Sentences with phrase «changes to the constitution require»

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.

Not exact matches

Further, given the constantly changing goal - posts of a politics immersed in the emotivist chaos of competing psychological identities and subjective personal rights, why on earth would anyone now want to pursue a career that in five, ten, or fifteen years might be torn from them simply because somebody somewhere finds a right to goodness - knows - what in the Constitution — even, as in this case, when their job does not actually require them to be involved in said goodness - knows - what?

It also requires fewer changes to a very difficult to change constitution to implement.

To change that would require whatever that particular constitution mandates for amendment.

Such a move would require a change to Labour's constitution to be passed by the party conference, but given that the unions — most of which back Corbyn — hold 50 % of the votes, it would be possible.

On the other hand most other countries only require the consent of 2/3 of both legislative chambers to adopt a change, so their constitutions are in constant motion.

Flanagan indicated a better way to change the constitution, if desired, is to pass amendments (doing so requires passage by two separately elected Legislatures and voter approval).

While the initial draft required that any changes be made by amendments, some participants at the convention that wrote this constitution argued that legislators should be free to determine their own pay and submitted new language that would allow this.

Voters approved a change in the state's constitution that will require the legislature to appoint a commission to redraw state Senate, Assembly and congressional district lines after the 2020 census.

Voters approved a change in the state's constitution that will require the legislature to appoint a commission redraw Senate, Assembly and congressional district lines after the 2020 census.

To take effect they require a change to the state's constitution — and they are now being stalled in the Assembly, thanks largely to the objections of labor unionTo take effect they require a change to the state's constitution — and they are now being stalled in the Assembly, thanks largely to the objections of labor unionto the state's constitution — and they are now being stalled in the Assembly, thanks largely to the objections of labor unionto the objections of labor unions.

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.

By changing New York's definition of marriage, the state legislature essentially made an illegal amendment to the state constitution without the required statewide referendum.

He notes that the LibDem constitution requires the party to fight every seat and 50 % of members would have to vote to change that.

In order to change the constitution, it would require the approval of two consecutively elected state legislatures, and then go before the votes.

For example, the constitution could be amended to require the Governor to submit changes in permanent law in non appropriation budget bills.

He did achieve additional disclosure of lawmaker's outside income, as well as reform of legislators» daily expense accounts and the go - ahead to change the state's constitution to require that lawmakers convicted of crimes forfeit their pensions.

It's quite clear achieving Klein's vision would require changes to the Senate rules, and then there's the little problem of the state Constitution, which isn't so easily amended.

It would also amend the state constitution to require lawmakers convicted of corruption charges to surrender their pensions, make changes to the per diem system, and create a commission to examine the possibility of a pay increase for state commissioners and lawmakers.

Cuomo proposes to extend a system of public campaign finance to all statewide offices and legislative races, ban the use of campaign funds for personal expenses, require the disclosure of outside income and the clients who supported it and change the state Constitution to allow prosecutors to claw back the pensions of officials convicted of public corruption.

Legislators, in an all night session, took the first step to change the state's constitution to require lawmakers convicted of a felony to forfeit their pensions, in answer to public outcry over dozens of Senators and Assembly members, including the two former leaders of the legislature keeping healthy pensions even though many have been sentenced to prison.

No part of this Constitution shall be changed without the concurrence of two - thirds of the members and fellows present in a general session of the Southwestern Division, after written notice given at a general session of a preceding general meeting of the Southwestern Division, and all changes to become effective shall require ratification by the Executive Committee of the American Association; changes affecting the status of the Affiliated Socieites shall require an affirmative vote of the Affiliation Committee.

More thorough change might require some states to amend their constitutions.

The entire waiver process was sloppily administered in the first place, with Duncan granting waivers to states (and allowing them to ignore whole sections of No Child) even thought they have not yet implemented or enacted all the proposals within their applications, and the administration ignoring concerns raised by its own peer review panels about such matters as how states have ignored the need to gain consultation on proposed changes from American Indian tribes as required under the U.S. Constitution (as well as from black and Latino communities equally affected by the evisceration of accountability).

The change would require Wisconsin to amend its constitution.

Changes to the AMLE Constitution require a 2/3 vote of the members voting.

The second is to change the constitution so it can be listed and will require 75 % of units that are voted.

The plaintiffs, once again as they are in some of these other climate change cases are seeking some pretty sweeping, both declarations of their rights under the Constitution and how those rights are being infringed by both what the state of Alaska is doing and not doing, but they're also asking for a science - based plan of attack or a plan of how to deal with climate change through reducing greenhouse gas emissions based on what the science requires and that's something on the order of eight percent per year reduction in emissions plus an accounting of the emissions that the state is responsible for, and how fast they're being reduced.

It's unfortunate the military must conform to the President's obsession with climate change, though it's what the constitution requires.

Will changes to the practice require amending the Constitution?

With concern growing that Governor Chris Christie will not reappoint Chief Justice Stuart Rabner when his current term 7 - year term comes up in June, news reports indicate that the State Bar of New Jersey along with «20 or 21» county bars have backed a proposal to change the constitution to, in effect, require governors reappoint judges.

Allowing past, present or future federal executives to effectively modify the meaning of the Charter is untenable given the onerous steps required to change the language of the constitution explicitly.

The Constitution Act, 1982 requires changes to the Supreme Court and its composition to be subject to the constitutional amending procedures — requiring the unanimous consent of Parliament and the provincial legislatures.

The Laval professors pointed out that a change to the office of the monarchy falls under Article 41 of the Canadian Constitution, and requires an amendment to be approved by the provinces.

Their challenge is based on the clause in the repatriated constitution that requires unanimous agreement from the provinces for changes to the «office of the Queen».

By analogy, the US oath of allegiance, which requires immigrants (and others) to «support and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States» (with the Constitution playing the role in the US that the Monarchy does here) does not preclude you from advocating that the Constitution be changed or reformed, it just mandates that you do so in a manner that is in keeping with the US legal and constitutional order.

Although the Senate might, as prof. Macfarlane suggests, be protected from abolition by its role in the process of constitutional amendment itself, which can not be changed without unanimous consent, the Court might even base its ruling on the broader ground that any fundamental alterations to the nature of the Canadian constitution require the consent of all the provinces.

While recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can be accommodated through inserting a new preamble into the Constitution, change to the body of the Constitution will be required to ensure protection against discrimination.

However, corporations may require additional funding for advice on developing dispute resolution mechanisms and to ensure that appropriate consultation and the free, prior and informed consent of its members is obtained to change the constitution.

In an endeavour to accommodate longer terms of office for directors the CATSI Act allows corporations to change their constitutions to provide for the reappointment of directors.57 However, changes to a corporations constitution requires the approval of the registrar.

The Interim National Executive should seek legal advice on the best mechanisms to achieve this — for example, such as requiring 75 % majority vote in the National Congress or by having different categories of membership (with only one group entitled to vote on changes to the Constitution).