Sentences with phrase «constitutional change to the process»

Taking some lawmakers by surprise, prominent Republicans in the house and senate announced that they will continue their pursuit of a constitutional change to the process for selecting supreme court and court of appeals judges in the final days of this legislative session.

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Once the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on a matter of U.S. Constitutional law, the only ways to change it are either for the Supreme Court to overturn their decision in a later ruling on a different case or for the U.S. Constitution to be amended, according to the process set out in Article V.

The fundamental issue is how are people to be re-engaged in politics and what role do constitutional changes play in re-energizing the political process.

So far, he has succeeded in pushing through an ethics overhaul (although the resulting watchdog, JCOPE, has come under fire) and gotten the Legislature to do first passage of a constitutional amendment that would change the redistricting process for the next round of line drawing after the 2020 Census.

The lesson plan is likely to be the first time New York students will have heard that they have a state constitution and a constitutional convention process to change it.

They support calls, such as that made by the all - party campaign group Unlock Democracy, for a citizens» convention process to generate proposals for constitutional change.

As a constitutional change, the bill requires more work to pass than normal legislation: Changes must be ratified by two consecutively elected Legislatures and then by voters in the next general election (for example, casino gaming was approved by that process in 2013).

The cross-party commitment to introduce legislation to achieve further devolution in Scotland and the establishment of the Smith Commission to inform that process show that constitutional change can be achieved — and can be achieved quickly — when the political will exists.

Successful single constitutional amendments include expanding casino gambling and changing the redistricting process to draw legislative districts.

The state legislature has also put forth a constitutional amendment to change the redistricting process in 10 years so an independent commission would draw the lines instead of lawmakers.

Moreover, this strict amendment process has not excessively impeded constitutional change, as it has allowed for many significant constitutional amendments over the nation's history, including the Bill of Rights and Amendments concerning the income tax, the direct election of senators, the two term presidency, and the right to vote of women and 18 year olds.

The amendment process, however, is not too strict to allow for constitutional change.

Fred LeBrun thinks a constitutional amendment to change the redistricting process is «the only way to go.»

Originalism — the view that we ought to follow the Constitution's original meaning — holds that the constitutional amendment process should be the primary means for constitutional change.

Cuomo to reporters in Rochester insisted he was acting within the purview of the state's constitution and added that Heastie could make a constitutional change if he was so unhappy with the process.

In the end, Cuomo came to a deal with Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats that allowed the Legislature to draw district lines one more time in exchange for a constitutional amendment that will change the process the next time around.

The legislature has released bills outlining a change to the state's constitutional amendment that they say will help prevent the notorious gerrymandering that the legislature is known for and make the process more independent in the future.

Republicans favor a constitutional amendment to change the redistricting process, but Democrats complain that will put off reform another 10 years, avoiding the redrawing of district lines next year.

The good government groups that back a proposed constitutional change to the state's redistricting process plan a voter outreach and education effort in the lead - up to the Nov. 4 election.

I think that the balance of powers in the budget process needs to be changed back to something like that and I believe that the constitutional amendments proposed in A4630 would do a decent job in that regard.

The Smith Commission process, by contrast, bears all the hallmarks of a return to elite - led constitutional change.

Unfortunately, under the so - called reform that the governor extracted as part of the redistricting agreement, the proposed constitutional amendment to change New York's process will do nothing to reform the problem of unequal representation.

The groups argued that New Yorkers should reject the constitutional amendment to change the redistricting process that is up for a vote this November.

Political observers say the ability to tweak district lines is crucial to the Republicans» ability to stay in power, and they have been loath to cede any control over the process — their reform bill, which passed the Senate in March, sets in motion a constitutional change that would not take effect for a decade.

In March, the chamber approved a measure that would start the constitutional process of changing over to an independent system — but that wouldn't take effect until after the 2020 Census.

Citizens Union used the opportunity to push for a legislative deal that would change the redistricting process permanently through a constitutional amendment.

Susan Lerner, Executive Director, of Common Cause / NY, says a constitutional amendment to change the redistricting process in the future is not enough and that real reform must be made to the system this time around.

But instead, setting a pattern for the fate of his reform promises, Cuomo cut a deal: keep this set of lines — which will remain in place for ten years, boosting the G.O.P.'s chance to hold the Senate — in exchange for reducing pensions for new public employees, authorizing casino gambling and this constitutional amendment, which will change the process for 2022.

A proposed constitutional amendment that would have made more wholesale changes to the judicial selection process was rejected by voters last November.

I believe it is time for a thorough study of the processing of cases in courts of first resort to identify the changes we need to make to guarantee our citizens speedy resolutions of their cases while meeting constitutional requirements of due process.

The reviews refer to «T1 day» (3 November 2008) when the new structure came into existence, and that «this is a profound constitutional change, completing the process of embedding the tribunals judiciary in the judicial system».

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.

«To create meaningful and substantive change, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples must shape the process for constitutional recognition, as well as the final proposal put to the Australian public,» Mr Mohamed saiTo create meaningful and substantive change, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples must shape the process for constitutional recognition, as well as the final proposal put to the Australian public,» Mr Mohamed saito the Australian public,» Mr Mohamed said.