Sentences with phrase «whether by election»

In the U.S., by far most judges are selected by the individual state, whether by election or executive appointment within the state.

A «term» means holding office, whether by election or appointment, for a duration of 18 months or more.

There may be a conservative and also an uncomfortable pragmatic utilitarian defence of the status quo — where liberal ends are often achieved by these undemocratic means — but the Lords» increasing influence makes the question democratic legitimacy, whether by election or other means, can not simply be ducked.

Not exact matches

Flynn was the first member of the Trump administration to plead guilty to a crime uncovered by the special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing, wide - ranging investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 US presidential election and whether any Trump campaign aides colluded with Moscow.

He declined to say whether he has been interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is directing the FBI's investigation of Russia's activities in the election.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

The specifics of that message indicate whether your data was stolen by Cambridge Analytica, the data firm responsible for helping tip the 2016 election in Trump's favor.

Weekly business magazine Challenges reported two weeks ago that Bollore, one of the most prominent figures on France's corporate landscape, had been summoned by judges investigating whether his advertising group Havas was involved in influencing elections in West Africa.

Opened by International Harvester in 1974 to remanufacture diesel engines and engine components for its truck and agricultural and construction equipment dealers, the plant had lost $ 2 million in the most recent fiscal year, and the big question was whether the employees, previously nonunion, would vote to join the Teamsters or the United Auto Workers in an election scheduled for March.

The internal investigation was the result of a probe by the UK's election watchdog, the Electoral Commission, into whether Russia may have used online platforms to interfere with the EU referendum.

Facebook is enduring a crisis of conscience regarding whether its apps can be misused as weapons by those trying to interfere with elections or just exploit our data for profit.

Extensive public comments by President Trump's attorney have compounded questions about whether the payment was made to influence the election.

This practice raised questions about whether the company complied with federal election law that limits the roles played by non-U.

January 22, 2018: The campaign finance and anti-corruption watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and Department of Justice asking them to «determine whether the payment was made by the Trump Organization or some other corporation or individual, which would additionally make it an illegal in - kind contribution to the campaign.»

Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's election interference, has at least four dozen questions on an exhaustive array of subjects he wants to ask President Trump to learn more about his ties to Russia and determine whether he obstructed the inquiry itself, according to a list of the questions obtained by The New York Times.

The steps taken by the party over the coming weeks could determine whether it can actually recover or whether it will join the list of conservative fringe parties after the next election.

The by - election will test whether the PCs have the ability and appeal to hold on to one of their nine remaining seats in the Legislative Assembly.

Richard Banks: Investors are beset on all sides by headlines about politics around the world, whether it's elections, or referendums or even Twitter spats between leaders.

Campaign - finance experts say these cases are tricky to prove, and Washington politics — the Justice Department, the Federal Election Commission and Congress are all controlled by the president's party — seem likely to doom any probe into whether federal laws were violated.

By the time of the General Election in June, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who happens to be Christian had lost count of the times he'd been asked by journalists whether gay sex was a siBy the time of the General Election in June, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who happens to be Christian had lost count of the times he'd been asked by journalists whether gay sex was a siby journalists whether gay sex was a sin.

The size of modern dioceses and probably also of most parishes makes an election by plebiscite almost impossible, especially as the majority of the people really can not know whether a certain candidate possesses the necessary qualifications for his office.

I'll leave it to others to debate his definitions of liberalism and other political philosophies, and there's a whole other debate to be had about whether his leadership of the Liberal Democrat party was doomed by his Christian faith, as he claims, or his failure to return a higher number of MPs at this year's General Election.

The standard by which emerging democracies are judged is not whether they hold elections, but whether the losers respect the result.

[Reprobation is] God's eternal decree that the destiny of certain men shall be everlasting death, whether one views it as God's passing those men by with the grace of election or as the determination to damn (Engelsma, Hyper - Calvinism, 44).

I remember seeing a picture of county - by - county damage estimates after one of the hurricanes, superimposed on whether that county went red or blue in the 2000 election.

We can choose now to retreat once again into those echo chambers or begin to listen more attentively to one another — to love our neighbors by learning about them and their needs and perspectives whether black, white, Asian, or Latino / a; whether Christian, Muslim, or none; whether upper, middle, or working class; whether voter or one of the nearly half of eligible voters that sat out this election.

