Sentences with phrase «for changes to the constitution»

ALEC has cheered on the idea of a «Con Con» for years, passing multiple resolutions calling for changes to the constitution, hosting workshops and handbooks and even draft resolutions laying out proposed rules of procedure.

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(CNN)- Pope Benedict XVI is considering changing the Vatican constitution to allow a vote for his successor to begin before March 15, Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Wednesday.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide has highlighted that a change in constitution to make Nepal solely a Hindu state could pave the way for more persecution against Christians and other minorities in the country, and said it advocated a new wording which enshrines religious freedom.

If any members of the Church including also individual bishops were to demand that the Church should alter her constitution in a way contradicting her dogmatically defined self - understanding, such movement in favour of change would actually no longer take place within the Church but outside, for those demanding such a change could no longer belong to the Church in the full sense of a visible society.

So the Supreme Court, when it practices judicial activism, undercuts democratic participation not only by substituting its own assertoric judgment for democratic deliberation, or by ignoring the plain letter of the constitution in favor of its own political inclinations, but also by understanding itself as a council of philosopher kings (versus really good lawyers) prudentially adjusting the fundamental nature of American democracy to fit the ever changing historical horizon that provides the context for its expression.

If this were not the case, then these units of consciousness would change, for added to the constitution of the drop taken from the other objects of knowledge there would have to be the knowledge of itself as distinguished from the knowledge of its objects.

Until the constitution changes, the USA was for the last 200 + years free to worship ANY religion or lack of they chose.

It would never vote for any radical amendment of the World Council of Churches Constitution nor would it be prepared to accept any change in the World Council of Churches ecclesiology as declared in the well - known Toronto Statement.

The six decades during which she has straddled the roles both of head of state and of Supreme Governor of the Church of England have witnessed such societal change that it is almost as if her detractors are waiting patiently for her to leave the stage, before redeveloping the constitution over which the Queen presides.

The ordinary man is more ignorant about science than is the philosopher, for the latter knows that changes are to be attributed to the «particular constitution of its [a body's] primary qualities» (E-I 179).

This profound change from our previous order of government is often hidden by political and judicial rhetoric that gives honor to and even cites the written Constitution; yet, in contemporary theory and in practice, the document is really an authoritative occasion for, rather than a norm of, judicial interpretation.

Once the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on a matter of U.S. Constitutional law, the only ways to change it are either for the Supreme Court to overturn their decision in a later ruling on a different case or for the U.S. Constitution to be amended, according to the process set out in Article V.

For minority lawmakers, especially in the Democratic - dominated Assembly, a change in the state constitution, or a complete overhaul of the document, could lead to more equity in how things get done at the Capitol.

We say all this to remind ourselves, and to alert the generations that follow us, that this, our current British Constitution, endorsed by us, the peoples of the United Kingdom, in 2019, belongs to a long, changing history that goes back via the introduction of votes for all, the Bill of Rights of 1689, the Charter of the Forests and the Magna Carta, to the Norman Conquest of 1066 and its Doomsday Book.

In particular, the constitution had to be changed (Article 23f) for Austria to be able to participate in the EU's common security and defense policy.

State Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins is the latest state leader opposing a push for a convention to make changes to the state constitution.

For better or worse, Great Britain has often preferred to «muddle through» quite remarkable changes in its governing structure without the full - scale reconsideration of some of its own foundational presuppositions, the most important one of which, of course, is the sovereignty of the singular Westminster Parliament and the ability to maintain the proposition that the United Kingdom has no need for a canonical written constitutiFor better or worse, Great Britain has often preferred to «muddle through» quite remarkable changes in its governing structure without the full - scale reconsideration of some of its own foundational presuppositions, the most important one of which, of course, is the sovereignty of the singular Westminster Parliament and the ability to maintain the proposition that the United Kingdom has no need for a canonical written constitutifor a canonical written constitution.

At this point, there was a significant push to enshrine the office as a two term limit for the sake of changing status quo and in 1951 they drafted an amendment to the constitution doing just that (Though it allowed the incumbent FDR and VP Truman to be exempt from this law until they were voted out, though this did not happen.

To change that would require whatever that particular constitution mandates for amendment.

The key point is that this is an attempt to change the constitution piecemeal, by legislating for a small part of it.

But in order for the new casinos to be built, the state's constitution has to be amended, and voters have to approve the change.

He's signed into law a plan build casinos upstate, but the public must approve a change in the state's constitution in order for it to move forward.

