Sentences with phrase «decision on the controversial issue»

Cox said Cuomo continues to shift the responsibility when it comes to making decisions on controversial issues, such as hyrdofracking.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid emerged from the meeting to say that while a consensus among Democrats is forming, he does not expect a decision on the controversial issue today.

Not exact matches

The decision to use cloth or disposable diapers is a controversial one, owing to issues ranging from convenience, health, cost, and their effect on the environment.

The Southampton Town planning board is expected to issue a decision by Thursday on «Today» show host Matt Lauer's controversial proposal to plant dozens of trees and shrubs at his Water Mill horse farm.

No doubt, there should be a thorough parliamentary debate on the issue, but instead of forcing a decision in this parliament, which could well be as controversial and divisive as the ill - fated referendum, I strongly agree with Nick Clegg that by far the best and most dignified way out of the current mess would be to ask the people in the proper constitutional way by calling an snap general election:

Another possible controversial issue for those annoyed by mobile phone use on trains is the decision, announced by Eurotunnel in March 2012, to install a mobile telephone service in the Channel Tunnel for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The president's decision to break his silence last Friday on the mosque proposed for construction near Ground Zero raised the volume on an already controversial issue, catapulting it into the political stratosphere and becoming an issue in races all over New York and the nation — even after (or maybe because?)

Scottsdale, Arizona (CNN)- Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney said he wished the Supreme Court had given Arizona «more latitude» in its ruling on the state's controversial immigration law, saying the high court's decision undermined states» rights on the hotly - debated issue.

In a rare show of unity on a controversial issue, leaders of both the State Senate and Assembly last week advocated a two - year moratorium that would decouple Common Core - aligned test scores with teacher evaluations and student - placement decisions.

The Court closed its most recent term last spring by handing down a trio of controversial decisions on church - state issues.

She would go on to issue a number of controversial decisions, including several death penalty cases, and continued in her entrenched, pro-prosecutor stance.

But the sensitive issue of using intelligence as evidence in court has not only caused severe judicial headache in Luxembourg: On 21 March, the UK Supreme Court took the highly controversial decision and went into secret session for the first time ever to hear sensitive intelligence about Bank Mellat of Iran.

What participants found most controversial about the decision was not the court's 5:4 split on the compensation issue, but rather the court's unanimity on the inappropriateness — and henceforth, presumably, inability — of courts to appoint amicus curiae to act as de facto defence counsel.

OTTAWA — In a unanimous decision Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada stuck to its guns on a controversial ruling it issued last year that set strict timelines for criminal trials.

Read about recognition in Colombia of an arbitral award rendered abroad, which remains controversial, and the most significant Colombia Supreme Court decisions on the issue.