Sentences with phrase «at constitutional reform»

It's time for someone else to have a chance at leading us — my personal choice would be the Liberal Democrats, but — oddly — Labour completely FAILED at constitutional reform, meaning the Lib Dems will be on the sidelines for another generation.

The convention must be deliberately broad, he argued, to avoid the «pick and mix approach» that has «bedevilled» past attempts at constitutional reform.

Not exact matches

But now support for her has plunged to around 30 percent, a record low, and analysts say an ambitious agenda including a proposed constitutional reform and overhaul of the university education system are at risk.

«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.

Meanwhile, European leaders will work on ways to counter the threat at home through enhanced security policies, like France's constitutional reform.

In the fourth of politics.co.uk's week - long series of features on the coalition government, we look at the frenzied pace of constitutional reform.

An inkling of the movement for constitutional reform at the practical level of electoral politics may be traced to the Joint Commission on the Constitution set up in 1981 by the Alliance, with the purpose to «examine the policies for reform of the British constitution, in particular of the electoral system... that our parties should present together at the next election for implementation» (Joint Liberal / SDP Alliance Commission on Constitutional Reconstitutional reform at the practical level of electoral politics may be traced to the Joint Commission on the Constitution set up in 1981 by the Alliance, with the purpose to «examine the policies for reform of the British constitution, in particular of the electoral system... that our parties should present together at the next election for implementation» (Joint Liberal / SDP Alliance Commission on Constitutional Reform 198reform at the practical level of electoral politics may be traced to the Joint Commission on the Constitution set up in 1981 by the Alliance, with the purpose to «examine the policies for reform of the British constitution, in particular of the electoral system... that our parties should present together at the next election for implementation» (Joint Liberal / SDP Alliance Commission on Constitutional Reform 198reform of the British constitution, in particular of the electoral system... that our parties should present together at the next election for implementation» (Joint Liberal / SDP Alliance Commission on Constitutional ReConstitutional Reform 198Reform 1983: 1).

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.

Despite post-independence reform that attempted to roll back such impositions on Islamic jurisprudence, successive attempts at constitutional overhaul in 1979, 1989, 1995, and 1999 all failed to resolve the conflict over the nature and scope of Islamic law.

At a partisan level, also during the Thatcher era, the cause of constitutional reform was taken up by the SDP - Liberal Alliance made up of the Social Democratic Party, which had split off from the Labour Party in 1981, and the more established Liberal Party.

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.

During remarks delivered at a forum hosted by the nonpartisan good government group Citizens Union, the Attorney General outlined what he believes is required to help «cure the disease» of public corruption, including a total ban on outside employment income for legislators, an end to per diems, rules reform to empower individual legislators, and a constitutional amendment to extend legislators» terms from two to four years.

This is a better chance at real change than waiting for the piecemeal, shoddy constitutional reform that various branches of government can eke out over the next decade or two.

Just on constitutional reform, which continues to be a big interest for you: looking back at the sweep of New Labour in office under Blair and now Brown, hasn't it been a big failure really on what Roy Jenkins called «breaking the mould» issues: Lib - Labbery, elected second chamber - you must be disappointed with that record.

Progressivism, a populist reform movement in the early twentieth century, espoused by Presidents like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and grounded in Protestant moralism, which sought to make government both more responsive to the plight of the people, for instance using Constitutional amendments to deal with social problems like alcoholism and using government force to quash monopolies, and at the same time more representative of the will of the electorate, for instance instituting more democracy like the direct election of Senators and ending the corruption of Machine politics in the cities.

Multiple problems, rooted in the structure of the state, calling for wide - ranging reform at a basic level: a constitutional moment.

Also at 7 p.m., the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club hosts a debate on the merits of a state constitutional convention, with United Federation of Teachers» Briget Rein and attorney Richard Emery, Hudson Guild, 441 W. 26th St., Manhattan.

Samuels» ultimate goal is a constitutional amendment that would make redistricting reform permanent and not subject to the whims of the Legislature, which could amend at will any statute passed to change the system.

Scottish politics at this time was dominated by the question of constitutional reform.

Grayling will take on responsibility for the Government's constitutional reforms including the further devolution of powers to Scotland and legislation to give English MPs a veto over England - only laws at Westminster.

And, keep an eye out for a related conference in Albany on Friday, which will look at ethics reform through the lens of a state constitutional convention - details below.

The problem is constitutional reform doesn't win votes at the best of times, and it certainly doesn't win votes during a recession.

Also at 7 p.m., «Effective Radio with Bill Samuels» continues its special 12 - part series on the state constitutional convention vote, with a focus on marijuana legalization and substance abuse treatment reform, AM970.

Previous attempts at campaign finance reform have also run into constitutional hurdles, with some being gutted by the Supreme Court.

Tory constitutional reform minister Mark Harper insists there's a good chance the total number of registered voters won't fall at all.