By the same token, the evidence of a national will to bring in proportional representation is one thing — but it will be more willingly accepted, especially by a Conservative government that shows little appetite for reform, if this change to the British Constitution comes through evolution rather than revolution.

16th April 2017: Conservative Home: John Strafford: My proposal to change the party's constitution for the better

And of course the worst aspect of Lisbon is that it obviates the need for future treaties, since it gives the EU authority to change its own constitution.

The State Constitution is the bedrock for the legal protections and rights that the State provides, and conducting a convention would allow for haphazard changes which could potentially alter working conditions, access to education, and retirement security for New York State citizens.

The governor also said he would push for a change to the state constitution that would deprive a convicted public official of a pension, end the use of campaign funds for personal use and curtail legislative «per diem» payments to cover only actual expenses.

Update: Senate GOP officials point out the state's Constitution (Article III to be precise) provides the legal basis for changing the size of the Senate, based on population.

As for the pension forfeiture bill, Speaker Heastie says lawmakers actually have until the end of 2016 before they have to finalize the first step to change the state's constitution, so he says there's plenty of time to agree on a new bill.

The Charter Revision Commission, the panel appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to consider changes to the city constitution, plans to take a serious look at a proposal that would eliminate the need for voters to make a second trip to the polls for runoff elections.

Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey is taking the head of the Bronx Republican party to task for joining a coalition of more than 100 groups opposing a convention to make changes to the state constitution.

They then said: «We are therefore declaring that, in line with the provisions of Nigerian constitution, we the people of Kwara Central under the Kwara Must Change platform have decided to commence the process of recall against the Senate President to pave way for a more responsible senator that will represent us well, so we can begin to get better results from Nigeria.»

Originalism — the view that we ought to follow the Constitution's original meaning — holds that the constitutional amendment process should be the primary means for constitutional change.

But unlike previous proposals to change to the state's constitution, a lot more money is on the line this time around with the casino referendum, and its passage means the opening of a lucrative market for the gambling industry.

The «2/3 vote» does look like the kind of thing you'd see in an entrenched law (see, for example, amendments to the US Constitution), but in this case the 2/3 requirement has nothing to do with changing laws — it's to do with the House of Commons triggering a procedure under the law.

Under the deal's terms, Kabila would stay in power for a year, but the constitution can not be changed to let him run again.

The bill uses the power given to each state by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution to change how they award their electoral votes for president.

While campaigning in 2010, he said he favored a convention «to rewrite the Constitution» and make changes to «clean up Albany» immediately «because we can not wait any longer for the state legislature to act.»

The Bennite CLPD has spent 40 years arguing for changes to be made to the party's constitution, and Corbyn made clear he wanted to use his position to pursue some of its longstanding aims.

So, rather than embark on another endless agitation for change of constitution, we should fight corruption to a standstill.

Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders have talked about changing the state's constitution to create a non partisan process for the 2022 redrawing of the lines, but no agreement has yet been reached.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

In 2010, the incoming Coalition government implemented at least some of the proposed procedural reforms — sufficient to enable Nat Le Roux from the Constitution Society, writing for Democratic Audit, to judge that they had played a significant part in changing the relationship between government and Parliament.

He said the 1967 convention produced unrelated proposals for changes to the state constitutions, including one that would eliminate a ban on direct or indirect state aid to religious schools.

Power in Stack Exchange is not held by its users, but delegated to them by the owners of the SE network - for example, the users are afforded no formal mechanism by which to change the «constitution» or rules by which SE sites operate, or to decide, for example, to open source the code on which the sites run.

«And when we see Senator Alesi and Senaor Robach supporting that change, they should answer to the people of Rochester for why they're denying Bob Duffy the power that the Constitution grants him.»

For example, the constitution could be amended to require the Governor to submit changes in permanent law in non appropriation budget bills.

The party has changed its constitution to ban the unauthorised use of its logo and, in new «rules for online communication», Ukip's chairman, Steve Crowther, has warned those tempted to join Twitter: «My advice: just don't.»

It would also amend the state constitution to require lawmakers convicted of corruption charges to surrender their pensions, make changes to the per diem system, and create a commission to examine the possibility of a pay increase for state commissioners and lawmakers.

On this year's ballot, in addition to the candidates who are running for office, New Yorkers have the opportunity to vote on two proposed changes to the New York State Constitution and a bond act.