Sentences with phrase «judicial election process»

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Among them are life, liberty, security of person, freedom from slavery and from torture and inhumane treatment; equality before the law; the right to judicial remedies for wrongs; freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention; fair trials and due process of law, including the presumption of innocence; privacy; freedom of movement; equal rights in marriage; freedoms of speech, press, assembly and association; and free elections.

«The judicial process, the judicial system of Kenya and the election laws themselves make full and adequate provision for accountability in this election,» said Kerry, an election observer for the Carter Center.

The stories of judges becoming very wealthy on bribes paid by litigants in election petitions and other high profile cases have become more pervasive and in matters of the sanctity of the judicial process, appearances are at least as important as the substance.

It helped in the process of demystifying judicial proceedings and helped send the clear message from the majority on the court that the controlling principle of judicial intervention in elections was the result delivered at the polling station, which would not be easily reversed by a court.

Too much of the state's election process for judges revolves around raising money, said Dennis R. Hawkins, executive director of the Fund for Modern Courts, a New York City - based group that favors reform of the judicial selection process.

During the judicial primary elections September 12, Brooklyn Democratic voters seemed to base their selections for Civil Court judge primarily on gender; immune, apparently, to an ongoing squabble over the process for selecting the nominees, who are virtually guaranteed election in November given the borough's Democratic tilt.

Opponents of commission - based appointment of judges — also known as the Missouri Plan, for the state in which the judicial selection process originated — have obtained approval from the secretary of state for two identically worded proposed constitutional amendments that would establish contested elections for Missouri's appellate judges.

Key chapters and sections cover: • Decision - making, including personal interests, bias and determination, equality and discrimination and elections • The process for making and handling complaints on conduct issues • The challenging of authorities on conduct issues including through judicial review, the Ombudsman and by using Freedom of Information • Offences • The law in Wales

But unlike in challenges to non-judicial election regulations, where preventing political corruption often rests alone in the balance against plaintiffs» First Amendment rights, in the judicial context, the First Amendment rights of those challenging election rules are also counterbalanced by the fundamental constitutional due process rights of litigants to a fair trial before a tribunal that is impartial in both fact and appearance.

Approximately 90 percent of Minnesota judges are already selected through a commission - based gubernatorial appointment process — authorized by statute — to fill vacancies that arise between elections, and judicial elections are rarely contested.

Same day West Virginia ends partisan judicial elections, North Carolina citing «transparency» starts process to bring them back