Sentences with phrase «most powerful political force»

A much anticipated update to the court's Case Management Order proved to be a great disappointment for defendants, as the plaintiff - favoring judge who wrote it was predictably rewarded with an appellate court appointment by a governor who acknowledges that trial lawyers are «the single most powerful political force» in the state.

The goal was to overcome what Klipsch referred to as «the problem» — the Indiana State Teachers Association, which his presentation calls «the most powerful political force at the Statehouse and at the ballot box» and «the biggest spender by far» in Indiana politics.

The Labour left is the single most powerful political force seeking to defend the working class against Blair's attacks.

He's the most powerful political force in the state.»

Mr. Cuomo protected New York City teachers, one of the state's most powerful political forces, by blocking Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's proposal this winter to immediately end teacher seniority protections.

Push to hold industry accountable The oil and gas industry, one of the state's most powerful political forces, has acknowledged some role in the damages, but so far has defeated efforts to force companies to pay for it.

While they make up only a fraction of the 74 million Turks, they are considered one of the most powerful political forces in Turkey.

«RPAC is stronger than ever and has been crucial in making NAR one of the most powerful political forces at the federal level.

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A decade after 9 / 11 - even the most intellectually challenged American should have understood that in the part of the world where there is instability and power vacuum - the slightest excuse can be used to rally people for a cause - and the Prophet is a powerful «cause» - that can be misused by political forces... So, any American who irresponsibly puts the lives of his fellow citizens in danger by using such provocation is a traitor to his country.

Ex-president Nkrumah of Ghana had inscribed on his monument in the capital city: «Seek ye first the political Kingdom and all else shall follow.18 Every historical order elicits and organizes group loyalties which are among the most powerful forces in human life.

With restrictions of some democratic rights; restrictions of freedom of expression, and geo - political maneuvering, he has managed to place Russia again as a major player, and as a counter force to the United States when it comes to the world's most powerful nations.

Becoming king also bestows upon the king the powers of the Black Panther, though his threats aren't physical so much as political, having to deal with not only external forces who want to use Wakanda's stash of the worlds hardest and most powerful metal, vibranium, to their advantage, but also within Wakanda, among those who feel that they have a responsibility to share their advancement with the world to help those who desperately need its harnessed powers to heal, or, more extreme, to use their secretive wealth in resources and weapons technology to right centuries of wrongs for people of African descent around the world through a revolution.

Over the last quarter century, the teachers unions have clearly been the most powerful force in American education, and they have clearly been using their extraordinary power — in collective bargaining at the local level, in the political process at the state and national levels — to undermine major reform and to burden the schools (via seniority provisions, the protection of bad teachers, and all the rest) with ineffective forms of organization.

Multiple political and economic forces paved liberalism's path away from its mid-century optimism and toward an aristocratic outlook reminiscent of the Tory Radicalism of nineteenth - century Britain; but one of the most powerful was the rise of the modern environmental movement and its recurrent hysterias.

His goal in this book is «to prompt you not to lament our governments» failures to introduce the measures required to tackle climate change, but to force them to reverse their policies, by joining what must become the world's most powerful political movement».

, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has now admitted that those lawyers dominate state politics and he is powerless to push through a popular reform bill that actually could boost redevelopment efforts... → Read More: Cowardly NY Governor Admits Political Impotence, Calls Trial Lawyers «Most Powerful» Force in State