Sentences with phrase «issue of a constitutional amendment»

The issue of a constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the American flag is currently on political hold, but it remains potentially very much alive.

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[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

What measures would pass constitutional muster with the Second Amendment in place, especially given that even the Republican - backed gun access / school safety bill passed in Tallahassee is now the subject of a lawsuit issued by the NRA?

The evangelical - moralist sector has gained access to the White House, the Supreme Court, the Congress; it has a near - monopoly on mass media religion news, popular religion, the production of religious celebrities; it makes clear its positions on what it calls social issues, and is engaged in calling for constitutional amendments and new laws and in protests in the public squares.

There are three ballot propositions going before voters statewide in November: A proposed constitutional amendment to establish a redistricting commission (with members to be appointed by legislative leaders), a constitutional amendment to permit electronic distribution to state legislators of pending bills, and a $ 2 billion school bond issue.

The group won approval of a statewide initiative amendment in a state constitutional convention in 1986, but voters, probably not comprehending its meaning due to a lack of publicity on the issue, rejected it by a narrow margin.

and the recent court decision removing the word «independent» from the ballot issue description of a proposed constitutional amendment changing the redistricting process.

But with the issues so comparatively mundane (extending a program, the first passage of a constitutional amendment), lawmakers and Cuomo are in effect fighting over a shrinking pie.

While a number of state legislatures have called on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to undo Citizens United or address the related issue of corporate «personhood,» few have taken the route of asking Congress to call for a constitutional convention.

At issue was the constitutionality of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, which was established by state constitutional amendment in 2000.

Normally, that by itself, should shield any one of the states which enacted Traditional Marriage protections against interlopers entering the state and demanding that their fake Sodomite «marriage» be recognized as valid, but in this day and age of a runaway judiciary, it is best that we somehow pass a Constitutional Amendment defining Traditional Marriage and / or slapping the hands of rogue jurists away from the issue altogether.

Connecticut and 15 other states voted in support of a constitutional amendment to address this issue.

By early evening, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders had reached a deal on a number of issues including a redistricting plan, expansion of the state's DNA data base, pension reform, and a constitutional amendment to allow up to seven new gambling casinos in New York.

The INEC Chairman regretted that the issue of Diaspora Voting was not included in the recent constitutional amendments by the National Assembly.

Democrats in the remaining 26 - member conference grumble about the IDC's propensity to side with Republicans on contentious issues such as a constitutional amendment for independent redistricting and a vote that some saw as watering down the powers of the lieutenant governor in order to provide needed votes (it was even joked about at the LCA Show in May).

Since then, the IDC has given their four votes to Republicans on a variety of issues, such as a constitutional amendment for redistricting, a move seen as a GOP delay tactic.

Green Party leaders congratulated voters in Kent, Ohio, for passing Issue 43, which called for a constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood and abolish the legal definition of money as free speech, as well as establishment of an annual «Democracy Day» public hearing for residents to testify on the effect of big contributions from corporations and the wealthy on elections.

Proponents of a constitutional amendment to end affirmative action in Michigan's public universities have collected more than 500,000 petition signatures, far more than the 317,757 required to get the issue on the 2006 ballot.

Despite concerns about the impact of Amendment 1, a restrictive budget and spending constitutional amendment adopted by voters last fall, the finance issue turned out to be less contentious than in recent years in the legAmendment 1, a restrictive budget and spending constitutional amendment adopted by voters last fall, the finance issue turned out to be less contentious than in recent years in the legamendment adopted by voters last fall, the finance issue turned out to be less contentious than in recent years in the legislature.

Noting that the «parties devote a significant portion of their briefs discussing the question whether the constitutional provisions at issue in this case are so - called «Blaine amendments»» originally motivated by anti-Catholic nativist sentiment, the court found that «none of the parties has produced any authority suggesting we may disregard constitutional provisions merely because we suspect they may have been tainted by questionable motives.

You have in your packet a blue sheet that gives you the order of the day, so I won't belabor that too much, but I will just remind you that we're going to start out with a session on history this morning; then go to a lunchtime segment that will focus on some of the relevant federal constitutional issues, including evaluations of the federal attacks on and defenses of the Blaine amendments; then we will finish off the day with a session that will focus on litigation strategy related to these amendments and some of the arguments being made for and against them in that litigation, as well as a focus on how debates over faith - based initiatives and school vouchers are affected by these particular state constitutional restrictions.

Yet, if it is primarily the preserve of constitutional theorists — think of the American debate about the constitutionality of a proposed flag - burning amendment — it is nevertheless an issue with practical implications, as witnessed in the recent Pringle case before the CJEU.

He handles all issues relating to the constitutional rights of public employees under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and federal and state statutes.

My half - hearted invocation of my First Amendment rights fell on deaf ears (I figured that one month into my first job was not the best time to raise a constitutional challenge) and we dropped the issue.

The main constitutional issue ended up being the effectiveness of the Fifth Amendment in providing for due process of law in times of war.

The brief focuses mainly on one of the constitutional issues asserting that writing and signing code is speech protected by the First Amendment, at pp. 12 - 3:

In justifying this approach, the court pointed to several considerations that SCOTUS identified as benefits to merits - first: the importance and frequency of the constitutional issue, the need of police departments for guidance on the issue, the purely legal, non-fact-bound nature of the issue, and the quality of the briefing (with amicus briefs from several advocacy organizations, a group of First Amendment professors, and DOJ's Civil Rights Division).

With a big hat tip to CAAFlog, it appears that CAAF last Friday granted review in Ali, and the first of three issues presented is the constitutional elephant in the room, i.e.,» [W] hether the military judge erred in ruling that the court had jurisdiction to try [Ali] and thereby violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments by refusing to dismiss the charges and specifications.»

She said she agreed that the arrest and search did not violate the Fourth Amendment, but found the issue more complicated, both as a matter of constitutional history and precedent, than Justice Scalia's opinion acknowledged.

First, there is a constitutional issue relating to how an amendment to the Constitution that changes the terms of senators needs to be made.

Over the past year I've written about the Emoluments Clause; the No Religious Tests clause; limits on presidential power as defined in the steel seizure case; the meaning of the oath of office; how the Appropriations Clause constrains lawsuit settlements involving the federal government; how and whether gerrymandering by race and for partisan advantage affects constitutional rights; judicial independence; the decline and fall of the Contracts Clause; the application of Obergefell to issues of public employees and birth certificates; Article V procedure for calling a new constitutional convention; and too many First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment controversies to list.

Backpage.com looks forward to a proper consideration of the important First Amendment constitutional issues by the judiciary — the branch of government charged with protecting the constitutional rights of all Americans.»

What measures would pass constitutional muster with the Second Amendment in place, especially given that even the Republican - backed gun access / school safety bill passed in Tallahassee is now the subject of a lawsuit issued by the NRA?

A number of submissions made to the Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill 200631 (by the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs) raised issues about the effectiveness of the tribunal in conducting mediation.32