Sentences with phrase «more judicial appointments»

Michael Moldaver's bold, game - changing decision in R. v. Jordan has impacted criminal matters — and all matters — in the courts and prompted more judicial appointments.

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As an outcome of the elections, it seems likely that pro-life measures will have a more difficult time, good judicial appointments may be stymied and the Bush doctrine of promoting democracy in the Middle East may be abandoned.

In the past, the Senate deferred to the president's choice of justices, as well as other federal judicial officers, but since the Nixon administration that deference has declined and appointments have been seen as more political, particularly following the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on the appointment of Clarence Thomas.

Hoping to avoid embarrassment, he plans to pare down the list to a couple of judicial appointments and «no more than eight or 10 other appointments,» the aide said.

«The challenged statutes do not inevitably lead to the assignment of more inexperienced teachers to schools serving poor and minority children,» said Boren, who received his judicial appointments from Republican Govs. George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson.

The oft touted solution of increased judicial appointments obviously comes at an increased cost to the public purse, and so the government has... [more]

When we talk about defending and protecting our judiciary, none of our work is more important than the peer reviews we continue to perform on judicial nominees being considered for lifetime appointments by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In their March 2013 article, Representing Canada on the bench: On gender balance, equality and judicial appointments, Krystle Gill and Alycia Shaw summed up the reasons to support ongoing action towards a more representative bench as follows:

Ontario recently announced the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee will be taking steps to increase diversity in the judiciary, including recruiting more judges from indigenous communities.

Allow us to deviate from the blogospheric preoccupation with Sarah Palin's daughter's pregnancy and turn to a matter more telling of her qualifications to hold high office — her record of judicial appointments.

The new guidelines for Superior Court judicial appointments released this week highlight the need for Judicial Advisory Committees (JACs) to be more representative of Canada, and to receive training on diversity, unconscious bias, and assessment of merit, criteria which could also be applied to those aspiring to enter the projudicial appointments released this week highlight the need for Judicial Advisory Committees (JACs) to be more representative of Canada, and to receive training on diversity, unconscious bias, and assessment of merit, criteria which could also be applied to those aspiring to enter the proJudicial Advisory Committees (JACs) to be more representative of Canada, and to receive training on diversity, unconscious bias, and assessment of merit, criteria which could also be applied to those aspiring to enter the profession.

So this slightly suggests that Stephen Harper is taking a more cautious approach to judicial appointments than the previous Liberal governments.

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.

My experience as an applicant for judicial appointment prompted me to wonder: if a state wants a more diverse judiciary, why apply old ways of thinking, where the same factors are considered regardless of background?

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

Earlier this month, the provincial government announced new policies around judicial appointments, including options on application forms» to self - identify as Indigenous,... [more]

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.

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.

The report includes more general complaints about the magistrate and about the government's approach to judicial appointments.

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.

While serious gaps in transparency remain with the appointment process both provincially and federally, all judicial... [more]