Sentences with phrase «powers question policies»

Not exact matches

«The president's powers here are beyond question,» senior policy adviser Stephen Miller told Fox News Sunday.

Ken Bone (C), a power plant employee from Belleville, Illinois, waits in the audience to ask a question about energy policy and jobs during the presidential debate between Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, October 9, 2016.

His research examines questions of presidential power in the contexts of administration, personnel, and public policy.

The deeper issues, in my view, are tied to the enormous power of the U.S. and the inconsistency of policies affecting the Muslim countries in question.

The Revolution of 1989 in east and central Europe» a world - historical series of events ignited by moral passion, informed by moral conviction, sustained by deft and morally sophisticated politics, and supported by a resolute demonstration that the Soviet Union could not compete with the United States in a serious arms race» raised further questions about classic foreign - policy realism and its narrow focus on «hard power» as the analytic prism for understanding both the dynamics of world politics and the exigencies of American foreign policy.

Titled «The Basic Viewpoint and Policy on the Religious Question During Our Country's Socialist Period,» it reasserts the standard Marxist view of religion as a response to the human fear of the terrors of nature — a response manipulated by class societies to rationalize the power of the upper classes and justify the plight of workers and the poor.

One of the questions facing European policy - makers today is thus how Europe can exert influence in an increasingly globalised world despite its comparative decline in military strength and economic capacity vis - a-vis the new emerging powers.

Third, the committee recommends «an impact assessment applied to every government policy, statutory instrument, and new bill, which asks the simple question: «what substantively will this do to build social capital, people power, and social entrepreneurs?»»

In a statement Sussman said that the project is «a past generation facility» and questioned Governor Cuomo's contradictory approval of the power plant given the official state policy banning fracking:

But over Westland and a policy disagreement became one of personality and power and Thatcher was lucky that when the question of leaks and her handling of the affair was debated in the Commons, Kinnock, as he was prepared to admit later, failed to land any killer blows.

Various groups hoping to commercialize drones are challenging that policy, and a March ruling by a National Transportation Safety Board administrative law judge left the agency's power to fine drone operators in question.

At the time he said this would not mean scrapping the controversial ID card scheme, but it has increasingly been questioned whether Mr Brown is waiting until he is firmly in power to announce a change of policy.

He questioned why Amissah Arthur had suddenly become a vocal critic of the NPP government when his party could not implement viable policies despite being in power for 8 years.

They have also questioned why the Cuomo administration was pushing forward with a natural gas - fired power plant at a time when it was implementing climate policies, such as a fracking ban, that turned the state away from fossil fuel reliance.

The former deputy prime minister said broadcasters» and the media's «endless crystal ball gazing» about the likelihood of another coalition government meant the Conservatives were not properly questioned about the policies they would pursue in power.

Promoting the power and consequence of science «is more important than ever right now,» particularly as critics question the role of evidence - based science in policymaking and as Congress considers significant proposed cuts to federal funding for scientific research that drives innovation, said Tobin Smith, vice president of policy at the Association of American Universities, during the March 27 S&T Policy Forum session «Advocating for Science: More Than a One - Day Activity.&policy at the Association of American Universities, during the March 27 S&T Policy Forum session «Advocating for Science: More Than a One - Day Activity.&Policy Forum session «Advocating for Science: More Than a One - Day Activity.»

Over the course of 2016, they travel the world attempting to solidify and «lock - in» policies that they believe will define their legacy, promote diplomacy over large - scale military action, and fundamentally alter how the US government confronts questions of war and peace, as they prepare to hand over the machinery of American power to a new administration.

Legal challenges to a state's legislative and executive policies on public education necessarily implicate separation - of - powers concerns about the courts» abilities to answer political questions and resolve policy debates.

The power of blogs is especially clear when it comes to debating the merits of the research on various policy questions.

The questions Paul has raised during his filibuster about the Obama administration's abuse of power (and that of predecessor George W. Bush) in the foreign policy (and even domestic intelligence) arenas, especially in the use of drones to murder innocent lives in Afghanistan, are legitimate.

At least one congressional Republican — U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R - Ind., the chairman of the House subcommittee overseeing K - 12 policy, raised big questions about pieces of the prekindergarten proposal, saying it could amount to «an alarming expansion of government power.»

Our database highlights not just the 50 state policies, but also whether they add to the stability, authority, power, consistency, and specificity of potentially successful implementation (though, the question still remains, successful according to whom and based on what metrics?).

After providing the political and cultural contexts for the rise of the testing accountability movement in the 1960s that culminated almost forty years later in No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, this book then moves on to provide a policy history and social policy analysis of value - added testing in Tennessee that is framed around questions of power relations, winners, and losers.

