Sentences with phrase «make judicial appointments»

The governor will make judicial appointments with full discretion, which must then be confirmed by the senate.

Justice Minister Rob Nicholson was very busy making judicial appointment notices last week.

This recognition of Canadian legal pluralism was also reflected in the Canadian Bar association's (CBa) 2005 resolution (Resolution 05 -01-a) calling for representation of all Canadian legal traditions when making judicial appointments.

In making judicial appointments, the governor consults minority bar ratings as well as traditional bar ratings.

The Canadian Bar Association calls for representation of all Canadian legal traditions when making judicial appointments, it affirms s. 35 promises, and calls for recognition and compliance with UNDRIP.

The real uproar in the media has been about the process of making judicial appointments and not so much whether Justice Brown is a conservative, a libertarian or a conservative libertarian.

Not exact matches

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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.

With the early and unexpected departure of yet another top judge, Gov. Cuomo will soon be making his fifth and sixth appointments to the seven - member Court of Appeals, the state's highest judicial authority.

He also demanded Raj convince Smith that half of his potential judicial appointments should he become mayor be Republican and that the party have heavy influence in branches of City Hall that could make «things happen» for politically friendly developers — such as the Board of Standards and Appeals and the Buildings Department.

The plaintiffs prayed the court to declare that upon true and proper construction of Article 144 clauses (2) and (3) of the 1992 Constitution, all appointments made by the President of the Republic of Ghana to the Supreme Court were valid on the condition they were made in strict accordance with the advice of the Judicial Council.

Recommendation 2: The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada take immediate steps to ensure that an efficient and expeditious system is in place for making the necessary judicial appointments to provincial superior courts.

The Committee has examined the progress made on judicial recruitment and diversity since its 2012 report on Judicial Appoijudicial recruitment and diversity since its 2012 report on Judicial AppoiJudicial Appointments.

Firstly, the day MacKay made these comments at the private OBA meeting, 10 new judicial appointments were made — nine were men.

Indeed, the most recent round of federal appointments of judges across the country included 9 new appointments, of which 3 were women, and in Manitoba, only 1 woman has been appointed out of 6 judicial appointments made in 2013.

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.

Nearly a dozen lawyers have become judges in the past week, after Justice Minister Peter MacKay made a series of judicial appointments across Canada.

The replacement of the Lord Chancellor's role by the JAC was overdue in democratic terms (it is unthinkable that an active politician like Chris Grayling or Jack Straw could make senior judicial appointments); may, in this case, have led to the appointment of the best candidate for a difficult job at a difficult time; but may have impeded the process of creating a more diverse judiciary in the absence of any statutory injunction to take into account strategic development of the judiciary.

The chairperson [of the judicial nominating commission] shall make the name of each person whose nomination is accepted available to the public whenever the commission stops accepting nominations for such appointment, but not less than 10 days prior to submitting the names of nominees to the governor.

The government made more than 600 judicial appointments since 2006, including more than 50 since last summer, she said.

Unlike the process in many provinces for appointments to the provincial court [see provincial court process sidebar below], there is no short list drawn up for a specific judicial opening nor are there interviews with candidates before a final decision is made.

The Conservative government made more than 700 judicial appointments during its nearly 10 years in power and what surveys have been done suggest that the majority of them came from not only a narrow segment of the Canadian population but also a narrow segment of the legal profession.

SB 2498 (Constitutional Amendment) Requires written notice of an appointment to the senate for advice and consent concurrent with the governor, judicial selection commission, or chief justice's making of the appointment.

HB 7455 Requires governor and nominating authorities in making appointments to judicial nominating commission «ensure that the membership of the commission reflects the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of the state's population.»

He has also served as a Commissioner on the State Bar's Commission on Judicial Nominee's Evaluation, and on Senator Barbara Boxer's Judicial Screening Committee, which made recommendations for federal judicial appoiJudicial Nominee's Evaluation, and on Senator Barbara Boxer's Judicial Screening Committee, which made recommendations for federal judicial appoiJudicial Screening Committee, which made recommendations for federal judicial appoijudicial appointments.

One such trend that was popular several years ago was an effort to expand gubernatorial authority over the process, by allowing the governor to choose more members of the judicial nominating commission and giving the governor more nominees from which to make appointments.

Judge Laser, sitting by special appointment from the Arkansas Supreme Court after all of the 20th Judicial District judges recused, noted that this was «one decision [he would] rather not make.»

A person becomes a candidate for judicial office as soon as he or she makes a public announcement of candidacy, declares or files as a candidate with the election or appointment authority, authorizes or, where permitted, engages in solicitation or acceptance of contributions or support, or is nominated for election or appointment to office.

The appointment of colonial judges to the Judicial Committee had been made possible by the Judicial Committee Amendment Act, 1895, 58 & 59 Vic., c. 44 (U.K.).

This is not the only completely unqualified judicial appointment made by the current President.

Since the adoption in 1982 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and political concerns about judicial activism, calls have been made for more transparency and input into these appointments beyond the constitutional minimum.