Sentences with phrase «as constitutional reform»

We know that this is a difficult manoeuvre for any leader, and that insofar as constitutional reform is concerned has the power to be transformative, not just for our lives, but for the nation.

In 2011 IHRNA will host a series of regional forums around Australia to allow members to steer the development of the Network, and provide feedback on national issues such as Constitutional reform and progressing the Declaration.

If a minority Labour government was relying on Tory votes to get things through that the Nats didn't like, there is always a danger that the Tories could resort to the sort of tactics Labour themselves often used in such situations (such as constitutional reform).

Under the Ashdown formula, the Liberal Democrats have worked with Labour on areas of mutual interest, such as constitutional reform, but have opposed the Government in other areas such as spending on health and education and preparation for the euro.

Not exact matches

Protestors have complained against changes to the constitutional court, surveillance reforms as well as changes to media law.

«Responsible change may not come as immediately as some hope for, but rather through an incremental process of constitutional reform and U.N. - supervised elections.

«Whether Canada ends up as one national government or two national governments or several national governments, or some other kind of arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion,» said Harper, who was at the time constitutional affairs critic for Reform.

As Compton carefully explains, the court's rulings on moral reform did not lead directly to the New Deal decisions that dealt the final blow to constitutional limitations on federal power.

As he sees it, Madison's activities, especially during the decisive years of constitutional reform, have been widely misunderstood — resulting in accounts of the founder's political thought that would have «pained and puzzled» him.

In Europe, establishment parties on the left and right frequently cooperate to fend off anti-establishment challengers — not always successfully, as recent votes for Brexit and against Italian constitutional reform indicate.

As such, he led efforts in the 1780s for British constitutional reforms which eventually limited the prerogative of the Crown, thereby consolidating parliamentary sovereignty.

This hasn't been left behind as in his elected position as president of Blue's committee Max has been working to see all constitutional reforms are up to date within the committee.

Nick Clegg looks to be adopting a combative approach as he gears up for a massive constitutional struggle over Lords reform next year.

The deputy prime minister looked angry and tired as he announced to the press that the centrepieces of the coalition's constitutional reforms would die off due to a breakdown of relations among governing party MPs.

My second reason for favouring a document that includes elements of reform is that if we are (as we inevitably now are with the PCRC Report) into the arena of possible constitutional reform we can only talk about it in an evaluative way if we have reform proposals as the touchstone for debate.

For historians of constitutional reform, such ad hocery comes as no surprise.

Mr Brown highlighted constitutional reform as a personal priority soon after being appointed prime minister this summer and the government is expected to publish its own paper on the governance of Britain early in 2008.

«Where we are is if, if, if,» Cuomo said, reiterating that the political boundaries as proposed by Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats must be fairer and coupled with the reform of a constitutional amendment plus a law for this year.

Last year the Select Committee for Political and Constitutional Reform published a bulky report with a question as its title: A New Magna Carta?

The vote, which took place as the Commons debates Lords amendments to the electoral registration and administration bill, will deepen already intense bitterness on the government backbenches over the coalition's stalled constitutional reform agenda.

As in Tunisia and Egypt, the GNC and the constitutional reforms it launched became a political battleground for Islamists and secularists who fought over the future of the country.

But while the SNP's shift towards constitutional conservatism may be an awkward act to pull off, there is no doubt that the Conservatives will be wary of these reforms being painted as attempts to promote English interests at the expense of Scottish ones.

is styled a «blueprint» for achieving a written constitution, consisting of three alternative pathways or formats, which may also be regarded as successive stages (Political and Constitutional Reform Committee 2014).

As time passed, support in the Icelandic Parliament for constitutional reform weakened.

Another important feature of the context was the rise, from 1988, of Charter 88 as a pressure group and wider political movement arguing the case for comprehensive constitutional reform.

