Sentences with phrase «executive power used»

As recent cases have shown, the penalties imposed are likely to be severe and there may be little recourse to the courts to challenge the executive power used to implement these international measures.

Not exact matches

If Trump uses his pardon power in either of those cases, it «is incredibly problematic and would aggrandize the executive branch's power» and compromise the judiciary's independence, Ohlin said.

Trump used his executive powers shortly after taking office to greenlight the two pipeline projects that had been blocked by President Barack Obama.

«Solar power is a perfect match for BART's commitment to using cost - effective and clean energy,» said Dr. Shawn Qu, chairman and chief executive officer of Canadian Solar.

Although Warren did not herself use legislation or official congressional power to get Wells Fargo to claw back $ 60 million from executives, her public shaming and the Facebook post that followed fanned the public opinion fires so vigorously that the bank's board had to do something to quell shareholders and an angry public.

Their variables measure how open and competitive the electoral system is and how controlled the executive is in its use of power — not the perfect measure of Hallow's idea, but the best that we have.

On his decision to use executive power to ban bump stocks without Congress's approval: «I would recommend him against that,» Rep. Joe Barton (R - TX) said.

A chief difference was that the former, unlike the latter, were led by chief executives of exceptionally sturdy ego who, in their campaigns to consolidate enough power to make a radical break with their collegiate past, used that power as well to sever any capacity of the church to obstruct their personal sovereignty.

When scientists move in the company of senators, generals, and corporation executives, all the temptations to use power in the service of personal ambition are present, and can easily be disguised behind the pretext that decisions are «purely technical.»

The senator worries that through the use of executive actions and federal agencies, the executive branch has begun to usurp the law - making power that the Constitution invests in the U.S. Congress.

Hundreds of proud citizens wearing forest green, touring all the city «s parks on horseback and all - terrain vehicles, using police powers and good will as part of a giant public relations initiative for the Chicago Park District and its beleaguered chief executive, Jesse Madison.

This seasoned DC - based music executive skillfully used the power of the internet to remind her that her behavior is unacceptable and that ignorance and racism must be dealt with swiftly.

But SERAP in a statement today by its deputy director Timothy Adewale said, «Rather than using their executive and legislative powers to promote good governance and abolish laws granting double emoluments and large severance benefits to former governors, the Abia State government is denigrating the judiciary and displaying contempt for the rule of law.»

Percoco was accused of accepting bribes from COR development executive Steve Aiello and Joseph Gerardi and Peter Galbraith Kelly from Competitive Power Ventures, and using his position in state government and his relationship with the governor to move projects forward.

If this hadn't passed, Cuomo would have used his executive powers of control over the wage board and done it anyway like he did for fast food workers.

The Cuomo camp, which denies anyone connected to Schneiderman ever made such an ask, argues that even if the governor wanted to expand the power of the office he used to hold, he couldn't do so because acting unilaterally through executive order would be illegal.

It pretty much boils down to this: Schneiderman, through intermediaries, reportedly tried to get Cuomo to use his executive power to issue a so - called «blanket referral» that would give the AG subpoena power in corruption cases.

And not just with the Uber fight, but also by using his executive authority to accomplish what the mayor has been harping on but has no real power to deliver, which is raising the minimum wage for some workers to $ 15 an hour.

The governor, perhaps taking a cue from President Obama, has used his executive powers to advance some of the proposals anyway.

Cuomo could use his executive power to help put a stop to the practice.

Rather than the stronger executive powers and assembly scrutiny model that is used in London, most of the deals have agreed that the new metro mayors have to consult the combined authority cabinet on their strategies.

«Governor Cuomo is holding millions of transit riders hostage in his dispute with the Mayor, even after he acknowledged that the subway system is in a state of emergency and promised to fix it,» said Executive Director of the Riders Alliance, Joel Raskin before suggesting that the two politicians use their respective powers to fill the funding gap.

He said he would drive the issue through the campaign season and use whatever powers of executive action that the president has.

A Hicksville manufacturer of power transmission parts and its chief executive are being sued by a former vice president, who alleges he was fired because he complained about abusive behavior by the CEO, including the frequent use of racial epithets against minority employees.

I insist that it is unconstitutional for this Government to use any covert agent for operations against citizens to hide its Gargantuan political corruption like Nerquaye - Tetteh's golden handshake of GH 400,000 when it knows that the Constitution and the laws of Ghana proscribes it from using the executive powers of policing, intelligence and security entrusted to it by the Constitution except in compliance with the existing law.

