Sentences with phrase «of a constitutional amendment»

The law allows a judge to protect an innocent spouse and minor dependent children and goes into effect after a second passage of a constitutional amendment by the legislature and voter approval in 2017.

Good government advocates are rejecting the idea of a constitutional amendment on campaign finance reform, or even a limited pilot project on public financing.

In the case of constitutional amendments, almost every legislature must place them before voters.

The only mechanism that exists for calling early elections is the mechanism of constitutional amendment as specified in Article Five.

Term limits were imposed on state legislators as a result of a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 1992.

Thus, the ability of state lawmakers to put a constitutional amendment before voters depends on supporters of the constitutional amendment retaining control of both chambers of the legislature through an election cycle.

He voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would allow legislators and other officials convicted on corruption charges to be stripped of their pensions.

After being read the text of the constitutional amendment that will appear on the ballot, however, 55 percent said yes and 42 percent said no.

Adoption of a constitutional amendment limiting any increase of state spending to the rate of inflation.

Some government reform groups are signing on to the concept of the constitutional amendment, though they do not necessarily support the specific details revealed so far.

Supporters of the Constitutional amendment wanted to keep it that way.

Lawmakers this year approved first passage of a constitutional amendment that would strip public officials convicted of felony corruption of their pensions.

Like any sane person, I am against Same - Sex Marriage, and in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban it.

As he raised concerns over the sweeping changes to state government through a pair of constitutional amendments proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a statement pointed to the relative short window of time debate would be held over term limits and creating a full - time Legislature that bans outside income.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Wednesday insisted talks remain active on broad ethics reform and specifically on the first passage of a constitutional amendment for pension forfeiture.

The Assembly's Judiciary Committee moved a version of a constitutional amendment requiring public officials convicted of felonies to forfeit their pensions that had passed the Senate last year, but Speaker Carl Heastie was completely noncommittal when asked if it would be voted on by the full chamber.

Senate Republicans, who are currently holding on to a thin majority despite a massive disadvantage in voter registration, have dangled the possibility of a constitutional amendment as a possible compromise, in exchange for a degree of latitude in this year's process.

Pending voter approval of the constitutional amendment at the ballot box, corrupt politicians will soon no longer be able to collect their taxpayer - funded pensions from behind bars.

The final wording of the constitutional amendment still has to be worked out, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said today at a press conference in Berlin, where he presented the agreement with research minister Johanna Wanka and state leaders.

«If we get some opportunity for there to be change to the 2012 maps and lasting structural reform in the form of a constitutional amendment we would be fine.

Cuomo, in his speech, reduced opposition to abortion to a mere religious value which a Catholic politician need not impose on society in the absence of consensus, by way of Constitutional Amendment or preclusion of Medicaid funds.

The final three remarked that such a repeal would never happen, and they're right — repeal of a constitutional amendment would require the approval of 38 state legislatures, a high bar that, realistically, can not be reached.

The Bible has been «clear» before, after all — in support of a flat and stationary earth, in support of wiping out entire people groups, in support of manifest destiny, in support of Indian removal, in support of anti-Semitism, in support of slavery, in support of «separate but equal,» in support of constitutional amendments banning interracial marriage.

«But the senator is supportive of a constitutional amendment to let people decide to expand casino gambling, because it could have a positive economic impact in certain parts of the state and lead to the creation of jobs,» said Wren.

Despite passage of a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to go paperless, the chambers might yet not be quite ready to make the leap.

• Another possible sign of Deal's nervousness: The state Department of Education notified school boards they can not «expend funds or other resources to advocate or oppose the ratification of a constitutional amendment by the voters.»

China's largely rubber stamp parliament on Sunday passed a series of constitutional amendments, including one that removes presidential term limits, allowing President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely.

The issue of a constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the American flag is currently on political hold, but it remains potentially very much alive.

«Where we are is if, if, if,» Cuomo said, reiterating that the political boundaries as proposed by Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats must be fairer and coupled with the reform of a constitutional amendment plus a law for this year.

The good government community was split over whether to excoriate Cuomo for whiffing on his veto pledge or accepting the half a loaf of the constitutional amendment.

For Cuomo, the push and pull in the Senate is a sideshow compared to his efforts to engineer a special session that could result in the passage of constitutional amendments creating a full - time Legislature, term limits for elected officials and a reconstituted pay commission for lawmakers, who insist none of these items should be linked.

Both the Assembly, (which went first), and the Senate are now totally paperless, as per the passage of a constitutional amendment last year.

The state legislature could approve second passage of a constitutional amendment next year to expand gambling in New York.

Calling the Citizens United decision a «systemic defect» to the political system, he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of a constitutional amendment reversing the decision.

So far, Senate Republicans have embraced one of the half - dozen or more ideas kicking around Albany: passage of a constitutional amendment resolution to strip away government pensions for officials convicted of corruption.

If you were going to the effort of a Constitutional amendment (a / k / a super-majority); adding a simple set of dissolution triggers to the Constitution would be more cost effective than recall referenda (elections to have elections).

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

If it were passed in November, the provision would only apply to officials who committed crimes on or after Jan. 1, 2018, succeeding the date of the constitutional amendment.

A Hudson Valley congresswoman has added her name to co-sponsors of a constitutional amendment to limit money in politics.

Proponents of a constitutional amendment to end affirmative action in Michigan's public universities have collected more than 500,000 petition signatures, far more than the 317,757 required to get the issue on the 2006 ballot.

The resolution, which is now association policy, comes on the heels of the recent defeat in the U.S. Senate of a constitutional amendment that would have permitted vocal, organized prayer in the public schools.

Upset by Oregon voters» rejection this spring of a constitutional amendment to ensure stable funding for schools, Dana Coffin, a senior at Cascade Union High School, began talking with her friends about ways they could help their district.

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.

The spike in distributions is due to continued growth and investment of the $ 2.3 billion Permanent State School Fund and Utah voter passage of Constitutional Amendment B in November 2016.

Looking further afield, some of the most interesting jurisprudence in this area has been generated by the Indian Supreme Court, which famously annulled a Constitutional amendment which sought to prohibit the judicial review of constitutional amendments on the grounds that it was contrary to the Constitution's «basic structure».

That, then Mr. Chairman, is more or less what I wanted to say on the question of constitutional amendment.