Sentences with phrase «on by any faction»

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the rest of the Trump Administration have proven that they can not be counted on by any faction in the school reform movement.

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It's a concept another Canadian, Brad Katsuyama, has already championed on Wall Street, and one embraced by an emerging faction of securities markets participants beleaguered by the ongoing arms race for ever - faster trading technology.

Within the coalition are two factions: those pushing to play hardball on Capitol Hill by threatening to force uncooperative lawmakers from office in November, and those who'd rather see the debate settled at the congressional negotiating table sooner rather than later, even if it means making policy concessions to companies such as Verizon and Comcast.

The initial call for the Pakistani actor ban came after attacks by a Pakistani faction of the Taliban on the military outpost of Uri, close to the Line of Control in Indian - administered Kashmir, on September 18th.

That religious and ethnic factions have turned on the occupation forces, and on each other as the power vacuum was not fully filled by the coalition - backed new democratic government.

The four schools of law have clear rulings that on no account should an individual or group of Muslims attempt to change the government of an Islamic state through the use of arms and violence, because to allow such a possibility invites civil strife, private wars, and the abuse of Islam by factions who use theology to justify their self - interested rebellions and usurpations.

«Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations; but, on a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority trampling on the rights of the minority, have produced factions and commotions, which, in republics, have, more frequently than any other cause, produced despotism.

Moreover, this entire system is based on a collection of ancient stories that has been picked over, edited, and censored by the «leaders» of these factions so that the other accounts do not infringe or contradict what they have been promoting.

I never ceased to be amazed by some of the totally stupid comments people post on the internet — exemplified here by the faction that hates all Muslims.

Isaiah envisioned Israel's mission as entailing in part the mediation of conflict among nations under impartial international law; a world court in Zion, judging by truth and justice under due process, would enable warring factions to «beat their swords into plowshares» that is, to give up conflict and concentrate on economic development.

(b) he was surrounded by nutcases and / or was being driven by factions dominated by Opus Dei and other powerful «right - wing lobbyists», and (c) that, partly through his physical limitations, he had reverted to a safety - zone of Polish paranoia and traditional devotions bordering on superstition.

The two factions compromised on a semi-presidential system with a weak president in an effort to reassure secularists concerned about being excluded from power by Ennahda - led parliamentary coalitions.

The WSJ notes that this year's budget deal was harder to come by than usual because legislative factions on the right and left dug in their heels, revealing a «growing polarization» in Albany that «poses a hurdle for a governor who has long positioned himself as a moderate mediator who prizes governmental order such as on - time budgets.»

A faction of the party spearheaded by the embattled Senator Ovie Omo - Agege on Saturday held a parallel congress to elect the state executives.

Klein, who was accused on Wednesday of forcibly kissing a former staffer in 2015, is the leader of a key bloc of votes in the Senate and agreed to a unity deal that would unite the factions of Democrats in the chamber by the spring, potentially handing control of the Senate to the party.

One senior supporter predicted that the next generation of the Party's right would be influenced more by the traditional, Burkean views of Cornerstone, than by any other faction on the right.

The Assembly has, also, resolved to write the Presidency and embassies in the country to condemn last Friday's attack on the state High Court by some hoodlums, where property of the judiciary were vandalised, following a protest staged by a faction of the APC in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the faction, led by Danladi Wada, had its state secretariat demolished early Tuesday on the orders of Gov. Nasiru El - Rufa» i.

A statement by Adeniran, who is a former Minister of Education, said on Tuesday that this was the time for all the warring factions within the party to bury the hatchet.

The faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, backed by former governor of Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Saturday held parallel ward congresses in all the 440 wards in the state.

And under a barrage of blows from the media, the Tory coalition and a bitter faction of his own party, he has rolled with the punches and tightened his grip on a leadership that was his only by a whisker.

That glue is Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, whose plans to place a temporary ban on Muslim immigration from certain countries and build a wall along the U.S. - Mexico border are deeply opposed by both factions in the party.

Ken Mehlman, the Republican strategist who engineered George W. Bush's re-election in part by campaigning on a constitutional ban on gay marriage — and then came out as a gay man himself — helped marshal support among recalcitrant factions in Albany.

President Obama's landmark agreement with China to cut greenhouse gas pollution is a bet by the president and Democrats that on the issue of climate change, American voters are far ahead of Washington's warring factions and that the environment will be a winning cause in the 2016 presidential campaign.

There could be a million possible origins: whether by a foreign nation, (Russia, et al), a domestic or international faction, a secret or quasi-secret society, or a lone wolf, but focusing on refuting one possible origin doesn't refute the various other possibilities, and distracts attention the greater problem implied by the hypothesis.