That's why each vehicle has a certified quality inspection, a 3 - month, 3000 - mile Power - train Warranty on each car, our 72 - hour / 250 mile No Questions Asked return policy, free CarFax report and clean title guarantee.

Options (various options, including Power Saving mode, music, etc.) Misc (Log - in Bonuses, Beginner's Guide, Common Questions, Customer Support, Refer a friend, User Agreement, Privacy Policy, About This Game, Google Play Achievements)

Taking the two questions separately: 1) Advocacy of mitigation / adaptation policies — there certainly seem to be occasions where some climate scientists (Professor Hansen being one [for example when acting as an Expert in the UK case of vandalism to the Kingsnorth power stating]-RRB- are straying beyond their expertise (of analysing the scientific evidence) and into areas of politics / policy / economics.

Keywords: climate change litigation, climate policy, international law, separation of powers, role of judiciary, judicial authority, rule of law, political question doctrine, science and law, politicization of science, scientific consensus, scientism, science - based risk regulation

But the coalition's commitment to green policies has recently been questioned, amid scepticism among Tory backbenchers about the benefits of wind power, and the chancellor's enthusiasm for exploiting Britain's shale gas reserves.

But the growing pace of this power shift should be a cause of major concern for Americans, and it should raise serious questions about our economic policies at the highest level.

The one significant book on the subject I've come across (and I haven't looked exhaustively, so please enlighten me if there is more out there) The Social Construction of Climate Change: Power Knowledge Norms Discourses, ME Pettenger really deals only with the question of how climate change advocacy fails to capture the policy agenda.

Most significantly, a growing number of environmentalists now make arguments in favour of nuclear power, GM technology and even fracking, and have questioned the policies designed to protect the climate and natural environment.

One way to consider how to make the removal of the CPP a more durable change to GHG policy as it affects baseload power production is to answer the question, «What comes next?»

This stay calls into question whether some states will continue to implement policies associated with the Clean Power Plan, such as increased renewables and energy efficiency.

It begs the question of whether it's a problem of policy, infrastructure or habit, but Dutch designer Dave Hakkens (see his customizable Phonebloks concept and wind - powered oil press, previously), has developed a open - source prototype for a plastics recycling machine, believing that it could be a matter of putting recycling straight into the hands of people, right where they live.

A new analysis from the World Resources Institute (WRI) seeks to answer that question by looking at seven different studies that estimate what the US» annual emissions levels will be in 2025 under a range of possible scenarios based on Trump's policies (such as whether the Trump Admin succeeds in overturning the Clean Power Plan or not) versus what would happen if Obama's policies were left intact.

In a Friday memo, Perry asked his chief of staff to undertake a 60 day inquiry into «the extent to which continued regulatory burdens, as well as mandates and tax and subsidy policies, are responsible for forcing the premature retirement of baseload power plants,» such as those fueled by coal or nuclear energy, among other grid related questions.

The AG solves the question on whether the ECB has therefore exceeded its powers by indirectly adopting economic policy measures by way of adding a condition to his final judgment, namely that no excess of power had taken place: The ECB must refrain from any direct involvement in the financial assistance programmes to which the OMT program is linked.

The more interesting question concerns policy: what power does government have to involuntarily detain homeless people when the former is ostensibly acting the latter's and the general public's best interest?

WikiLeaks said the source, in a statement, set out policy questions that «urgently need to be debated in public, including whether the CIA's hacking capabilities exceed its mandated powers and the problem of public oversight of the agency.»

In the exercise of this Court's discretionary power to grant or withhold the declaratory judgment remedy, it is of controlling significance that it is in the public interest to avoid the needless determination of constitutional questions and the needless obstruction to the domestic policy of the states by forestalling state action in construing and applying its own statutes.»

The question of control was never raised: what were raised were the public policy problems of allowing «data havens» to exist, versus those of allowing extraterritorial search - and - seizure powers to the US.

Hitherto the two guiding principles have been that a court should be very reluctant to question a prosecutorial decision, especially where it has been reached on policy or public interest grounds, and second that once the prosecution has framed its indictment the trial judge has no power to «go behind» it and enquire why it is presented in the way that it is.

«While many customers want to shop online, they often still want to talk to someone when they buy their insurance to make sure they are getting the right coverage or have questions about their policy answered,» says Greg Hoeg, vice president of U.S. insurance operations at J.D. Power.

In questioning the policy of «practical reconciliation», John Borrows proffers the alternative of «practical recolonisation», whereby Indigenous Australians would reclaim the land and political power wrested from them through colonisation.