Sentences with phrase «hold public office because»

The Deputy Ranking Member on Constitutional Affairs, Dr. Dominic Ayine, is seeking a declaration that Mr. Amidu, who is 66 - years - old, can not hold public office because he has exceeded the mandated age limit per the 1992 constitution.

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In Sarah Palin I also do not trust, because she is a mere media hound and quitter, and should be considered unqualified to hold public office.

Declaring early in American history that the Constitution was «godless» because it failed to acknowledge the authority of Jesus Christ, the church up until a generation ago practiced «political dissent,» not allowing members to vote, hold public office, or take oaths of allegiance to the flag or the Constitution.

If the bishops persist in pressing them on abortion, Catholic politicians will either be «precluded from holding high public office, because attacked by their own church's officials and otherwise harassed by their coreligionists,» or else, if they are elected, it will be «precisely because they are portrayed by coreligionists as renegades from the church.»

It especially bugs me when it comes from the mouth of a public representative because it shows that they are clearly unfit to hold public office.

Update: Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto responds, saying the use of the funds doesn't violate state law because it's related to the holding of a public office.

It seems unlikely that Nixon opposed Quinn's 2013 candidacy because she did not like the idea of a «qualified lesbian» running the Big Apple (and even less likely, that this objection was rooted in a belief that only unqualified lesbians are fit to hold public office).

Because state law prohibits individuals from holding public offices while serving as a commissioner of elections, he will be vacating these committee posts.

Swierczewski said he hoped the PACB could schedule another meeting by year's end to vote again on the Lighthouse Point subsidies, as well as $ 1.85 million for an office complex in downtown Albany that, according to Conwall, ESD held back because it needed to analyze the results of a public hearing.

I've been thinking a little bit about this lately because obviously we have a current president who's very active on social media, warts and all, and people seem to forgive him for it, but traditionally the advice is like, «If you ever want to hold public office, keep yourself squeaky clean in public.»

In January 2017, the Patent Office ruled that patents held by public universities could not be challenged in IPRs unless the state consents because of state sovereign immunity.