Sentences with phrase «under the constitution as»

You rhetoric appears equivalent to Parliament's denying the foundational rights under constitution as secured by the Magna Carta (1215).

The submission that the issues which arise here were matters for the Executive or Legislature under Article 120 of the UAE Constitution because they concerned foreign affairs and questions of public policy (ordre public) or a matter for the UAE Supreme Court if there was any serious issue / doubt under the Constitution as to the organ which should determine such questions, falls away once it is seen that waiver of immunity is a question to be determined by the judiciary as part of the contractual and procedural law of the DIFC.

A previous restraint by judicial decision after trial is as obnoxious under the Constitution as restraint by administrative action.

Not exact matches

Under Kim Jong Un, North Korea wrote the possession of nuclear weapons into their constitution as a guarantor of their security.

The Justice Department lawsuit will cite a provision of the U.S. Constitution known as the «Supremacy Clause,» under which federal laws trump state laws.

People, person, or persons as used in this Constitution does not include corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state, and such corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through their elected state and federal representatives, deem reasonable and are otherwise consistent with the powers of Congress and the States under this Constitution.

Under the California Constitution, «noncitizens have the same property rights as citizens.»

«It isn't as much about the NRA as the millions of people who strongly, passionately believe that they should have the right under the Constitution to defend themselves and their families, and I strongly support that right,» he said.

It removes proposals to revise the Constitution from the realm of partisan political controversy, and it necessitates the retention of means, similar to those which have been used in the past, to give the needed flexibility to the development of the Constitutional system — means which, as we have already seen, placed the political destinies of the American people under the immediate direction of a group of benevolent guardians.

In Lucia v. SEC, the argument centered on the question of whether administrative judges are wielding the power to settle cases decisively and issue orders, even though they are not appointed and confirmed as judges according to the form prescribed under Article III of the Constitution.

of the Constitution of the United States is very clear on this subject: «but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.»

(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.)

Tom Tom «He doesn't seem to grasp the idea that we «agree» to have a system of jurisprudence that determines what is legal and what is not in such a way as to preserve our individual rights as they are guaranteed to us under our Constitution»

If the framers of the Constitution had been more morally courageous in identifying slavery as an evil, or if the later compensatory amendment had rooted liberty in a common human nature rather than on weaker procedural grounds of equality under the law, then perhaps the expansion of protected classes and arbitrary rights would not have advanced so stridently.

Or taking a less precise definition of beginning, one might consider the whole period, from the Declaration of Independence to the inauguration of Washington under the new Constitution, as the origin time of the American nation, America began as the result of a series of conscious decisions, The acts embodying those decisions have a kind of absolute meaning - creating significance.

The most sustained religious discussion in these huge volumes has to do with the line in Article VI of the Constitution that «no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.»

I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby proclaim the three - day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, as Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas.

We decide our own laws - as long as they fall under the umbrella of a Constitution written with the protection of individual freedom in mind.

The importance of the second and third issues is obvious for decisions about a written constitution, which later was interpreted as involving judicial review of acts of Congress, and for a federal union of states having partial autonomy under a national government.

As I've mentioned before, I personally think it is counterproductive to spend time and money trying to mess with the constitution so that it restricts the rights of U.S. citizens under the banner of «protecting the sanctity of marriage,» especially when heterosexual couples face a divorce rate that hovers between 45 and 50 percent.

And having been born, as persons under the Constitution, they were entitled to at least the same rights as people on death row — due process, equal protection of the law.

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.

The rulers, who, as in Shõtoku's constitution, represent heaven, are to provide a nurturant and paternal regime under which the people can flourish.

So, the contemporary constitutional scholar Robert Lowry Clinton argues that it is a mistake to read the case as claiming a judicial power to tell the President or Congress what they can or can not do under the Constitution.

When the Founders wrote the nation's Constitution, they specified that «no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.»

