Sentences with phrase «calling of a constitutional convention»

Legislator Patrick Burke consistently fights for his constituents» rights and well being and believes the risks involved in the calling of a Constitutional Convention are far too great.

«Historically across the states, gubernatorial leadership is crucial to increasing the prospect of successfully calling of a constitutional convention,» said Gerald Benjamin, political science professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

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Alexander, who includes adviser to U2 singer Bono on global poverty among his portfolio of jobs, also called for EU powers over fisheries and agriculture to be handed to Holyrood post-Brexit and backed Gordon Brown's call for a constitutional convention to consider further devolution to the nations and regions of the UK.

The establishment of an Irish Constitutional Convention was first proposed in April 2010 at the Labour Party conference in Galway, when then Labour leader Eamon Gilmore called for the establishment of a convention to revise the text of Bunreacht na hEireann, the 1937 Irish Constitution, in advance of the 1916 Convention was first proposed in April 2010 at the Labour Party conference in Galway, when then Labour leader Eamon Gilmore called for the establishment of a convention to revise the text of Bunreacht na hEireann, the 1937 Irish Constitution, in advance of the 1916 convention to revise the text of Bunreacht na hEireann, the 1937 Irish Constitution, in advance of the 1916 centenary.

For an analysis of the defeat, including links to relevant news articles, see Snider, J.H., Post-Mortem: New York's Nov. 7, 2017 Referendum To Call A Constitutional Convention, November 8, 2017.

The Independent Democratic Conference, a coalition of legislators in the New York State Assembly, announces that it will work with unions and other groups to oppose the call for a state constitutional convention.

Evan Davis, head of the Committee for a Constitutional Convention, files suit against the New York State Board of Elections to obtain a court order requiring the question whether to call a state constitutional convention to be placed on the front rather on the back of the ballot Constitutional Convention, files suit against the New York State Board of Elections to obtain a court order requiring the question whether to call a state constitutional convention to be placed on the front rather on the back of the ballot thisConvention, files suit against the New York State Board of Elections to obtain a court order requiring the question whether to call a state constitutional convention to be placed on the front rather on the back of the ballot constitutional convention to be placed on the front rather on the back of the ballot thisconvention to be placed on the front rather on the back of the ballot this November.

Some of the political parties are calling for a constitutional convention.

Going through the more formal, restricted process of proposing a specific Amendment that must be introduced in Congress, be passed by 2/3 majorities in both houses, and then be ratified by the required number of states (3/4, which would still have to approve amendments from a convention, as well) seems doomed to fail in this current period of hyper - partisanship and gridlock, but the alternative of calling a Constitutional Convention is so broad that it can easily have unexpected results, in the opposite direction that those originally organizing had convention, as well) seems doomed to fail in this current period of hyper - partisanship and gridlock, but the alternative of calling a Constitutional Convention is so broad that it can easily have unexpected results, in the opposite direction that those originally organizing had Convention is so broad that it can easily have unexpected results, in the opposite direction that those originally organizing had hoped for.

Currently 28 states have passed measures (number changes as some states add, other rescind) calling for / approving of a Constitutional Convention (aka «Article V Convention», after the portion of the Constitution that covers that).

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 Coconvention 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 ConventionConvention).

In his State of the State speech in January, Mr. Cuomo raised the stakes further, calling for the constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling and proposing to transform Genting's planned resort near Aqueduct into a destination casino resort that would include the nation's largest convention center.

While a number of state legislatures have called on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to undo Citizens United or address the related issue of corporate «personhood,» few have taken the route of asking Congress to call for a constitutional convention.

David Cameron should heed the words of Carwyn Jones and Ed Miliband and call a Constitutional Convention to forge a new Union for Britain.

The last time the Constitutional Convention was called was in 1965, and the last time an amendment was passed as a result of the Constitutional Convention was in 1936.

The other is that two - thirds of state legislatures need to call on Congress to convene a constitutional convention, and then three - fourths of state legislatures or three - fourths of the conventions have to say «yes» to pass any amendment.

A coalition of groups urging a «no» vote on the constitutional convention, which they call «New Yorkers Against Corruption,» disclosed that it had raised $ 635,000 so far.

Like a flyweight amateur getting in the ring against the heavyweight champ, the ballot measure calling for a state constitutional convention hit the canvas hard and fast: Voters rejected it by a ratio of 5 to 1.

On September 11th the Electoral Reform Society, along with a roster of academic and political grandees, called for a constitutional convention after the referendum.

Meanwhile, a 40 - member coalition of con con supporters called the Committee for a Constitutional Convention has launched.

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.

The lineup of groups opposing a constitutional convention includes: environmental groups, gay rights organizations, New York City cops, Western New York auto industry workers, the state chapter of the National Rifle Association, every imaginable public and private - sector union, political leaders on the left and right and even a group called «Humanists of Long Island.»

Instead he called for an unwieldy «constitutional convention'to consider changes in the wake of the historic independence referendum and which would not report back until the end of next year.

Augusta, Maine — Members of the Maine Green Independent Party represented the majority of the six signers on the citizens initiative to order the Legislature to call on a Constitutional Convention, with the purpose to overturn the Supreme Court's «Citizens United» decision and end corporate personhood.

«Today I call on Gov. [Andrew M.] Cuomo to tell the people of New York without any equivocation whether he supports a yes or a no vote on the Constitutional Convention referendum this Election Day,» said Bill Samuels, a major campaign contributor for decades who created an advocacy group to hold a constitutional conventConstitutional Convention referendum this Election Day,» said Bill Samuels, a major campaign contributor for decades who created an advocacy group to hold a constitutional convention Convention referendum this Election Day,» said Bill Samuels, a major campaign contributor for decades who created an advocacy group to hold a constitutional conventconstitutional convention convention next year.

The poll found that 57 percent of respondents plan to vote no on the question of calling a constitutional convention.

A long list of environmental groups in New York is urging voters not to call a constitutional convention, adding their voices to a growing list of organized groups allied against the measure on November's ballot.

Over the past year I've written about the Emoluments Clause; the No Religious Tests clause; limits on presidential power as defined in the steel seizure case; the meaning of the oath of office; how the Appropriations Clause constrains lawsuit settlements involving the federal government; how and whether gerrymandering by race and for partisan advantage affects constitutional rights; judicial independence; the decline and fall of the Contracts Clause; the application of Obergefell to issues of public employees and birth certificates; Article V procedure for calling a new constitutional convention; and too many First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment controversies to list.