Sentences with phrase «proposed by a convention»

Any constitutional amendments proposed by a convention would need to be approved by voters before they would take effect.

Not exact matches

I READ with some disquiet the comments by your columnist Ann Macbeth in the 18 to 31 May edition about the proposed Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre complex.

THE State Government's decision to display the proposed models by the three bidders for the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre is at best a token exercise.

He makes a big deal about the fact that one of the paths to amendment that Article V allows is a proposing convention called for by 2/3 of the state legislatures, and then ratified by either 3/4 those legislatures themselves or 3/4 of special state - ratifying conventions.

This year will undoubtedly bring final approval by the Episcopal General Convention of the Book of Common Prayer on the basis of the Proposed Book of 1976.

The change, proposed by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland immediately after the convention was gaveled into order on Wednesday, required a two - thirds voice vote, but was declared as adopted after three voice votes which brought delegates to their feet, shouting their yeas and nays.

Just as archaic is the rule suggested at the recent American Horse Shows Association Convention in New York City by the Tennessee Walking Horse Committee, which proposed that horses entered in shows be examined by veterinarians at eye level only; the vet would not be allowed even to touch a possibly sore pastern.

The European Council may decide by a simple majority, after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament, not to convene a Convention should this not be justified by the extent of the proposed amendments.

By the way it has been considered and proposed several times at state level including, the Illinois State Constitutional Convention that was called in 1970.

If the European Council, after consulting the European Parliament and the Commission, adopts by a simple majority a decision in favour of examining the proposed amendments, the President of the European Council shall convene a Convention composed of representatives of the national Parliaments, of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States, of the European Parliament and of the Commission.

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress

Under the proposed changes fewer cases would come before the court, as those «identical in substance to a claim that has been considered by a national court» would no longer be eligible - unless the national court had failed to interpret the convention correctly.

An overwhelming majority of delegates to the Maine Republican convention tonight voted to scrap the the proposed party platform and replace it with a document created by a group of Tea Party activists.

Going through the more formal, restricted process of proposing a specific Amendment that must be introduced in Congress, be passed by 2/3 majorities in both houses, and then be ratified by the required number of states (3/4, which would still have to approve amendments from a convention, as well) seems doomed to fail in this current period of hyper - partisanship and gridlock, but the alternative of calling a Constitutional Convention is so broad that it can easily have unexpected results, in the opposite direction that those originally organizing had convention, as well) seems doomed to fail in this current period of hyper - partisanship and gridlock, but the alternative of calling a Constitutional Convention is so broad that it can easily have unexpected results, in the opposite direction that those originally organizing had Convention is so broad that it can easily have unexpected results, in the opposite direction that those originally organizing had hoped for.

At least four amendments (the Seventeenth, Twenty - First, Twenty - Second, and Twenty - Fifth Amendments) have been identified as being proposed by Congress at least partly in response to the threat of an Article V convention.

Proposed amendments would have to be ratified by the legislatures of three - fourths of the states, or conventions called in those states.

«While the Convention Question won't be on the front of the ballot where it should be, voters will at least be urged to turn the ballot over to vote on whether to hold a Constitutional Convention and on two Amendments proposed by the Legislature.

The last time New York actually passed amendments proposed by the constitutional convention was 1938 when they voted for six of nine sets of amendments (there were actually 57 amendments but they were organized in nine different questions).

(The Salisbury Convention made it difficult for the Lords to directly block abolition of hereditary peers; but prior to the agreement on Lords reform they could, and did, delay and frustrate many other Acts of Parliament proposed by the Blair government.)

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

Cuomo led off by proposing the «nations largest convention center» in Queens.

WHEREAS, in furtherance of a united effort to address the reality and ramifications of climate change, nations of the world assembled in Rio de Janiero in 1992 and proposed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change («UNFCC») in an effort to stabilize concentrations of climate - altering gases in the atmosphere, which UNFCC was adopted in 1994, and has since been ratified by 197 nations, including the United States;

But if New York lands the convention over Columbus, Phoenix, and the other contenders, merely holding the festivities at the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush wouldn't qualify as a progressive triumph (the symbolism would also be mixed: Barclays Center, the proposed convention headquarters, was supposed to be accompanied by affordable housing on the Atlantic Yards site).

The new convention center would be built on state - owned land, but paid for by a company that already operates a casino at the proposed location.

A November report issued by the governor's New York City regional economic development council had called for a «modern convention center in Queens,» but the Bloomberg administration only found out about the proposed location, Aqueduct racetrack in Ozone Park, from the newspapers, according to an administration source, further underscoring the distance between the two chief executives.

By Joe Lanane Appleton must attract more than 40,000 out - of - town visitors to its proposed convention center to justify the cost of the project and make good on an $ 8.4 million promise.

In what historians on the panel characterized as a «fatal error,» the convention decided to put its proposed constitutional changes — including the creation of an independent redistricting panel — in a «take - it - or - leave - it» package rejected by a statewide vote.

Ed Miliband has proposed a «Senate of the nations and regions» to help bind the post-devolution UK together, following discussion by a constitutional convention.