Also at 2 p.m., Assemblyman Mark Johns will be joined by local elected officials, including Town of Penfield Supervisor Tony LaFountain and Town of Webster Supervisor Ron Nesbitt, to discuss a constitutional convention and the need for real reform in Albany at a press conference, Penfield Town Hall, 3100 Atlantic Avenue, Penfield.

During her press conference outside PS 13, Ms. Malliotakis unveiled her Albany reform agenda, including: Requiring a two - thirds legislative majority to pass new taxes and fees; capping the rise in spending at the rate of inflation or 2 percent, whichever is less; requiring legislators to disclose outside sources of income; requiring public authorities like the MTA to undergo an independent financial audit, and calling for a constitutional convention to address items that have bedeviled the state recently, such as appointing a lieutenant governor and breaking a Senate tie.

Expanding upon his earlier remarks, Jesse Norman appeared on The World At One, and described the reform proposals as «a constitutional monstrosity», saying the Bill «should never have reached the House of Commons»:

Fears have been raised that party political discord over the pace at which constitutional reform across the UK should take place could result in failure to live up to promises to the Scots.

A report by MPs in the Commons Political and Constitutional Reform committee, have discussed «modest» rule changes to the House of Lords, but at present, suggests «there may be no compelling reason to alter an historic system of inheritance», due to the fact that «aristocratic titles no longer confer any particular rights, duties or privileges».

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.

Mr Clegg has received a separate warning from 15 Liberal Democrat peers that Lords reform, his party's constitutional priority, will «gum up completely» Parliament for at least a year.»

· Debating individual reform proposals is always going to risk them getting bogged down in minutiae like AV did: tie them all together and you might actually have a shot at a more serious and more meaningful exploration of the many constitutional problems that we face.

Constitutional reform is dismissed as political geekery, something that is way down the average voter's list of issues, if on it at all.

Gordon Brown yesterday endorsed radical measures to put a revived parliament back at the centre of British political life, in a reform package designed to revive his flagging constitutional agenda and restore MPs» lost credibility.

At the beginning of this year, I drafted a manifesto for a constitutional reform party but there was so little interest in it that I've pretty much given up on the idea.

The referendum was lost but at that point the Lib Dems could still point to House of Lords reform as a sign that their constitutional reforming zeal was far from being finished.

Ben Kallos (D)- D5 - Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island - Kallos, a lawyer and lifelong Upper East Sider, advocated for state constitutional reform as the Executive Director of the groupEffectiveNY and has put the issues of government accountability and transparency at the forefront of his campaign.

Tory opponents say that such a major constitutional reform should not be carried out without giving voters a direct say, and argue that changing the centuries - old system would cost nearly # 500 million at a time when public finances are already under intense strain.

Along with other hardline unionists, he left in protest at reforms and became an early member of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, serving as the party chairman in 1975 and being elected to the Constitutional Convention in the same year.

The prime minister told backbench MPs last night that he would attempt «one more try» to secure agreement on the constitutional change, before abandoning attempts at Lords reform altogether.

Shadow constitutional reform minister Wayne David said the switch to individual voter registration and boundary changes would hurt Labour at the next general election - and had diminished the opposition's enthusiasm for Lords reform as a result.

Also in this issue: A look back at what the Obama administration's signature education reform got wrong, with lessons learned to guide states and districts in refining their teacher evaluation systems, and a warning on the limits of federally - led school reform; a proposal for how to redesign education research under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and a debate on whether there is a federal constitutional right to education.

Law professor at the University of South Carolina whose current research focuses on constitutional law and public education, Derek Black has written about charter schools in the context of education reform, civil rights, and service of the public priorities.

Supporters of the landmark reform law that created local councils to govern Chicago's schools will gather at the Illinois capitol this week to present strategies for amending the law to make its voting procedures constitutional.

Could anyone truly imagine that those 2012 reforms, together with whatever initiatives and meager funding may come out of the 2013 legislature, are sufficient for affixing the «Mission Accomplished» banner outside the Capitol complex, proclaiming that the state at long last is meeting its constitutional obligation to schoolchildren?

Three leading constitutional scholars will debate campaign finance reform in a live webcast Friday, April 11, 7 p.m. Scheduled to participate are Bruce Ackerman, Sterling professor of law and political science at Yale University Law School, and Kenneth Starr, former independent counsel and now adjunct professor at the NYU School of Law and partner at Kirkland & Ellis, Washington D.C. Douglas Kmiec, dean and St.Thomas More professor of law at the Catholic University School of Law, will moderate the event.

Three leading constitutional scholars will debate campaign finance reform in a live webcast Friday, April 11, 7 p.m. Scheduled to participate are Bruce Ackerman, Sterling professor of law and political science at Yale University Law School, and Kenneth Starr, former independent counsel and now adjunct professor at the NYU School of Law and partner at -LSB-...]

The social uproar that followed the ruling led to the German constitutional legislature taking a significant step aimed at protecting animal welfare with the 2002 constitutional reform, by including Article 20a in the Basic Law:

If electoral reform can enhance that function, then it really shouldn't require a constitutional amendment at all.