Sentences with phrase «constitutional rights filed»

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

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Gorsuch has argued that liberals are too quick to file lawsuits as a way to force change, even though there's «no doubt that constitutional lawsuits have secured critical civil - rights victories,» including desegregation.

Ramirez filed a challenge to his detention in Seattle federal court on Monday, arguing that the government violated his constitutional rights because he had work authorization under the DACA program, his lawsuit said.

Proof of this is found in answers to interrogatories C & C filed in connection with its Montana lawsuit, that asked its definition of a «terminally ill adult patient,» who the complaint claimed had a state constitutional right to assisted suicide.

In the ruling, Judge Andrew Goodman wrote that the agency violated the family's religious protections and ordered them to remove the fostering ban from their file: «Their constitutional rights of freedom of religion and freedom of expression have been infringed and must be remedied in a manner that is appropriate and just in the circumstances.

As it turns out, these poor fellows may not have been vagrants but merely exercising their constitutional rights: The Obama Administration recently filed a legal brief in a case out of Boise arguing that, in certain circumstances, outlawing sleeping in public violates the Eighth Amendment proscription against «cruel and unusual punishment.»

Eight people have filed a lawsuit against Cuomo, arguing his failure to set a special election date to fill the congressional vacancy left by former Rep. Michael Grimm violates the constitutional rights of residents of Staten Island and of southern Brooklyn.

Henry noted Pennsylvania prosecutors, «in violation of (Ritter's) statutory and constitutional rights,» had improperly obtained the sealed files from the Albany County district attorney's office without a judge's order.

U.S. District Judge William Pauley ruled against the city in a 22 - page decision filed Wednesday, finding the legislation compromised the centers» Constitutional rights.

The NRA immediately filed a lawsuit against the state on Second Amendment grounds, arguing that 18 - year - olds are considered adults «for almost all purposes and certainly for the purposes of the exercise of fundamental constitutional rights,» and therefore should not be prohibited from purchasing rifles.

«That lawsuit, when taken into context with the other petitions or lawsuits that were filed against Paladino, make it clear that there's a conspiracy afoot here to deny Paladino his constitutional rights.»

Eight people filed a lawsuit against Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday, arguing he is violating their constitutional rights by not setting a special election date.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Eight people have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, arguing his failure to set a special election date to fill the congressional vacancy violates the constitutional rights of residents of Staten Island and of southern Brooklyn.

The PDP spokesman said, «It is instructive to inform you that our leaders, particularly our National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, have been receiving threats since the PDP filed a petition to the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations, detailing documented threats to democracy by the APC and its Federal Government, abuse of human rights, mass killings, extrajudicial executions, persecution of opposition and unabated constitutional violations.»

In his application filed on July 1, 2017, Kanu maintained that parts of the bail conditions prohibiting him from being seen in a crowd exceeding 10 persons, granting press interviews and holding or attending rallies violated his constitutional rights.

Regardless of the outcome of the hearing, Paladino has already filed a federal lawsuit against the board, charging that his constitutional rights to free speech have been violated.

(Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas filed a separate decision because they disagreed with the other six justices» refusal to rule out the existence of a constitutional right not to have the government reveal personal information, known as «informational privacy.»

Several groups, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed suit in 1993 claiming that New York State was depriving New York City public school students of their constitutional rights to a «sound basic education,» a standard that had been prescribed in 1982 by the state's highest court (in New York, the Court of Appeals).

Within the past year, however, plaintiffs in Connecticut and Michigan have filed new lawsuits, which could reach the Supreme Court, asking courts to overturn Rodriguez and recognize a federal constitutional right to education.

Within the past year, plaintiffs in Connecticut and Michigan have filed new lawsuits imploring federal courts to recognize a federal constitutional right to education.

Reed vs. California was filed in February 2010 and essentially argued that low - performing schools in high - poverty areas — already difficult to staff — were so unfairly impacted by teacher layoffs that it compromised the constitutional rights of students to be educated.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert O'Brien issued the order in response to a class - action lawsuit filed against the Compton Unified School District by parents at McKinley Elementary School alleging that the verification process violated their constitutional rights to free speech and equal opportunity.