UFT members from Districts 13, 14 and 17 as well as high schools from those areas heard UFT President Michael Mulgrew speak about the proposed federal education budget cuts, the attack on unions by far - right privatization advocates, the dangers to hard - won benefits if a state constitutional convention is held in 2018 and other pressing issues.

«Senior Lib Dems said they are not bound by the usual conventions of collective responsibility since the motion has been proposed by the opposition rather than the government».

David Heathcoat - Amory, the Paymaster General at the Treasury, tells me that at this summer's conference held by the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Britain prepared and proposed a resolution highlighting training and technical assistance as a priority for funds and cooperation.

MecklenburgACTS is handing out this information at the Democratic National Convention here in Charlotte, at events sponsored by groups that are proposing ineffective solutions to the challenges faced by American education, and which are diverting energy, attention and resources from the changes that will produce real improvements.

By proposing new conventions of connection, these diagrammatic movements hope to reinvigorate theories of picture and extend the possibilities of agency within them.

Presumably, that can be changed by Constitutional Convention, though I don't see how congress could propose a repeal to the states.

The draft text was shaped by rounds of comments and reams of proposed language submitted this spring by parties to the original climate treaty, the Framework Convention on Climate Change, which underpins everything from the Kyoto Protocol to whatever comes next in Denmark.

Under Article V of the Constitution, there are two processes for amending it: amendments may be proposed by Congress, or two - thirds of state legislatures (currently 34 states) may call for a convention for proposing amendments.

Langcake's study is framed in part by industry's fear of stringent greenhouse gas policies proposed in the wake of the Rio Climate Convention despite what he claims is inconclusive evidence that anthropogenic warming has yet been detected.

Proposed protocol to the Convention submitted by Grenada for adoption at the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties.

HSI and Defenders of Wildlife applauded the proposed protections for 21 species of migratory sharks and rays submitted by member countries of the United Nations Convention on Migratory Species.

If we don't have a decision under the COP and continue these issues under the Subsidiary Bodies of the Convention (as proposed by developing countries) they will be forgotten and followed with very slow implementation, these issues need the status to be prioritized, otherwise we will be locked in to 8 more years of inaction.

However, in the context of the Iraq war and the constitutional momentum of the Laeken convention, delegates of the convention focussed on the reform of EU foreign policy and ignored the proposed addition of FDI to the CCP by Irish liberal - conservative MP John Bruton (Bruton was shortly thereafter appointed EU ambassador to the United States).

Notwithstanding its narrow focus, the Mauritius Convention pursues a systematic reform approach and confronts the fragmented structure of the international investment regime by proposing a legal principle (transparency) that applies to all existing bilateral, regional, and multilateral investment treaties, and in all available arbitral fora.

He proposes three alternative views one might take of the nature of the «rights» accorded to investors under investment treaties: that they are «direct rights», similar to those found in the regime of human rights (p 622 - 623); «third party rights», akin to those accorded by treaty parties to third states under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (p 624); or «delegated rights», where the individual is an agent exercising rights that belong to their home State (p 625).

Develop a proposed Court Filing Policy 1.0 specification and DTD or Schema to convey local court policies and conventions to electronic filing users by the end of October, 2002, for transmission to the JSD team, the National Consortium, and the Joint Technology Committee for consideration at their December, 2002 meetings.

However, human dignity is not western, eastern, northern nor southern; it's not Christian nor non-Christian, as absurd as this may appear, such a Convention as the one proposed by the ILO to protect domestic workers is rooted in the protection of human dignity and that's a «human thing».

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

The fact that CCW States Parties are dealing with the issue of lethal autonomous weapons systems, as proposed by France in 2013, is a significant development with regard to the Convention.

The Committee notes the importance given by the State party to the HREOC in monitoring Australia's compliance with the provisions of the Convention and recommends that it take fully into account the comments expressed by the HREOC on the proposed reform, and that the integrity, independence and efficiency of the Commission be fully preserved and respected.

The GSC held a meeting during the APA convention on August 9th and addressed the following items: election of officers (President — Nina Brown, Secretary — Eleanor Counselman), review of proposed By - laws, a review of the history of the petitions presented by Sally Barlow, discussion of the feasibility of submitting a petition for specialty or for proficiency, and a discussion held with Dave Corey (Police and Public Safety Specialty) who agreed to mentor us through the procesBy - laws, a review of the history of the petitions presented by Sally Barlow, discussion of the feasibility of submitting a petition for specialty or for proficiency, and a discussion held with Dave Corey (Police and Public Safety Specialty) who agreed to mentor us through the procesby Sally Barlow, discussion of the feasibility of submitting a petition for specialty or for proficiency, and a discussion held with Dave Corey (Police and Public Safety Specialty) who agreed to mentor us through the process.

The Code of Ethics may be amended by two - thirds of the number of votes cast by the delegates at the National Convention; provided the proposed amendment shall first have been submitted in writing and have been reported upon by the Board of Directors, and provided further, that written notice of the substance of the amendment has been sent to each Member Board who is qualified to vote individually at least 30 days prior to the National Convention at which the amendment is to be considered.