Sentences with phrase «of judicial rule»

Critics of the regime of judicial rule, such as those of us who contributed to First Things» November 1996 symposium, «The End of Democracy?
Last month, for the first time, a state judge added the imprimatur of a judicial ruling to the chorus of voices clamoring for bail reform in New York, lending momentum to those who want to abolish the practice.
I say over a century because the web references refer to late Nineteenth Century «Perhaps its most influential and valuable contribution was its late 19th - century invention of the Key Number System, a means of methodically organizing and summarizing the thousands of judicial rulings delivered each year.
The life insurance settlements market is still relatively young but was born as a result of a number of judicial rulings over the past hundred years.
An analysis of judicial rulings found that judges were more likely to issue harsher judgements right before lunch or well after lunch, and lighter judgements right after breakfast or lunch, strongly indicating that hunger and blood sugar levels played a role in their decision making.

Not exact matches

The Massachusetts Democrat ran afoul of the chamber's arcane rules by reading a three - decade - old letter from Dr. Martin Luther King's widow that dated to Sen. Jeff Sessions» failed judicial nomination three decades ago.
These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.
This summary is based upon provisions of the Code, applicable U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, published rulings and judicial decisions, all as in effect as of the date hereof.
This summary is based on the Code, U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, rulings and other administrative pronouncements issued by the IRS, and judicial decisions, all as in effect on the date of this information statement, and all of which are subject to differing interpretation and change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect.
Ruling on a petition filed by attorneys representing the youngest two of eight homeschooled children, the judicial panel....
This would mean, for instance, that participants in an economic transaction are bound to halt their activity whenever any one of them or any affected individual objects to it, or a criminal court judge is bound to halt the trial's proceedings if the accused dissents from a specific rule of the judicial system.
The solution to the crisis was indeed political, involving police power and negotiation among contending political leaders but not judicial rule - making, adjudication, or the writ of amparo.75
A ruling in November, 2003 by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts similarly affirmed «marital» rights for gay and lesbian couples and handed the matter on to the legislature of the Commonwealth.
(17) This contextualization can help us reflect on the judicial system in North America, for it allows us to penetrate the politicization of the rule of law when judgments are handed down that favor order over justice.
The legal institutions, which existed were to protect the status and power of the ruling Yangban class; therefore they functioned punitively turning the people into the victims of the local magistrates, who were the administrators in judicial and other areas.
Religion was founded on the premise of making mankind better themselves through commandments or rules set down by a deific being who many believe in, in some form or another and the breaking of such will lead to dire consequences, a divine judicial branch.
The aftermath of these votes is the absence of reception by the church's ministers and members, and an ecclesial landscape littered with continuing legislative maneuvers, invocation of parliamentary rules, judicial appeals, trials in church courts, and the departures of congregations and ministers.
Mayor Barry's alliance with Farrakhan was but the latest episode in the series of Reichstag fire incidents that began with the fraudulent claims of Tawana Brawley and have escalated since, in which the normal processes of the judicial system are converted by leftwing racists and black «nationalists» into their standard morality play about oppressive Amerikkka ruled by white devils and in need of liberation.
The Anglo - American idea... means that the party who does not abide by certain specific decrees emanating from a judicial body is a contumacious person and may, as a rule, be held in contempt of court, fined and jailed... Now, this very concept of contempt simply does not belong to the world of ideas of a Latin lawyer.
It is ironic that the declaration of judicial supremacy made by the Warren Court came in the context of the Court's efforts to enforce a ruling in the cause of racial equality and civil rights.
In office, Lincoln gave effect to his position against judicial supremacy by consistently refusing to treat the Dred Scott decision as creating a rule of law binding on the executive branch.
Whatever Marbury was supposed to mean about the scope of the power of judicial review, it is a notable fact that the Court declined to exercise that power to declare another act of Congress to be unconstitutional until 1857, when it ruled in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford.
According to the standard account of the matter, the power of judicial review — that is, the authority of the federal judiciary to invalidate acts of Congress and the President when they are deemed to be unconstitutional — came to be entrenched in our law by the acceptance, tacit or otherwise, of the Supreme Court's ruling in the 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison.
In this new regime, judicial interpretation rules the text, according to the Court's perception of the common good and the changing needs of the polity.
Though the elected representatives of the people may complain about particular judicial rulings and try to influence those rulings through judicial appointments and party platforms, none challenge the authority of the ruling principle itself.
Christians and Jews were further crippled in any defence of themselves before the law by a Muslim judicial ruling that their testimony could not be received in the court against the Muslims since the Koran says that the Christians had corrupted their scripture and are therefore unworthy.
