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112 documents for alaska constitution senate vacancy

- Section 2: Powers and Duties of the President
... of Representatives and 53 to 46 in the Senate, to authorize the President to use United States t... had never been established by law, no vacancy existed to which the President could constitutiona... the boundary line between Canada and Alaska, were negotated by commissions containing Senators...
- Constitution of the United States (Annotated)
- Riley v. Kennedy, 553 U.S. (2008)
... that the 1985 Act violated the State Constitution. When the next midterm Commission vacancy occurred... State , 914 P. 2d 1250, 1263-1264 (Alaska 1996) (same); Peloza v. Freas , 871 P. 2d 687, ... without the approval of the United States Senate. (True or False)," and "If no person receives a ma...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
... state court challenging the constitutionality of § 3 of Amendment 73 to the Arkansas Constituti... of Representatives or two terms in the Senate. The trial court held that § 3 violated Article I...93-1456 were filed for the Alaska Committee for a Citizen Congress et al. by Jeanett...-in candidate or be appointed to fill a vacancy to be "glimmers of opportunity .. [that] are faint...
- U.S. Supreme Court

- Republican Filibuster Blocks Liu for Appeals Court
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the nomination of Goodwin Liu for an appeals court judgeship, accusing him of being a liberal activist and handing President Obama his first judicial defeat of the year. The Republican-led filibuster also may signal the end of January's gentlemen's agreement between the Senate's party leaders designed in part to streamline the judicial confirmation process.

...Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was the only Republican to vote in favor of breaki...Liu more than a year ago to fill a vacancy on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which in... would play fast and loose with the Constitution from the bench. They also cited statements he has ...
- The Washington Times
- May 20, 2011
- Gerald Judge v. Pat Quinn, (7th Cir. 2010)
... W OOD , Circuit Judge. Constitutional specialists and U.S. history buffs will recall tha... "by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate." U.S. C ONST. art. II, § 2. Only the members of ... that Illinois is using to fill a famous vacancy in one of its senate slots has strayed so far from...(quoting Alaska v. United States, 545 U.S. 75, 106 (2005)). To ide...
- Federal Circuits
- Rodriguez v. Popular Democratic Party, 457 U.S. 1 (1982)
... voters in District 31 - to fill the vacancy. Appellee then filed suit in the Superior Court of... this procedure violated the Federal Constitution. While the case was pending before the Puerto Rico...1, 11. vacancy in the United States Senate by appointment pending the next regularly schedule...Alaska Stat. Ann. 15.40.320 . Page 457 U.S. 1, 6. et seq...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- United States
..., forms the coterminous United States; Alaska is to the west of Canada and Hawaii is in the Nort...It was 1791 when the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights were adopted and put into a...Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and their families...), Female Chain Gang (first and only), Vacancy Sign (sheriff pledges to always have room to book ...
- World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional System
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- KENNETH KIRK V. CHIEF JUSTICE WALTER CARPENETI, (9th Cir. 2010)
...officio Member of the Alaska. Judicial Council; JAMES H. CANNON, in his officia... requires amendment to the Alaska Constitution. To date, there is no indication of any desire on ..., are they acceptable to a house and a senate or a senate alone, which is essentially Democr... Judicial Council receives notice that a vacancy exists or is about to occur. The Council then begi...
- Federal Circuits
- Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (per curiam) (1976)
...v. VALEO, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, ET AL. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF AP... statutory provisions on various constitutional grounds. The Court of Appeals, on certified questi... committee at a time when there is a vacancy in the office of chairman or treasurer thereof. No... campaign that it has put on House races in Alaska or Wyoming. Both the strength of support conveyed ...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Our broken judicial confirmation process and the need for filibuster reform.
...The Senate of the United States is the only legislative body ... to cooperatively fulfill the grave constitutional duty entrusted to them.. This is to say nothing of...* Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976 (136) . * A... days whenever a nomination for a judicial vacancy, designated an emergency under federal law, (145) ...
- Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
- Vol. 27 Nbr. 1, September 2003