Sentences with phrase «general opinion issued»

Not exact matches

When Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo on marijuana to federal prosectors Thursday, reiterating their leeway to prosecute federal marijuana laws as they see fit, regardless of whether the plant is legal under state and local law, he likely spurred future infringements on liberty, struck a blow against federalism, and defied public opinion.

This issue was also raised by the Auditor General in her opinion on the condensed financial statements.

One senses among the general public, and among the thinking young especially, a shift of opinion regarding the issue ofabortion.

Northwestern sociologists J. Alex Kevern and Jeremy Freese examined the issue using data obtained through the National Opinion Research Center's General Social Survey (GSS).

However, his book is not a contention for this position; it is an argument that the General Synod, rather than advocating an orthopraxis, should recognize that Christians may reasonably hold diverse opinions on such issues.

On this issue, Bob assumes that the courts may wind up harming and not representing the prevailing general public opinion.

In response to a request from Suffolk County, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issues an important legal opinion that will permit a limited form of online voter registration.

The call to ban has long had the backing of the general public, with opinion polls consistently showing support for a complete prohibition and 94.5 % of respondents to a public consultation on the issue calling for the same back in 2010.

We are satisfied to note that the Chief of Staff asked for a legal opinion from the Attorney - General, not on whether or not Ghana had committed to acquire that 24 % stake (which would be false), but on whether the government could issue the directive to SSNIT as demanded by Woyome.

An opinion dated 30th September 2016 and signed by Dr. Dominic Ayine, Deputy Attorney - General stated that the Chief of Staff «can issue directives with respect to SSNIT to take up the 24 % stake in the Project,» but «subject to compliance with the investment guidelines established by the National Pensions Act (2008).»

Its executive director, Dick Dadey, said in a statement that accompanied the attorney general's notice, «We are thrilled that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued an advisory opinion stating what Citizens Union has long held — that current state law permits the use of an electronic handwritten signature for the purposes of registering to vote.general's notice, «We are thrilled that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued an advisory opinion stating what Citizens Union has long held — that current state law permits the use of an electronic handwritten signature for the purposes of registering to vote.General Eric Schneiderman has issued an advisory opinion stating what Citizens Union has long held — that current state law permits the use of an electronic handwritten signature for the purposes of registering to vote.»

By Meg O'Connor The office of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued an opinion on Tuesday concluding that online voter registration is permitted by state law.

This leads us to the imperative to create content that shows the candidate not as an automaton spouting soundbites, but a real live human being who has a preference between cats and dogs and is just like the rest of us in general with opinions on the issues of the day.

In May 2017, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued an advisory opinion finding that the law's provisions applying to general elections for state legislators and the governor violated the state constitution.

Vermont's Attorney General has issued an opinion following confusion over the implementation start of new campaign finance law.

Cuomo says even if the public vote is delayed, the casino siting legislation would still need to be passed this year, based on a decades old opinion issued by a former State Attorney General, who said that constitutional amendment votes by the legislature need to happen in consecutive years, and can't skip a year in between votes.

We sat down for a one - on - one conversation with Attorney General Schneiderman where we talked about these issues as well as his opinion on the recent news that the governor's administration has been editing his records as New York attorney gGeneral Schneiderman where we talked about these issues as well as his opinion on the recent news that the governor's administration has been editing his records as New York attorney generalgeneral.

Mayor Steve Noble, who backed the law, said that city would also rely on guidance from state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who issued a legal opinion last year illustrating how municipalities could lawfully limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Tuesday morning, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his office has issued an opinion that considers online voter registration, including the use of electronically affixed handwritten signatures, legal in New York State.

While the business elite were laser - focused on the issue of Britain's future relationship with the European Union, opinion polls showed that the general population had moved beyond that and cared more about domestic issues.

The office of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued an opinion on Tuesday concluding that online voter registration is permitted by state law.

In addition to sounding more appealing, I believe there are many students out there who are of the opinion (I used to be one of them) that if you follow the performance science route, you will always be able to apply what you've learned to issues related to exercise and health in the general population.

In December 1997, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in another case that addressed scientific evidence, General Electric Co. v. Joiner.

In a study to be published in the July issue of the journal Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, Dr. Rourke noted that aging for people with HIV may be more challenging than for the general population because of HIV - related stigma, loss of friends and social networks, and the detrimental health effects of the virus and medications taken to combat the virus.

The ECJ judges, who are expected to issue a final ruling in the coming months, are not bound by the Advocate General's opinion.

Possibly with the phenomenal growth of the internet and the aforementioned increase in cougar dating sites available to mature women in the UK, of late there seems to have been a «tipping point» in opinions about older women opting for cougar dating — and the general consensus now seems to have become: «If the lady and her beau are happy, so what; it's not a big issue.»

Pastoral Auditor features surveys covering the breadth of pastoral issues, including Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education; Citizenship; Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development including British Values; Personal Development, Behaviour & Welfare and General Pupil Opinion.

Interestingly enough, regarding climate change, there are efforts to have a resolution passed in the UN General Assembly that would ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion that would define states» obligations and responsibilities with respect to greenhouse emissions under international law (see policy brief issued by The Hague Institute for Global Justice).

And among the general public, party identification remains the single most powerful predictor of people's opinions about a wide range of policy issues.

The opinion, issued Thursday, found current law «indicates the General Assembly intended to treat the Chicago Public Schools differently than other Illinois school districts with respect to financial oversight by the State Board of Education.»

