Sentences with phrase «federal civil rights officials»

Federal civil rights officials are monitoring a Boston charter school after concluding that the school violated federal laws that protect children with disabilities from discrimination.

Federal civil rights officials have absurdly claimed that they are the true heirs of Martin Luther King's moral legacy, by virtue of their having remained loyal to his «color blind» ideal — as if King's moral leadership consisted of this and nothing else.

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The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit charging that North Carolina's bathroom law violates federal civil - rights law — a move that came hours after the state's officials filed their own suit saying the department was trying to rewrite national law by attacking them.

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.

The new federal Every Student Succeeds Act, was endorsed by more than 35 civil rights organizations to ensure high standards and accountability for the progress of all students, the official said.

As released by the attorney general's civil rights bureau, the policies outline the limits local law enforcement can participate in federal immigrant enforcement efforts, including refusing to enact non-judicial warrants in civil cases, denying requests by federal officials in holding people longer than 48 hours and limits on the access Immigration and Customs Enforcement or border protection officers can have with those currently in custoy.

The family of a 12 - year - old Muslim middle school student has filed a $ 25 million federal lawsuit against the East Islip school district, claiming the seventh - grader's civil rights were violated when school officials forced him to sign a false confession saying he was a terrorist.

Democratic county legislators recently called for an end to Armor's contract and asked federal officials to investigate what they called an «ongoing civil rights crisis» involving poor medical care at the jail.

CANTON, N.Y. — Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick is among more than 40 public officials and agencies named in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a former Clarkson University soccer coach acquitted of murder charges.

President Clinton has appointed Mary Frances Berry, a former federal education official, to chair the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Federal civil - rights officials are weighing a complaint that the test all Texas students must pass to get a high school diploma unfairly discriminates against minority youths.

The issue arises fairly often for school administrators and other government officials sued under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1871, a Reconstruction - era law that is frequently the basis for suits alleging that government officials have deprived someone of...

The federal government's chief civil - rights official last week defended his performance, and that of the Reagan Administration as a whole, against mounting criticism of the Administration's efforts in protecting the rights of women and minorities.

The Justice and Education departments still have not determined how to address existing desegregation cases — and whether or where to bring new ones — and have received little guidance from the White House in crafting civil - rights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last civil - rights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released lastrights policy, the Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last Civil Rights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released lastRights, a bipartisan panel of former federal civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last civil - rights officials and other advocates, says in a report released lastrights officials and other advocates, says in a report released last week.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights spent nearly two years investigating Palatine - based Township High School District 211 and found «a preponderance of evidence» that school officials did not comply with Title IX, the federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.

Other problematic requirements, from the perspective of the officials interviewed, related to civil rights data collection, (Education Week reported extensively on that data) the Federal Funding and Transparency Act, and federal time distribution reports (the report noted that «in order for state and local federal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activFederal Funding and Transparency Act, and federal time distribution reports (the report noted that «in order for state and local federal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activfederal time distribution reports (the report noted that «in order for state and local federal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activfederal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activfederal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activities.)

When state officials moved forward anyway, Barnes says she filed a complaint this month with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, asking federal education officials to bar North Carolina's reforms.

Her political power in New York has already been tested over the last year, following a spate of negative press about her schools» discipline practices and internal workings, a federal investigation conducted by the Office of Civil Rights, and mounting criticism from local elected officials.

In 2012, Kyron was recognized by the Federal Highway Administration for implementing innovative best practices for conducting supportive services and was selected to conduct a session at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2012 National Civil Rights Subcommittee Training Conference in Detroit Michigan.

He regularly represents municipalities and municipal officials and employees in the state and federal courts in cases involving civil rights, personal injury / death, permit / regulatory compliance and / or enforcement, and access to government proceedings and records.

Represents individuals, including public officials, lobbyists, and high - level state administrators, as well as businesses, in state and federal criminal investigations and grand jury proceedings; clients accused by the government of fraud; students accused of sexual misconduct; Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers; Best Lawyers in America «Lawyer of the Year» in Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense; listed in Best Lawyers in White - Collar Criminal Defense and Civil Rights Law categories.

We have an experienced team of trial and appellate lawyers who defend governmental entities and their officials and employees in litigation involving federal civil rights, constitutional, employment, land use and personal injury claims.

John has represented police officers and public officials in state and federal court in all aspects of civil rights litigation including claims involving use of force, wrongful arrest and land use.

The following cases suggest that if a claim is valid under Section 1983 of the Federal Civil Rights Act, that state law granting immunity to the official can not override Federal law under the Supremacy Clause.

The prison operators could also be subject to federal criminal charges for violating the civil rights of the inmates for abandoning them in a natural disaster, and quite possibly also various states charges related to official misconduct.

The topics covered include justiciability, congressional authority to define and limit federal court jurisdiction, federal common law and implied rights of action, the application of state law in federal courts under the Erie doctrine, civil rights actions and immunities of state officials and governments, and habeas corpus.

«The zeal with which Federal officials carried out policies of discrimination in the early days of the Government's housing effort has not been matched by a similar enthusiasm in carrying out their current legal mandate of equal housing opportunity,» the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights wrote in its assessment of the fifth anniversary of the Fair Housing Act.