Sentences with phrase «of a constitutional amendment last»

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Last week, whilst teaching a course at Colorado College, I wrote a piece for The Economist about a bill to allow civil unions in the state, which was combined with reporting on Obama's announcement in support of gay marriage and that passage of North Carolina's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Norden: Public Financing Is More Effective than a Constitutional Amendment Last week, Sam Fedele, coordinator of Move to Amend - Rochester, authored an op - ed in the Democrat & Chronicle criticizing the Moreland Commission's recommendations to fix the perilous state of corruption in Albany.

Upon the approval of such constitution or constitutional amendments, in the manner provided in the last preceding section, such constitution or constitutional amendment, shall go into effect on the first day of January next after such approval.

In the Assembly, meanwhile, a constitutional amendment to strip corrupt officials of their pensions was approved last year, but that version differs from what was passed by the Senate.

The last time the Constitutional Convention was called was in 1965, and the last time an amendment was passed as a result of the Constitutional Convention was in 1936.

The last time New York actually passed amendments proposed by the constitutional convention was 1938 when they voted for six of nine sets of amendments (there were actually 57 amendments but they were organized in nine different questions).

Griffo is the sponsor of Senate legislation that would pave the way for a constitutional amendment, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo said last month he would consider backing.

State lawmakers approved the expansion of casino gambling last week with enabling legislation that provides and the second passage of a constitutional amendment that now goes to voters in a referendum.

The pro-casino group New York Jobs Now received a flurry of last - minute contributions on Thursday, five days before voters are set to decide on a Constitutional amendment that would expand non-Indian casinos in the state.

To place an initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot, proponents must collect valid signatures signatures equal to 10 percent of votes cast for governor in the last gubernatorial general election.

In 1967, the last time New York held a constitutional convention, voters turned down an all - or - nothing package of amendments mainly over one amendment having to do with public support for religious education.

New York voters last November approved a constitutional amendment allowing four casinos on non-Indian land in three regions of the state: the Hudson Valley - Catskills, the Albany - Saratoga area and the Southern Tier.

Initiative statutes require valid signatures from at least 5 percent of the total votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial election, while initiative constitutional amendments require at least 8 percent.

New York voters last fall approved a constitutional amendment to allow a total of four Las Vegas - style casinos on non-Indian land in three regions: the Judson Valley / Catskills, Albany - Saratoga and the Souther Tier.

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.

Voters last Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that would allow for public officials to be stripped of their pensions if convicted of a felony related to their office.

The state legislature last week approved a constitutional amendment allowing judges to strip felonious officials of their pension and retirement benefits if they commit a crime related to their official duty.

A Siena College poll released last week shows that 62 percent of voters statewide support having a convention in 2019, at which elected delegates would propose and vote on constitutional amendments.

Under a state constitutional amendment passed last year, a total of four casinos will be allowed on non-Indian land in three regions of the state: the Hudson Valley - Catskills, the Albany - Saratoga area and the Southern Tier.

State voters last fall approved a constitutional amendment to allow a total of four casinos on non-Indian land in three regions of the state: the Hudson Valley - Catskills, the Albany - Saratoga area and the Southern Tier, near Binghamton.

Under a state constitutional amendment approved by voters last year, a total of four casinos will be allowed on non-Indian land in three regions of the state: the Hudson Valley - Catskills, comprising Ulster, Sullivan and Orange counties; the Albany - Saratoga area; and the Southern Tier - Finger Lakes area.

Under a constitutional amendment approved by voters statewide last fall, a total of four casino licences will be awarded in three regions: the Hudson Valley / Catskills, the Albany - Saratoga area and the Southern Tier.

When the Assembly came to order on June 17 for a session that would last until 5:09 a.m. the next day, it still needed to pass an anti-heroin package, a roll - back of the state's Blue Laws, the legalization of daily fantasy sports, a constitutional amendment that could make more elected officials convicted of felonies forfeit their pensions, a government transparency measure, and 57 other bills.

A preliminary count of last week's balloting showed about 56 percent of voters approving Constitutional Amendment 1, which establishes real estate and personal property as separate tax categories under the constitution.

Despite concerns about the impact of Amendment 1, a restrictive budget and spending constitutional amendment adopted by voters last fall, the finance issue turned out to be less contentious than in recent years in the legAmendment 1, a restrictive budget and spending constitutional amendment adopted by voters last fall, the finance issue turned out to be less contentious than in recent years in the legamendment adopted by voters last fall, the finance issue turned out to be less contentious than in recent years in the legislature.

The California Teachers Association announced last week that it will throw its support behind a proposed constitutional amendment that would alter provisions of the state's school - funding guarantee and relax a constitutional ceiling on state spending growth.

Oregon voters appeared last week to have passed a constitutional amendment that would require a three - fifths vote of both houses of the state legislature to approve tax increases.

But last year voters overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed the state to take over schools and put them in an Opportunity School District, with the option of converting them to charters.

West Virginia voters had approved the amendment by a wide margin last November, but Judge Elizabeth Hallanan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in late February barred voluntary prayer in public schools on constitutional grounds.

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.

For example, just last term, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant's constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment is so sacrosanct that violation of the right is grounds for overturning a conviction, even in the absence of showing of actual prejudice.

But it is the court's watershed declaration that the Supreme Court is «a constitutionally essential institution» and a «foundational premise of the Constitution» whose composition and «essential features» can not be substantively changed, except by constitutional amendment, that will have the most lasting and far - reaching impact, experts say.

In the last 48 hours the Ohio Senate has introduced and approved on a 34 - 0 vote a constitutional amendment (SJR 9) to create a Public Office Compensation Commission «to review the current compensation of each elected public official in the state» including judges.

The constitutional amendment (then called SB 275 of 2016) was approved unanimously by both chambers last year.

With a big hat tip to CAAFlog, it appears that CAAF last Friday granted review in Ali, and the first of three issues presented is the constitutional elephant in the room, i.e.,» [W] hether the military judge erred in ruling that the court had jurisdiction to try [Ali] and thereby violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments by refusing to dismiss the charges and specifications.»

This isn't the first time that this type of constitutional amendment has been attempted — the last time was in 2007 — but it is the first time that anyone has tried an amendment using Section 43.