Sentences with phrase «prerogatives such»

Meanwhile, states as diverse as Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio and — you guessed it — Wisconsin are attacking union prerogatives such as valuing seniority over on - the - job performance and collectively bargaining for benefits.

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There were times in His incarnation when he voluntarily «emptied himself» of some of His divine prerogatives, such as knowing the day and the hour of the end of all things (Phil 2.7; Matt 24.36).

Each denomination was fully independent but agreed to surrender certain prerogatives with regard to general problems such as defense of the faith, spread of the gospel, and moral reform.

«but the idea that someone would suggest that he is near death, is not only highly speculative, but foolish considering that all such matters are the sole prerogative of God.»

From Monday's article: «Fred Phelps has health issues,» the church said in a statement Sunday, «but the idea that someone would suggest that he is near death, is not only highly speculative, but foolish considering that all such matters are the sole prerogative of God.»

The most notable New England Baptist, Isaac Backus, opposed such a test, stating that «no man or men can impose any religious test, without invading the essential prerogatives of our Lord Jesus Christ.»

But there are writers who, realizing that happiness of a supreme sort is the prerogative of religion, forget this complication, and call all happiness, as such, religious.

This meant for the earliest disciples a basic renunciation of the struggle for existence, implemented by a complete break with the power structure of society: the automatic prerogatives of the chosen people, the security of the holy tradition, the comfort of established religious organization and clergy — all such props, controlled by man and as a result constantly available to him for securing his existence, were in principle eliminated.

As such, he led efforts in the 1780s for British constitutional reforms which eventually limited the prerogative of the Crown, thereby consolidating parliamentary sovereignty.

Such an amendment would return to the political process a prerogative that the U.S. Supreme Court has in recent years pre-empted: the right of the people and their elected representatives to determine, and to take practical steps to foster, those kinds of education that seem beneficial to the general welfare.

Such is the summary of royal prerogatives attributed to Samuel when the people proposed a monarchy; he warned, «the king..

The insignia and prerogatives of rank and precedence, such as the use of a certain kind of sandal, rings, pallium, and maniple, seem to have been in part appropriated by the clergy and in part formally bestowed by the emperor.

Such protections are provided not by evanescent «conventions» (in the traditional British sense), but, rather, by the willingness of an independent judiciary to enforce the prerogatives of the sub-national governments when, as is inevitable, the central government is tempted to overreach, perhaps because it refuses fully to accept the degree to which the traditional unitary state governed from Westminister is no more.

«Employers have rights, which include the right to hire and fire, within the rules governing such employment contract and are employers» prerogatives, which are not subject to ministerial directives.

«The appointments of permanent secretaries, ambassadors, Head of Service, ministers and other such aides of Mr. President are wholly his prerogative.

Her supporters argue that under Crown prerogative powers the government can take such decisions on its own but the precedent of the 2013 vote (which defeated David Cameron) makes this harder to maintain than it used to do.

In such circumstances Corbyn would in effect have the ability to embark on disarmament on his first day in office because the prime minister is the sole person who exercises the royal prerogative — the monarch's power to wage war and sign treaties.

The Conservative manifesto pledged in 2010 to make Royal Prerogative powers, such as the declaration of war, subject to «greater democratic control».

-- The government could pull out of the ECJ using Royal Prerogative powers if any such shenanigans to usurp the referendum were attempted.

Making such changes in an era of tight budgets could, as we've mentioned elsewhere, cut into senior faculty members» accustomed prerogatives.

If He chooses to use part of his creation such as coconut oil, I won't complain, and if He gives direction to His praying child through Facebook, that is His prerogative as well.8

Somewhat puzzling, in fact — after 45 years, we might expect Harman's work would be more widely available, but such is the publisher's prerogative.

Finally, we find that a majority of teachers often takes positions contrary to those of a plurality of both the public and the affluent on key issues such as teachers unions, the rights and prerogatives of teachers, and school vouchers.

To establish that the school was a «state actor,» he made five arguments: that Arizona law defines a charter school as a public school; that a charter school is a state actor for all purposes, including employment; that a charter school provides a public education, a function that is traditionally and exclusively the prerogative of the state; that a charter school is a state actor in Arizona because the state regulates the personnel matters of such schools; and that it is a state actor because charter schools, unlike traditional private schools, are permitted to participate in the state's retirement system.

Scholarship organizations would have the prerogative to take different approaches to helping families provide a quality education for their children, such as setting standards for educational products or services beyond the letter of the law.

The abstract forms that have emerged from practices such as weaving and ceramics, which the West has long deemed «lowly crafts,» are reread, challenging the dominant assumption that abstract art is a prerogative of the modern West.

there are no economic prerogatives to justify such an expensive, disruptive undertaking — only down - sides exist for the pipeline, unless you're a multi-national corporate entity.

Even if you disagree with him about Spencer & Braswell 2011 being a steaming pile of rubbish, it's his prerogative to consider it such, and to consider it a failure on his part, and to consider such failure grounds for resignation.

Such disputes often concern the proper «legal basis» of Union acts, which in turn determine which procedures are to be followed, and thus which institutional prerogatives apply.

Meanwhile, interesting chunks of legal knowledge that would be useful for political scientists to consider, such as the fact that member states» interventions in pending cases (a treaty prerogative) gains them access to all the submitted pleadings and other proceedings (p. 212), disappear to the background.

As such, Crown copyright and prerogative in legislation and case law and closely - related materials should be abolished.

Indeed, determining whether a particular normative activity, such as establishing a fee, should be carried out only pursuant to a delegation or an implementation, does not only define who does what and under which procedure, but also who enjoys which prerogatives in EU rulemaking.

[7] While it is clearly the plaintiff's prerogative to obtain ATE insurance, I do not accept that such premium should be reimbursed by the defendants as a compensable disbursement.

The argument on the other side is that there is a wider constitutional principle which is that it is not open to the Government to take such a fundamental and irreversible constitutional step by exercise of the prerogative powers.

Such a delegation of legislative power is unknown to our law, and is utterly inconsistent with the constitutional prerogatives and duties of Congress.

The court said it was clear that in enacting ECA 1972 Parliament intended to introduce EU law into domestic law in such a way that it could not be undone by exercise of Crown prerogative.

Under certain circumstances (such as diagnostic criteria and «out of network» prerogative), clients may bill their insurance companies for reimbursement.