Sentences with phrase «not elect representatives»

Alun Wyburn - Powell is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party, but not an elected representative or office - holder.

The Federal Council are not elected representatives.

I thought FERPA only applied to private citizens, not elected representatives, though I hadn't looked into it too deeply.

Julie Hepburn is not an elected representative with a public profile outside the SNP - but makes a virtue of this, saying the focus of the deputy leader should be internal.

While it appears that none of the lawmakers or those who contributed to their campaigns has violated any campaign finance laws, the question remains: how does the average voter discern whether or not their elected representative is championing an issue she truly cares about, or if the money associated with that issue — and her prospects for reelection — is what is driving her agenda?

So the real question is, why aren't our elected representatives willing to forgo a portion of that undeniably enticing, politically expedient short - term profitability in favor of fixing a $ 1.2 trillion problem?

He made efforts to bring these problems to the attention of government officials, but was met with little success because he was not an elected representative of the community.

Not exact matches

People, person, or persons as used in this Constitution does not include corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state, and such corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through their elected state and federal representatives, deem reasonable and are otherwise consistent with the powers of Congress and the States under this Constitution.

In this regard, Entrepreneur India personally interacted with Revathy Ashok who is not only associated with the Indian Angel Network but is also Chief Executive Officer and Managing Trustee at Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) which works at improving urban governance in the city by engaging both elected representatives as well as citizens.

«We hear all of the time that we are a democracy, but the fact of the matter, even excluding the issue of Washington, D.C., not having elected representatives in the congress, is that, all of you know, increasingly, big money is buying elections,» he said.

Personalized choice architecture can frustrate the entire premise behind democratic elections — that it is we, the people, and not a choice architect, who elect our own representatives.

«Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy,» Justice William O. Douglas wrote.171 Decentralizing this power would ensure that «the fortunes of the people will not be dependent on the whim or caprice, the political prejudice, the emotional stability of a few self - appointed men.»

NOTE: Service as an elected member of the United States Congress (a U.S. Senator or Representative) does not qualify.

And she doesn't think it's a problem that British Columbians don't even get to know who is paying that much money for one - on - one time with the most influential elected representative in the province.

And by «we,» incidentally, I mean PSAC members, not just elected representatives and union staff.

We wouldn't want a Senate with anything like the power of our elected representatives in the House of Commons.

*********************************************************** Ah yes, the «blood orgies» of 1941 and 1950, which could have been avoided without adverse consequences if only Americans had listened to the heroes of the Upper - Midwest, and told their elected representatives and appointed generals (er... their «Masters») that they weren't a-marchin» anymore.

Replace Boehner and McConnell with people who will do the job the GOP congressional representatives were elected to do — govern, for the people, * not * the party.

@Howard — As a republic, which is a version of representative democracy, it means we do not have a true or direct democracy where each law would be voted on by each citizen, but an elected representative for larger groups of people that gets to cast the vote, which may or may not at times represent the will of the voters who elected the representative.

I don't know any Christians that are looking to establish a Theocracy, but I know a great many that are looking to elect someone who will represent their vote on important issues which, of course, is the point of a representative government.

Separation, but not «rejection» of religion from governmental decisions and policies is very important, and it doesn't mean one rejects God or their beliefs, even if they are an elected representative.

Nongovernmental organizations can provide a way for those who are not satisfied with their elected representatives to continue their efforts to influence the political process.

The people's elected representatives in Congress don't, either.

In his assault on the U.S. Constitution, the Bush administration is really saying that it doesn't trust Congress, the elected representatives of the people, nor does it trust the people themselves.

The threats facing the U.S. now are asymmetric, numerous and dispersed and, because of this, are not great enough in total to fundamentally unite us as well as our elected representatives in Congress.

While people are generally stupid, Sarah Palin proved that overt stupidity is not a characteristic people want in their elected representatives.

The conservative judges tended to argue in this vein: The Constitution is silent on the matter of marriage; the judges are not in a position, then, to declare any «constitutional rights» on this subject emanating from the text or logic of the Constitution; and therefore this question should be left in the political arena for the people and their elected representatives to decide.

