Sentences with phrase «of a constitutional amendment requiring»

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.

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Sometimes, this approach to leadership required Lincoln to make deals he was initially uncomfortable with to gain the support of legislators, notably to win passage of the constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery,» he writes.

[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

But, in the Senate, it was criticized as an «election dodge,» and it fell two votes short of the two - thirds required to propose a constitutional amendment.

Either of those solutions would require a constitutional amendment.

PLUGGING THE DRAIN Sirs: Your article, America down the Drain by Robert H. Boyle (Nov. 16), should by law or Constitutional amendment be required reading, rereading and digesting by the President, all members of his Cabinet, all Congressmen, state governors, state representatives and all other political officeholders ad infinitum.

To take the decision out of the hands of discredited Parliamentarians, however, requires a Constitutional amendment that allows elections to take place before the end of the current term.

Constitutional amendments passed by parliament must be put to a referendum and require not only a majority of the electorate, but also a majority of the cantons.

Cuomo has called for closing the LLC loophole in campaign finance law as well as an agreement on requiring officials convicted of corruption to surrender their pensions through a constitutional amendment.

That is, let's say that there was a constitutional amendment in place that, instead of abolishing the electoral college, required that the votes be split in each state (somewhat like ME and NE but simpler.)

During remarks delivered at a forum hosted by the nonpartisan good government group Citizens Union, the Attorney General outlined what he believes is required to help «cure the disease» of public corruption, including a total ban on outside employment income for legislators, an end to per diems, rules reform to empower individual legislators, and a constitutional amendment to extend legislators» terms from two to four years.

But because the measure is a constitutional amendment, Florida law required that it get 60 percent of the vote — and that made it all the more challenging in a midterm election year, when turnout among younger voters is lower.

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.

They could amend the constitution, which requires the president, congress, and the majority of states to agree on, and also requires a lot of time - constitutional amendments can drag on for decades, as each state sets its own timetable on ratification.

Therefore, we are proposing a constitutional amendment to require public officials convicted of corruption to forfeit their pensions.

The major constitutional clause is the «due process» clause of the fifth amendment that requires due process of law for limiting certain rights:

Instead of trying to eliminate the Pres. Electoral College (EC) which would require a constitutional amendment, this state move would allow all the NY EC votes to go to the candidate that obtains a majority vote nationwide.

Of course, to make any such change would require a constitutional amendment.

For example, the mention of term limits comes on the document's final page, in a list of bullet points requiring a constitutional amendment but no further elaboration is provided.

Martins, a former state senator from Old Westbury, centered his ad on a proposed state constitutional amendment to require officials convicted of public corruption to forfeit their state pensions.

Ms. Briccetti commended the Cuomo Administration for its willingness to work cooperatively with a longtime New York employer, and commended the state Legislature for approving the proposed amendment twice, as is required in the case of constitutional amendments.

Back in his western New York district, GOP Sen. Robert Ortt calls for the passage of a constitutional amendment that would require corrupt officials be stripped of their pensions, a measure that has been bottled up in the Legislature.

«Any steps we take to strip corrupt officials of their pensions would require a constitutional amendment so it is imperative that we have the support of our partners in government to achieve this important goal,» he said in the statement.

The chances of any measure for IE reform passing in the final days appears to be slim, however, as lawmakers are yet to come to an agreement on matters generally considered to be lower - hanging fruit, such as the first passage of a constitutional amendment to require the forfeiting of pension benefits from public officials convicted of corruption.

Since no law short of a constitutional amendment could completely stop future legislatures from raiding the MTA's dedicated funds, the most important provision in the lockbox bill required the creation of a «diversion impact statement» whenever a raid was commenced.

It may require a constitutional amendment to get from here to there (in the US)- but other countries have demonstrated that limiting the amount of time people can campaign, and the types and quantity of political advertising allowed, is MORE democratic — not less.

Life during the next few years should get a bit easier for people in the Adirondacks and Catskills with the passage of a measure that should eventually clear the way for road and bridge improvements as well as new utility lines, municipal water systems and even bike paths, without requiring a constitutional amendment.

@JimThio not a referendum, but a constitutional amendment, which requires a 2/3 super-majority vote in both houses of congress and ratification by at least 3/4 of state legislatures.

Yesterday, a constitutional amendment requiring the pension forfeiture of individuals convicted of felonies connected to their holding of public office was released.

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.

The League, along with Citizen's Union, also wants the legislature to adopt a law that requires the same changes, just in case the constitutional amendment, which requires the approval of two consecutively elected legislatures, plus a public vote, does not ultimately pass.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, says if the constitutional amendment is accompanied by a law that also requires the lines to be drawn in a less partisan manner, then it would be at least an improvement from the present system of unlimited gerrymandering.

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.

Before the committee, he also alluded to the specter of a «Voter Control of Gambling» constitutional amendment on the November ballot, requiring a statewide OK for any new or added gaming in the state.

A «Voter Control of Gambling» constitutional amendment is on the November ballot, requiring a statewide OK for any new or added gaming in the state.

The Florida Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative was an initiated constitutional amendment that fell short of the required signatures needed to make it onto the Florida ballot this November.

Cuomo's bill would require approval of the state Legislature, and voters would have to approve a state constitutional amendment before the casinos could open.

A constitutional amendment requires passage by two consecutive classes of the state Legislature, followed by voter ballot approval the following Election Day.

A constitutional amendment that would require lawmakers, regardless of when they were elected, to forfeit their pensions if convicted of a crime related to their elected office must be passed again before it can go before the voters, perhaps as early as November.

In New York, a constitutional amendment requires the approval of two consecutively elected legislatures and a statewide majority vote.

Two of the judges also said that the sale of permits does not constitute an illegal tax under Proposition 13, a state constitutional amendment that requires new taxes to be approved by a two - thirds legislative majority.

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.

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.

Constitutional amendment requiring half of growth in lottery money be used for instructional materials.

If you're tired of the polarized opinions of the Republicans and Democrats, then I would suggest pushing for legislation or Constitutional amendments that require the ability for all elections to have «None of the above» as a choice.

If approved by voters, it would create a constitutional amendment requiring professional dog breeding operations with eight or more unspayed female dogs to provide adequate food and water for dogs, sufficient space for them to move and stretch out, a minimum level of veterinary care, and socialization with humans and other dogs.

However, a review in 2013 in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review by Stuart Minor Benjamin indicated that the broad interpretation provided to speech under the First Amendment would require a significant reconceptioning of these constitutional principles if there was to be any extensive regulation of algorithms as proposed by Wu.

In cases in which the Fourth Amendment requires that a warrant to search be obtained, «probable cause» is the standard by which a particular decision to search is tested against the constitutional mandate of reasonableness.

A corporation is but an association of individuals with a distinct name and legal entity, and, in organizing itself as a collective body, it waives no appropriate constitutional immunities, and, although it can not refuse to produce its books and papers, it is entitled to immunity under the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures, and, where an examination of its books is not authorized by an act of Congress, a subpoena duces tecum requiring the production of practically all of its books and papers is as indefensible as a search warrant would be if couched in similar terms.

That is because changes to «the composition of the Supreme Court of Canada» arguably require a constitutional amendment.