Sentences with phrase «respect the constitution of»

In addition to respecting the outcomes of elections, the Liberian people expect candidates and political parties to respect the Constitution of the nation.

According to them, much as they are «very much aware of the constitutional process the government is abiding by and wish to commend government for respecting the constitution of the state,» there are some issues «which do not only undermine our sovereign rights as indigenes of the Volta Region of Ghana but also violate some sections of the 1992 constitution».

If IEA wants to be seen as truly a credible institution that is qualified to undertake this debate for our political parties, then it should respect the constitution of the Republic of Ghana as well as all the Political parties.

«The post-election crisis was born from the refusal of Alassane Ouattara, with the help of French authorities, to respect the constitution of Ivory Coast,» she claimed.

«The COAS has further reiterated that the Nigerian Army will remain apolitical and respect the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria».

«However, someone, somewhere, who doesn't respect the constitution of Nigeria, who doesn't respect the law, who doesn't believe in due process, and who doesn't understand our people suddenly wakes up one morning and introduced a policy that tends to create enmity between us and our beloved neighbours.

Yari said, «We consulted and all the 24 governors of the APC are on the same page with Mr. President that we are going to respect our party's constitution, and respect the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, that means pushing back on national leadership that has no respect for the constitution or separation of power and for American tradition.

And our Government will continue to respect the division of jurisdiction at the heart of the Constitution adopted at Confederation.

Foster meaningful relations between governments based on respect for the Constitution and recognition of the diversity within the federation;

Federalism is based on shared principles including respect for the constitution and the division of powers, while being aware that Quebec has not agreed to the Constitution Act, 1982, and accepting that there are differences among the provinces and territories and that governments may have different policy priorities and constitution and the division of powers, while being aware that Quebec has not agreed to the Constitution Act, 1982, and accepting that there are differences among the provinces and territories and that governments may have different policy priorities and Constitution Act, 1982, and accepting that there are differences among the provinces and territories and that governments may have different policy priorities and preferences.

This «moral reading» of the Constitution calls on judges to act as moral philosophers: «equal protection of the laws» should mean what best promotes «equal concern and respect» for all humans; «liberty» in the «due process» clause should mean autonomy in matters important to personal development, and so forth.

Never mind that these words appear nowhere in the Constitution, nor even in the First Amendment («Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof»), nor in the debates over its framing, nor in the documents that were its source and inspiration.

That is, unlike its constituent occasions, a society is not a subject of experience and thus not able to make a «decision» with respect to its self - constitution.

Within the sound provisions of its Constitution Faith operates in the manner of a family, conducting all meetings and activities in a familial spirit which calls each to the constant exercise of charity and mutual respect.

Given that our maximal common humanity grounds teleologically the formative principle of communicative respect and thus a democratic political association, the substantive principle of justice as general emancipation consistently implies as an aspect of itself the overriding formative principles of a democratic constitution.

The proper provisions of a democratic constitution institutionalize the formative principle of communicative respect.

The Constitution reads: «Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.»

Yet, even if the preferred outcomes might vary, there has been a general degree of agreement about the need to employ a process that respects the words of the Constitution by not reading new meanings into them and instead defers to democratic institutions.

This is clear from the First Amendment to the Federal Constitution, in which the Congress is denied the power to make any «laws respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.»

«43 The time, care, and enormous intelligence expended on the process of producing the Constitution expressed not only the traditional culture of a covenant - and compact - making people, perhaps unique in that respect in human history, but also a sense of the meaning of their act on the world stage.

U.S. Supreme Court justices, for example, have been called «the nine high priests,» and the sacredness imputed to the Constitution and other artifacts of the legal order are often commented upon.102 No single church evokes the breadth of respect enjoyed by the Supreme Court.

While Morelos's Constitution of Apatzingán was never put into practice, the plan of Iguala (1821), drawn up by Iturbide after independence, also confirmed the official status of Catholicism as the state religion and denied toleration to all other religions.32 The war for independence, in other words, was reasonably conservative in purpose, especially with respect to the church.

John E. Coons argues that parents enjoy powers with respect to the upbringing and education of their children that were recognized and affirmed in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Calling Donald «Only I can fix it» Trump a constitutionalist empties the term «constitutionalist» of any connection to our actual Constitution, or even to the small - c constitutionalism of respect for the rule of law.

