Sentences with phrase «expected in a democracy»

@Relaxed Wouldn't one expect in a democracy (with separation of powers, etc.) that judges enjoy special immunity over «normal» citizens and civil servants.

Not exact matches

The Public Policy Forum, an independent think tank, will release a report on Thursday on «news, democracy and trust in the digital age» that is expected to provide a road map for government to bolster professional journalism as a key component of the political process.

First, as the title of a key chapter puts it, the American example shows that religion can «Make Use of Democratic Instincts» in a manner mutually beneficial to itself and democracy; second, sustainable democracy needs religion, which means we can expect democratic peoples to remain attached to its continuance or at least potentially receptive to its revival (cf. II, 2.17, # s 17 - 20); third, democratic times, because they are enlightened times, tend to be ones of increasing doubts about religion; fourth, the relevant religion for America and Europe, Christianity, will be tugged against and perhaps eroded by powerful and ongoing democratic currents toward liberationist and materialist mores; and fifth, religion's authority in democratic society will always rest upon common opinion.

Under a democracy of desire, the elected officers represent the interests of their constituents, and the voters expect their representatives — whether in the legislative or executive branches — to help them secure what they want.

The manners appropriate for teachers and students in a democracy of worth are neither those of the classical authoritarian school, where it is presupposed that the schoolmaster knows the truth and is expected to inculcate it, nor those of the progressive school, which is built on the principle that truth is by definition what solves human problems.

This breadth of scope is the basis for a program of liberal studies in a pluralistic democracy in which all the citizens are expected to participate.

(IRD, as you might expect from its name, is awfully stubborn in its belief that churches should not promote the enemies of religion and democracy.)

In the early years of their long - running dialogue, Stout might well have expected Hauerwas's Christian virtue ethics to fit well with his own account of democratic virtues, the two value systems cooperating to sustain a secular democracy without yielding to the secularism of Rorty and others.

In a democracy, and under law that applies to all, you can not just expect your own will to be done.

These challenges were done legally and openly, as one might expect in a modern democracy... but the responses were not as one might expect.

He urged all men of good conscience to stand up to fight against dictatorship, election rigging and the plot to subvert democracy in Nigeria, noting that 2019 general elections is close by and Ekiti as well as Osun elections are prelude to what to expect in 2019.

A small city could never expect to become something akin to a mini-state - but if its businesses, civil society and the university were to unite in requesting specific powers, a government accepting «democracy on demand» would be bound to consider granting them.

Considering the huge wave of repression happening in Turkey following the failed coup in summer 2016, and the restriction of civil liberties that goes along with a political climate hostile to democracy, I was expecting its democracy index to drop around ~ 2.0 or 3.0.

The Direct Democracy group - established by Tory parliamentarians Douglas Carswell and Dan Hannan - has welcomed the moves towards «people power» that are widely expected to be announced in today's Queen's Speech:

Conveniently, the Maiden called democracy is expected to take solace under the shed of the two chambers of the National Assembly but that would have only been possible if our men and women in the green and red chambers have not become mere dogs who barks often but rarely bites.

The former President is expected to be decorated with the African Political Leader of the Year Award for his contributions towards deepening and enriching Ghana's democracy and his contributions in Africa.

The fiercest debates about Labour's immediate future should be expected in the area of internal democracy, particularly while the Corbynite left is seeking to reform the process of intra-party decision - making.

In a fully formed democracy, this is the expected outcome.

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That is democracy — and it is what people rightly expect from their politics in the 21st Century.

He promised the biggest shake - up in British democracy for 200 years and the expected referendum on the alternative vote system.

Unlock Democracy is releasing its poll to coincide with the publication of a report by a joint parliamentary committee which is expected to call for a second chamber in which 80 % of members would be elected.

Earlier in his lecture titled, «Civil Society and Governance in Nigeria's Evolving Democracy 1999 - 2018»; Olukotun, lamented that despite the fact that Nigeria had practised democratic rule for almost 19 years, the country had not experienced the expected change.

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Understanding the history behind today's expected, and weighty, vote in Congress on NSA surveillance; the GOP's new «50 - state strategy,» a la Howard Dean's Democratic Party; and more in today's round - up of news about technology in politics from around the web.

«You know in a democracy you can not expect everything to work 100 percent.

It is already evident in UK - wide leadership elections and the forthcoming Democracy Review is expected to boost it still further.

