Sentences with phrase «amendment protections for»

In its motion to quash, EFF argues that the plaintiff's overbroad subpoena seeking to identify the site's operator and users violates First Amendment protections for anonymous speech and association.

One of the unintended consequences of predictive policing technology may be the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections for individuals in those high crime areas.

I have found bar candidates spending precious bar - prep days struggling with First Amendment protections for advertising when they couldn't spot an offer for a unilateral contract or explain the relevance of industry standards in products liability cases.

For example, twenty states in the USA have enacted anti-BDS laws even though this goes against the first amendment protection for political speech.

There is a First Amendment protection for begging,» Mr. de Blasio said at an unrelated press conference at City Hall today.

«There is a First Amendment protection for painting yourself and displaying yourself in a certain fashion.

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Another is that First Amendment protection for commercial speech has been expanded to require states to show compelling evidence of both the need for and the effectiveness of real estate antisolicitation laws before such laws qualify as being constitutional.

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However, it remains an open question whether it's ever illegal, given the First Amendment's protection of press freedom, for a reporter to solicit information.

Under Cruz's somewhat complicated amendment, insurers would be able to offer plans that don't comply with various Obamacare standards (protections for those with pre-existing conditions, mandated benefits, etc.) as long as they also offer a plan that does comply with those standards.

There's also an amendment for workplace protections against discrimination that would penalize defense contractors.

«There is a great deal of enthusiasm in the marketplace for crowdfunding, and I believe these rules and proposed amendments provide smaller companies with innovative ways to raise capital and give investors the protections they need,» said SEC Chair Mary Jo White.

We require that these Outside Contractors agree to (1) protect the privacy of your personal information consistent with this Privacy Policy, or the Data Protection Amendment and (2) not use or disclose your personal information for any purpose other than providing us with the products or services for which we contracted or as required by law.

In 2012, Liberal leader Raj Sherman introduced the Tobacco Reduction (Protection of Children in Vehicles) Amendment Act, which would have made it illegal for adults to smoke tobacco in vehicles with children.

The NAACP's support for marriage equality is deeply rooted in the fourteenth amendment of the United States constitution and equal protection of all people» said NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous, a strong backer of gay rights.

«Amendment 14 addressed citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws — namely for former black slaves.

Indeed, the reason that Congress overwhelmingly passed RFRA in the first place (97 - 3 in the Senate, by acclamation in the House) was a disturbing Supreme Court decision in 1990, Employment Division v. Smith, which lowered the First Amendment's protections for religious liberty.

The decision in Smith held that the First Amendment provided no special protection for religious liberty claims brought against «generally applicable laws.»

While I don't object to a constitutional amendment that would extend special protection to unborn persons - especially since such an amendment would presumably lodge protection for the unborn beyond the discretion of partisan courts, and also dispose of any potential problems with respect to state action - such an amendment is constitutionally superfluous.

In the opinion for Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965, the majority cited the Fourteenth Amendment as a protection against a statute in Connecticut which banned the usage of contraception.

Broad in its application, the Fourteenth Amendment promised due process and «the equal protection of the laws» for all American citizens.

I support the call for a human life amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would define a fetus as a person entitled to legal protection from untimely, unnecessary death.

The most explicit statement of these limitations is in the Constitution's first ten amendments — the Bill of Rights — which guarantee freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, the right to bear arms, protection against the obligatory quartering of soldiers, security from unwarranted search and seizure, the right to a grand jury, protection against double jeopardy and self - incrimination, the right of due process, just compensation for private property taken for public use, and speedy public trial by jury without excessive fines or bail.

First, Rusty says «The Founders singled out religion for special protection in the First Amendment.

Failing to provide comprehensive First Amendment conscience protections for individuals, employers, and insurance companies that have religious or moral objections to abortion.»

Meanwhile, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities emphasized Kennedy's nod to the First Amendment, stating the «full protections for religious individuals and organizations to exercise their beliefs privately and publicly are not diminished by expanded marriage rights.»

January 2012 — The Obama administration argues that the First Amendment provides no protection for churches and synagogues in hiring their pastors and rabbis.

While I find the majority opinion in Brown disappointing and even more so the fact that its author was Scalia, in the end there is something for conservatives to take away from the case: a strong judicial precedent that new categories may not be added to the type of content not afforded full First Amendment protection.

Justice Scalia, writing for the majority, viewed this as an unconstitutional attempt to expand the narrow categories of content which are not afforded full First Amendment protection: obscenity, incitement, and fighting words.

For this reason, we have examined the issues of censorship, regulation, and the First Amendment protections from a perspective which asks what is right, just, and equitable, not simply what is currently legal or stablished public policy.