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has described as a circus show the uncovering of huge sums of money of various currencies and denominations on daily basis without any trace of the owners.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the substituted governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, in the forthcoming November 26 election in Ondo State to challenge his replacement with Jimoh Ibrahim, who belongs to a rival faction of the PDP.

As of the time of hearing of the appeal on Wednesday, Nwofor, whose nine clients, led by Biyi Poroye are state officials of the Sheriff - led faction of the PDP in the South - West zone, had not filed his clients» respondents» brief as earlier ordered by the appeal panel on November 10.

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party under the leadership of Senator Ahmed Makarfi has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend two of his ministers whose names were mentioned by some judges currently undergoing investigations for alleged corruption.

Loeb's Facebook post was in response to a story in The New York Times earlier this week on the ongoing tension among Cuomo, mainline Democrats and a Democratic Senate faction led by Sen. Jeff Klein, of the Bronx, who broke ranks with the party to empower Republicans, who now control the Senate.

But consider the matter from the viewpoint of the J Alfred Prufrock MPs of the Tory backbenches — the real players in the present drama, since their lack of attachment to faction or viewpoint is more than compensated for by their relatively large numbers and, therefore, their decisive impact on internal events.

Two different executive councils on Saturday emerged in the Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the holding of two parallel congresses by the two main factions of the party.

http://ghanapoliticsonline.com Speaking to The Informer on strict condition of anonymity, a key - member of the former President John Agyekum Kufuor - led Ashanti faction of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), who labeled as sickening, the activities of the group (LMVC), has asked Ghanaians to treat the threats on the EC by it convener, David Asante, with all the contempt it deserved.

However, in a letter dated November 30, 2017 and addressed to the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ado Ekiti Division, the Ogundipe executive said it was seeking a postponement of the hearing of the motion for a stay of execution brought by the Olafeso faction on Monday, December 4, 2017.

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He argued that the dissenting judgement by one of the three judges that sat on the appeal was an indication that the Makarfi faction could still get a favourable judgement at the highest court.

The bill seems poised to pass the Senate, if a vote on the measure is brought to the floor by the chamber's governing coalition, which includes Republicans and a faction of Independent Democrats.

Elliott and McIntyre have campaigned on the «Parents Coalition for Students» Rights» platform, saying their movement is about empowering parents — or guardians — and not being controlled by board factions or special interest groups.

The appellants led by Biyi Poroye are the state executives of the Sheriff faction of the party in the various states in the South - West zone, are backing Jimoh Ibrahim, who was only removed and replaced with Jegede as the party's governorship candidate in Ondo State by the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal, Abuja on Wednesday.

Most Conservative Party members support Ed Day's regime, but if party members don't get out to vote on Tuesday a renegade candidate supported by a Ramapo faction of the party could take the line.

A faction of the umbrella body for Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, on Thursday insisted that the Elvis Donkemezuo - led bloc remains the authentic one, warning that its name should not be dragged into the politics of the ongoing ceasefire by the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, and other militant groups in the region.

On May 6, the ward congress by the APC was plunged into confusion, as both Audu / Faleke and Gov. Yahaya Bello factions held separate exercise.

It has survived a split between Abubaker Shekau (the ranting leader seen on the YouTube videos) and a rival faction led by Abu Musab al - Barnawi that is aligned with so - called Islamic State.

«We use this medium to call on the Oyo state governor, Senator Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi and all security agencies in Oyo state, to save our members from the Gani Adams faction of the OPC in Oyo state, led by Rotimi Olumo, Akin Osa and others who are daily attacking our members and also disrupting the peace in Ibadan».

The Makarfi faction, in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Banji Okunomo, said the Sherriff faction's primary was illegally conducted, adding that it was not attended by the «real stakeholders.»

The court, in a ruling delivered on Wednesday by Justice M A.A Edumein on behalf of the three - man panel justices, said the Chief Adolo Okotie - Eboh - led faction of the party failed to seek internal mechanism in resolving their grievances before heading to court following the outcome of the April 2014 congress of the party held in Asaba, the Delta State Capital.

Go and check your record, people never kept quite on Oyo case in fact the National Assembly took the same position to take over the state house of assembly then before the 2 warring factions of the Oyo assembly rush to reconcile themselves to forestall taking over of the house by National Assembly then.

Instead, Republicans who controlled that chamber showered money on the Independent Democratic Conference, a five - member faction led by Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein.

Although he was endorsed by the majority, his nomination sparked bitter words between rival factions on the council.

The anti-IDC backlash appears to have been stoked in part by the 2016 election of President Donald Trump, which energized the grassroots and is putting renewed pressure on the Democratic factions to reunite.