Sentences with phrase «experience as the legislature»

One of Bernardo's singular misjudgments was appointing a retired Army sergeant with no certifiable financial experience as the legislature's financial advisor.

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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.

«It's unclear what rules they will be following, it's unclear how fair that process will be,» said Bharara, who says he's had some experience dealing with the state legislature as a prosecutor.

«Shannon Wong won the most visible election for Orange County legislature this year, and her successful experience as an advocate for women's rights give her the potential to become one of the most effective legislators in the county.

The chart above shows the proportion of politicians in each of these legislatures whohave any experience in business management or financial services.So far into the financial crisis, the economic team of Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling have come out on top as far as the public are concerned.

As senate minority leader since 2007, John was a highly qualified state - government - experienced social moderate and fiscal conservative who was intimately knowledgeable about the inner workings of our state legislature and eminently qualified to get things done.

Having chaired the influential Committee on Codes since the early 1990s, Mr. Lentol has had decades to cement bonds with the veteran lawmakers in the Assembly and could pitch himself as the experienced hand required to guide the legislature through one of the more pivotal sessions in years (rent laws and the mayoral control of city public schools are both set to expire.)

Today, American teachers want to be viewed as professionals, but their experience tells them they need their membership in the union and the clout that they have in the state legislature, even in states that do not allow them to organize.

On Tuesday, the governor offered a snapshot of his upcoming education budget proposal to the legislature, calling for a 5 percent average pay increase for North Carolina teachers as well as one - time, $ 5,000 bonuses for some of the state's most experienced educators.

As teachers expressed frustrations with the changes inflicted on their profession by the legislature — not just low pay, but also cuts to classroom supplies and teacher assistants and the loss of tenure — the UNC system has experienced a 27 percent decline in undergraduate and graduate teaching programs from 2010 to 2014.

We need a person who has walked the walk of being an educator as well as a person with ties to national and international educational agencies and experience working with the legislature.

The legislature had passed a bill that called for the education commissioner to have five years of experience in the classroom, three years as an administrator and a master's degree in an education - related field.

Those based in U.S. state capitals offer a unique knowledge of state legislatures and regulatory agencies, as well as exceptional transactional and litigation experience.

The BC experience raise the obvious problem that it's the police — not the legislature — which is making criminal law policy (as opposed to exercising their discretion on a case - by - case basis).

As a U.S. senator, Carmona can bring his lifetime of experience as a physician and public - health expert to the legislaturAs a U.S. senator, Carmona can bring his lifetime of experience as a physician and public - health expert to the legislaturas a physician and public - health expert to the legislature.