Sentences with phrase «of judicial seats»

State courts fare only slightly better than Federal Courts with an average of 27 % of judicial seats held by women.

Not exact matches

Comes very near to the position of Tödt, so far as the authenticity of sayings is concerned, but argues that Jesus thought of himself as Son of God and used the Son of man idea to denote himself «reinstalled in his heavenly seat... exercising his intercessory or judicial functions».

«The Senate Republicans have chosen to disregard the plain language of the constitution and judicial interpretations of that language and try to add a 63rd seat to the Senate when it is completely not warranted by any legal standard whatsoever,» said Sen. Mike Gianaris -(D) Queens.

The state Commission on Judicial Nomination has begun the formal process of filling the seat on the state Court of Appeals left empty by the death of Judge Sheila Abdus - Salaam, whose body was retrieved from the Hudson River west of her home in Harlem last Wednesday.

Both sides will benefit, Democrats would get Downstate (which in my humble opinion should be called the Commonwealth of New Amsterdam after the most progressive city in Europe and in reference to the city's history), a guaranteed two seats in the US Senate (+1 because Gillibrand did well Upstate in the last election, so 3 seats for the Democrats), guaranteed control of the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches, and the once in a lifetime opportunity to write a state constitution to their own liking (firearms rights applies only to military and police, right to choose for women, protections for LGBT New Yorkers, etc)

In many states where the following positions are elected offices, voters elected state executive branch offices (including Lieutenant Governors (though some will be voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee), Secretary of state, state Treasurer, state Auditor, state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labor, etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courts).

Most eyes may be on Buffalo's Democratic mayoral race, but there is also a hotly - contested Erie County Legislature primary, a number of judicial contests and some faceoffs in the suburbs for supervisor and councilmanic seats.

Members of the all - Democratic City Council in suburban White Plains rewarded their party's well - connected chairwoman with a plum six - figure judicial seat — even though she was too sickly to work, critics charge.

Also at 5:30 p.m., the Commission on Judicial Nomination holds open discussions on the nomination process for the upcoming vacancy of the seat held by Association Court of Appeals Judge Susan Phillips Read, New York City Bar Association, Manhattan.

The state Commission on Judicial Nomination released the seven names that Cuomo will have to choose among to fill the seat on the Court of Appeals vacated by Judge Susan Read's retirement five months ago.

Political leaders in the seven counties of the 3rd Judicial District — Albany, Rensselaer, Ulster, Columbia, Greene, Schoharie and Sullivan — are territorial, actually quite turfy, about Supreme Court seats being held by their counties» residents.

We respect the judicial process and look forward to a speedy resolution to ensure that the residents of the 46th Senate District have their elected representative seated in the State Senate.»

The seat — in the judicial district that includes Albany, Rensselaer, Ulster, Schoharie, Greene, Columbia and Sullivan counties — was opened by the upcoming retirement of Karen Peters, the present justice of the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court, Third Department.

In the judicial race, four candidates are seeking Conservative Party endorsements for a pair of seats left vacant by retirements.

The state Commission on Judicial Nomination on Tuesday released the seven names that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will have to choose among to fill the seat on the Court of Appeals vacated by Judge Susan Read's retirement five months ago.

Some voters don't even fill in any choices for down - ballot races like judicial seats due to a lack of familiarity with the candidates.

The replacement of Ms Safo comes under Rule 8 (4) of the Rules of Procedure of the Pan-African Parliament, where a member loses his or her seat when he or she is appointed to executive or judicial position.

The International Court of Justice, which has its seat in The Hague, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations Gay Amsterdam, Gay Way to Amsterdam: Hotels, Tourist Guide, Meeting Point, Agenda's, Gay Agenda, Nightlife & parties, gay venues, gay bars, the Amsterdam

David Bowie The International Court of Justice, which has its seat in The Hague, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations

Para 51 — «the arbitral tribunal... is itself to choose its seat and consequently the law applicable to the procedure governing judicial review of the validity of the award...».

Currently, women hold 33 % of seats on the U.S. Supreme Court, 30.9 % of judicial positions on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and 24.1 % of federal judicial positions in the U.S..

Maybe it just comes down to a deep - seated but sometimes only implied judicial scepticism over the sincerity of religions of convenience (such as that of the Tucker brothers).

The Alaska Judicial Council is currently accepting applications to fill the seat of Justice Warren W. Matthews, who retires on April 5, 2009.

The conservative blog Confirm Them notes that Ikuta takes the 9th Circuit seat formerly occupied by JFK's last judicial appointee, James R. Browning, who took senior status in 2000 after 39 years of service.

The Supreme Court's ruling that Justice Marc Nadon is not eligible for one of its three Quebec seats marks the first time a Canadian judicial appointment has been struck down by a court, and a low point in relations between the Harper government and the McLachlin court.

Stokes v. Montana Thirteenth Judicial Dist., 361 Mont. 279, 259 P. 3d 754, 2011 MT 182 — Argued before the Montana Supreme Court regarding the application of Montana's statute excluding seat belt use in civil litigation.

That tone can also be heard in the most recent campaign of BC lawyer Aniz Alani, who is getting a ton of press today around his application for judicial review of Harper's (in) activity around appointing people to Senate seats.

[1] To the extent that this would result in deference becoming a nearly irrefutable presumption in every judicial review analysis, [2] I fear that the rule of law component of judicial review will take a back seat to the deference side of the equation, contrary to the balance that was intended to be struck in Dunsmuir.

Contemporary judicial selection concerns include the controversy over merit selection of judges vs. the election of judges, the need for judicial election reform, and the effect of the method of judicial selection on the number of minorities and women seated on the bench.

«Those changes are expected to be implemented as soon as this month with the unveiling of 128 appointments to 16 new judicial appointments advisory committees (JACs), which have been reorganized to add a new seat reserved for police representatives, and to give the government a freer hand in selecting judges.»