Randall G. Bennett is the Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of the Tennessee School Boards Association where he provides general legal opinions to local boards of education, superintendents and TSBA staff on school governanace issues, organizes and presents at seminars and training events, prepares and files amicus briefs in appellate cases affecting public schools, monitors current litigation and changes in state and federal law, and supervises the Association's Policy Department, A former school board member and police officer, Mr. Bennett obtained his law degree from Nashville School General Counsel of the Tennessee School Boards Association where he provides general legal opinions to local boards of education, superintendents and TSBA staff on school governanace issues, organizes and presents at seminars and training events, prepares and files amicus briefs in appellate cases affecting public schools, monitors current litigation and changes in state and federal law, and supervises the Association's Policy Department, A former school board member and police officer, Mr. Bennett obtained his law degree from Nashville School general legal opinions to local boards of education, superintendents and TSBA staff on school governanace issues, organizes and presents at seminars and training events, prepares and files amicus briefs in appellate cases affecting public schools, monitors current litigation and changes in state and federal law, and supervises the Association's Policy Department, A former school board member and police officer, Mr. Bennett obtained his law degree from Nashville School of Law.

Still, Koster, the attorney general, can't issue opinions at the request of someone who is not a state official — so Beffa's only recourse would be help from the state assembly.

Try to go beyond your personal opinion, research the issue from different perspectives, be focused on details rather than general information.

Despite of your opinion about and attitude toward gays in general, your teacher may ask you to write about gay marriage issue.

(c) As to transactions entered into after May 20, 1996, a creditor shall have no liability under this chapter for any act or practice done or omitted in conformity with any (i) regulation of the administrator, or (ii) any rule, regulation, interpretation, or approval of any applicable Alabama or federal agency or any opinion of the Attorney General, notwithstanding that after such act or omission has occurred, the regulation, rule, interpretation, opinion, or approval is amended, rescinded, or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason; provided, however, that any interpretation or opinion issued after May 20, 1996, shall not have any effect on any litigation pending on May 20, 1996, nor shall any interpretation or opinion issued after May 20, 1996, have any effect on litigation if issued subsequent to filing of the litigation.

A reasonable solution would be for the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to request an opinion from the Attorney General on these issues, and for the Texas State Board to issue a policy statement in the Board Notes indicating a Board policy prohibiting each of the practices I have outlined above.

The Oklahoma state Attorney General issued an opinion in August 2005 that breed bans involve issues that concern both the state and the municipalities and that any breed ban in Oklahoma is illegal.

This issue needs to go mainstream to Educate and Demonstrate our stand before we can successfully change the opinion of a fearful and ignorant general public.

The declaration is issued based on the provisions of the Regulation of the General Tourism Law and in accordance with the evaluation and opinion of the committee composed of the Ministry of Tourism, the Government Secretariat, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Communications and Transportation and the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development.

The issue is not whether or not this seemingly random individual comments on Nintendos corporate decision or what the general opinion on the firing is (seems justified to me, you don't get to break your contract for the idea of transparency.)

In an email exchange on the general issue of scientists and policy debate last weekend (just before she flew to Antarctica), she said: «If we as scientists go beyond what we know into our personal opinions and values, we begin to engage in the same sort of personal speculation masquerading as authoritative that we dislike when it is done by the skeptics.»

Re # 200, Tony, I say the public perception is generally (60 - 80 % of the general population) informed and influenced in their opinions of issues by the media rather and hence that story told by that reporter needs to be factual and not just a political one to suit the agenda of people who only wish to hear what they can find to back all their already distored version of the truth of the matter.

Ray's answer makes it obvious (for me) that reality is very complex and far from being explainable by simple, hand - made arguments for the general audience; that's why I think that trying to explain «simply» the very complex phenomena involved in radiation transfer is just lost time - and in my opinion the REAL issues associated with social impacts of GW are not primarily associated with the detailed physics of the phenomenon.

On the general issue of climate change my professional opinion is that humans will continue to drive the truck, as fast as possible, right over the cliff.

With issues that are not polarized, people in general trust expert opinion - such as with GMOs and vaccines.

In the March 22, 2012, issue of The New York Review, William Nordhaus presents his opinion on why global warming skeptics in general, and the sixteen scientists and engineers who wrote two Wall Street Journal Op Eds1 in particular, are «wrong.»

With regards to attempting to conceal this fact from the public, this is definitely something i would not say (my positive feedback loop explains my opinions on this general issue).

Related issues arise from mis - specified or ambiguous survey questions, and from the obvious fact that opinions about climate in general are quite varied and sometimes can't easily be placed in neatly labelled boxes.

By contrast, the view of the Advocate General (AG) appears much more in line with the traditional philosophy of mutual trust in the EU context: even if Member States have discretion about the means to execute the sentences delivered by their courts and even if EU law does not oblige a Member State to issue an EAW in order to prevent impunity, Advocate General Jääskinen recalls that «the principle that every penalty must be executed forms part of the rule of law» whose respect is a common feature to all the Member States of the Union (§ 102, referring to the opinion of the AG).

Even though this opinion could seem at first disappointing for those who were expecting the AG to condemn PNR schemes, it appears that this «implicit acceptance» of PNR schemes follows the general principles created by the Court but simply innovates and addresses the new issues that had not been addressed so far with more consideration for the necessity to provide for effective tools to fight terrorism and serious crime.