Sentences with phrase «judicial appointments other»

In November 2013, Senate Democrats used the nuclear option to eliminate filibusters on executive branch nominations and federal judicial appointments other than those to the Supreme Court.

Not exact matches

In the past, the Senate deferred to the president's choice of justices, as well as other federal judicial officers, but since the Nixon administration that deference has declined and appointments have been seen as more political, particularly following the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on the appointment of Clarence Thomas.

The report shall be delivered at least ten days prior to the following times: (A) the first day for circulating designating petitions in the case of an elective position; (B) the meeting date of the Judicial Nominating Convention or other body nominating a candidate for elective judicial positions; or (C) the date any candidate is to be proposed for appointment for any such judicial position;, or (D) if the vacancy in such position occurs at such a time as to make it impossible to comply with the aforesaid timetable, the panel shall deliver its report as expeditiously as pJudicial Nominating Convention or other body nominating a candidate for elective judicial positions; or (C) the date any candidate is to be proposed for appointment for any such judicial position;, or (D) if the vacancy in such position occurs at such a time as to make it impossible to comply with the aforesaid timetable, the panel shall deliver its report as expeditiously as pjudicial positions; or (C) the date any candidate is to be proposed for appointment for any such judicial position;, or (D) if the vacancy in such position occurs at such a time as to make it impossible to comply with the aforesaid timetable, the panel shall deliver its report as expeditiously as pjudicial position;, or (D) if the vacancy in such position occurs at such a time as to make it impossible to comply with the aforesaid timetable, the panel shall deliver its report as expeditiously as possible.

(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.

Hoping to avoid embarrassment, he plans to pare down the list to a couple of judicial appointments and «no more than eight or 10 other appointments,» the aide said.

By filling a Supreme Court vacancy and other judicial appointments, Trump will put his mark on the courts, where environmentalists have successfully fought previous efforts to roll back protections.

British Columbia's Supreme Court is trailing behind other courts in the province in terms of gender balance, despite the federal justice department's proclamation that in 2017, it made 100 judicial appointments nationally, of which half were women.

This time around, candidates «may demonstrate that they satisfy the geographical requirement by reference to their bar membership, judicial appointment, or other relationship with Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and Northern Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut)», suggesting that regional affiliation is now required but may be loosely defined — for example, it may include jurists who formerly practised in the West or North.

So do any factors other than brains and biases (as in political biases) come into play when nominating a judicial appointment?

Many other provinces have a similar process for selecting judges to provincial courts, although Ontario is unique in that a majority of the 13 people on its Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee are lay members.

The court also concluded that the «special limited purpose» of the nominating commission - selecting the most qualified candidates for judicial appointments for the governor's consideration - disproportionately impacts a definable group of constituents - the members of the Iowa bar - over other voters in the state.

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Served advisory / legal expert appointments, including among others: Asian Development Bank Office of the Chief Economist; European Union External Action Service; United States Agency for International Development (USAID); American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative; Singapore Judicial Academy; Fellowships Director of the Angara Centre for Law & Economics; Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the Philippines; Philippine Constitutional Commission on Elections.

But the delay also reflects a sense that judicial appointments are less important than other policy levers and that the president's base does not really care about the issue.

Although under Section 7B (2) non-judge candidates seeking appointment to judicial office are permitted during candidacy to retain office in a political organization, attend political gatherings and pay ordinary dues and assessments, they remain subject to other provisions of this Code during candidacy.

Under Section 7B (2), candidates seeking reappointment to the same judicial office or appointment to another judicial office or other governmental office may apply for the appointment and seek appropriate support.

Other proposals include: appointing an independent layperson, instead of a judge, to head the selection panels for the lord chief justice and the president of the Supreme Court; transferring the lord chancellor's judicial appointment powers below either the High Court or the Court of Appeal to the lord chief justice; and restricting judicial appointment commission involvement in selecting judicial office holders who do not require a legal qualification.