Sentences with phrase «defined by the constitution»

It shall be the duty of this Committee to consider and act upon such affiliation relationships, not defined by the Constitution, as affect the welfare of the Affiliated Societies collectively or in their relations to each other.

In the wake of District Judge John Dietz's ruling that the current system is in violation of the Texas Constitution, the scramble is once again underway to fix the problem politically, while awaiting the inevitable appeal of the decision by the State to the Texas Supreme Court.The primary issues remain those of «equity» and «adequacy», as those are vaguely defined by the Constitution, amplified by the Edgewood vs. Kirby decisions and subsequent legislation.

Not exact matches

The «Father of the Constitution,» the brilliant theorist of the extended republic, became a derivative thinker, a man defined less by his own views than by those of the period's great political antagonists, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.

The republicans (i.e., the reluctant supporters and anti-Federalist opponents of the new Constitution) supported a tradition of political thought that wanted to see government «make of its citizens the best people they are capable of becoming,» to inculcate moral virtue as it was defined by each concrete political community.

This admixture appears based upon the conjunction of revealed religion with the natural law as set in creation by its Creator, at the head of which is the mind of man — law which defines nature's constitution from the physical to the structure of human society, including the general moral precepts by which it must be governed.

In the opening chapter of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, the Church is defined as the «sacrament... of the unity of the whole human race,» that is to say, the sign and instrument by which human beings are united in authentic communion with God and with one another.

It is significant that Vatican II (and also the Uppsala Assembly of the World Council of Churches) defines the church as the sacramental sign of the unity of all humanity, and also speaks of the presence of the Paschal Mystery among all peoples (see Decree on the Church, and the document on the Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World) This approach assumes that in Christianity, acknowledgment of Salvation (understood as the transcendent ultimate destiny of human beings) finds expression and witness in the universal struggle for Humanization (understood as the penultimate human destiny) in world history which is shaped not only by the forces of goodness and life, but also by the forces of evil and death.

Or you could have a world - wide network defined by connections between communities, which are defined by buildings, governed by a complex constitution, rules, and hierarchical structure, where people spend more time, money, and effort maintaining the institution and its holdings, and understanding its rules.

The Indian Constitution devotes an entire part to define non-binding Directive Principles of State Policy likely influenced by the Irish Constitution.

The policies pursued by both President Bush and President Obama represent an overreach of executive power as defined in the Constitution.

I would clarify, though, that most of the details of the working of the Supreme Court are not set by the Constitution — which establishes SCOTUS and broadly defines its role — but by federal statute.

There are certain things that are defined for us by our constitution.

Article 14 (1) Every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of his personal liberty except in the following cases and in accordance with procedure permitted by law; Article 19 (1) A person charged with a criminal offence shall be given a fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court; Article 19 (11) No person shall be convicted of a criminal offence unless the offence is defined and the penalty for it is prescribed in a written law; Article 19 (12) Clause (11) of this article shall not prevent a Superior Court from punishing a person for contempt of itself notwithstanding that the act or omission constitution the contempt is not defined in a written law and the penalty is not so prescribed; and Article 126 (2) The Superior Courts shall be superior courts of record and shall have the power to commit for contempt to themselves and all such powers as were vested in a court of record immediately before the coming into force of this constitution.

And since the state constitution was altered by changing the jurisdiction of the courts vis a vis marriage (by changing marriage as its defined), the whole same - sex marriage law violates the state constitution.

Article IV, Section 4 of the Louisiana Constitution defines the method by which the agriculture commissioner's compensation is set:

In a statement he personally signed titled «Retaining Magu is an Impeachable Offence» Ozekhome said, «It is an impeachable offence for the Acting President to continue to retain Magu in office as Acting Chairman, as it amounts to «gross misconduct» as defined by section 143 of the 1999 Constitution».

By contrast, given the lack of an education clause in the U.S. Constitution, federal courts attempting to define an implicit right to education would need to start from scratch.

