Not exact matches
The Wells Fargo
vote will be the first proposal on proxy access to come
before shareholders this year, according to Ted Allen, governance
counsel at proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), and it will be worth watching how it plays out.
Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first
before the Nov 4 general election and twice
before the Dec 15
vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal
Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».
The Schroon Town Board
voted 4 - 1 on Monday, May 1 to obtain
counsel before moving forward on the proposed Stewart's Shops expansion project.
One last surprise: These opinions are fully consistent with Justice Kennedy's
vote in Padilla v. Kentucky, recognizing that ineffective assistance of
counsel protects a noncitizen defendant's right to accurate information about deportation
before he pleads guilty.
(Perhaps they each should have sought «independent»
counsel,
before voting?