Sentences with phrase «role of the attorney general»

Environmental Protection Agency chief and climate skeptic Scott Pruitt, who just months ago was widely rumored to be under consideration for a shift to the completely different role of attorney general, has seen his palace intrigue problems mount as more reports of wasteful behavior emerge.

Alan and Richard discuss the rigors of campaigning, Richard's opinion on the proper role of the attorney general, and why the name recognition of his opponents is not a problem.

Environmental Protection Agency chief and climate skeptic Scott Pruitt, who just months ago was widely rumored to be under consideration for a shift to the completely different role of attorney general, has seen his palace intrigue problems mount as more reports of wasteful behavior emerge.

As news spreads that President - elect Donald Trump has picked Senator Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, for the role of attorney general of the United States, the state - legal cannabis industry is worried about Sessions» anti-marijuana rhetoric.

The official said the EPA chief has alienated colleagues by jockeying for the role of attorney general, a position currently held by Jeff Sessions, who has come under frequent public criticism from Trump.

Selina questions the Attorney General about political donations and the role of the Attorney General in administering both the Election Act and the Lobbyists Registration Act.

«The Constitution of the State of New York doesn't really define the role of the attorney general,» Schneiderman noted in his February 10 address at Central.

And that's sometimes the role of the attorney general — is to watch what's going on in the executive branch.

Commenting on the publication of the Justice Select Committee's report on the parts of the draft constitutional renewal bill dealing with the role of the Attorney General, Deputy Director of Unlock Democracy Alexandra Runswick said:

The role of attorney general has three traditional aspects - overseeing prosecutions, giving the government legal advice and sitting in government as a minister.

Today the Guardian launches online A New Politics, a call for a radical shakeup of our constitution, arguing for reform of everything from party funding to the role of the attorney general.

«About the role of the Attorney General and the role of his office in the Moreland Commission.»

«It's time for him to stop hiding behind the ongoing investigation of the U.S. attorney's office and to start answering some basic questions about the role of the attorney general, and the role of his office in the Moreland Commission,» Cahill said.

The future Earlier this year, Jack Straw announced the publication of a draft Constitutional Renewal Bill, which laid out a series of proposals including clarifying the role of the attorney general in respect of managing prosecutions, abolishing nolle prosequi, and reforming both judicial appointments procedure and the civil service.

``... the role of the attorney general, which combines legal and ministerial functions, needs to change.

This was soon followed by a consultation paper entitled The Governance of Britain — A Consultation on the Role of the Attorney General (the Consultation Paper).

(I can't remember this verbatim, but this was the essence of what I recall from a course called «Government Lawyering: The Role of the Attorney General, the Minister of Justice and Government Counsel» at UOttawa law school years ago.)

In terms of the roles of the attorney general, there is a constitutional question (posed by the consultation paper itself) as to if «the role of chief legal adviser to the government should be separated from that of a political government minister?»

«Over the past few years at Facebook, it's become clear to me that the role of the attorney general is incredibly able to help make change in the world, and that's what I got into technology to do, too.»

Following the government's consultation process (The Governance of Britain: A Consultation on the Role of the Attorney General, Cm 7192), the draft Bill proposes a number of alterations to the office as detailed below.

The role of the attorney general is unsustainable and must be reformed, according to a Parliamentary committee report.

There is also commentary by the two leading Attorneys General of Ontario from the last century: Roy McMurtry, «The Office of the Attorney General» in D. Mendes da Costa, ed., The Cambridge Lectures (Toronto: Butterworths, 1981); Ian G. Scott, «The Role of the Attorney General and the Charter of Rights» (1987) 29 Crim.

So, in the early days I was one of a small group of lawyers who were asked to help out with «speaking notes» for non-partisan topics, such as the role of the Attorney General, children's rights, the responsibility of the legal profession to give back through community service and of course the importance of law reform.

And consultation was promised on the role of the attorney general, whose membership of the government seems to conflict with her role as the government's legal adviser.

L. Q. 187; Hon. Ian Scott, «Law, Policy, and the Role of the Attorney General: Constancy and Change in the 1980s» (1989) 39 U.T.L.J. 109.

The issues canvassed in the green paper were revisited, including the role of the attorney general, treaties, the civil service, the power to wage war, and judicial appointments, but the scope of legislative change forecast in the document fell far short of the green paper proposals.