Sentence examples for upon our elected from inspiring English sources

The division in the referendum could scarcely have been more fundamental: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" Answer given, it was incumbent upon our elected politicians to rise to the challenge of seeking a degree of consensus.

All of this depends upon our elected leaders taking seriously the notion that all Americans – including prisoners – have an absolute right to immunity from torture by the state.

The more data we the regular folk and assorted watchdog groups have, the better oversight we can impugn upon our elected officials from every branch and level of government.

The California legislature placed Proposition 49 on the ballot calling upon our elected officials to reverse Citizens United with a constitutional amendment.

It is incumbent upon our elected officials to ensure that every single child is protected, particularly those under the care and direction of our public schools".

We call upon our elected officials to tell us what they will do to be able to add to this: "No longer will caring for our family members be a struggle, but an easier, affordable part of everyday life".

If education is failing in the United States, it is doing so because of the wounds being inflicted upon it by our elected officials and educational bureaucrats who try to curry favor by becoming lapdogs in the service of whatever reform trend is making headlines.

I'm not talking about "money exchanged under the table" corruption, but rather what Harvard Professor Larry Lessig terms "dependence corruption" -- the totally legal dependence that our elected officials have upon the powerful interests that make (and, crucially, break) their campaigns.

In a world where political strife is too often settled with violence, we come here every four years to bestow the power of the presidency upon our democratically elected leader... Future generations will mark this morning as the turning-point for real and necessary change in our nation.

"Ultimately, DA Rackauckas told them that our justice system vests the final decision whether to seek the death penalty upon the elected District Attorney.

An earlier version stated that upon being elected Colau reduced her pay from €140,000 to €28,600.