Sentences with phrase «required by the constitution»

Enbridge's Northern Gateway project, in the works since 2005, was likely dealt a fatal blow on June 30th when the Federal Court of Appeal threw out its 2014 conditional approval because the Crown (read: Harper government) failed in its «duty to consult» aboriginals as required by the Constitution.

He issued a message of necessity that suspended the three days» public review required by the constitution.

«I have done one term in office, and part of that term was taken by court litigation; And even then we have executed our mandate satisfactorily and am certain that, Ghanaians will give me the second term to make eight years (8) as required by the constitution.»

Chairman Paul Afoko insisted that the letter of the constitution be invoked and accordingly authorised that an elections be undertaken to elect representatives on National Council as required by the constitution.

Democrats in the State Senate are also suing in state court to challenge the addition of a 63rd seat to the Senate, a move that Republicans say is required by the Constitution but that Democrats say is a ploy by Republicans to improve their odds of keeping a majority in the chamber.

According to the Court of Appeal, Metuh and his company failed to first obtain the leave of either the trial court or the appellate court before filing a notice of appeal as required by the constitution when filing an appeal against an interlocutory decision, on the grounds of mixed law and facts.

Indeed, a reduction in the cost of running government, including appointing the minimum number of ministers required by the Constitution, particularly those drawn from Parliament, was one of the list of 10 actions CDD - Ghana urged the Akufo - Addo - led NPP government to undertake in its first year.

The census, required by the constitution, is supposed to count every person living in the United States every 10 years.

[34] Although not explicitly required by the Constitution, every Speaker has been a member of the House.

Besides, he argued that Buhari was not screened for the ministerial job by the Senate as required by the constitution.

The Project List includes the following types of upgrades and improvementsCriticalClearly it's not a «list of the specific school facilities projects to be funded» as required by the Constitution.

Regulators are not required by the Constitution, but Congress, perverse as it is, is the body closest to the people, getting put up for election regularly.

That is why the Clinton administration never submitted Kyoto to the Senate for approval, a step required by the Constitution for international treaties.

Recent reports, however, suggest that the Obama administration, aware that a UN «climate» regime would never be ratified by the U.S. Senate as required by the Constitution, is plotting to bypass Congress to foist the global scheme on the United States unilaterally.

For the reasons stated in my opinion in Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U. S. 25, 407 U. S. 44 (1972), I do not think the rule adopted by the Court in that case is required by the Constitution.

At all meetings of member clinics, every question shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present or represented unless otherwise required by the Constitution or the by - laws of the Association.

The former Minister for Indigenous Affairs told Parliament that «compensation when required by the Constitution will be paid».

In this case, the Australian Government argued that it was not required by the Constitution to pay compensation because:

Not exact matches

Now that conservatives complained about the $ 1.3 trillion catchall spending bill — which blew through previous budget limits by $ 300 billion over this year and next, House GOP leaders have scheduled a vote this week on a proposed amendment to the Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.

But they are required by the Quran to establish this global Islamic state on the rubble of every civilization, every constitution, every government.»

(A decision for same - sex marriage by a state could as in the case of Massachusetts, preempts the debate in that state, but it is less far - reaching because it leaves other states to arrive at a different conclusion — unless, as some same - sex - marriage proponents have claimed, other states are required to recognize such marriages under the Constitution's requirement of giving «full faith and credit» to other states» proceedings.)

Lincoln really was guided by his view of what the Constitution required of him: to fight secession; flout the Supreme Court's fabrications in Dred Scott; and in these great causes deploy all his lawful powers as commander - in - chief — including that «seizure» of enemy «property» called the Emancipation Proclamation.

With respect to each of these questions, either an affirmative or negative answer can now be shown to be not merely prudent or imprudent but, given the current state of constitutional discourse, actually required or prohibited by the Constitution.

Once passed, the new legislation will allow Christians to build and renovate their churches as stipulated by the constitution, a far cry from the days of toppled President Hosni Mubarak, when building and restoring churches required a presidential decree.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

Obama is not Muslim, he is christian or does he need to provide his baptismal certificate before you idiots will shut up??? It wouldn't matter what his belief, no test of religion is required under the constitution to hold office but just like your buybull you republitards pick and choose what parts of the constitution you abide by.

They both were accused by the General Secretary and others to have opened a bank account on behalf of the party without the former's consent and authority of the chairman as required by the Party's Constitution.

