«This contortion of the Governor's long -
recognized constitutional authority lacks a basis in law and must be recognized for what it truly is — a political maneuver to frustrate the Governor's efforts in convening the Legislature to address politically unpopular, yet critically important issues of public policy.»
Not exact matches
Provincial superior courts
recognized by s. 96 «have always occupied a position of prime importance in the
constitutional pattern of this country», and the Federal Court, by contrast, «has only the jurisdiction conferred by statute», and being a statutory court, created under the
constitutional authority of s. 101, does not have inherent jurisdiction (emphasis in original).
When our
constitutional provisions were written, the chief forces
recognized as antagonists in the struggle between
authority and liberty were the Government, on the one hand, and the individual citizen, on the other.
Section 3 (b) of Executive Order 13132
recognizes that national action limiting the policymaking discretion of states will be imposed «* * * only where there is
constitutional and statutory
authority for the action and the national activity is appropriate in light of the presence of a problem of national significance.»