He made the not often realised case that
proposed changes to the Constitution go beyond recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first peoples of Australia, but also to «expunge» its ideas of racial superiority and ensure it guarantees against racial discrimination.
However, although all other laws must comply with it, unlike many other nations» «bills of rights», the HRA has no privileged position in UK law: unlike in the USA, where
changes to the Constitution require special procedures, Parliament could repeal the HRA in the same way as any other law.
But, as time passed and nothing had changed, Mugabe and others were frustrated that Nkomo didn't insist on a definite date
for changes to the constitution.
A dissident group of members challenged the American Political Science Association's governing system, asking for some
modest changes to the constitution to institute competition in the selection of officers and the governing council.
Ruling party and opposition Turkish lawmakers on Monday exchanged punches and kicks and hurled water bottles at each other as a new mass brawl erupted in parliament
over changes to the constitution, television broadcasts showed.
Stymied in their efforts to get the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to go along with their idea, these advocates see a convention of delegates brought together to
consider changes to the constitution as a means to loosen marijuana laws.
The new coalition points to a number of
potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.
«I believe most of the members believe as I do that the constitution is a document we want to protect from the whims of special interest money from outside the state that would like to see
partisan changes to the constitution,» he said.
Governance reforms The Congress board has undergone some
important changes to its constitution, which have created 3 specialist, non-member Director positions in primary health care, finance and governance and administration, and these positions are open to non-Aboriginal people.
He noted voters on the same ballot next month will have an opportunity to
approve changes to the constitution — including stripping pensions from government officials convicted in felony corruption cases connected to their public jobs.
While voters would have the final say on any
proposed changes to the constitution, a convention in today's political climate promises to be contentious, polarizing, costly to taxpayers, and not worth the risk.
ALEC has cheered on the idea of a «Con Con» for years, passing multiple resolutions calling
for changes to the constitution, hosting workshops and handbooks and even draft resolutions laying out proposed rules of procedure.
Grant Shapps denied
major changes to the constitution would be rushed through and said banning non-English MPs from voting on English only issues would address «a great imbalance» in the UK Parliament.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said if the referendum backs
a change to the constitution the Government will table legislation that would allow for unrestricted abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
The only ways to change this are via a change to the law, so it is constitutional now,
a change to the Constitution or a later decision of the court.
Changes to the constitution, or bills passed that go against the elections program / promises of the ruling party should have to be passed by referendum too, because nobody voted you (the politician) to do that.
Changes to the constitution must be approved by two separate sessions of the Legislature before voters consider it in a referendum.
The proposed
change to the constitution would only apply, though, to crimes committed by state officials after Jan. 1, 2018.
No changes to the constitution, however, were approved.
The EHRC has claimed that
the changes to the constitution could continue to discourage mixed marriages and integration of ethnic minorities with «indigenous British» people and still require new members to undergo a vetting process by party officials.
The proposed
changes to the Constitution were rejected by the voters.
Any change to the constitution requires approval by two consecutive state legislatures, and then a ballot referendum, which means the earliest legalization could happen would be November 2013.
Convention supporters, however, counter that
any changes to constitution would still have to be supported by voters.
Both are issues that labor unions and environmental groups believe are at stake if a convention is held; voters would have to approve
any changes to the constitution developed at a convention.
The last convention was held in 1968 and produced
no changes to the constitution.
The proposal is asking voters to approve
a change to the constitution that will allow development of as many as seven casinos.
Voters are being asked to roll the dice, pull the handle on the one - armed bandit and approve
a change to the constitution that will allow development of as many as seven casinos.
Obviously, no one knows how this judge will interpret
this change to the Constitution, but if he or she requires the legislature to «fully fund» MAEP, the state will need to come up with another $ 200 million.
We provide practical and commercial legal services on a range of matters, including help with partnership formations,
changes to constitutions or converting partnerships to LLPs.
This is because they haven't been explicitly overruled, and
the changes to the constitution since Hirabayashi aren't relevant: Amendments XXII and XXV have to do with procedural issues with the office of the President, amendments XXIII, XIV, and XXVI are related to voting rights, and XXVII addresses Congressional salaries.
«This referendum about
a change to our Constitution is not just about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The proposed
changes to the Constitution are set out in a Bill of Parliament.