Sentences with phrase «as constitutional»

The budget does not include ethics legislation such as a constitutional amendment for term limits or limiting legislative pay.

I appreciate the arguments that have been made for same - sex marriage as a constitutional right, but these arguments work well — work better — in the political arena.

Voters would have to approve that one as a constitutional amendment.

He works with clients to help them solve complex problems in areas as diverse as constitutional law, corporate commercial litigation, class actions, professional discipline, and labour and employment law.

As a constitutional matter, there is no basis for a referendum because there has not been a showing that there is substantial demand for the creation of new regions.

In addition, any lawmakers serving as constitutional convention delegates would get more credits toward their state pensions from the extra earnings.

«We are not going to fail in our responsibility as far as our constitutional role is concerned,» he stated.

And regardless of whether medical self - defense should be recognized as a constitutional right, the arguments given above should offer a strong moral case for the legislature's respecting such a right.

As a constitutional historian I believe an individual right to bear arms exists.

The general practice is to move to larger majority requirements for issues of larger significance, such as constitutional changes.

But it does not follow that it's good for judges to decide cases based on such ideals without constraints from other sources, such as constitutional history, tradition or widespread public consensus.

He withdrew from the process before the election, however, upon being offered a position in the Number 10 Policy Unit as a constitutional and educational policy advisor in 1997.

As a constitutional president, there are constitutional limits to his powers.

The education of children with disabilities has to be organized not merely on humanitarian grounds, but also on grounds of utility and as a constitutional requirement under Article 21 - A.

This is an example of what the article refers to as Constitutional Romance — a viewpoint that thinks the worst of legislators but the best of judges.

As a constitutional responsibility, the maintenance of the superior courts does not compete with the government's discretionary expenditures.

The GOP - lead House is set to vote yet again to repeal the Affordable Care Act recently upheld as constitutional by the US Supreme Court.

It's as strong as any constitutional principle that there is,» Justice Kagan continued, «that when we have a program of funding — and here we're funding playground surfaces — that everybody is entitled» to that funding «whether or not they are a religious institution doing religious things.»

During the debate, Labour leader Gordon Brown appeared to want to forge agreement with Mr Clegg on issues such as constitutional reform.

These United States were designed as a Constitutional Republic.

Whitehead notes that many school districts continue to resist the Equal Access Act, passed by Congress seven years ago and upheld as constitutional by an 8 - to - l vote of the Supreme Court.

Over the previous year, Anand also acted as Constitutional Litigator in Residence at the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, representing the centre in a number of high - profile cases, including as an intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada in the constitutional test case of Jessica Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator.

Arizona Proposition 106, also known as the Constitutional Amendment Relating to Creation of a Redistricting Commission, was on the November 7, 2000, ballot in Arizona as an initiated constitutional amendment.

Random drug testing for athletic activities was upheld in Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton, and a mandatory extra-curricular drug testing program was upheld as constitutional in Board of Education of Pottawatomie County, Okla. v. Earls.

The British Monarchy is known as a constitutional monarchy.

Practice concentrated in employment discrimination (including sexual and racial harassment, disability discrimination and wrongful discharge) as well as constitutional issues (including First Amendment, due process and whistleblower protection).

An ordained Baptist minister as well as a constitutional lawyer, the Rev. Oliver Buzz Thomas presents 10 Things Your Minister Wants to Tell You (But Can't, Because He Needs the Job) and offers proof positive that the moniker liberal Christian is not, in fact, an oxymoron.

As constitutional officers of Georgia, school board members are responsible for setting educational policies, employing school personnel, providing buildings and equipment, operating a transportation system and disbursing school funds.

America's churches have been responding to the US Supreme Court's decision to recognise same - sex marriage as a constitutional right.

This relative «openness to revision and correction,» as constitutional scholar H. Jefferson Powell calls it, should be appreciated by Christians.

The successful candidate will present this change as more necessary than choiceworthy — and certainly not as a constitutional mandate.

The USA was designed as a Constitutional Republic, with checks - and - balances between the branches of the federal government, and also division of power between federal state and local governments.

As the 80 - minute conversation came to an end, a pro-voucher resolution seemed to have just barely emerged, the outcome turning as much on educational facts as constitutional questions.

Mark represents clients before the courts in proceedings of all kinds, including commercial litigation, judicial review, declaratory judgment and injunction proceedings, as well as constitutional challenges under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

Linked to this are restrictions on the Lords such as the constitutional rule known as the Salisbury Convention, under which it does not oppose a statutory bill which was a manifesto promise; and the Parliament Act, which says that the Lords» refusal to pass any bill can ultimately be overruled by the Commons.

For example, it is impossible to divorce the EU as a constitutional issue from its dire economic impact, while the tendency for Brussels and Strasbourg to constantly overrule Westminster on important issues hobbles good government.

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

As part of the listing process, the fund will also be obliged, initially and then on an on - going basis, to make certain documents such as its constitutional documents, material service provider agreements and any financial statements, available for public inspection.

Over the previous year, Anand also acted as Constitutional Litigator in Residence at the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, representing the centre in a number of high - profile cases, including as an intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada in the constitutional test case of Jessica Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator.

The debate over the role of Congress will be further complicated by the impending U.S. midterm elections as well as constitutional litigation over the respective roles of the White House and Congress regarding abrogation of trade agreements.

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a complaint against the state's «assault weapons» ban on Friday and expressly described similar bans as constitutional.

The Federal government he was a part of seemed to have a slanted interpretation of the constitution that was often not supported by the courts, so his credibility as a constitutional expert is very weak.

Lord Shaw: «To what extent does the civil service act as a constitutional check on the actions of the ministers?»

The mailer in the Nassau County Senate district touts Cronin's proposals, including term limits for state lawmakers, campaign finance reform measures such as closing the LLC loophole, boosting penalties for corruption and support for stripping public officials of their pensions if they are convicted of corruption — the latter of which is now up for second passage in the Legislature next year as a constitutional amendment.

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.

Theresa May's allies in parliament, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), have always insisted that the donation, channelled via a secretive group known as the Constitutional Research Council (CRC), complied fully with the law.