Sentences with phrase «decision of the legislature»

In contrast, decisions of legislatures and executive officials can be reversed by majority vote — a much easier process, notwithstanding inertia and entrenched political interests.

This article discusses the decision of the legislature, who chose to ignore ethics reform before the end of their session.

If the Presidency failed to remove Magu, the Senate said it had resolved to suspend all confirmation requests from the executive until decisions of the legislature were adhered to.

The majority's decision explicitly (and refreshingly) recognized that the constitution's text is the primary source of its meaning, while also explicitly recognizing that courts are not to review the decisions of legislatures for their wisdom.

Not exact matches

Again, the court's errors in such cases are difficult to correct, whereas leaving decisions to various legislatures allows for varying solutions and ongoing debate: states can serve as «laboratories of experiment,» in the words of Justice Louis Brandeis.

It was the announcement by Mukherji and D' Sousa that the Christian Community had decided to forgo special communal representation in the legislature and other communal safeguards so that there would not be political exploitation of increase of numbers through conversion that there was a spontaneous decision in the Constituent Assembly to include propagation of religion as a fundamental human right of the citizen.

That seems likely to remain the case in the immediate future, even though the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision permits state legislatures to enact some modest regulation of abortion practice.

Most importantly, church assemblies should reclaim their role as representative assemblies chosen to deliberate thoughtfully on significant matters of Christian faith and life, rather than continuing to act as legislatures that reduce everything to stark alternatives and then make hurried decisions by forced choice majority voting.

On the LGBT front, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce's decision to oppose any religious liberty expansion bills in that state's legislature is far more important to the future of Republican politics than Thom Tillis or Joni Ernst.

Yet the attempts made to nullify the Supreme Court decision even at the cost of eliminating the public schools and passing acts of open defiance in state legislatures, to say nothing of rioting and violence and the nonviolent but intimidating acts of white citizens» councils, indicate how long a road there is yet to travel.

He criticized the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, and in 1956, at the invitation of the governor, he addressed a joint session of South Carolina's legislature to support the concept of separate but equal for churches as well as for the public schools of the land.

I wondered if this was a swipe at direct entry midwives for trying to use the legislature to make decisions that are properly left to the Department of Public Health.

There are treaties and treatises out there that inform efforts to articulate what constitutes international law, but there is no world legislature out there, and there is no court with the power to issue decisions to any country in the world that will be observed without the use of military force on a wide array of issues.

A given member of the U.S. House of Representatives or of the legislature of a state represents (in theory) only the people of their own district, giving the people of that district influence in federal or state - level decision making.

For example, a bill introduced into the legislature in September 2014 proposing state compensation for Russian citizens «unjustly» affected by the decisions of foreign courts was, although formally sponsored by Duma deputy Vladimir Ponevezhskii, actually drafted by lawyers from the State Legal Directorate — a unit within the Presidential Administration.

«The next attorney general will be decided by the state legislature, and I await their decision,» James said to members of the news media earlier Tuesday.

The Loophole was created in 1996 by a Board of Elections (BOE) decision, which wrongly classified LLCs as individuals, undermining the campaign finance laws previously passed by the legislature.

There are a number of bills introduced in the New York State legislature, including by Independent Democrats in the Senate, that could mitigate the impact of a Supreme Court decision in favor of Janus.

After last week's decision by a Manhattan judge calling the city's flu vaccine requirement «invalid and unlawful» — because the Health Department initiative had not been voted on by the state legislature — Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz introduced legislation Monday to add the flu to the list of illnesses children attending state - licensed facilities are required to receive.

Opponents who sued, who included residents and employees of the facility, challenged the legislature's decision claiming lawmakers violated the provisions of the county charter, which says a two - thirds vote is needed.

The decision was signed by Chairman Owen Smith, one of only three members remaining on the Ethics Board since the county legislature revised the county ethics code in July.

Central New York lawmakers are celebrating the state legislature's decision to shift payment of indigent legal services from the counties to the state.

The decision by the board, which was created by Cuomo and the legislature, means the pro-business Committee to Save New York, which helps promote the governor's agenda through millions of dollars in TV ads, will not have to make public the names of their contributors.

Cahill says he's also like to do more to combat public corruption, and he criticizes the current Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, for not speaking out against a decision by Governor Cuomo and the legislature to end a Moreland Commission probe of corruption.

Cuomo has said he expects the the legislature could make a decision on fracking within a couple of months of the reports» release.

Kicking the decision over to a commission looks to have a healthy track record of delivering: a 2014 study by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) found that every state legislature that saw a pay raise during the preceding 12 months had done so without a vote; the states that saw the largest hikes, Hawaii and California, each did it by passing the task to a commission.

