Sentences with phrase «democratic rights of the citizens»

«The two, white suburban legislators, they propose that the white county executive appoint a commissioner who will have parallel authority to the democratically elected school board, and in my book, that's an attack on the democratic rights of the citizens of Milwaukee, the majority of whom are black and brown,» Peterson says.

Not exact matches

As a federal court stated in a 2011 decision upholding the foreign national prohibition statute and regulation — a decision affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court: «It is fundamental to the definition of our national political community that foreign citizens do not have a constitutional right to participate in, and thus may be excluded from, activities of democratic self - government.»

Thus, the constitution must also stipulate the right of all individuals or citizens to be participants in the democratic discourse.

Indeed, religious freedom may be understood as the inclusive constitutional right of democratic citizens, in the sense that all other constitutional rights are conditions of it.

Nevertheless, even a democratic regime may compromise its legitimacy and forfeit its right to the allegiance of its citizens.

Within twenty - five years of Israel's 1948 declaration of independence, and despite unending security threats and the formidable task of integrating a variety of minority populations, Zionism had created a bustling democratic and Jewish state pledged to the protection of the rights of all of its citizens.

The series leaves it to the viewer to decide whether «the religious right» is a frightening invasion of the aliens or an instance of citizens seeking redress of just grievances and, along the way, rejuvenating the American democratic experiment.

Maritain is equally far from asserting that Christians brought modern democratic institutions into existence: «It was not given to believers in Catholic dogma but to rationalists to proclaim in France the rights of man and of the citizen, to Puritans to strike the last blow at slavery in America.»

We are unable to reconcile our claim of a free democratic state in which the rights of citizens are paramount with such excessive censure of the right to free expression.

And indeed, it is right to claim that to a considerable extent the democratic rights and liberties of citizens have been subordinated to the interests of political and financial elites.

All my responses are on my website, martinamidu.com or Martin Amidu Speaks, some of which are under the headings: «Why Martin Amidu Is Not Using Government Or Party Channels For His Advocacy For Accountability And Transparency» dated 29th May 2012; «Fighting Graft And Corruption Under The National Democratic Governments Of Ghana» dated 3rdNovember 2013; On Galloppers, Settlements And The Hallowed Traditions Of The Office Of The Attorney General» dated 10th July 2012; and «Defending Citizens» Rights And Freedoms From Unconstitutional Conduct By Government And Its Unlawful Covert Agent» dated 11th November 2015: and many otherof which are under the headings: «Why Martin Amidu Is Not Using Government Or Party Channels For His Advocacy For Accountability And Transparency» dated 29th May 2012; «Fighting Graft And Corruption Under The National Democratic Governments Of Ghana» dated 3rdNovember 2013; On Galloppers, Settlements And The Hallowed Traditions Of The Office Of The Attorney General» dated 10th July 2012; and «Defending Citizens» Rights And Freedoms From Unconstitutional Conduct By Government And Its Unlawful Covert Agent» dated 11th November 2015: and many otherOf Ghana» dated 3rdNovember 2013; On Galloppers, Settlements And The Hallowed Traditions Of The Office Of The Attorney General» dated 10th July 2012; and «Defending Citizens» Rights And Freedoms From Unconstitutional Conduct By Government And Its Unlawful Covert Agent» dated 11th November 2015: and many otherOf The Office Of The Attorney General» dated 10th July 2012; and «Defending Citizens» Rights And Freedoms From Unconstitutional Conduct By Government And Its Unlawful Covert Agent» dated 11th November 2015: and many otherOf The Attorney General» dated 10th July 2012; and «Defending Citizens» Rights And Freedoms From Unconstitutional Conduct By Government And Its Unlawful Covert Agent» dated 11th November 2015: and many others.

In implementing this democratic policy, we must look at the universality of our rights as citizens.

Ologbondiyan said Buhari's administration had destroyed the nation's democratic order and eroded constitutionally - guaranteed rights of citizens, while foisting a siege mentality on the people.

Citizens have the right to be part of their democratic institutions, not just spectators or visitors.

Unlike the UKIP demand for a federal UK based on Little England as a fortress outside the European Union, Greens and progressives should seize this historic moment to argue for a new constitutional and democratic compact, with electoral reform, including proportional representation for both houses of parliament, greater participatory democracy in the regions, and a written constitution with a citizens bill of rights.

The first primaries in the history of Russia were held in May 2000 in St. Petersburg, the local branches of the parties Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces, who before the Gubernatorial election offered citizens to choose a single candidate from the democratic opposition.

