Sentences with phrase «under the constitution of»

Ignacio Comonfort was the first president elected under the constitution of 1857, in which the Church was legally restrained.

«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.»

It alleged that the acts of the Senate President constituted various offences under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act.

«The governor has failed to perform his duty under the Constitution of calling for this election and I intend to convince the court to compel him as soon as possible, so that the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn won't be disenfranchised.»

WHEREAS, the people of Orleans County derive economic and environmental benefits from all safe forms of recreation involving firearms, including, but not limited to, hunting and target shooting while utilizing all types of firearms available under the Constitution of the United States; and

Giving the «particulars» of the said error, the lawyer argued, «The powers given to the first appellant (the IGP) under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the Nigeria Police Act, Laws of the Federation 2004, sufficiently make the «Special Joint Investigation Panel» lawful and supportable under the Nigerian criminal justice system.

The plaintiffs contend that the President can not assume powers exclusively held by the Judiciary under the constitution of Ghana.

The failure of the schools arises from their determination to cling to a position — a position clearly prohibited under the Constitution of the United States — that threatens the opportunities of children to receive the best possible education.»

Agencies like the EPA would normally be prohibited from jumping out in front of congressional action under the Constitution of the United States.

Under the Constitution of the United States, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, the consent of the legislature of California would be needed and Congress would need to decide to admit the new state.

The SCI exercises, inter alia, the following jurisdictions deriving its powers to do so under the Constitution of India: original jurisdiction [Article131], appellate civil jurisdiction [Articles 132 and 133], appellate criminal jurisdiction [Articles 132 and 134].

A covenant in an agreement that is contrary and contradictory to the principle of section 27 of the contract act and in violation of principles in article 19, protected and guaranteed under the constitution of India, are restrictive covenants in law and not enforceable.

Because of the possible protections afforded «freedom of religion» under the constitutions of many countries, we've seen various groups or individuals seek to exempt their activities from the normal operation of the law by claiming to be or belong to «churches» or «religious organizations.»

The nature of the task when construing a contractual waiver in accordance with the governing law of the contract, when combined with the KRG's acceptance of the doctrine as being a procedural matter, means that its argument that the Court has no jurisdiction to determine the issue of waiver under the Constitution of the UAE is bound to fail.

On occasions, the Irish courts have refused to return a child to a jurisdiction where this might involve a breach of rights under the Constitution of Ireland.

Not exact matches

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

Hogan attorney David Houston called it «disgusting» that Gawker claimed speech protections under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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.

Advocates said some of the proposals would criminalize conversations online that otherwise would be protected under the countries» constitutions.

Davis sought Supreme Court review after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in May that the failure to obtain a warrant did not violate Davis» right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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 Michigan constitution any law that includes such an allocation of money can not be challenged by referendum.

Attorney Robert Dolinko of San Francisco labor and employment law firm Nixon Peabody is doubtful Senigaglia would have a strong case if she alleged a violation of privacy, which is a right under the state of California's constitution.

«It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws... for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,» he wrote.

Congress has formal authority over trade policy under the US Constitution, but it has generally delegated much of its authority to the executive branch in modern times.

Given that Congress jealously guards its powers under the Constitution, such an effort would likely gain the support of representatives from most states, not only those with an economic interest in maintaining NAFTA.

Under Article II of the Constitution, only Officers of the United States may bring litigation on behalf of the Executive Branch.

For starters, it's not clear that a U.S. president can unwind a trade agreement on their own without the approval of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, which have ultimate control over trade under the U.S. Constitution.

Under Section 92A of the Constitution Act, provinces, «may make laws in relation to the export from the province to another part of Canada of the primary production from non-renewable natural resources.»

«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.

Trade agreements like NAFTA fall squarely within the constitutional powers of Congress under the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution.

This is a federal head of power under the Constitution Act, 1867, 30 & 31 Vict, c 3: s 91 (2).

Hidden under the idea that we should choose to ignore some portions of the Constitution, is the other idea that there should be an informal Higher Constitutional Moral Authority that will tell the rest of us when we should ignore and when we should obey this or that provision of the Constitution.

«We urge the Iranian government to uphold this right for religious minorities in Iran, in line with its obligations under international law and the provisions upholding the rights of religious minorities in its own constitution.»

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.

The Book of Discipline (2004) makes this clear: «No person, no paper, no organization, has the authority to speak officially for The United Methodist Church, this right having been reserved exclusively to the General Conference under the Constitution.»

They are revealed by God's historical and dialogical self - revelation by words and deeds, and in the fullness of time by God's eternal Son becoming flesh in a certain time and space of history; in church history under the guidance of the Holy Spirit they have to be witnessed to and developed through the living tradition (see the dogmatic constitution Dei Verbum, 2, 8).

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.)

Seven of the nine justices voted in favor of making abortion a fundamental right under the Constitution.

CSW's Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas said he is deeply alarmed at the planned seizure of property from a religious community that is recognised under the Iranian constitution.

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.

I suspect He would do the same today were He an American citizen living under the reign of a «Constitutional Scholar» who ignores much of the Constitution.

In this sense they are more like books or magazines than television, and they are entitled to the same protection under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution accorded books and magazines.

Massachusetts and others among the founding thirteen states, while protecting the full religious liberty of citizens under their new constitutions after Independence, maintained an established church and entrusted important moral and educational tasks to church communities with state support, direct or indirect.

Furthermore, under the general welfare provision of the Constitution, the Federal Government offers financial assistance to states and local communities for a variety of educational purposes, ranging from subsidies for school lunch programs to salaries for teachers of agriculture and loans for school building construction.

The white government chose, under intense internal and international pressure, to relinquish power, and negotiated with its former black enemies a process that led to the election of a black president, a model constitution, and relatively low casualties, considering the alternatives.

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.