Sentences with phrase «legislatures over courts»

Not exact matches

The new budget relies primarily on higher property taxes to increase school funding, raising more than $ 7 billion over four years and, the legislature hopes, finally complying with the Supreme Court order.

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.

Leaders of the New York state legislature are in court fighting a request from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ethics commission that they turn over details about their private law clients.

The Founding Fathers only said in the U.S. Constitution about presidential elections (only after debating among 30 ballots for choosing a method): «Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors...» The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as «plenary» and «exclusive.»

The court order was never fulfilled by governors and the legislature over the past decade.

Yet, the de Blasio administration recently filed court briefs supporting the developers in a lawsuit over the transfer of city parkland — the parking lot where the mall is planned — without approval from the state legislature.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has been inching away for a while now from his earlier blanket promise to veto any congressional and district lines drawn by the legislature, expressing a preference for a an agreement on acceptably partisan lines drawn by lawmakers over a court - controlled solution.

Courts remain willing to act as a constitutional check on the legislature's actions within the field of education if only plaintiffs can find a way to respond to concerns over remedies.

The trial and appellate courts had held that the Lobato was not appropriate for judicial resolution, since Colorado's constitution clearly commits control over the issue to the legislature, and because there are no judicially manageable standards that the courts could apply.

By backing away from previous cost studies (which I have argued elsewhere are completely unscientific), the Court hoped to avoid the prior constitutional conflict with the legislature over who held the purse strings.

As a School Member, you also help the entire charter school movement because the backing of over 800 California charter school members strengthens our advocacy work in the legislature, courts, and the executive branch.

«Disputes over education policy are for the legislature to resolve, not the courts.»

The move came with Johnson, the board and the legislature mired in a court battle over the powers of the superintendent's office.

The cuts come with the state board, Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson and the legislature set for a June court date over lawmakers» December vote to shuttle greater powers to the new Republican superintendent.

Often that debate occurs in the legislature, yet in some states it spills over into the courts, with claims that litigation funding contracts are illegal and unenforceable because they violate state regulations on loans.

The Chair of the Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee has introduced a pair of bills last week that would effectively put control over the Code of Judicial Conduct into the hands of the legislature, remove references to judicial independence found in the current Code, and require any future changes made by the Supreme Court get the approval of the legislature first.

The Senate bill is also coupled with another (SB 1747) that gives the legislature a veto over any changes made by the Supreme Court to the Code (emphasis added)

Overview and Discussion on: Soloman vs. State (case that held unconstitutional legislature's attempt to strip supreme court of administrative powers over the lower courts) and impact on separation of powers

It moves Supreme Court races to a merit selection system, but places much more power over the 15 member Judicial Nominating Commission in the legislature

As the courts have protected voting rights and required the legislature to fix unfair gerrymanders, legislators have lashed out at judges and passed bills giving them more control over courts.

[9] The Court rejected the appellants» argument on the basis that municipal councils lack a legislative underpinning for an absolute privilege and lack the self - regulation controls over proceedings and members that are present in the provincial legislatures and Parliament.

Chair of OK Senate Judiciary Committee wants to take over Code of Judicial Conduct, eliminate references to independent judiciary, give legislature veto over Supreme Court's changes to code

In 1997, Peter Hogg responded to criticisms of judicial activism in the post-Charter era by suggesting that the legislature is instead involved in a flexible and dynamic relationship with the courts over Charter rights.

Over time, the common law in each state has diverged significantly from when it was first received — it has been restricted by state legislatures and modified by state courts.

Law dictionaries made by private corporations don't have authority over states or their courts, which ultimately derive their power from their constitutions and legislation made by their constitutional legislatures and the people's support of them.

Although the courts and legislatures have complicated the arbitration process by giving jurisdiction to arbitrators over almost every aspect of disputes in the workplace, they have also ensured that one process, for the most part, can address all aspects of a dispute.

The Court of Appeal concluded that the legislature, by including in the Act's definition of «owner» one who «possesses» and «harbours» a dog, intended to impose liability on those with less - than - full rights over a dog.

Unlike laws allowing legislatures to override court rules or giving politicians more control over judicial selection, recusal rules govern the ethics of judges, and they are only necessary in states in which the high courts have failed to respond adequately to the swelling tide of campaign cash.

This would certainly be an option against the board - it may not be available against the legislature - courts generally feel that they do not have any authority over the legislature (legislators, yes, the legislature, no) due to the principle of separation of powers.

As a result, an ever - increasing number of regulatory policy decisions with important domestic consequences issues are being relegated to the fragmented transnational sphere and escaping the scrutiny of the domestic democratic and supervisory processes that had developed over the years through the efforts of civil society, legislatures and courts.

Perhaps we have a moral right to assisted suicide; perhaps not; it's a difficult question and we can disagree about the answer — and it's not obvious that in the event of disagreement, a court's view ought to prevail over that of the legislature.

This is the most logical conclusion, but the legislature and the court have not labored over the ambiguity.