«Unlike the administration's useless gestures around the Johnson Amendment, these regulations signal meaningful enforcement of existing protections for religious liberty,» said John Inazu, a law professor at Washington University and a First Amendment expert.

In Obergefell, Kennedy's claim was that although historically the interpretation of a fundamental right to marry has not included same - sex couples, the «referenda, legislative debates, and grassroots campaigns; studies and other writings; and extensive litigation in state and federal courts» has led to an «enhanced understanding» of how the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th amendment contain a right for same - sex couples to marry that was really there all along, though until now unseen.

Tuesday Questions - Reducing the number of uninsured drivers and the use of unregistered vehicles, Status of the national museums and galleries in England, Proposals for reform of the House of Lords Legislation - Scotland Bill - Third reading, Protection of Freedoms Bill - Consideration of Commons amendments, Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill

The judicial precedent for equal protection for federal laws is somewhat fuzzy as there is not equal protection clause specifically written as part of the fifth amendment, and the specific clause is only in reference to states in the fourteenth amendment.

Also written into that amendment, according to the DCCC, is an exemption that would keep those protections in place for members of Congress, should their state seek the waiver.

As there was such amendment explicitly guaranteeing equal protection for the federal government, the courts ruled that due process necessitated equal treatment.

The New York Democrat in September introduced an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to expand water testing for unregulated drinking water contaminants to all public water supplies.

The Guardian also states that in an NCCL briefing note dated 1978, Harman urged amendments to a 1978 Child Protection Bill declaring that «images of children should only be considered pornographic if it could be proven the subject suffered», which Harman says was an argument intended to protect from «unintended consequences» such as parents being prosecuted for taking pictures of their children on the beach or in the bath.

She voted against the federal spending bill for the Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency and related agencies, and split with the party on 22 related amendments.

Unlike the other three GOP senators to vote for the same - sex marriage law, Saland was involved in the crafting of the measure itself, negotiating an amendment that carved out religious protections (one could argue that the protections weren't really needed in a realistic aspect, but it gave some protection to the GOP conference in allowing a vote to begin with).

With the growth in the commercialisation of public space, through sell - offs, a Peaceful Protest Act would also create a limited right of access to quasi-public land for the purposes of protest — as Tom Watson unsuccessful amendment to the Protection of Freedoms Bill attempted last year.

NYSRPA believes that both the City and State of New York violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment by requiring the payment of fees as a prerequisite for the lawful exercise of the specifically enumerated individual civil right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment.

«The Constitutional protections afforded the freedom to engage in association by the Independence Party and the Independent Democratic Conference for the advancement of beliefs and ideas through freedom of speech is a core value established by the First Amendment.

The Legislature unanimously passed Mr. Romaine's proposed budget amendment to use about $ 37,000 from the county's Suffolk County Drinking Water Protection Program, which are funds slated for drinking water and open space preservation, to restore Cornell's pest management program.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw is proposing a taxpayer protection plan in response to Congressman Chris Collins» amendment to the American Health Care Act which would eliminate the Medicaid mandate imposed on Erie County and force New York State to foot the bill for...

@Avi it is not necessary to look at the 14th amendment; constitutional protections for non-citizens go back at least to the bill of rights, which also use the words «person» and «people» rather than «citizen.»

In the petition dated 15 April 2016 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organisation expressed «serious concern that the Senate of Nigeria will any moment from now pass amendments to Public Officers Protection Act; Administration of Criminal Justice Act; Code of Conduct Bureau Act and the Code of Conduct Tribunal Act with the political objective of securing a soft - landing for the Senate President Bukola Saraki who is facing corruption charges.»

2.30 pm Oral Questions Ensuring effective implementation of the stalking offences under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 - Lord Kennedy of Southwark Reducing the geographic disparity in Gross Value Added per head within the UK - Lord Wigley British Academy's report «Languages: the State of the Nation» concluding that the UK will be unable to meet its aspirations for growth and global influence unless action is taken to remedy the deficit in foreign language skills - Baroness Coussins Office of Fair Trading's report on payday loans - Lord Mitchell Legislation Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Report stage (Day 2)- Baroness Hanham Orders and Regulations Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013 and Motion to Regret - Viscount Younger of Leckie / Lord Young of Norwood Green

The Catholic Conference opposes the chapter amendment option, calling the possibility of its passage in this case «disturbing news» that «gives great cause for alarm among those who seek genuine protections for the deeply held religious beliefs and mission of individuals and organizations in this state.»

Both Saland and Lanza have met with Cuomo to develop a chapter amendment to the bill for broader religious protections.