It is now clear to me — as it was not even a few years ago — that it is entirely possible to find proponents for almost any constitutional position but virtually impossible to locate any argument that has thus far succeeded in triggering principled reform.

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.

They would be allowed to design the districts as they pleased to respond to the 2010 census, but would have to pass a constitutional amendment to reform the process for the next census in 2020.

Like the title of his recent book, My Scotland, Our Britain, and his post-referendum agenda for further devolution to Scotland and broader constitutional reform, Brown's vision has offered no place for or political recognition for England as a nation.

This gives shadow constitutional reform minister Wayne David to attack him on the issue, which is currently being legislated on (not quite as glamorous as Lords reform, admittedly).

A concern that a new settlement will be a stitch - up amongst the major political parties and the vibrancy of the referendum campaign in Scotland have energised campaigners to call for a convention that is either constituted fully by randomly - selected citizens (as with the British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional Convention).

You may change your mind about where you have put the Next Left logo if you were to read some of Next Left's recent coverage of civil liberties and of constitutional reform as well as our consistent focus on an effective politics of equality.

But the political parties are playing with fire if they think Lords reform can be ignored, just when other parts of the constitutional jigsaw, such as the Scottish and English questions, are being so radically recast.

Heathcoat - Amory was selected by the Power 2010 democracy and constitutional reform campaign as one of six MPs accused of «failing our democracy» and who «stand in the way of a reforming Parliament».

A NOTA option was advocated recently by the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, as easily the top choice in its survey of proposals for increasing voter engagement, and has also featured on this site.

Mark Harper gave evidence to the political and constitutional reform committee, as the consultation on the government's proposals to introduce individual voter registration came to a close.

In other words, as we've known since late last week, there will be no vote today or tomorrow, unless a package deal on constitutional redistricting reform and the House maps gets done by legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, spurring the governor to provide a message of necessity to circumvent the three - day bill aging requirement.

When it came to constitutional reform, they responded as in the old joke.

When the unreformed House of Lords attempted to amend the welfare reform and pensions bill last year, Alistair Darling referred to the interference as «a constitutional matter», saying: «The House of Lords has to accept that we are the elected chamber.»

The legislation we have proposed will continue to benefit the people of Wales as the Government focuses on reducing the deficit and restoring economic stability, reducing and preventing crime, proposing constitutional reforms, and modernising the pension system.

Constitutional Rights — The Reform Party supports the Principles established in the United States Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence as our guiding principles for the rights of our citizens and for defining the scope of our Government.

The deputy party leader's comments echo those of Richard Reeves, who stood down last week as Clegg's director of strategy and suggested that Lib Dems would retaliate by blocking other constitutional measures if the prime minister failed to persuade Tory MPs to support Lords reform.

His planned speech comes as Ed Miliband prepares for the Labour party conference, where he is expected to face questions over the timetable for constitutional reform.

This was an ongoing process of constitutional reform with the Ministry of Justice as lead ministry.

Without Ashdown and his party, and the timing that brought him together with Tony Blair, it's doubtful whether the priority of constitutional reform would have made such a mark as it has in the last 18 months.

Mr Kennedy, who has made it clear he would continue to work with the government on constitutional reform, left the door open to further links «if the prime minister made a proposal» in areas such as health or education.

This is based on the controversial policy of «constructive opposition» - cooperating with the Government on areas of agreement, like constitutional reform and, as announced last week, a common European foreign and security policy, and opposing it on others.

«Taken as a whole, the Reform Treaty produces a general framework which is substantially equivalent to the Constitutional Treaty».

The chances of any measure for IE reform passing in the final days appears to be slim, however, as lawmakers are yet to come to an agreement on matters generally considered to be lower - hanging fruit, such as the first passage of a constitutional amendment to require the forfeiting of pension benefits from public officials convicted of corruption.

In the interim period, we will seek to end the hereditary principle and reduce the size of the current House of Lords as part of a wider package of constitutional reform to address the growing democratic deficit across Britain.