Sentences with phrase «independent branch of government»

The courts in Canada are a separate, distinct, and independent branch of government.

«The expansive powers contained in this new language would bypass and erode the long - standing system of checks and balances embedded in the structure of separate and independent branches of government, including the legislature's role regarding the allocation of state resources,» the report said.

Not exact matches

The evidence strongly suggests that the legislative and judicial branches of our government have become so servile in the presence of the imperial Presidency that they have largely lost the ability to respond in a principled and independent manner.

The dramatic reform package — called the «Clean Up Albany Act of 2011» — creates an independent Joint Commission on Public Ethics with «robust enforcement powers» to investigate both the executive and legislative branches of government.

However, there likely would be a legal challenge since the executive branch of the government should be independent from the judiciary branch.

Is it really true that judges are usually independent from the Executive and the Legislative branches of the government?

Another couple of scandal - related gains could convince the breakaway «Independent Democratic» conference to realign and give regular Democrats control of the Senate, and therefore of all three branches of New York State government.

Our consitutional obligation is to fund our independent, co-equal branch of government and perform... the critical role that we have.»

In keeping with Cuomo's habit of consolidating power in his own branch of government, the state inspector general is not a truly independent overseer, unlike the state comptroller's office.

The Commission is an independent agency of the Commonwealth that recommends and advocates to all branches of state government effective policies, programs, and resources for GLBT youth to thrive.

The Authority is an independent unit in the Executive Branch of State Government.

Through public programs, contests and other events across the country, we will promote the importance of an independent and co-equal judicial branch as part of a well - functioning government.

«The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so much upon an upright and skillful administration of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.

The court system of Canada forms the judicial branch of the federal, provincial and territorial governments and is independent of the legislative and executive branches of government.

the impossibility of a court's undertaking independent resolution without expressing lack of the respect due coordinate branches of government;

If we have any hope of changing the dynamic in this country, we have to start with basic legal education — an education about what it means to have a constitutional democracy, that is based on three separate, but independent, equal branches of government.»

But my initial reaction is that it's unfortunate (but not surprising) that for both Supreme Court nominations, the president has chosen well - connected insiders with ties to the executive branch, rather than individuals who are more likely to bring a more «independent» perspective to issues of government and especially presidential power... On the other hand, I'm pleased that Miers is (a) not from an elite law school; (b) not a federal judge; and (c) spent the vast majority of her career outside the beltway.

Further, the agreement is intended to promote co-operation between the executive branch of the government and the judiciary and the efforts of both to develop a justice system which is both efficient and effective, while ensuring the dispensation of independent and impartial justice.

According to its 2013 Constitution, Zimbabwe has an independent judicial system whose decisions are binding on other branches of government.

This is because, unlike the «political» branches of government, judges are not representative officials, but rather must «be, and appear to be, impartial and independent in applying the rule of law.»