«The Maryland legislature should have enough respect for the voters and enough respect for the gravity of this decision to allow the voters to be heard.»

Therefore if the legislature wishes to override the decision of the Supreme Court, they must either edit or add a constitutional amendment.

In the court's majority opinion, Kagan described the two - part analysis utilized by the high court when plaintiffs allege racial gerrymandering as follows: «First, the plaintiff must prove that «race was the predominant factor motivating the legislature's decision to place a significant number of voters within or without a particular district.»

«Unless we apply the break and uphold the rule of law and democratic conventions and practices in all ramifications, our greatest losses, moving forward, will not be economic recession, lack of critical infrastructure, among others, but an irredeemably deteriorated civilian rule where the decisions of the courts, letters and spirit of the law, resolutions of the legislature, electoral choices of Nigerians as expressed through the ballot no longer count.»

«That this House notes the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in Hirst v the United Kingdom in which it held that there had been no substantive debate by members of the legislature on the continued justification for maintaining a general restriction on the right of prisoners to vote; acknowledges the treaty obligations of the UK; is of the opinion that legislative decisions of this nature should be a matter for democratically - elected lawmakers; and supports the current situation in which no prisoner is able to vote except those imprisoned for contempt, default or on remand.»

Sharkey, a Democrat from Hamden and one of the legislature's most powerful lawmakers, cited a proposal to raise the data - processing tax as an example of short - sighted budgeting decisions that are often made in the final, hectic days of the session.

We're talking about approximately an additional $ 60,000 - and the legislature has already approved, in the past through the bond resolution, more money to be spent than we're spending right now, so I'm hopeful that we move forward so we make a sound, wise decision on the future of the convention center.»

We urge Gov. Cuomo to follow the legislature's decisive June decision on this issue and answer the loud calls from New Yorkers of every background by signing this important legislation and scraping this archaic law from the books forever,» the statement read.

So, when they make a decision to cut over a $ 1 billion in funding from subway signal fixes and new trains to put it into beautification of subway stations, including two in my own area of Western Queens, that is not the legislature,» Gianaris said.

«The fact that he's looking to charge the legislature, the body tasked with making this decision, really is something out of a dictorial regime masquerading as a democratic government,» Lorigo said.

Skelos, who was kicked out of the state legislature when the jury announced its decision, was charged with using his political power to help his son, who was not at work to make friends — or do work — keep various high - paying jobs.

That decision prompted intense criticism from Democratic and Republican leaders in the state legislature, who said pay raises should be considered on their own terms instead of tied to other issues.

His decision now — whether to honor his pledge and veto the gerrymandered map or whether to allow the legislature to get away with a self - serving map — is a key test of his leadership.

Catalano's point, apparently lost on his fellow Republicans, was that the legislature, not the executive, was charged by charter with making policy decisions and that they shouldn't be doing it as part of the budget process.

At that time, the Labor Federation's Executive Board was granted authority to decide on endorsements after the special session of the legislature concluded, and when the Board could make an informed decision based upon the entire 2008 Legislative Session.

When the County Executive, Comptroller, County Clerk, Sheriff, District Attorney, or a department head, needs legislative approval for some action which is required for the proper functioning of county government, be it the approval of the annual budget or the change in the title of a county job, a letter is sent to the legislature, often accompanied by additional information which can be used by the legislators in making a decision on the matter.

Others are upset that the legislature did not approve ethics reform and are not convinced by the governor's proposal because of the involvement of nine associates of the governor involved in bribery and bid - rigging scandals and the governor's decision to disband the Moreland Commission.

I also hope that he remembers the importance of protecting the core functions of government, and that he avoids making decisions out of spite if he wants to gain support for his proposals in the legislature.»

Further clouding our budget concerns is the county legislature's recent decision to join a lawsuit to stop the closure of the nursing home — even though the legislature approved the closure in the budget, and then took the expected savings to fund its discretionary spending.

The only personal politics in evidence is Kevin Cahill picking at Mike Hein again... and Cahill getting into the middle of decisions already made by the elected county legislature and county executive.

The Secretary of State did not appeal the 2011 decision, but the Ohio legislature intervened in the case and appealed to the 6th Circuit.

Given the fundamental constitutional conflict involved, this judicial decision will probably be in and out of the courts and legislature for some time.

While the court's 7 - to - 2 decision to invalidate the system was widely expected across Texas in recent weeks, the justices surprised observers by voting 5 to 4 to allow the legislature to wait until next year's regular session to come up with another solution to the problem of funding disparities between rich and poor school districts.

But the Republican governor, who is prohibited by law from running for a third term, also asked the legislature to concentrate on issues other than just school facilities — a topic that has dominated the legislature since a 2002 Arkansas Supreme Court decision ordered the state to improve student achievement and the conditions of schools.