Sentences with phrase «in federal systems»

Its mandate was to develop recommendations for a comprehensive strategy to improve cybersecurity in federal systems and in critical infrastructure.

Our premiers and governors have essential roles in this process, given the constitutional divisions of power in our federal systems.

By the time of the Civil war, the political divide is about how much power should be given to various levels of government in a federal system (a debate which still rages).

For the rest of us, it is a reminder that we live in a federal system, even though most of us don't realise that we do.

In the United States, this system of Government is called a Jeffersonian Democracy, which favors a weak centralized government (without writing tons, a Jeffersonian believes the Local Government should have more control over an individual by law as they are easier for the individual to fight) and as the scope of authority rises in a federal system, the government deals less and less with the individual and more and more with lower governments.

But the Grievance Committee of the Southern District of New York stripped Grimm of his license in the federal system.

Madison notes the dangers and instabilities feared in a federal system, especially the concern that the national government could take too much power from the states or that the states might overthrow the national government, but argues that the federal system prevents this by being naturally harmonious and symbiotic; that the national government can not operate without the state governments, while the state governments gain major benefits from the national government.

He noted that there are only two tiers of government in a federal system of government, namely the Federal government and the government at the federating level.

Note that in the federal system, no judge is elected.

The power given to the Federal Government under section 162 (3) of the Constitution, to prescribe the terms and manner of sharing the money in the Federation Account among the federal, state and local governments is a somewhat over-bearing power in a federal system.

Rather, Hamer says, the prejudice he faces in the federal system comes from the government itself, which does not provide domestic partnership benefits for federal employees.

But, in our federal system, grand calls for Washington to «fix» schools inevitably boil down to new funding formulas and mandates.

Implementation of national statutes is always problematic in a federal system and with a national legislature that habitually underfunds its promises.

The policy area is continuously bedevilled by the difficulties of achieving effective collaboration between governments and school sectors in our federal system.»

The study showed that, while states had a variety of performance standards (as would be expected in a federal system), the supposed «race to the bottom» was not happening.

The ED could order a state to respond, but if the department elected not to hear an appeal, the complainant could file suit in state court, an odd approach for a federal law to take, given that in our federal system the United States does not define the jurisdiction of state courts.

Note that since the income tax is one of the most progressive taxes in the federal system, an across - the - board income tax cut that increases every tax filer's after - tax income by the same percentage would tend to make the overall tax system less progressive, because it would collect proportionally less revenue from one of the most progressive sources.

Things may change a little with a skeptical House, but it would take at least a decade of concerted policy effort to actually eliminate the AGW bias in the Federal system.

The answer in the case of criminal charges in the federal system and in the vast majority of U.S. states is that you can almost never recover legal fees you incur defending a criminal action.

Parole has been abolished in the federal system.

As can be seen in this appeal, the creation of national classes also raises the issue of relations between equal but different superior courts in a federal system in which civil procedure and the administration of justice are under provincial jurisdiction.

Both the article and the blog post note that possession of a cell phone by an inmate is not a crime in California, as it is in the federal system now that the President has signed the Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010.

I think this is in part because I don't see the point of bicameral legislatures, especially in a federal system.

The survey was sent to clerks of court in the federal system, including circuit courts of appeal, district courts, bankruptcy courts and special courts such as the Court of Claims and Tax Court.

Plea bargaining often takes place in private discussions either with the judge, as is done in the state system in Connecticut, or between the parties, as is done in the federal system.

In the federal system, plea bargaining is quite different.

As Judge Nancy Gertner highlighted in her Mueffleman decision (available here), in the federal system the major decisions about the imposition of punishment have been made by Congress and the Sentencing Commission (an administrative agency).

Another recent trend has been to require senate confirmation of judicial appointments, as in the federal system.

Federal drug laws and drug conspiracy indictment laws are broad and sweeping and carry stiff penalties in the Federal system.

The chapters in this Issue address the various purposes of sentencing, the special role of federal criminal justice in our federal system, the institutions and actors at the rulemaking and adjudicative stages (including Congress, the Commission, trial and appellate judges, and advocates), and the basic substantive and structural elements of sentencing systems.

The proposed amendment is intended to overturn a 1997 Supreme Court decision, Printz v. United States, which said states can't be forced to participate in the federal system of gun background checks, according to coverage of the book by the Associated Press and Business Insider.

In contrast, reflecting the highly decentralized administrative structure of the federal courts, the act's directive that all federal court opinions be made accessible online was directed at the chief judge or justice of each and every court in the federal system.

Almost 23,000 lawsuits have been filed so far that are in the federal system.

In the federal system, this is formally known as a «renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law,» and is governed by Fed.

Some US states that had sentencing commissions have abolished them, and some existing commissions, including that in the federal system, are regarded as failures.

Anyone working in the federal system knows that most federal judges are anything but «soft,» and yet still their daily thankless work in defense of constitutional principles for criminal defendants gets attacked by the Republican presidential candidate.

But, as lots of research and experience reveals in the federal system and elsewhere, having prosecutors as exercising the most sentencing discretion via mandatory minimums tends to increase sentencing disparities, not ensure that similar defendants always receive similar sentences.

It provides tremendous opportunity for those already in the federal system by way of «moving up the ladder,» so to speak.

Fourth, the new arrangements, once implemented, also have the potential to provide workable solutions to the century old problem of delivering services in a federal system.

This is discussed further below in relation to recognising and protecting Indigenous rights in a federal system.

The campaign began shortly after President Obama made a largely symbolic gesture by banning the use of solitary confinement for all juveniles in the federal system.

Not exact matches

Having two systems operating in Canada isn't much better than 13; even worse would be if Flaherty followed through with the budget's implicit threat and bolted a federal layer on top.

The Federal Reserve System controls the amount of money that circulates in the United States.

In 2011, Restoration Robotics got approval from the U.S. Federal Drug Administration to begin commercial operations with its Artas System, which uses digital imaging and a robotic arm to help with the hair transplant procedure.

Mr Dobbins said that, while the technology had been well received by Federal and State governments in Australia, the company had received no funding to develop or implement the system.

In 2013, the International Monetary Fund called on Canada to create a federal entity with a clear mandate to monitor threats to the financial system.

The Special Counsel's office indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies in February for committing federal crimes while trying to sow discord in the U.S political system, including during the 2016 election.

«The American healthcare system requires massive amounts of federal funding, yet remains one of the least - efficient healthcare systems in the world,» says Doctor on Demand CEO Hill Ferguson in a statement.

In their rush to work around the federal law — called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — state lawmakers could make an already unfair and complicated tax system even more so.

New age increases have been proposed in the federal government's continuing effort to keep the retirement system on sound economic footing.