Sentences with phrase «not other branches of government»

«There's little real debate about this, as evidenced by Dean John Feerick, the Chairman of the last Moreland Act Commission to investigate public corruption They are empowered to investigate the Executive Branch, «not other branches of government, however.»»

Not exact matches

A debt collector seeking to recover a private student loan does not work for, represent, or collect on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education or any other branch of the federal government.

He suggests that, in agreement with Lincoln, Supreme Court decisions should be binding only on the litigants and not on other branches of the federal government, nor on other states, as the case may be.

The new directors of the CIA, its main internal branches, the National Security Agency, and many other key organs of the «defense establishment» are now military (or ex-military) officers, strongly suggesting that the military does not need to take over the government in order to control it.

While it may be tempting to point to the fact that Russia is at odds (to put it mildly) with the US and GB is an ally, I don't think that British agents (of other branches of the GB government) are excused from registering as foreign agents.

Cohen contends that the white paper should be seen not as actual U.S. policy, but rather as a kind of «trial balloon» that the executive branch is floating to assert more power for itself, and to which other branches of the U.S. government will rightly respond.

While there may be other branches of state government that may put forth estimates, the Governor's office does not yet have its projections due to the volatility of the market and dynamic nature of the situation.

He doesn't control the state Controller or Attorney General's office - two other executive branch agencies - and the Legislature and Judiciary are separate branches of state government.

The district court subsequently said in its decision that the case brought up a «political» question that the other branches of government, not the judicial branch, should consider, but an appeals court reversed that ruling.

I don't care how great the emergency may be, the other branches of government should be able to act as needed.

We are not a branch of any other animal welfare organization and we don't receive any funding from government sources.

The Court could not meddle in the details of lawmaking and administration, but it could require that the other branches of government take actions that provide for civil rights with all deliberate speed, a phrase that was associated with the much - respected Oliver Wendell Holmes.

In Costa Rica, where local environmental groups and even some members of government are loudly calling for Watson's release, the Environment Minister René Castro is distancing himself from the proceedings saying «we can not interfere with the work of other government branches.»

But my initial reaction is that it's unfortunate (but not surprising) that for both Supreme Court nominations, the president has chosen well - connected insiders with ties to the executive branch, rather than individuals who are more likely to bring a more «independent» perspective to issues of government and especially presidential power... On the other hand, I'm pleased that Miers is (a) not from an elite law school; (b) not a federal judge; and (c) spent the vast majority of her career outside the beltway.

Salaries of justices of the supreme court, of the judges of the court of appeals, of the circuit judges within a circuit, and of the probate judges within a county or district, shall be uniform, and may be increased but shall not be decreased during a term of office except and only to the extent of a general salary reduction in all other branches of government.

It should also be noted that a judge can not recuse himself if there is no other judge capable of hearing the case is available (the classic example is the case deals with an issue regarding pay of the judicial branch of government.

If the concept is good enough for the two other branches of Florida government, why not the judiciary?

it can not inquire into matters which are within the exclusive province of one of the other branches of the Government.

Much of what she says was fairly mainstream UK constitutional law lesson 1.1, e.g. that the UK constitution is different from most other countries in that its governing principle is that sovereign power is not distributed between the three branches of government (executive, legal and judicial), but resides solely in Parliament.

However, the government decided to deny funding to all of the participants other than the police, the criminal justice branch and a limited number of affected families, making it difficult if not impossible for community groups to participate.

The traditional branches of government are required to work independently, meaning that one should not have the power to influence any other to make decisions in its favour.

- The general court shall have the power to act in relation to cities and towns, but only by general laws which apply alike to all cities or to all towns, or to all cities and towns, or to a class of not fewer than two, and by special laws enacted (1) on petition filed or approved by the voters of a city or town, or the mayor and city council, or other legislative body, of a city, or the town meeting of a town, with respect to a law relating to that city or town; (2) by a two - thirds vote of each branch of the general court following a recommendation by the governor; (3) to erect and constitute metropolitan or regional entities, embracing any two or more cities or towns or cities and towns, or established with other than existing city or town boundaries, for any general or special public purpose or purposes, and to grant to these entities such powers, privileges and immunities as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient for the regulation and government thereof; or (4) solely for the incorporation or dissolution of cities or towns as corporate entities, alteration of city or town boundaries, and merger or consolidation of cities and towns, or any of these matters.

The Supreme Court, which has heard several other patent cases this term, is also not the only branch of government looking to fix the patent system: The White House issued a series of executive orders to curb patent trolls, while Congress is expected to pass a patent reform bill this spring.