However, on Tuesday, France's highest court for judicial matters, the Court of Cassation, ruled an undercover police officer's actions in the case had been unlawful, and ordered the Paris Court of Appeal to look again at the investigation's validity.
We are happy to report in response to a lawsuit filed against the Commonwealth's regulatory use of priority habitat screening to protect endangered species, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled unanimously to affirm the state's authority under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA).
The ruling in the Illinois Appellate Court First Judicial District upheld a lower court's ruling that the park district has the authority to sell a 2.82 - acre parcel in the northwest section of Gordon Park, according to court documents.
266 (AB 1814) created the law and directs the Judicial Council to adopt a rule of court to allow the mother of a breastfed child to postpone jury duty for a period of up to one year and that after one year, jury duty may be further postponed upon written request by the mother.
For Rule 7 of the Code of Conduct provides that «Where a Judge commits a breach of any rule of this Code he shall be sanctioned with reference to the gravity of the act or omission constituting the breach in accordance with the Judicial Service Regulations.&raRule 7 of the Code of Conduct provides that «Where a Judge commits a breach of any rule of this Code he shall be sanctioned with reference to the gravity of the act or omission constituting the breach in accordance with the Judicial Service Regulations.&rarule of this Code he shall be sanctioned with reference to the gravity of the act or omission constituting the breach in accordance with the Judicial Service Regulations.»
The Code of Conduct further provides in Rule 5 (B) that a judge may engage in «avocational activities», that is «activities to improve the law, the legal system, and the administration of justice if such avocational activities do not detract from the dignity of his office or interfere with the performance of his judicial duties».
Far from just being rule takers, the EEA system gives you full single market access (except for agriculture and fisheries) inside a system of independent institutional consultation and judicial mechanisms.
Kanu's lead counsel, Chuks Muoma had written a petition to the National Judicial Council (NJC), claiming that Tsoho made conflicting rulings on an application by the Department of State Services (DSS) to conduct a secret trial for him.
The Polish parliament has approved government proposals to hand the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) effective control of judicial appointments and the supreme court, in a move seen by critics as an erosion of judicial independence.
I have proposed a Prevention of Terrorism Bill, which would unwind the application of the Act and give us a proper terrorism law, ruling out the application of the HRA 1998 while insisting on habeas corpus, due process and fair trial on one hand, and guiding judicial interpretation of provisions during a public emergency on the other.
In the last years, EU have faced several cases of countries with judicial independence issues and I am wondering if there is a connection between party in power ideology and judicial independence / rule of law issues.
Judicial review underpins the rule of law and is central to our constitutional make - up, in which parliament sets out the laws, public bodies implement them and courts make sure that this implementation complies with the law.
«We will continue, perform, and strengthen our constitutional rule in accordance with the well - known principles of judicial integrity,» she added.
The Project Sunlight database provides information on meetings between government representatives and outside individuals relating to state procurement, rate - making, regulatory matters, agency - based judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings, and the adoption or repeal of rules and regulations, according to a Cuomo press release.
Citing a similar case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the President was not bound by the advice of the Council of State, Yaw Oppong stated that, it was however vital that the President is seen to have sought the advice of the Judicial Council on the issue, as stated by the Constitution.
-LSB-...] Although the Supreme Court has not needed to directly address the subject of recall of Members of Congress, other Supreme Court decisions, as well as the weight of other judicial and administrative decisions, rulings, and opinions, indicate that
«We also wish to ask — Why is Dangote, an international company which is also listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, so averse to letting the rule of the law and judicial process take its course?
This may seem counter intuitive, but the supreme court has made rulings that both houses can decide how to determine a quorum in U.S. vs Ballin so the chances of this ever changing is unlikely without a specific amendment or a fairly major change in judicial precedent.
Congress also uses modifications of straight Robert's Rules voting like the filibuster, holds, Senatorial privilege for judicial appointments, supermajority voting on treaties, «fast track voting» without amendments and similar variants.
Woolas responded by saying he would seek a judicial review of the decision, arguing through a statement issued by his solicitor that the ruling would «inevitably chill political speech».
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of Federal High Court 6 then adjourned the case to Wednesday last week for ruling on the two issues being sought by both prosecution and defence but the court failed to sit on that day because of a seminar organised for judges by the National Judicial Institute (NJI).
Teachout survived another attempt by supporters of Gov. Andrew Cuomo to knock her off next month's Democratic Primary ballot after a judicial panel ruled Wednesday that she is eligible to run.
No nation develops in the absence of rule of law, in which case her extant laws and judicial structures are respected devoid of sentimentality and grudging impunity.
Harry Reid redid the senate rules so that Trump will only need a simple majority for most of his judicial picks.
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