Sentences with phrase «legislature wants»

In conclusion, he found that if the legislature wants to modify or abolish native title, it must expressly address that outcome in the legislation.

[xvi] Finally, and perhaps most importantly, in some cases, it seems clear that the legislature wants the court to make the decision, for reasons of expertise or relative independence, and has said so.

Ass» n, Justice Robert Thomas noted that if the legislature wants something to be exclusively controlled by the state, «then the [it] can make it such with a single sentence.»

Somewhat less obviously, if the legislature wants to, it can enact a provision that once a licensee requests ID, they are forbidden to sell alcohol to that customer until ID is provided.

The state legislature wants to stop local governments from banning fracking in their communities.

So, with an underutilized plant a stone's throw away, the legislature wants to incentivize the construction of a new, competing facility.

«Common Core standards are I doubt perfect and should be subject to review — and if the legislature wants to set up a review commission to make recommendations to us, they are able to do it.

In short, even if a state legislature wants to invest in private school choice, doing so through the tax treatment of 529 plans is, at best, an indirect and convoluted approach.

You are all too smart for this and to be clear... If the legislature wants to add this pork and return to the mistakes of the past, THEY will have to raise your taxes.

«If the legislature wants to tell the women of this state to go to heck, I'm going to let the women of this state know that they were told to go to heck.

The Speaker says the legislature wants to instead overhaul the existing legislative ethics commission, which is viewed as notoriously weak, to make it more transparent, and independent.

In Oklahoma, if the legislature wants a proposed amendment to go on a special election ballot, it has to approve the amendment by a 2 / 3rds vote.

«I understand the legislature wants a pay raise,» Cuomo said «I want to get some people's work done for the people of the state.»

In this guest blog from Minnesota businessman Dirk Bak, he contends the state's governor and legislature want to destroy the business climate.

When the state legislature wanted to pass a law felonizing anyone even offering food to an illegal, the Church stood toe - toe against the state and refused to obey this law.

But most Republicans in the legislature want the governor to resign and several are ready to begin the impeachment process, even as the results of a state Ethics Commission investigation into the governor's travel expenses are still pending.

Blankenhorn claims there is only one reason that Governor Cuomo and the legislature want the gambling expansion.

But because the legislature wanted to increase tax breaks of the rich, the money was diverted away from schools and into tax breaks for the rich.

«I see myself and the Board creating policies that the Governor and the legislature want,» said Cobey.

«We look forward to continuing the conversation in Nevada: we have seen a clear demonstration that the public and the legislature want a community solar program for the state and we will continue to work to provide opportunities for everyone to receive the benefits of solar.»

This case involved a violent felony (wife - beating), but it was a felony because the legislature wanted to punish what would otherwise be misdemeanor assault more seriously in a domestic setting.

Simply put, if Parliament or the legislatures want courts to defer to government agencies on interpretations of law, an arrangement that can be easily understood by all Canadians as a departure from the conventional separation of powers, then it makes sense that they should have to «take it on the chin» — to do so explicitly and be prepared to be held accountable for it (whether in Parliament, in Committee Hearings, or at the ballot box).

Not exact matches

Now local legislatures can make such changes without explanation, and it's up to voters to try to challenge them in lawsuits, and to do so often on an tight timetable, since courts won't want to change voting rules close to an election.

He wants to put more power in the hands of parliament and regional legislatures.

With the president, the FAA and state legislatures weighing in on commercial drone use, NoFlyZone CEO Ben Marcus wants to open up the conversation and give individuals the power to put the unmanned ve...

Stroud said there are some key priorities she wants to address if she is elected to the legislature, particularly with pipelines.

They wanted to keep future legislatures from ever again strangling Florida's progress.

If you want contract law to reflex your view then change the contract law through the legislature.

Shockingly, he wanted to replace the two - thirds of Congress and three - fourths of the state legislatures requirement for amendment with a simple majority!

Yeah — I bet the pope doesn't want to make a fool of himself this year like Benedict did a couple of years ago — accepting a Christmas gift from one of Uganda's top ministers of a promise to push the «kill all the gays» bill through their legislature.

Hope amidst suffering, hope when men know only defeat and despair, hope when death seems to smother out the shoots of life springing from the hearts of men, hope for our society, our world, our city, our schools, courts, prisons, legislatures, hope for our children, for our elderly, hope for all the millions of men and women over the face of this globe who simply want to live out their lives as free human beings not trampled down and stepped on by the overlords of this world.

Florida Supreme Court says legislature, governor had no right to save Terri Schiavo's life The Florida Supreme Court today ruled unanimously that the state legislature should not have given Gov. Jeb Bush the power to feed mentally disabled 40 - year - old Terri Schiavo against the wishes of husband, who wanted to starve her to death.

If Congress and state legislatures listen to what families say they want, however, they will look for ways to ease policies like the «parenting penalty» that permeate the federal and state tax codes and are helping drive more and more young mothers with children into the job market.

-- Bettina (PS: just FYI, in TX, being part of the «safe cupcake» movement means you WANT to keep cupcakes in schools — apparently there were enough parents who felt that way that they prevented the legislature from taking any action that would prevent sugary birthday treats!)

The votes in the legislature are there if he wants them,» Cantor wrote.

For readers already immersed in the Westminster village who want to broaden their horizons, Lionel is very good on the intricacies of the devolved executives and legislatures in Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and London.

It did not want «to legitimise the idea that a European executive should be chosen by a federal legislature».

The last thing I want to see is the nut jobs from NYC controlling the entire state legislature.

«It is now up to the legislature to decide what they want to do.»

Or, the legislature can simply pass whatever bill they want and hope that it doesn't get challenged in court, which is also possible.

*** UPDATE *** The Cuomo Administration says waiting until Saturday was «strategic,» since they wanted the EO to ensure that the spirit of the bill take effect immediately, but the larger goal is to draft more comprehensive legislation to make the legislature subject to FOIL, which it currently is not.

But Cuomo also wants to enact reforms, including converting to a full - time legislature and strictly limiting outside income, to answer recent corruption scandals that have resulted in prison sentences for the two former legislative leaders.

«The people of the state by overwhelming margins want the legislature to pass a property tax cap,» Cuomo said in a statement about the survey.

«There were Irish - American people who petitioned the legislature and said, «We want you to recognize our heritage and we want you to make it uniform.»»

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi joined a group of homeless activists who want the governor and legislature to move on Cuomo's promised 20,000 new units of supportive housing.

«This week is all about getting the legislature to act and I want radical change in public housing,» he said.

«They're quite used to buying what they want and getting it, and the legislature — both houses — has proven to be quite willing to give it to them.»

For the second month in a row, the Siena College poll reports that nearly 100 percent of those surveyed want something done about the corruption in Albany that's led to both former leaders of the legislature sentenced to prison and the U.S. attorney's investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs.

Kirkwood says by running for the legislature's 2nd District seat, and that he wants to give a voice to underserved members of the community.

A Paterson administration source tells NBCNew York the Governor distanced himself from the Ravitch planl, and has since distanced Ravitch from the budget process because he saw the legislature seizing on the borrowing idea and did not want to enable them to make irresponsible decisions.