I know that those who carelessly condemn him in public, clandestinely go back to heal wounds knowing what the man represents, his affability, readiness to listen and reluctance to get emotional easily no wonder after years of intense condemnation, Prof Martey openly praised him for his humility and assured him of his constant prayers to succeed.In our bid to get our parties to office, we must also consider the safety of our nation and the cohesion we've enjoyed so far.I don't think the Npp in its current state can manage its internal issues if elected into office let alone manage the nation.Our democracy shouldn't be toyed with in the name of political extremism and unworkable promises.We don't need a leader who will establish himself by intimidation and force, who will choose henchmen around himself, create secret police and abandoned all pretence of consulting the wishes of the masses but will only expect regimented YES from us on all national issues like we seeing in the Npp today.

Today in Lagos, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and eminent Leaders of thought, National political leaders and Pro democracy activist in the country are expected to converge again at the Lagos residence of the late MKO Abiola tagged «Nigerian Democracy Centre» by the Pro democracy community, to pay tributes and lay a wreath of honour in memorial of the martyrdom and supreme sacrifices of Bashorun MKO Abiola for the actualization of the current democracy idemocracy activist in the country are expected to converge again at the Lagos residence of the late MKO Abiola tagged «Nigerian Democracy Centre» by the Pro democracy community, to pay tributes and lay a wreath of honour in memorial of the martyrdom and supreme sacrifices of Bashorun MKO Abiola for the actualization of the current democracy iDemocracy Centre» by the Pro democracy community, to pay tributes and lay a wreath of honour in memorial of the martyrdom and supreme sacrifices of Bashorun MKO Abiola for the actualization of the current democracy idemocracy community, to pay tributes and lay a wreath of honour in memorial of the martyrdom and supreme sacrifices of Bashorun MKO Abiola for the actualization of the current democracy idemocracy in Nigeria

Friends of Democracy and another super PAC called Protect Our Democracy put $ 250,000 each into the 46th Senate race, in support of Tkaczyk, who was not expected to beat Amedore in the newly - drawn district but eventually won a razor - thin recount.

Expect this trend to continue — labeling bills or ballot initiatives have been introduced in 26 states, according to the advocacy group Food Democracy Now!.

Accordingly, we should want and expect our teachers, more than others, to be disposed to think and feel in ways supportive of a democracy.

If we expect students to practice being - and ultimately become - engaged democratic citizens in school and society, we must show them democracy in action.

«She is one of the biggest Republican funders in the whole country and a huge Republican funder in Wisconsin and she explicitly says she expects things in return,» said Wisconsin Democracy Campaign executive director Matt Rothschild, referring to a 1997 column DeVos wrote saying she expects, in return for her financial support of candidates «to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues.»

In fact, Colorado's only statewide graduation requirement is the satisfactory completion of a civics and government course.18 Because all Colorado high schools must teach one year of civics, teachers are expected to cover the origins of democracy, the structure of American government, methods of public participation, a comparison to foreign governments, and the responsibilities of citizenship.

It seems to happen more in democracies where varieties of viewpoints are expected and even welcomed.

The fate of the Paris deal lies largely in the hands of voters in democratic countries, and we can not expect democracies to produce good policy responses to challenges of climate change if voters have a confused understanding of reality.

And where democracy does still function in such a way as to represent their wishes, you can expect Monbiot to say something quite, quite different.

So I challenge you to tell us what you would expect to get from better media coverage of climate science and to support this with evidence that policymaking in a modern democracy works the way you say it does.

It outlines values and expected behaviours of federal public servants in context, including items like «Respect for Democracy».

Shortcuts, such as set out in s. 7 (3)(c) of PIPEDA in the circumstances of this case must be used with great caution, given the notions of freedom and democracy we come to expect in our community.

He said that while he was glad the company is addressing this activity, he expected it to work with Congress on «updating our laws to better protect our democracy in the future.»

«I am glad that Facebook is taking some steps to pinpoint and address this activity, but I also expect Facebook and Mr. Zuckerberg, along with other platform companies, to continue to identify Russian troll activity and to work with Congress on updating our laws to better protect our democracy in the future,» he said in a press release.

«I am glad that Facebook is taking some steps to pinpoint and address this activity, but I also expect Facebook and Mr. Zuckerberg, along with other platform companies, to continue to identify Russian troll activity and to work with Congress on updating our laws to better protect our democracy in the future,»