Even bets on items peripheral to the outcome of the election would likely generate interest, whether it is the duration of an acceptance speech, the time the loser concedes, or the tie color chosen by the winning candidate, presidential election - betting options seem endless.

A decision on whether and how to seek a permanent replacement for Dorgan won't be made until after the municipal elections on April 1 and after the village's budget for the coming year is set, which will be by May 1, Mayor Ed Zabrocki said.

Dan White, executive director of the state board of elections, said he would review Saunderson's complaint and decide by Wednesday whether to mount a formal investigation.

One wonders, when British government development policy comes in for a hammering, whether Murray's attitude is coloured by his frequent unsuccessful appeals to the Department for International Development for funds for various pet projects: a charter plane to bring indelible ink to Ghana to mark the fingers of voters in an election or the reconstruction of a ruined bridge in a remote village.

Since Labour went into the general election arguing that the issue of whether or not Britain was leaving the EU was settled by last year's referendum she urged colleagues not to «change tack».

By 2010 Brown had variously been accused of dithering over whether to release the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al - Megrahi, whether to meet the Dalai Lama, whether to expand Heathrow, whether to take part in a TV election debate... and whether to reveal his favourite biscuit.

So far his strategy has been to avoid taking a firm and coherent position on whether Britain should be In or Out by abdicating responsibility to the public in a future referendum, in what has become the central plank of the Conservative's European election campaign.

According to Moroney, Maragos is trying to figure out whether he might have any «viability» in a general election against Schumer (amazing that in such a short time the senior senator has gone from having zero potential GOP challengers to two; all efforts by state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox to entice someone to run have so far gone nowhere).

No elections is an easier case than gauging whether the elections are deemed fair by eg UN, African Union and / or other observers.

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».

All that speculation about whether an early election might be in the offing has been replaced by the tedium of a five - year government - with all the related frustrations as it winds up.

The question resulting is, whether small or extensive republics are more favorable to the election of proper guardians of the public weal; and it is clearly decided in favor of the latter by two obvious considerations:

We're looking at whether Murdoch's decisions about backing politicians at elections are influenced by his commercial considerations.

President Trump declined to commit to being interviewed by Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating whether his campaign colluded with Russia to sway the 2016 election, backing off his statement last year that he would be willing to talk to Mueller under oath.

It's interesting that Crowley chose to register this committee (although she's hardly the only district leader to do so), because there's some question as to whether party official elections will take place at all this year, thanks to the chaos caused by redistricting.

In a case that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign national.

I think the key lessons for Labour from this by - election are not about whether «One Nation Labour» is reaching «southern voters», or whether Labour needs to adopt policy x, y or z. Instead, the Eastleigh result poses two questions which Labour need to consider:

If that candidate is still alive and remains a member of that political party, the Electoral Commission must then inquire of that candidate whether that candidate is willing to be a member of Parliament, and if that candidate so indicates his or her willingness, the Electoral Commission must declare that person to be elected by notifying the person's election in the Gazette.

This seems to have been sparked by the row about whether the party's leader, Natalie Bennett, should be allowed to take part in a televised leaders» debate in the election campaign; following initial proposals (later withdrawn) by the broadcasters which would have included the United Kingdom Independence party's Nigel Farage but excluded Bennett, a rush of sympathisers flocked to join the Greens.

The general counsels for Facebook, Twitter, and Google certainly gave strange replies when asked by Rep. Jackie Speier last November whether they had investigated «who was mimicking who» when it came to online messages promoted by both the Trump campaign and Russia during the election.

[citation needed] In a March 2015 Newsnight election debate, he was challenged by Jeremy Paxman as to whether or not he was «tough enough» to be Prime Minister, famously responding, «Hell yes, I'm tough enough», in reference to his reluctance to support air strikes against extremist targets in Syria.

Some commentators wonder whether May might survive to fight the next general election when the conventional wisdom had been that she would leave after navigating Brexit — if she wasn't pole - axed by her own MPs first.

«So, the issue now is whether this Court can mandate that the Governor call a special election forthwith, or at least sooner than the time selected by the Governor for holding the special election.

I found myself wondering whether past by - elections could tell us what is likely to happen tomorrow.