Sentences with phrase «potential constitutional convention»

That's why Gov. Andrew Cuomo's commitment in the 2016 State of the State message to appoint and recommend funding for an»... expert, nonpartisan commission to develop a blueprint» for a potential constitutional convention is his most important reform initiative this year.

The panel had initially formed to study judiciary changes in a potential constitutional convention, which was roundly rejected by voters on Election Day.

The union does not support a potential Constitutional Convention, which would give elected delegates a chance to re-write pieces of state law.

Conservative activist Robert Schulz appeared before a four - judge appellate panel yesterday afternoon to argue two cases — one looking back two years to the SAFE Act, another looking two years ahead to a potential constitutional convention.

The only reference to a potential constitutional convention I could find in the proposed budget legislation is language setting contribution limits for delegate campaigns.

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A Constitutional Convention would be one potential route towards that goal.

From this angle, the regionalist parties that are emerging in the North of England have a great potential, especially if they succeed in joining forces with civil society organisation and movements, mobilising grassroots support and pushing for the creation of some form of «Northern Constitutional Convention» capable of influencing decision and policy - making at the centre.

WCNY launches 6 - part series on potential issues a New York State constitutional convention could address.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan expressed concern on Tuesday with the potential price tag of a constitutional convention, saying the cost could be put to better use.

Cuomo's idea for a Constitutional convention is a potential vehicle to revisit the budget process and structure it to stop the circus.

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Cuomo has been muted in his potential support for a constitutional convention, which voters will decide via referendum in 2017.

«While acknowledging the potential negatives of such a convention — e.g., the risk of amendments being approved that would weaken the home rule authority of local governments — the Executive Committee viewed the opportunity to strengthen the position of municipalities in New York's governmental structure as more important and voted to approve NYCOM's support of a «Yes» vote on the constitutional convention question facing New York voters this November, with the additional stipulation that municipal officials would need to run for and be elected as delegates to the convention if our intended outcomes are to be achieved,» the guide states

A referendum will appear on the ballot this November, asking New Yorkers if the state should convene a constitutional convention, which would make recommendations for potential changes to the state constitution.

Former State Assembly Ways & Means Chair Arthur «Jerry» Kremer, in a new book analyzing the potential costs and benefits of a convention, writes that in 100 years, only six amendments have been made through the convention and 200 have resulted from individual constitutional amendments.

«Whether you are for a state Constitutional Convention or against it, all can agree that New Yorkers would benefit from a thorough reconsideration of Article VI and potential reforms that would improve and simplify it,» said Henry M. Greenberg of Albany (Greenberg Traurig), chair of the New York State Bar Association's Committee on the New York State Constitution.

2) apart from the fact that CJEU stated that even before EU exercising its power, the MS must still act - when they have the power to do so - in a matter which does not jeopardise or prejudice the EU, so that the mere «potential» competence does have an effect, limitating the MS action, the parallel is that a negative rule is still a rule, so that the existence of the rule makes the matter «regulated»: - as for the JHA, I must say that whilst I agree with you on the merits, I can see the issue raised by the CJEU, since it is quite the same raised by some national Constitutional Courts, i.e. that ECHR standards may be in conflict with national standards and formally speaking the ECHR is a treaty and therefore has a lower rank that national Constititions, and the decision of the ECHR on the interpretation of such standards within the context of the Convention does not bind the national Constitutional Court in interpreting the national Constitution standards: e.g..