Sentences with phrase «legislative confirmation»

The proposal calls for appellate judges to be appointed by the governor with legislative confirmation and to stand for retention for subsequent terms.

In Tennessee, such a proposal is already slated for the November ballot, calling for pure gubernatorial appointment and legislative confirmation of judges.

Before the mid-1800s, nearly all states admitted to the Union selected their judges by this method of gubernatorial appointment with legislative confirmation as well, though some opted to select judges by legislative vote alone.

Passed a bill, first proposed by Democrats, that would limit the county executive's ability to appoint acting department heads or members of county boards or commissionsfor indefinite periods of time without legislative confirmation.

Two Republican state senators said Tuesday that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's public safety commissioner, Dora Schriro, should have disclosed at her legislative confirmation hearing in March that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating the New York City Department of Corrections at the time she headed it.

On Monday, Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R - Fairfield and Sen. Len Fasano, R - North Haven, reacted to The Times» story by issuing a statement saying: «Earlier this month, we raised questions about Commissioner Schriro not disclosing at her legislative confirmation hearing that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating the New York City Department of Corrections at the time she headed it.

Instead, lawmakers chose to let Tennesseans weigh in on the issue in 2014, when voters will be asked whether a modified federal process — gubernatorial appointment, legislative confirmation, and retention elections — should be used to select appellate judges.

If native title is extinguished prior to the enactment of the NTA this does not exempt the legislative confirmation of this extinguishment from invalidation under the RDA.