Sentences with phrase «elect legislatures who»

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Ma's approach to the mainland is losing support among Taiwanese voters, who will elect a new president and legislature in mid-January.

By reading the Ninth Amendment as creating a general right to privacy, Black and Stewart suggested, the unelected justices of the Supreme Court had subst - ituted their own subjective notions of justice, liberty, and reasonableness for the wisdom and experience of the elected representatives in the Connecticut state legislature who were responsible for passing the birth control regulation.

Perry has been getting ample good press lately, and below Pete adds two new favorable stories — one of which adds a new wrinkle by showing his formidable talents as a thrice elected, institutionally weak governor who can effectively deal with a largely simpatico Republican legislature.

It is Artie who is most eager for a visitor to meet Uncle Jim Rooney, who after World War I served as one of the youngest men ever elected to the Pennsylvania legislature, and who went on to give away all the money he ever made to people who said they needed it more than he did.

Meng was first elected to represent Flushing in 2008 and re-elected in 2010, taking over the seat held by her father, Jimmy Meng, who in 2004 became the first Asian - American elected to the state legislature.

- Grace Meng, an assemblywoman and the daughter of the first Asian - American elected to the state legislature, who has also been touted as a borough - president candidate

He is a former state assemblyman in New York, who was elected by the state legislature as New York State Comptroller on February 7, 2007.

«One of the most important things the legislature can do in an effort to restore some faith in the system is to pass the proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure elected officials like Sheldon Silver, who abused their office for their own personal benefit, would not receive a public pension,» said Little in a statement.

Reached by phone, he suggested the legislature, which is expected to vote on the pact this month «should insist on a clear, straightforward and transparent understanding from the two elected officials who penned [this] agreement.»

Typically a colony was ruled by a governor appointed from London who controlled the executive administration and relied upon a locally elected legislature to vote taxes and make laws.

Cuomo says the legislature is «very powerful,» and it matters who is elected.

First was Tom Buckel, a newly elected Democrat who returned to the legislature with intent to bring some civility and rigor to the body's discourse.

Most importantly, Ortt said the legislature needs to pass a constitutional amendment stripping pensions from elected officials who commit felonies related to their public office.

Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R - East Meadow) said NIFA was pushing «for unnecessary and burdensome cuts, fees or taxes, none of which are acceptable to this legislature or the county executive - elect,» referring to Democrat Laura Curran, who won the office Tuesday.

Article II, Section 2 of the Alaska Constitution states: A member of the legislature shall be a qualified voter who has been a resident of Alaska for at least three years and of the district from which elected for at least one year, immediately preceding his filing for office.

The chairman, who is elected by the legislature, usually from the majority party, is paid $ 19,500 and elected annually.

Recall the heady days of 2005 - 06, when the Democrats, who hadn't elected a majority in the county legislature in almost 30 years under the Republican - controlled multi-member at - large system in effect since 1967, were touting single - member elections as the end - all and be-all to curing the ills (read, jail debacle) of county government.

With the demographic shift and the need to redraw district lines following the 2010 census, advocates believe they have the opportunity to create a new Latino district with a majority Dominican population, opening the door for a run by State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who has already made history as the first Dominican - American elected to a state legislature.

His first election in partisan politics wound up as a tie against an 18 - year incumbent...»... who was the majority leader of the county legislature and the committeemen - even though it takes place in a very public forum it's actually a party election, and so the committeemen broke the tie, gave it to the incumbent, and I wound up being elected in a write - in election with over 3,000 votes cast, just on a county legislative district, so, you can beat city hall.»

We need to elect leaders into the state legislature who appreciate our value as an institution and are willing to shower us with more state funds.

«It was right before the economy crashed,» recalls Representative Sally Toone, a retired public school teacher in Gooding and former president of the Gooding Education Association, who was elected to the Idaho state legislature in 2016.

It was done without important input from the public and many members of the legislature who were elected by Floridians to serve them.

For example, just two years after signing the compact, then - mayor Karl Dean, who's now running for governor of Tennessee, roamed the halls of the legislature pitching lawmakers on a bill to strip local elected school boards in Memphis and Nashville of our ability to reject charters, which drain resources from existing schools.

said Andrew Weaver, a Canadian climate scientist and lead author of the IPCC's section on climate projections, who was elected in May to British Columbia's provincial legislature as a Green Party member.

This amendment reflects confidence in the collective wisdom of the men and women from diverse backgrounds, and elected by diverse constituencies, who comprise the modern legislatures of two - thirds of the states.

In addition to the institutional or parliamentary purists and those who feared the sort of innovation associated with the American Supreme Court, there were still other premiers who simply felt that duly elected legislatures were better positioned than appointed judges when it came to the matter of protecting individual and community rights.

The legislature we elect this year will be key in determining who controls Congress for the next decade.

With the disparate provincial legislatures being responsible for standards within our industry, it makes one wonder how it is that transitory elected officials (who often come and go as the case may be from election to election) with short - term agendas (aimed at the next election) are the people who set standards for a business environment so critical to the long - term economic well - being of our national society.

At its initial meeting, the members of the commission shall elect a member who is not a member of the legislature to serve as chair and the commission shall adopt its rules of procedure.