Isn't our govenrment defined by the U.S. Constitution and any act to subvert the Constitution is treachery against our government?

The standards are established in the Constitution of Virginia, defined in the Code of Virginia and prescribed by the state Board of Education, subject to revision only by the General Assembly.

Your answer will be ciqrtiued by your ability to: define the difference between a debt system vs a credit system, explain the Preamble to the Constitution, map the parallel of the 1973 oil shock and the 1982 peso devaluation to the present day, tell us why Portugal should follow the example of Iceland, and list the types of firms on which side of the firewall they belong.

According to the Constitution of the Richmond Animal Protection Society, a member of the society is defined by and must comply with these bylaws:

Membership of the World Water Council is open to any organisation with an interest in water issues that accepts the missions and objectives of the World Water Council as defined in its Constitution and By - laws

The second interpretation of Article 53 of the Charter is that the provision aims to define the scope of the Charter and, in particular, the constitutions of the Member States, respectively, by indicating in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter that, where European Union law applies, is that which derives from the Charter.»

It should be noted that the legislature may define the content of notions used in laws, however, the requirement to heed the hierarchy of the legal acts which stems from the Constitution, inter alia, the constitutional principle of a state under the rule of law, implies that the content of the notions used in laws may be defined (inter alia, construed) only by means of a law and not by means of a legal act of lower legal force.

10, of the Constitution to «define and punish... Offenses against the Law of Nations...» of which the law of war is a part, had, by the Articles of War (10 U.S.C. § § 1471 - 1593), recognized the «military commission» appointed by military command, as it had previously existed in United States Army practice, as an appropriate tribunal for the trial and punishment of offenses against the law of war.

It is alleged by the defendant in error in this case that the plea to the jurisdiction was a sufficient plea; that it shows, on inspection of its allegations, confessed by the demurrer, that the plaintiff was not a citizen of the State of Missouri; that, upon this record, it must appear to this court that the case was not within the judicial power of the United States as defined and granted by the Constitution, because it was not a suit by a citizen of one State against a citizen of another State.

The Court held that this action violated the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution because «[t] he elements of, and the defenses to, a federal cause of action are defined by federal law.»

Unlike the advisory - opinion matters that have come up before the Supreme Court, with their unlimited scope for interpretation of the terms of the Constitution and for the reconstruction of, and reflection upon legal principle — opportunities that provided scope for charting novel lines of jurisprudence — the Presidential - election case, though so vital in the progress of the new Constitution, and so momentous in political profile, was a matter the scope of which was well defined by elements of procedure, evidence and probability - evaluation.

The governing documents are the Memorandum and Articles of Association, since the term «constitution» is not a term which is generally used within the UK Companies Act and is not defined generally by the Act.

Any REALTOR ® Member as defined by Article III, Section 1 (C)(1)(ii) of the Constitution delinquent in payment of dues to the Member's primary Board shall be suspended or terminated automatically if their membership in the Member's primary Board is suspended or terminated by that Board for non-payment of dues, fees, fines or other financial obligations.

A REALTOR ® Member as defined by Article III, Section 1 (C)(1)(ii) of the Constitution terminated for non-payment of an amount owed to the Member's primary Board shall not be eligible for reinstatement to membership in the National Association unless such amount shall have been paid to the Board or otherwise satisfied.

The annual dues of each Member Board (State Association) as defined in Article III, Section 1 (B)(2) of the Constitution, shall be the amount established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 1 (A) hereof times the sum of the number of REALTOR ® and REALTOR - ASSOCIATE ® members of the Board whose real estate office is located in a territory within the state which is outside the jurisdiction of any local Board and who are not primary members of any local board and the number of individuals who are licensed with such REALTOR ® members of the Board and who are not themselves REALTOR ®, REALTOR - ASSOCIATE ® or Institute Affiliate members of the Board.

The annual dues payable by International Members as defined in Article III, Section 1 (E) of the Constitution shall be established from time to time by the Board of Directors of the National Association with due consideration to the cost of the membership services provided.