The case was filed against the district by the American Civil Liberties Union and others, and alleged students were being deprived of their constitutional right to an equitable education.

To end Washington's discrimination against special needs kids in religious schools — and to vindicate the rights of parents to choose their children's schools from a wide array of options, including public, private and religious schools — the Institute for Justice Washington Chapter filed a federal constitutional lawsuit challenging the special education ban.

At the urging of Mayor Villaraigosa and his Partnership for Los Angeles School, the ACLU and Public Counsel filed a lawsuit (Reed v. Smith) on behalf of Gompers, Liechty, and Markham Middle Schools arguing that the children's constitutional right to a quality education was being violated due to the disproportionate impact of teacher layoffs at those schools.

Coparmex said it had filed an amparo, a form of constitutional injunction, in a federal court to defend its rights against President Enrique Pena Nieto's government.

Department of Education Secretary Betsy Devos framed the decision as one that was necessary to save taxpayers money, but students say in the recent legal filing that using their social security data to prevent loan forgiveness violates several laws and their constitutional rights.

Filing for bankruptcy protection is your Constitutional right, and it can be a sound strategy for starting over, but it is also the right of private enterprise to refuse to extend credit to anyone they feel is a credit risk.

The brief filed by The HSUS and THLN demonstrates that the new law should be upheld because it's a reasonable policy to protect pets and their owners, and does not violate constitutional rights of dog breeders challenging the law.

Then, Mr Melloni filed a constitutional petition before the SCC, claiming that his right to a fair trial had been violated.

The constitutional challenge, filed by lawyers from IMK LLP in Montreal, argues the act «gravely infringes the religious and equality rights of certain Muslim women in Quebec» and «imposes a significant burden on the exercise of religious freedom... in a discriminatory manner.»

«Protection of reputation should be declared a stand - alone constitutional right under section 7 of the Charter, subject to the same vicissitudes as freedom of expression, namely, the further removed from its core value, the less worthy of protection,» states Timothy Danson, lead counsel for the doctor, in written submissions filed with the Court of Appeal.

If police or federal agents violated your constitutional rights at any point, we can file a motion to have the evidence suppressed, which may lead to a reduction or dismissal of the charges.

Lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed a complaint on behalf of SNAP, a survivor support group, at the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging that senior Vatican officials — including the current Pope — have committed crimes against humanity on the basis that «Vatican officials tolerate and enable the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes throughout the world.»

Because the New York - based Center for Constitutional Rights «filed a complaint in December with the Federal German Prosecutor's Office against Rumsfeld accusing him of war crimes and torture in connection with detainee abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.»

The judgment was handed down in an appeal filed before it on the ground that a Decree issued by one of the Emirates which restricted the right of the appellant to file a civil claim before the court of competent jurisdiction was unconstitutional because, it was said, that it denied the appellant's constitutional right to have unfettered access to the civil courts of the country.

The parents of an eight year - old child have filed suit against the child's school, alleging negligence and violations of their child's statutory and constitutional rights.

In 2015, the OMA filed a constitutional challenge under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the «Charter»), alleging that the MOHLTC's failure to provide a binding arbitration process violated Ontarian physicians» right to freedom of association.

Rates like these compromise indigent defendants» constitutional rights to effective assistance of counsel and a fair trial, argue a group of court - appointed lawyers in Philadelphia, who've filed suit for a pay increase in federal court, according to this report.

Slevin files suit on December 23, 2008, and on January 24, 2012 a jury awarded him $ 22 million, $ 6.5 million in punitive damages, and $ 15.5 compensatory damages for deprivation of constitutional rights, including the right to humane conditions of confinement, the right to receive adequate medical attention, and depriving him of procedural due process.

Seoul - based law firm Anguk Law Offices announced Tuesday that it had filed a constitutional appeal on Dec 30 over the South Korean government's recent cryptocurrency trading regulations, calling them an «infringement of property rights», The Korea Times reports.

By Notice of a Constitutional Matter filed herewith, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission («the Commission») has given notice that the above proceedings potentially involve a matter arising under the Constitution or involving its interpretation within the meaning of section 78B of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth).