Sentences with phrase «number of constitutional amendments»

The NYPIRG analysis also found that the number of constitutional amendments has increased.

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Our most recent Constitutional Amendment, number 27, adopted in 1992, which prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives, was first introduced by James Madison in 1789.

Going through the more formal, restricted process of proposing a specific Amendment that must be introduced in Congress, be passed by 2/3 majorities in both houses, and then be ratified by the required number of states (3/4, which would still have to approve amendments from a convention, as well) seems doomed to fail in this current period of hyper - partisanship and gridlock, but the alternative of calling a Constitutional Convention is so broad that it can easily have unexpected results, in the opposite direction that those originally organizing had hoped for.

While a number of state legislatures have called on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to undo Citizens United or address the related issue of corporate «personhood,» few have taken the route of asking Congress to call for a constitutional convention.

State Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee Chairman John Bonacic floated the idea of increasing the number of potential new casino sites allowed under a constitutional amendment being pursued by the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The expansion in the number of political parties and possibly independent candidates as contained in the proposed Constitutional amendments now awaiting the concurrence of State Assemblies mean that we need to think fast and plan properly, especially in the management of the ballot.

«Despite a number of amendments being tabled during the process, some of which came from the Assembly's Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, the Minister has refused to accept our recommendations.

New Yorkers for Local Approval of Casinos released a poll today suggesting that most New Yorkers support the constitutional amendment that would allow for 7 new non-indian casinos, 54 %, but that number drops if you tell them they won't know where the casinos will be placed or won't have local control over deciding if a casino will be built in your town.

By early evening, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders had reached a deal on a number of issues including a redistricting plan, expansion of the state's DNA data base, pension reform, and a constitutional amendment to allow up to seven new gambling casinos in New York.

For an amendment to be placed before the voters as a referendum, a state constitutional convention, a joint meeting of both houses of the legislature sitting as one body, in each of two successive two - year legislative sessions, must provide the required number of votes.

The interview confirms the word around the Capitol that Cuomo had met with legislators to discuss increasing the number of first - round casinos allowed in New York to four should the enabling legislation be approved alongside the second passage of a constitutional amendment that expands non-Indian gaming in New York.

The governor announced that he would seek an array of good government reforms from the State Legislature, a number of them familiar: preventing donors from circumventing contribution caps through the creation of shell limited liability corporations; enhancing personal financial disclosures; creating a public financing system; and instating constitutional amendments to establish term limits for Albany lawmakers (though not Cuomo and the current class of legislators), extend the legislative session from six months to year - round and ban outside income.

That appraisal resonates in Georgia, where black voters turned out in large numbers several years ago to help pass a constitutional amendment confirming state authority to grant charters, but played a crucial role in the November defeat of the constitutional amendment for an Opportunity School District.

Several of the independent experts appearing before either the Commons Committee on Justice and Human Rights or the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in the last session (3rd session, 40th Parliament) on criminal law amendments were concerned about the failure to provide additional funding concurrent with proposals that would increase the number of persons incarcerated at any one time.

In 2012, Arizona voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have increased the number of judicial nominees submitted to the governor from three to eight, and in 2013, the supreme court struck down a statute that would have increased the number of nominees to five.

A number of submissions made to the Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill 200631 (by the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs) raised issues about the effectiveness of the tribunal in conducting mediation.32