Sentences with phrase «governor by fiat»
Former state senate president Codey became governor by fiat, when Governor Jim McGreevey resigned in 2004.
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The governor is not putting any muscle into tackling the major structural conditions that facilitate rot — a part - time Legislature where lawmakers can get money from people with ulterior motives, campaign finance limits that empower the powerful, pots of money distributed by legislative fiat without public scrutiny, and near - impotent enforcement of the rules that do exist.
the governor does not govern by fiat.
«I personally overheard the executive governor responding to a question asked about the sacked district and village heads issue on radio by saying it was an executive fiat and a non legislation and therefore has nothing to do with the state legislative arm of government,» he explained.
Air Canada wanted to challenge the constitutionality of a law enacted by the B.C. legislature but, under old rules for suing the Crown, required a fiat — a permission — from the Lieutenant - Governor to do so.
Lee Ju - yeol, the Bank of Korea governor recently revealed that it is impossible to impart the legal fiat tag to cryptocurrencies as reported by Seoul - Yonhap News.