In the federal employment anti-discrimination laws, a specific exception exists for religious bodies that discriminate on the basis of religion, and a couple of years ago, in the Hosanna - Tabor case, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution allows religious bodies to discriminate with respect to the employment of ministers.

wiki ~ The Establishment Clause is the first of several pronouncements in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion....

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.

She has, they say, a respect for what the framers meant by the Constitution, and therefore may turn out to be a surprise to some of her judicially activist supporters.

It's the idea at the heart of the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: «Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.»

So basically, you have no respect for the Constitution or the legality of your actions.

By this I mean that the entity, when considered «formally,» is being described in respect to those forms of its constitution whereby it is that individual entity with its own measure of absolute self realization.

I'm frankly amazed at the number of people who say that this is a Christian nation; from the first amendment to the Constitution: «Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...» There is no official state religion.

Many of these laws are in DIRECT opposition to democracy, the Constitution or any respect of human free will or individual conscience.

One person's self - constitution can not affect the spontaneity of another's except through persuasion; furthermore, limiting attempts to influence to mere persuasion is one way of showing basic human respect.

Whether one deems this cluster of questions the third part of an expanded just war tradition or an extension of «right intention,» one of the classic deontological ad bellum criteria, this is obviously an area in which considerable criticism of the Iraq War has been focused» whether the issue at hand involves the scandals at Abu Ghraib prison, interrogation methods, de-Baathification policies, counterinsurgency strategies and tactics, or the provisions of the new Iraqi constitution with respect to religious freedom and the role of Islamic law in post-Saddam Iraq.

The first amendment to the constitution contains these words: «Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.»

In light of the spectrum of interests that the Supreme Court has held specially protected we conclude that the Constitution protects from excessive state interference a woman's decision respecting breastfeeding her child.»

The other trouble with the American MDs is that they seem to have lost all respect for women's civil rights, indeed for the U.S. Constitution — the right to privacy, to bodily integrity, and the right of every adult to determine her own health care.

«I solemnly swear to respect and loyally defend the constitution, protect the rights and freedoms of the citizens, to conscientiously fulfil my duties in the best interest of the nation,» said 73 - year - old Ouattara, his right hand raised.

In terms of Party finding its true identity, it's bigger challenge than even the post Watergate period, when the Republican Party had to re-invent itself and convince the American people it could respect the Constitution it loves to tout at Conventions.

For as long as the young elements, who are now the soul of the party know that they have to respect their elders, the party's constitution, its ideals and principles, there would be no problem for the NDC.

«The Kaduna State Government wishes to reiterate that it fully respects freedom of religion and other rights as guaranteed by Sections 38 and 40 of the 1999 Constitution.

Article 287 (2) the 1992 Constitution makes provision for what the Commission may do in respect of the results of its investigation:

The plaintiff is seeking: A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of the provisions of the 1992 Constitution, particularly Articles 88 (5), 218 (a) and (e), 284 and 287 thereof, the 1st defendant can not act as the legal representative for Honourable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ghana, in a pending investigation bordering on conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever;

I believe the reason for Okudzeto Ablakwa's warped reading of the constitution is an upbringing in which he was not taught to respect his own parents, let alone others persons standing in the position of his parents as elders.

While I'm sure there are some good police out there, many of them have zero respect for the U.S. Constitution and the civil liberties that you and I are guaranteed.

With respect to the phrasing within the United States Constitution, when The State is being referred to, it is spoken of in the positive because the purpose of the United States Constitution is to declare the Social space for the State to exist from an initial status of non-existence.

«The trial judge failed to respect that provision of the Constitution when he elongated 90 days provided for, saying the process was paused when the interim order for maintenance of status quo was granted.

This was immediately followed by one Mr. Baah Acheamfour who proceeded to make a complaint to the police of the conduct of Afoko and his alleged spokesperson which he described as gross and flagrant violation of Article 3d (VIII) of the NPP's constitution under duties of a member which state that a member shall not initiate commence or prosecute any legal proceedings whatsoever against the party or any member of the party relating to party affairs without first exhausting the grievance procedure laid down in the constitution in respect of grievances against the party or any other members,» the letter said.