Sentences with phrase «third branch of government»

Among her other writings were Privy Council, Cabinet, and Ministry in Britain and Canada: A Story of Confusion, Attitudes in the Philadelphia Convention towards the British System of Government, Constitutional law — citing Canada's Constitution — problems and proposed solutions; If the queen were to abdicate: procedure under Canada's constitution; Ontario's courts, 1867 - 1987: conflicts and confusion; Parliament, the Executive and the Governor - General; Parliamentary privilege in Canada; Robert's Rules of Order: editions, reprints, and competitors; The Canada Act 1982 — some facts and comments; The Judiciary in Canada: the Third Branch of Government, and Defining Constitution of the Province — The Crux of the Manitoba Language Controversy.

«Lawyers used to be a good part of the legislature and they looked out for the third branch of government,» Klein said.

In fact, they are asking our third branch of government — the courts — to uphold our government's duty to present and future generations of Americans to protect that which we need for our health and safety, our well - being and our livelihoods.

Not exact matches

Services sold by the UK branch of a French or German bank to a third country like the US, for example, count as UK exports - something the government is keen to maximise.

The lifetime appointments of government's third branch need some real accountability too.»

Specifically, these modern tribunes would be entitled to veto one piece of congressional legislation, one executive order and one Supreme Court decision; to call one national referendum, over any issue they wish (only two - thirds votes of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives may render the statute unconstitutional); and to initiate impeachment proceedings against one Federal official from each of the three branches of government during their term of office.

A little more than a third can name the three branches of government.

Nor is there anything improper were a third party to obtain this public information and share it with a branch of government.

A third site that I use frequently is the U.S. Government Printing Office's Federal Digital System (FDsys) which «provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.»

In a society where only 26 percent of adults can name all three branches of the federal government and a third can not even name one, Colorado's judicial branch has sought to improve its citizens» civics knowledge through Our Courts Colorado.

- The general court shall have the power to act in relation to cities and towns, but only by general laws which apply alike to all cities or to all towns, or to all cities and towns, or to a class of not fewer than two, and by special laws enacted (1) on petition filed or approved by the voters of a city or town, or the mayor and city council, or other legislative body, of a city, or the town meeting of a town, with respect to a law relating to that city or town; (2) by a two - thirds vote of each branch of the general court following a recommendation by the governor; (3) to erect and constitute metropolitan or regional entities, embracing any two or more cities or towns or cities and towns, or established with other than existing city or town boundaries, for any general or special public purpose or purposes, and to grant to these entities such powers, privileges and immunities as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient for the regulation and government thereof; or (4) solely for the incorporation or dissolution of cities or towns as corporate entities, alteration of city or town boundaries, and merger or consolidation of cities and towns, or any of these matters.