Supporters of the NDC who believe the sentencing is harsh have mounted pressure on President John Mahama to use his executive powers as enshrined in Article 72 of the constitution to grant the three jailed persons pardon.

Then Theresa May tried to use Brexit to expand her executive power only to see it blow up in her face and return a hung parliament.

Federal prosecutors have amassed about 11 million pieces of evidence, including more than 28,400 pages of emails and images from the phone Kelly used as an executive with Competitive Power Ventures Holdings, LLC, (CPV) the company that is building a natural gas - fired power plant in Oxford and has not been linked to the alleged corrupPower Ventures Holdings, LLC, (CPV) the company that is building a natural gas - fired power plant in Oxford and has not been linked to the alleged corruppower plant in Oxford and has not been linked to the alleged corruption.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to use the evidence at the upcoming trial of Percoco and two executives of the Syracuse firm COR Development, as well as Peter Kelly, a former official at Competitive Power Ventures, which is based in Maryland.

Councilman Williams is hoping that Governor Andrew Cuomo can use his executive powers to deliver on a promise to support continued rent regulation.

At this point the closest plan to legalizing medical marijuana in the state is Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to use executive power to allow doctors to prescribe it in 20 hospitals across the state to patients with certain conditions.

So Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday used his executive power to help expand voter registration.

Percoco, a former top aide to New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, is charged with using his clout in return for more than $ 320,000 in payoffs from a power company executive and two Syracuse developers.

Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause / NY, urged «the Moreland Commission to use the full scope of their investigatory powers to fully examine this situation and recommend policies to end this exploitation.»

Percoco, 49, of South Salem, is charged with taking more than $ 320,000 in payoffs from an energy executive and two Syracuse businessmen, also defendants, for using his clout as Cuomo's right hand man to advance a planned power plant and cut red tape on a state - funded Syracuse project.

«The mayor, since the beginning of his career, has been a steadfast champion in the fight against inequality, and recently the governor has been using his executive power and his pulpit to win real victories,» Working Families Party New York State Director Bill Lipton told the Observer.

The alliance is made possible by DiNapoli's use of the same section of Executive Law that Schneiderman argues would allow Cuomo to expand the attorney general's powers.

Congressional Democrats, disappointed in President Barack Obama's strategy to pursue legislation and not to use his executive power to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians, say the party's leader is ignoring a key problem: Republicans control the House.

Flanagan was careful to not criticize the intent of the regulations itself, but the executive power Cuomo was using to enact the regulations, which was done through the state's human rights law.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone used his State of the County message to tout his proposed $ 1 per 1,000 gallon surcharge on water as «a reasoned, measured approach» to fight nitrogen pollution and also said he would fight against «those who would abuse their power.»

Rather than going into a lengthy catalog of Article 2 powers and the attendant case law that shows an historical accretion of power in the Presidency, along with perhaps the growth of the Executive Department and administrative state (those are easily catalogued, but my college text on the matter ran over 2000 pages), I will turn to the resource modern scholars use, Richard Neustadt's, summarized as

The New York Times: «Cuomo, who should be using his power to make New York City more hospitable to working - class and middle - class families, has instead slipped a little poison into his executive budget that could cripple the city's ambitious efforts to build affordable housing... It's not a stretch to call this sabotage (of de Blasio's agenda).»

Trump is soon expected to seek sharp changes in U.S. immigration policy by using his executive power, echoing the politically contentious approach taken by former President Barack Obama.

If congress chooses to use it, it has the upper hand in the legislative / executive balance of power.

Republican lawmakers have been critical of Gov. Andrew Cuomo for raising the minimum wage through his executive power, including the use of a wage board within the Department of Labor to increase the wage to $ 15 over the next several years for fast - food workers.

The case to be heard starting Monda is fairly simple at its heart: Was Percoco rewarded financially for using the power of his job to help executives who bribed him?

A founder member of the NDC himself, Mr Amidu had as recent as Monday, November 21 raised suspicion that President John Dramani Mahama will use his executive powers to get Mr Woyome dodge his examination.

The elder Skelos was accused of using the power of his office to steer money — through no - show jobs — to his son, Adam, at companies whose executives testified that they hired him for fear of alienating the senator.

Cuomo did not seem bothered by the fact that a Moreland Act commission had never before been used to investigate the Legislature as an institution, and scholars suggested doing so would likely be challenged for breaching the separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches.

Past governors have used the power of executive order to enact federal mandates.