According to them, by nullifying elections in 18 out of 31 local government areas, Section 179 (2)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution, which required that a candidate vying for the office of the Governor would be declared winner if he has not less than one quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two - thirds of the local government areas, has been breached.

I think something that is largely missed by people in the Germany discussion is that they did not necessarily want to allow all those refugees, but the German Constitution requires the country to take in all refugees.

Such a move would require a change to Labour's constitution to be passed by the party conference, but given that the unions — most of which back Corbyn — hold 50 % of the votes, it would be possible.

Furthermore, Democrats applauded the initiative taken to negotiate the Iran Nuclear Deal despite many knowing it was an overreach of executive power as it would never be approved by a two - thirds majority of the Senate as required by the United States Constitution.

Any effort to greatly undo the protection of individual rights codified by the Constitution would require actions in accordance with Article V of the same, violent over throw of the government, or the willful surrender and abdication of individual freedoms by the populace.

Clause five of Labour's constitution requires the manifesto to be formally agreed by the party's stakeholders at a special meeting of the NEC.

But the plaintiff, through his counsel, Frank Tietie, contended in the suit that «in the absence of a resolution by the Executive Council of the Federation» as required under section 144 (1) of the Constitution, the Senate President could constitute such medical panel «to determine the health status of the President.»

Flanagan indicated a better way to change the constitution, if desired, is to pass amendments (doing so requires passage by two separately elected Legislatures and voter approval).

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, pursuant to and as required by article 67 of the constitution will deliver his maiden State of the Nation address on Tuesday, February 21 on the floor of parliament.

While the initial draft required that any changes be made by amendments, some participants at the convention that wrote this constitution argued that legislators should be free to determine their own pay and submitted new language that would allow this.

The changes require amending the state constitution, which can be done either at a constitutional convention or by legislative initiative.

The new agreement will also «provide for a process» by which the title of temporary president — a singular role required by the state constitution — will alternate between the two conference leaders every two weeks.

Breslin concluded that the case should have been led by Albany County District Attorney David Soares, who is elected, not the Justice Center whose lawyers do not stand for election, as required in the state Constitution.

I also believe that the spirit of the 1992 Constitution requires the media not to allow themselves to be used for such coarse character attacks and assassination without the media telling the public that they had previously published similar unsupported allegations which have been refuted by the accused.

But there are powerful reasons for requiring such support, such as preventing constitutional provisions that are strongly opposed by a substantial minority of the country from being enacted, which would undermine the nation's allegiance toward the Constitution.

1 A declaration that on a true and proper interpretation of Article 75 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, the President of the Republic of Ghana, by agreeing to the transfer of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al - Dhuby (both former detainees of Gunatanamo Bay) to the Republic of Ghana, required the ratification by an Act of Parliament or a resolution of Parliament supported by the votes of more than one - half of all the members of Parliament.

The grounds on which these reliefs were sought by Zanetor in the Supreme Court were that; The learned judge erred in law when he assumed jurisdiction to interpret article 94 (1) of the constitution holding that once the applicant had put herself out as a contestant in the parliamentary primaries of the NDC she was caught by article 94 (1)(a) which requires that she must be a registered voter at the time of her participation in the primaries.

The EHRC has claimed that the changes to the constitution could continue to discourage mixed marriages and integration of ethnic minorities with «indigenous British» people and still require new members to undergo a vetting process by party officials.

By changing New York's definition of marriage, the state legislature essentially made an illegal amendment to the state constitution without the required statewide referendum.

New York's Constitution requires that members of boards of election and subordinate election officials be chosen in equal numbers by the Democratic and Republican parties.

Section 308 (1)(c) of the Constitution cited by the judge read, «No process of any court requiring or compelling the appearance of a person to whom this section applies, shall be applied for or issued.»

The two applicants prayed the Supreme Court for «a declaration that on a true and proper interpretation of Article 75 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, the President of the Republic of Ghana, by agreeing to the transfer of Bin Atef and Al - Dhuby (both former detainees of the Guantanamo Bay) to the Republic of Ghana, required ratification by an Act of Parliament or a resolution of Parliament, supported by the votes of more than one - half of all members of Parliament.»

Mr Baidoo said NDC is a party governed by a constitution which requires a national delegates congress to select who becomes the flagbearer of the party.