Sentences with phrase «constitutional issues rather»

There, dividing lines are now set primarily around constitutional issues rather than left / right.

Not exact matches

Beyond this, it is an open question as to whether this initiative mechanism should be limited only to constitutional issues, or rather become an agenda - setting device for generating a citizens» assembly on any broad political issue where the relevant number of signatures can be collected.

While a number of constitutional issues clearly require attention, much of what currently ails UK (in particular, English) politics are not specifically constitutional in nature, but are rather a symptom of how we practice democratic politics.

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy says he'd rather see the Congress craft a constitutional amendment to overturn recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on campaign finance than have states call a constitutional convention to address the issue.

For political reasons rather than constitutional ones, the political question doctrine is likely to remain a troubling issue while constitutional language will not.

But Eddy County Judge Richard Parsons ruled Feb. 1 that the districts» concerns do not rise to a constitutional issue and should be resolved by state lawmakers rather than by the courts.

I doubt that thinking most Aboriginal issues are about money, rather than constitutional law principles, international law principles, or human rights principles is any kind of insight.

Bzdera set the basic frame twenty years ago when he described the anonymous unanimous judgment as a standard high court device for constitutional questions on federalism issues — but the citations that accompany this bold claim bear on the «unanimous» rather than the «anonymous» aspect.

First, stare decisis is stronger when a court has interpreted a statue, rather than ruling on a constitutional issue.

The defence raised constitutional issues with respect to the warrant to search the home as well as the improper arrest and search of the car and the Crown chose to withdraw all of the charges rather than proceed.

These hearings focussed on the issues raised by Bill S - 4 and the Murray / Austin motion, rather than revisiting the much broader range of Senate reform and related constitutional issues that have been considered, in some cases repeatedly, over the years.

Black read widely after his appointment, transcending his roots as a populist from Alabama, and his absolutist approach to constitutional issues — that is, his willingness to take the Constitution seriously as law rather than as aspiration — is admirable.

«For nine months, Backpage.com has respectfully, and repeatedly, asked the Senate to take the steps necessary to permit Backpage.com to obtain a review of the constitutional issues by judges, rather than by the same political figures who issued the subpoenas