Sentences with phrase «role of the judge»

There is still debate about the «proper role of the judge as impartial arbitrator».

With this statement, Brennan assumes the question that animates the debate over the proper role of judges: whether judges should be announcing «unenumerated» rights in the first place.

CN, but isn't that apocalyptic scenario you lay out perfectly consistent with the traditional role of the judge as sentencer?

To speak of Jesus as the Christ is not only has the governmental role of ruler and king in view, but also the spiritual roles of prophet and priest, the legal roles of judge and counselor, and the personal roles of friend and brother.

I like how you point out the active role of judges in ensuring the video - conference setup be addressed pre-trial.

There is no basis in law to support equating the distinct roles of the judge and the prosecutor in the sentencing process.»

A new cost - benefit analysis for admission of expert reports introduced by the Supreme Court of Canada expands the gatekeeping role of judges in Canada (White Burgess Langille Inman v. Abbott and Haliburton Co., 2015 SCC 23).

the entire Charter into jeopardy, undermines the rule of law, and goes against the fundamental role of judges as the protectors of Canada's constitutional rights.

Accepted wisdom would have that this key role of the judge was unchanged from Socrates to Morgenthaler.

The most distinguishing feature of the physical role of judging at the front of the courtroom — sitting — is that judges always look outward.

The judiciary feels the need to modernise: innovative procedures, use of information technology and shifting roles of judges.

The Perceptions of the Courts in Your Community Rottman and Hansen, Nat'l Ctr for State Courts (2000) This survey asked detailed questions of randomly selected individuals in an attempt to measure the public's reaction to the changing roles of judges and the courts exemplified by drug treatment and other problem - solving courts.

«My philosophy was that the essential role of the judge, for which he can't be replaced or substituted, is judging.

Since the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, there has been much discussion about the proper role of judges and courts in our democratic system.

A range of new «non-judging» functions have transformed the traditional role of the judge — including facilitating settlement discussions among the parties, arm - twisting counsel to cut a deal, or pressing counsel to move a matter along.

Gorsuch, who once went fly - fishing with Scalia, said Scalia helped remind Americans about the roles of judges and lawmakers.

In his all - out fight against Herbalife, is the activist investor assuming the role of judge, jury, and executioner?

WillieLove, and others like him, take upon themselves the role of judge when they exclude everyone except those who subscribe to their narrow view of what it takes to be saved.

However, once again, CNN performs the role of judge and jury.

The role of judges in lawmaking has always been disputed in our tradition, but a call entirely to eliminate creativity from that role is a call for radical reform.

Hence Holmes's famous observation that the role of the judge was to be «the supple tool of power,» to assure that the ruling majority got its way, but in a civilized manner.

«We are talking about a two - court structure, but we're still trying to figure out a way to balance the role of judges in these cases as well as the district attorneys» role,» he said, adding, «There would be family court for the less serious cases and a youth court for the more serious cases.

Kindlon, now chief assistant to Herrick, the retired Albany County judge, said they met to to learn about the role of judges, lawyers and other players in the American and New York judicial systems.

In the Civilized World, the Police would charge accused persons to court rather than play the role of the Judge, Jury, and Executioner, at the same time.

In one scenario, students assume the role of a judge considering how to settle the case of a single mother arrested for shoplifting; in another, they act as a mayor debating whether to ban smoking in public housing.

You take on the role of a judge during the French Revolution and must hear a variety of cases from the aristocracy, your fellow revolutionaries, and the common people.

TV actor Mark Frost (Poldark, Silent Witness) played the role of the judge, and the jury was made up of volunteers.

Results indicate these jurors are very respectful of the role of the judge and see the judge as a guide, teacher, and protector.

He played the role of the judge.

It is perfectly fair to criticize any judgment, or the role of our judges, or the legalization or judicialisation of our society, etc etc..

However, David Thomas, doyen of sentencing experts, having expressed his opposition to the whole idea of a Sentencing Commission, said that if one was established, he had «grave doubts about the wisdom of involving serving senior judges in the activities of such a body... as there is a tendency to confuse the roles of the judges in their different capacities and a consequent tendency to compromise judicial independence.»

«I don't think it is the role of the judge, whether left or right or conservative or whatever stripe [he] happens to be, to actually figure to play the position of God,» the Tory MP for Saskatoon - Wanuskewin told Lawand.

Such an arbitrator, usually an experienced lawyer, would have the role of a judge, and their decision would be entirely binding and enforceable in most countries under the New York Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958).

The traditional image of the passive and non-interventionist jurist engaged only when the accused is brought before the Court bears little resemblance to the reality of the role of the judge today.

The surprise, though, is the stupendous performance in the role of the judge by real - life lawyer Joseph Welch, who represented the Army in the McCarthy hearings.

It is the role of the judge to remain impartial in your criminal case.

The role of the judge is to listen your case and your evidence in a neutral, impartial manner.

«A candidate taking a political position in the course of a campaign is different from the role of a judge making a ruling in the judicial process,» said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.»

Roberts took pains to separate his role of judge and arbiter from that of the politicians who will publicly interview him over the next few days.

It does not take a leap of imagination to consider the likely press speculation about material being considered behind closed doors in CMP in a high profile case, nor the likely comment on the role of the judge sitting.

It's not up to the Crown to take on the role of judge and decide the case.

Back during his 2005 Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts tried to allay Democratic senators» fears that he was a conservative ideologue by famously comparing the role of judges with baseball umpires and declaring, «It's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.»

Some of the expressions of this ideology are: that the role of judges is to manage and resolve disputes; that adjudication is only one — and not always the optimal — way to do that; that trials are expensive and wasteful; that ordinarily disputes are preferably resolved by mutual concessions; that settlement benefits parties and the courts themselves; that outsourcing disputes to ADR institutions benefits courts without detriment to parties; and so forth.12

When provoked, he repeated the pragmatist's mantra that the role of judges is simply to «follow the law and decide cases.»