Sentences with phrase «equal branch»

We are supposed to have three equal branches of government.

During the Democratic majority in the Ulster County Legislature, we worked on protecting the environment, on bringing in green jobs, on keeping costs down, on creating a new form of government with equal branches,» said Rodriguez.

The Legislature needs to be a more unified, equal branch of government.

The Legislature is an equal branch of government.

The commission, created under the Moreland Act by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has subpoena power, but can't directly investigate the Legislature, which is a separate and equal branch of government.

Gregory said expects Bellone to be sensitive to lawmakers» past concerns, «that they feel like almost a prop and feel diminished» rather than an equal branch of government.

«As I've always said many, many times,» he said at a recent news conference, «the Legislature is an equal branch of government and should be respected.»

Flanagan on Wednesday said he's fought similar battles with the governor before on the basics of being an equal branch of government.

But, we must work together to deliver them for the people of New York, and that would be much easier if he would commit to working with the Legislature as an equal branch of government.

Bernardo then proceeded by charter to appoint standing committees of the legislature; Sounds pretty powerful, almost like the legislature was indeed an equal branch of government.

But I firmly believed that our democratic system of government was sufficiently insulated from any real abuse, by our Constitution and by the checks and balances afforded by having three separate but equal branches of government.

Though the term «separation of powers» does not appear anywhere in the text of the United States Constitution, the concept of three separate but equal branches of government is one of the most important ways our government defends the liberties essential to our democracy.

If we have any hope of changing the dynamic in this country, we have to start with basic legal education — an education about what it means to have a constitutional democracy, that is based on three separate, but independent, equal branches of government.»

«Though the term «separation of powers» does not appear anywhere in the text of the United States Constitution,» Bass wrote in the ABA Journal, «the concept of three separate but equal branches of government is one of the most important ways our government defends the liberties essential to our democracy.»

The courts are not just another state commission or board, they represent an equal branch of government, and the judiciary should be heard on this issue.The current LRC listing of the Simpson bill does not contain the wording of these proposed amendments, and we therefore have relied on the Post article regarding the provision of the Simpson bill.