Sentences with phrase «elected legislative body»

Alternative account: The Supreme Court affirmed that the Scottish Parliament is subject to judicial review, subject to such considerations, including considerations of deference on institutional and democratic grounds, as are fitting in respect of an elected legislative body.

Obviously, in each case the Court deferred to the decisions of democratically elected legislative bodies.

Not exact matches

The lines were proposed by the state Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, a body comprised of elected officials and members of the public selected by elected officials.

Larry Seabrook of the Bronx used to brag (dubiously) about being the first African - American to be elected to three different legislative bodies, though when you consider that the three districts he represented were all similarly - sized subsets of the same group of impoverished neighborhoods, his accomplishment becomes slightly less impressive than, say, Obama's.

«Elect people to the legislative body that do support it,» Cuomo said.

But it was a tide shift for the legislative body — a clear message from newly elected lawmakers that they won't be a rubber stamp for Mahoney's administration.

The chief place where parliamentary systems win out over the separately elected executive branch (at least in terms of preventing a government shutdown) is that the government (i.e. executive) is chosen by the legislative body.

Dean Skelos» arrest marks the second major indictment of a leader of a legislative body following the case against Silver in January for using his powers as an elected official to elicit millions «in bribes and kickbacks» that he masked as legitimate income.

While that may change in 2006 and for a considerable stretch in the future, Ohio is one of a handful of states in the Union with no statewide elected Democrats, without a majority of Democratic Congressional members and without control of either State Legislative body (and for a full decade).

Low percentages of female electeds within the New York City Council reflects a national trend of systemic underrepresentation within legislative bodies.

It would have a legislative body of 33 members and a single elected executive.

Consensus also recommended that a chief executive be elected by voters within the county to run the proposed city - county legislative body.

A legislative task force recently proposed a complicated system for retaining the board as an elected body while also...

ARSA provides a unified voice for rural schools and districts to local school boards, legislative bodies, and elected public officials.

Various legislative proposals were introduced with the intent of eliminating the duly elected State Board of Education and replacing it with a Governor - appointed body.

To provide a unified voice to all citizenry, local boards of education, elected public officials, and legislative bodies that have an impact on Arizona's rural schools.

The legislative process of the EU may be generally simplified in this way: the European Commission, i.e. a body of supposedly independent experts appointed by the European Council (see, the 28, soon 27, heads of State or government of its Member States) and approved by the European Parliament (the only institutions directly elected by EU citizens), has the initiative to table legislation.