Did the Justices not read into the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment a «right to freedom of contract» in whose name they frustrated the legislative will and usurped the constitutional authority of the elected representatives of the people?

Our elected representatives do not merely comply with, but obey, the Court's understanding of the constitutional order, and they have tendered obedience for fifty years.

Because the new regime was not erected by any ordinary process of amendment, referendum, or ratification, in principle the people still may alter it through their elected representatives.

If the liberal Justices are guilty of partiality and hypocrisy in Hill, isn't the same true of their critics who have, in the past, sharply criticized the Justices for usurping legislative authority and substituting their personal preferences for the contrary judgments of the people's elected representatives?

I don't agree with lot's of things the goverment enacts, but the price of democracy is accepting what the democratically elected representatives enact.

In this context, the tragedy of Oliver North is that the opinions, thoughts and feelings of the people and their elected representatives concerning aid to the contras did not matter; what seemed to matter, in an unabashed exercise of unilateral power, was the provision of such aid, by whatever means, in the name of the national interest, patriotism, and fighting communism, by people who in their actions were claiming they knew what was best for the United States.

«When you fight a general election most people don't question the nature of the place you're sending your elected representatives too,» he continued.

As elected representatives of the people, though, MPs shouldn't be saying anything that they wouldn't be comfortable with the public hearing.

However, informality represents a problem for democracy if and when democratic laws are not being implemented or when democratically elected representatives are being manipulated by informal networks.

Misratans should run their town's affairs through their new democratically - elected local council and Benghazi transparency activists must be involved in their local governance — but only as representatives of the central government and not as their own fiefdoms.

But «parliament» does not just apply the Palace of Westminster — the devolved governments and local government too are «parliamentary» in form: that is they are made up of elected representatives who appoint an executive of some sort.

«President Clinton will highlight the choice voters face in the upcoming midterm elections, and emphasize the need to continue moving the country forward by electing strong Representatives like Hinchey who are fighting for middle class families — not the wealthy special interests.»

In the interest of brevity I will surmise with this Declaration, that this high powered and highly motivated Commission will follow the money, and if I believe you are part of the large honest majority of elected representative in Albany, NY, Assembly or the Senate, you can breathe a sigh of relief, because you won't be lumped in with the guilty.

But «let's not try to make it so» is (unfortunately) premature... climate change appears to remain deeply contested within the Conservative Party (see the campaigns of elected representatives like Douglas Carswell MP, Roger Helmer MEP; the most prominent opinion formers, such as The Spectator and forums such as ConservativeHome; and the weak priority which most party activists give the issue (according to ConHome surveys).

Our members need to be able to think for themselves on the issue — to hold events in their communities, motivate others to take action, press their elected representatives to take [a] stand — not to simply be another name on a list, but to be a hub in an ever - expanding network.»

The two things you lose with simple PR is the link between a district and specific representatives (all MP represent the whole electorate) and the ability to choose exactly who gets elected (you vote for a party, not a person).

If the Electoral Commission is satisfied that the name of a member declared to be elected is not correctly recorded on a return forwarded to the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 193 (5)(b), --

There are times that our elected representatives must exhibit leadership by example, and have the courage not to simply be a...

And what are our state elected representatives doing to prepare for the problems that will accompany whatever happens or doesn't happen in Washington?

Unlike some other proposals that bar candidates from contesting elections if charged with criminal cases, this solution would not vitiate the presumption of innocence, and should be seen as a «privilege» given to elected representatives, an opportunity to quickly clear their names of malicious or frivolous allegations.

Alun Wyburn - Powell is member of the Liberal Democrat Party, but not an office - holder or elected representative.

We run candidates and elect representatives who haven't sold out to Wall Street or the Tea Party.

«Before McDonnell, citizens could assume that their elected representatives weren't being paid extra to perform any act as an officeholder whether it was casting a vote or taking a meeting,» he wrote in an email.