Sentences with phrase «attorney general responsibility»

Last week, the Senate finance committee voted down a bill that would give the attorney general responsibility for investigating cases where an unarmed civilian dies during a confrontation with police.

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«It's my responsibility as attorney general to defend the rule of law, to uphold the Constitution on behalf of the people of this state.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reviewing a recommendation from the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility to fire former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

And with Attorney General Jeff Sessions having recused himself from all Russia - related matters, that responsibility would fall on Rosenstein, who said he is «confident» Mueller «has full independence» to conduct the investigation.

Rosenstein appointed Mueller special counsel, after taking over responsibilities from Attorney General Jeff Sessions in matters involving the Russia probe.

Peabody Energy has a responsibility to be honest with investors and the public about the risks posed by climate change, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said in announcing the settlement with Peabody Monday.

She served two terms as a Judge on the DC Contract Appeals Board before joining the District Office of the Attorney General, procurement division, with responsibility for acquiring services and goods for the District's Human Services Department (infant and maternal, HIV, mentally ill, and elderly divisions) and Public Housing Department.

While Cuomo has zero responsibility as attorney general for the budget, he did weigh in throughout this process — both from afar during press conferences with reporters, often in NYC or upstate while lawmakers were deliberating in Albany, and in private chats with the legislative leaders and the governor.

«The former solicitor general and current interim attorney general is a Cuomo appointee, the inspector general is a Cuomo appointee, the head of (the Joint Commission on Public Ethics) is a Cuomo appointee and every other constitutional branch of government outside of the U.S. attorney has shrunk from their responsibility under the weight of Cuomo coercion.

He undercut liberal stalwarts like Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, trying to incorporate parts of their offices» responsibilities into his own, and leaking gossipy and embarrassing details about them to the press.

Secondly, to use the historical records to show that the Delta Foods Ltd case which the political White Paper is at pains to wish away and turn into the responsibility of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo of the New Patriotic Party is one of two examples of what happens when Vice-Presidents or Presidents usurp the Attorney - General's functions under the Constitution.

This contrasts with an Attorney - General who abdicates his constitutional responsibilities and becomes a mere conduit for executive actions in the issuance of political White Papers contrary to the Constitution.

Bharara's curiosity could also stir up more tension between Cuomo and Eric Schneiderman, the current state attorney general, who shared some operating responsibility for Moreland.

It is widely assumed that the three ministers, Grieve as attorney - general, Clarke as a senior cabinet minister, and Green, as a justice minister with party responsibility for human rights, had blocked such radical surgery.

«The Assembly is fulfilling its constitutional responsibility to select someone to serve the remainder of this Attorney General term,» Maloney said.

More than 1,100 law school professors proclaimed their opposition to Trump's attorney general pick in a letter to Congress Tuesday, rejecting Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican, as unfit to handle the responsibilities of the country's top law enforcement official.

«I think it was put very well by one of my predecessors last week who said there can't be any question of an attorney general standing aside because of the special constitutional and indeed statutory responsibilities that I've got,» Lord Goldsmith told Today.

Secondly, to use the historical records to show that the Delta Foods Ltd case which the political White Paper is at pains to wish away and turn into the responsibility Nana Addo Dankwa Akofu - Addo of the New Patriotic Party is one of two examples of what happens when Vice-Presidents or Presidents usurp the Attorney - General's functions under the Constitution.

«As the Attorney General of New York, it is Andrew Cuomo's responsibility to oversee charities in this state,» a blurb on Lazio's campaign site reads.

Then Lib Dem spokesman on constitutional affairs Simon Hughes said: «It is no criticism of the present attorney general to say that the prime minister's claim that he takes responsibility for the «no - prosecution» decision has completely undermined the attorney general's constitutional position.»

«If the attorney general insists on looking the other way for reasons beyond me, Governor Cuomo has a responsibility to appoint a special counsel, even if that special counsel would shine a bright light on him.

While it was the attorney general's constitutional role to cancel the investigation on the basis of the national interest, the prime minister's assurance that he took full responsibility led many commentators to believe Lord Goldsmith's role had become all but irrelevant.

Mr. Cuomo's operation pointed to his track record for the black community, including increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and issuing an executive order naming the state attorney general as a special prosecutor for police - related civilian deaths.

Cuomo's order, issued in the wake of the national uproar over last summer's deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in Staten Island, hands the responsibility for the investigation of unarmed deaths of civilians at the hands of police to the attorney general's office, which would also handle any resulting prosecutions that emerge.

For all the political jockeying, women's advocacy groups said the succession debate should remain focused on the heart of the attorney general's role: its core legal responsibilities.

Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday announced a new head of the Office of Professional Responsibility.

In 1984, Attorney General Robert Abrams opined, as was his legal responsibility, that Mario Cuomo's plan for Vegas - style sports betting was unconstitutional.

The BBOG said Buhari should direct the Attorney - General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to set up a special desk with the responsibility for fast - tracking the trials of the arms procurement funds fraud.

Attorney General Schneiderman added, «For a certified nurse aide to steal from someone whose wellbeing is their primary responsibility is reprehensible.

Speaking ahead of the vote Lord Goldsmith, the Labour former attorney general, said: «If this House has a responsibility it is, I would respectfully suggest, to ensure that we do not give the executive more power than is necessary in order to achieve their objectives.

This afternoon State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that he was passing off the responsibility of investigating David Paterson's reported attempt to influence court proceedings against one of his own aides and his reported violation of state ethics laws regarding a few Yankees tickets.

New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood has assumed the responsibilities of the state attorney general until a successor to Eric Schneiderman is in place, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said TGeneral Barbara Underwood has assumed the responsibilities of the state attorney general until a successor to Eric Schneiderman is in place, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tgeneral until a successor to Eric Schneiderman is in place, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.

In 2001, the NPP Government which had replaced the NDC Government wrote to dispense with the services of Bindman & Partners, the GNPC's external lawyers in the case `, and asked Ghana's Attorney - General, Hon. Nana Akuffo Addo, to assume responsibility for the conduct of the case.

The Attorney General's office was responding Tuesday to a request from the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which asked McMaster to investigate rumors that someone induced Greene to run for Senate.

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New Hampshire's attorney general will argue that public education is a state and local responsibility but that the state is not obligated to ensure equal funding among school districts, an opinion some local school - board members are preparing to support in the lawsuit over the legality of the state's school - funding method.

[17] A consent decree brokered by the New York Attorney General in New York Supreme Court, and finalized in 2015, required the establishment of a Free Education Committee with the responsibility to present a strategic plan, no later than January 15, 2018, for consideration by the school's Board of Trustees, who would then vote on it at their Board meeting in March 2018, to allow the school to return to a sustainable tuition - free model.

«From the Great Lakes to the Hudson River to Long Island Sound, our commitment to protecting and restoring New York's waters is among our most important responsibilities,» New York Attorney General Schneiderman said in a press release.

In respect of that superintendence function the late Chief Justice [Antonio] Lamer commented that the intention of the legislative provision «was to recognize and continue the exercise of responsibilities similar to those of the Attorney General as historically performed by the JAG under English common law.»

Ken Grady is one of the very few attorneys whose career has included both law firm practice and P&L responsibility as a general manager (i.e., not as in - house counsel — though he's done that too).

The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) was founded in 1907 to help attorneys general fulfill the responsibilities of their office and to assist in the delivery of high - quality legal services to the states and territorial jurisAttorneys General (NAAG) was founded in 1907 to help attorneys general fulfill the responsibilities of their office and to assist in the delivery of high - quality legal services to the states and territorial jurisdiGeneral (NAAG) was founded in 1907 to help attorneys general fulfill the responsibilities of their office and to assist in the delivery of high - quality legal services to the states and territorial jurisattorneys general fulfill the responsibilities of their office and to assist in the delivery of high - quality legal services to the states and territorial jurisdigeneral fulfill the responsibilities of their office and to assist in the delivery of high - quality legal services to the states and territorial jurisdictions.

[39] Linden needed more help, however, particularly following the transfer of considerable administrative responsibility, authority and budgetary control to the Office of the Chief Judge through the new MOU with the Ministry of the Attorney General.

The 30 - member commission will develop policy recommendations for the U.S. attorney general on national forensic science standards, a uniform code of professional responsibility, and minimal training and certification requirements for forensic practitioners.

In a news conference Friday, Dann conceded, «I have not conducted myself in a way that is consistent with my values as a husband, a father and my responsibilities as attorney general.»

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«In my view, a lawyer or law firm that is an employer has the same duties and responsibilities under the Code as any other employer — no more and no less,» wrote tribunal member Korenkiewicz, citing Asna - Ashari v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2010; and Bola v. B.C. (Ministry of the Attorney General and others), 2007 BCHRT.

All but one Canadian jurisdiction fuse the two different responsibilities into a single portfolio «Minister of Justice and Attorney General».

I need to spend some of my sabbatical investigating New Brunswick and learning about how the separate responsibilities of the Attorney General and of the Minister of Justice work there.

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