Sentences with phrase «hands of the legislature»

«The only way we're going to get a different outcome is if the governor starts to force the hand of the legislature, by holding a special session and putting their feet to the fire and saying «you've got to do it».»

Lerner says Common Cause has analyzed the details of the bill authorizing the constitutional change, and has found a number of technical loopholes that she says keeps the power to manipulate the lines well within the hands of the legislature, including the ability to continue to add additional Senate seats for political purposes.

«The whole point of doing a constitutional amendment is to take the pen out of the hands of the legislature,» he said.

Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon has said the raise would make the county executive's salary equal to the district attorney, which is tied to judicial salaries and out of the hands of the legislature.

2) The governor and the Senate Republicans (who pledged during last year's campaign, before they were in the majority, to back independent redistricting) can both refuse to yield, indefinitely, in which case the process will likely end up in court, and out of the hands of the legislature.

The back - and - forth between Ronk and the media leaves the impression that this contract negotiation is in is in the hands of the legislature.

There is no reason to believe that tying the hands of the legislature will make Oklahomans more safe or prosperous.

It held that the power to change statutes of limitations periods rests in the hands of legislature and not judiciary.

The Chair of the Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee has introduced a pair of bills last week that would effectively put control over the Code of Judicial Conduct into the hands of the legislature, remove references to judicial independence found in the current Code, and require any future changes made by the Supreme Court get the approval of the legislature first.

The more complex response is that what the courts acquire when a bill of rights is entrenched is the power to set a constitutional agenda, a power that the legislature may never have had and so has not necessarily lost, a power the political significance of which depends on the form and content of what is entrenched and the value and character of the power it leaves in the hands of the legislature.