitutional right» is «a matter of serious concern to many Canadians... [and] no consensus on the subject is apparent, even among ethicists or medical practitioners» — and cited how most national medical bodies including in Canada, the US, UK, New Zealand, Australia, and the and World Medical Associations, are opposed (Carter paras. 243, 249).

Participants identified that over the next 20 years, the national representative body would have a leading role to play in achieving constitutional recognition and a treaty, in closing the gap, and in Australia as a country owning and facing up to its history.