In this realization, advancing global citizen's movement to shepherd the transition to a sustainable, equitable, and democratic future, one in which ethics is both a right and a responsibility — at the level of the individual, the community and the planet has become more important than ever.

The truth about these crimes needs to be provided for the protection of victims of those crimes but also people and society (national and international) in general: the identity formation taking place in schools touches upon individual and collective (national) identities at the same time, the objectives of education under international human rights law demand putting a student, an individual, in the centre of the learning process to fully develop his personality and at the same time take into account the demands of democratic society in state and in the world — the world in which a person needs to manage and which needs good peaceful citizens.

In addition to well - accepted traits like respect for law and for the rights of others, Macedo writes expansively about «tolerance, mutual respect, and active cooperation among fellow citizens,» readiness to «think critically about public affairs and participate actively in the democratic process,» and commitment to «the supreme political authority of principles that we can publicly justify along with all our reasonable fellow citizens.»

Denying these citizens» right to elect local school boards through state takeovers or mayoral control should sound the same alarm as denying them the vote because the impact of the action minimizes their democratic voice and vote.

That said, the fact that Connecticut's Democratic leadership, including Governor Malloy and Lt. Governor Wyman, either supported or remained silent as Mayor Finch and the «education reformers» worked to remove the fundamental right of Bridgeport's citizens to choose members of their Board of Education is a sad and disgusting reminder that for some, principles and values are a thing of the past — fallen by the wayside — in the face of political expediency.

Political changes in the Western world drove many democratic countries to a constant «state of emergency», which lead to an erosion of citizens» and institutions» rights.

The right to buy and own property and for a rule of law to treat all citizens equally are the hallmarks of a civilized, democratic society no matter what it is called.

To interpret Rottmann to trump this would require a judgment even more grandiose than Van Gend or Costa, something in which the Court pronounced that the present state of integration was such that the removal of their fundamental status and rights from a group of Union citizens could only be permitted if the national constitutional process leading to it was itself sufficiently democratic to comply with the requirements of EU law.

It presages a law captured by the rhetoric of the right to freedom of expression without due regard to the value underlying the particular exercise of that right; a law in which, under the guise of the right to freedom of expression, the «right» to offend can be exercised without responsibility or restraint providing it does not cause a disruption or disturbance in the nature of public disorder; a law in which an impoverished amoral concept of «public order» is judicially ordained; a law in which the right to freedom of expression trumps — or tramples upon — other rights and values which are the vital rights and properties of a free and democratic society; a law to which any number of vulnerable individuals and minorities may be exposed to uncivil, and even odious, ethnic, sexist, homophobic, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, and anti-Islamic taunts providing no public disorder results; a law in which good and decent people can be used as fodder to promote a cause or promote an action for which they are not responsible and over which they have no direct control; a law which demeans the dignity of the persons adversely affected by those asserting their right to freedom of expression in a disorderly or offensive manner; a law in which the mores or standards of society are set without regard to the reasonable expectations of citizens in a free and democratic society; and a law marked by a lack of empathy by the sensibilities, feelings and emotional frailties of people who can be deeply and genuinely affronted by language and behaviour that is beyond the pale in a civil and civilised society.

The Court continued that the right of petition as set out in the treaties is a fundamental right which is to be exercised under the conditions laid down in Article 227 TFEU and which constitutes an instrument of citizen participation in the democratic life of the European Union.

However, following last week's surprising Commission response to the judgment, the annulment of the Commission's decision to refuse registration of the Minority Safepak ECI could yet be a landmark decision in defending EU citizens» rights of democratic participation and direct democracy in the EU.

Prior to this decision there was an assumption that Parliament already had the power to unilaterally change our electorate model, as long as the system maintained relative parity of voting power, played a meaningful role in the democratic process, and promoted the right of each citizen to participate in the electoral process.

The Quebec Ombudsman is entrusted by the National Assembly with supervising the administration of government, protecting rights and strengthening the rule of law and the democratic values that underpin relations between the government and its citizens.

If citizens are to be able to exercise their democratic rights they must be in a position to follow in detail the decision - making process within the institutions taking part in the legislative procedures and to have access to all relevant information... Thus, the expression of public opinion in relation to a particular provisional legislative proposal or agreement agreed in the course of a trilogue and reflected in the fourth column of a trilogue table forms an integral part of the exercise of EU citizens» democratic rights, particularly since... such agreements are generally subsequently adopted without substantial amendment by the co-legislators.