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At yesterday's inaugural speech, President Obama strongly hinted that he may endorse marriage for gays and lesbians as an equal right under the Constitution: «Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we -LSB-...]

It would take back through the backdoor citizens» inalienable and fundamental human rights guaranteed under the Nigerian Constitution 1999 (as amended) and Nigeria's regional and international human rights obligations and commitments.

The right to information is a fundamental human right guaranteed by the country's 1992 Constitution and recognized as a right under International Conventions on Human rights.

Schneiderman last year filed a legal challenge to major fantasy sports operators, arguing the companies in New York act as «games of chance» — outlawed under the state's Constitution.

It pointed out that «as government may be swayed away by the euphoria, we would like to draw your attention to a possible breach of Article 35 clause 5 of the 1992 constitution under the Directive Principle of State Policy which states:

Said President Weah: «Article 7 — The Republic shall, consistent with the principles of individual freedom and social justice enshrined in this Constitution, manage the national economy and the natural resources of Liberia in such manner as shall ensure the maximum feasible participation of Liberian citizens under conditions of equality, so as to advance the general welfare of the Liberian people and the economic development of Liberia.»

There are two reasons why the «broadcasting contribution» (Rundfunkbeitrag) was not created as a tax, both of them rather technical: Under the German constitution, the states are responsible for cultural affairs (which includes broadcasting, but also schools and universities).

Moreover, each and every member of Congress should be notified that he or she is personally liable (can be sued) for his or her own failure, or the same in conspiracy with other members, to perform what is a ministerial and constitutional duty, that is, to require and / or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are «natural born citizens» under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants» constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constitutional Republic.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

In a statement signed by presidential aide Garba Shehu, President Buhari was quoted as saying he is fully conscious of his duty under the constitution to protect all Nigerians.

However, since we have a good argument that the United States (as in the People of the United States in contradistinction to branches of the United States government) did not declare war under the Constitution, there may easily have been a violation of the «declaration of war» portion of Hague - 3.

Under the Constitution, action by the US President to declare a war is insufficient to bind the United States so as to place it in a state of war.

Republican State Senator Mike Nozzolio says the 63rd Senate District created in the proposed redistricting lines is required under the constitution, even though the state's population as a whole is declining relative to the rest of the nation and the state is losing two congressional districts.

«The Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara as well as the Deputy Speaker, Yussuf Lasun; the Minority Leader, Leo Ogor; and the Chief Whip, Hassan Ado are not immune from investigation under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, even though the Hon. Speaker Hon. Yakubu Dogara has been talking tough saying that the EFCC can not investigate him.»

They saw him as the new Adrian Pelt who would oversaw Libya's 1951 constitution and launched Libya as a constitutional monarchy under King Idris.

It ordered that «(a) The Electoral Commission takes steps immediately to delete or as is popularly known «clean» the current register of voters to comply with the provisions of the 1992 Constitution, and applicable laws of Ghana; [and] That any person whose name is deleted from the register of voters by the Electoral Commission pursuant to order (a) above be given the opportunity to register under the law.»

Montesquieu characterised the English constitution as a «republic [hiding]... under the form of monarchy».

The title is taken from Article Six of the United States Constitution: «no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.»

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.

David Lewis, counsel to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, released an opinion declaring the payments as «proper under the authority of the New York State Constitution.»

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.»

I answer as follows: There is no entity existing under the Constitution and laws of Ghana known as Tiger Eye or Tiger Eye PI.

First, to deal briefly with the introduction of extraneous matters not forming part of the Commissioner's report and attempts to amend, vary, modify and rewrite the Commissioner's report in some parts, to show that it does no credit to the legal advisors to the Government as it converts them into conduits of a corrupt political elite in Government contrary to their constitutional mandate specifically provided for under Article 88 of the Constitution.

The constitution minister was under pressure over voter registration, with fears that there could be a 20 % decrease in the number of registered voters as a result of the transition from the current system.