"The function of independent judges charged to interpret and apply the law is universally recognised as a cardinal feature of the modern democratic state, a cornerstone of the rule of law itself," he wrote in 2004.
But he also attacked the attorney general for submitting that the courts should not interfere in democratic decision-making by the government, saying: "The function of independent judges charged to interpret and apply the law is universally recognised as a cardinal feature of the modern democratic state, a cornerstone of the rule of law itself".
Lastly, the poll finds essentially a split decision on the establishment of a Palestinian state, a cornerstone of U.S. policy that Netanyahu appeared to call into question during his recent re-election campaign.
As Hauenstein et al. [ 17] state, "the cornerstone of a robust and effective electronic information system is a carefully designed architecture that meets the needs of its users for reliability, performance, and usability and the requirements of the development team for cost, scalability, security and maintainability".
It is regarded by many member states as a cornerstone of European policy, but an attempt could be made to modify it at next month's summit of EU leaders.
The bill would authorize the U.S. Attorney General to withhold five percent of law enforcement funds that otherwise would be allocated to a state under a cornerstone federal criminal justice program if a state-appointed emergency manager fails to protect against certain abuses. .
American financial and physical presence in Israeli settlements, paired with the lack of appropriate action by successive administrations, not only encourages the Israeli right-wing government to build more settlements, but also erodes the prospect of a viable Palestinian State in line with the two-states solution, a cornerstone of US Middle East Policy.
This week Mr Gore has been campaigning in states that were cornerstones of the Clinton-Gore victories in the 1990s: Mr Clinton's native Arkansas, his own Tennessee and, today, the normally safely Democratic West Virginia.
The centre-left must promulgate its own vision of a cohesive society, backed by a concept of sovereignty that recognises the nation-state as the cornerstone of security and belonging.
The Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras, himself a nationalist, has made the privatisation of public properties and loss-making state assets a cornerstone of his government's economic policy, hoping that with the sell-off the country can begin to claw back some of its international credibility.
Not only did he openly seek to sabotage President Barack Obama's negotiations with Iran by aligning himself with Obama's Republican opponents; two days before the election, he suddenly reneged on his commitment to the two-state solution, the cornerstone of the international community's vision for achieving peace in the Middle East.
