Sentences with phrase «justice committee about»

Michael Geist and others were scheduled to testify before the House of Commons Justice Committee about the proposed anti-Identity Theft law, Bill C - 27, but political idiocy meant that the hearings never happened.

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The Justice Department, meanwhile, had said it would be «extraordinarily reckless» for the House Intelligence Committee to approve the memo's release without giving the department enough time to review it and advise lawmakers about national - security implications.

Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, subsequently turned the floor over to the attorney general, who went on to say that he had consulted with senior Justice Department staff prior to his testimony about what he called a «longstanding policy» regarding communications with the president.

Regarding the House Intelligence Committee memo and its implications for the U.S. Department of Justice, ABC News reported a memo from Attorney General Jeff Sessions stating: «Concerns have been raised about the Department's performance.

Although Steele had a history of «credible reporting on other unrelated matters,» the committee's memo said, the FBI and Justice Department should have told the court about his «anti-Trump financial and ideological motivations.»

Ashcroft, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee — the committee which has oversight authority over the Department of Justice — refused to answer pertinent questions about the deCommittee — the committee which has oversight authority over the Department of Justice — refused to answer pertinent questions about the decommittee which has oversight authority over the Department of Justice — refused to answer pertinent questions about the detentions.

Three House Republican committee chairmen want the Justice Department to provide them with copies of memos written by Comey about his conversations with Trump.

The Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Inusah Fuseini, has called on the Chief Justice to hurriedly determine whether a prima facie case has been established against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Charlotte Osei, in order to clear any lingering doubts about the integrity of the Commission's leadership.

At 9 a.m., before a 10 a.m. joint hearing where members of the NYC Council's Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services and Committee on Health will receive testimony about health care in city jails, New York City Jails Action Coalition supporters and people who received medical treatment while in jail or prison will hold a news conference to criticize Brentwood, Tennessee, subcontractor Corizon Health Inc. and the city Department of Correction, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Nearly two dozen people from five states are accusing U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions of lying to the Senate Judiciary Committee about his communications with the Russian government and subsequently trying to cover up that lie, according to a complaint sent to the Department of Justice.

Meg Hillier, the chair of the public accounts committee, said: «The Ministry of Justice is seeking to modernise our justice system but needs to be clear about which of the promised benefits it will actually be able to deliver.Justice is seeking to modernise our justice system but needs to be clear about which of the promised benefits it will actually be able to deliver.justice system but needs to be clear about which of the promised benefits it will actually be able to deliver.»

The Justice Secretary is in the news for other reasons - his Department plans to halve rapists» sentences under some circumstances - but it's worth reading in full what he said yesterday about superinjunctions, in reply to a question from John Whittingdale, the Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.

But Sir Alan Beith, the chairman of the justice select committee, and the shadow justice secretary, Sadiq Khan, said the disclosure raised serious questions about McDowell's independence.

He even took time off from the coroners and justice bill standing committee to talk to me about it.

Educational Justice Political Action Committee, which formed to «address the major disparities that exist in education funding and quality» citywide, said it interviewed dozens of Council candidates about their education stances before endorsing 13 of them.

The Commons committee says it has «grave misgivings about whether the charge as currently framed is compatible with the principles of justice».

«It's not about punishing the person responsible,» says Jenny Wellington, a Justice Committee teacher mediator.

«The prime minister, in his address to the 1922 Committee, was talking about social justice, about governing for one nation - and education being the great life - transforming opportunity for all, and that's exactly what I want to be doing,» she said.

This latest push to regulate the art market comes after testimony three weeks ago at a closed - door session of the House Financial Services Committee in which prosecutors from the Department of Justice and NY District Attorney's Office gave testimony about recent cases, such as the recent indictment in the Eastern District of New York of six individuals and four corporations in a $ 50 million money laundering scheme in which an undercover agent purchase a Pablo Picasso painting to launder fraudulent profits from a stock manipulation scheme.

ABOUT ART & SOCIAL CHANGE STUDENT COMMITTEE: The Art & Social Change Student Committee is a group of OCAD U students and alumni whose goal is to unify social justice and its integration into artistic COMMITTEE: The Art & Social Change Student Committee is a group of OCAD U students and alumni whose goal is to unify social justice and its integration into artistic Committee is a group of OCAD U students and alumni whose goal is to unify social justice and its integration into artistic practice.

I could not help reading this and thinking about a push in our church's social justice committee and that it focused on global of all things.

For months, representatives from the Access to Justice Commission and legal aid groups have been meeting with members of the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee and the Governor's staff to talk about two things: how legal aid can help Wisconsin residents resolve their legal problems more efficiently and how that assistance helps the state save money.

LASPO review: On 22 March, the Chair of the Justice Select Committee, Bob Neill MP, wrote to the Justice Secretary, David Gauke, about the Government's review into the impact of LASPO.

How The Criminal Justice System Should Think About Thinking Machines: Avoiding Algorithmic Bias in Criminal Justice - David Colarusso, Committee for Public Counsel Services

Several of the independent experts appearing before either the Commons Committee on Justice and Human Rights or the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in the last session (3rd session, 40th Parliament) on criminal law amendments were concerned about the failure to provide additional funding concurrent with proposals that would increase the number of persons incarcerated at any one time.

Mr. Strayer, as he then was, testified before a joint Parliamentary committee about what was understood and intended by the drafters in respect of the phrase «fundamental justice».

The announcement was welcomed by many, including YLAL's committee members: Sinead Hayes wrote about it for The Justice Gap, Katherine Barnes for the Solicitors Journal, and YLAL co-chair Oliver Carter for openDemocracy As Rachel Logan of Amnesty wrote, «the government needs to fix the mess it has created.

openDemocracy published this article about how the residence test for legal aid would have denied justice to some of the most vulnerable in society and, finally, YLAL committee member Heather Thomas wrote for Legal Voice about a day in her life as a legal aid family lawyer.

Docket Unimportant to Senate from Injustice Anywhere... I share Professor Berman's disappointment in the failure of any of the senators on the Judiciary Committee to ask substantial and meaningful questions about criminal law of Chief Justice nominee John Roberts.

In December 2015, a committee that reviewed the civil courts structure in the UK issued a report, written by its chair Lord Justice Briggs, judge of the Court of Appeal and deputy head of Civil Justice, recommending the formation of The Online Court, as I wrote about in more detail here.

The national Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters notes in its final report that only about 6.5 % of legal problems ever make it to court, but it is unlikely in the extreme that so many of the people with high school diplomas or less are bundled into the 93.5 % who manage to resolve their legal issues outside of court, especially when we know that for people with low incomes, legal issues tend not come one at a time but cluster and multiply into other areas of the law.

They have «Access to Justice» committees, and they express «concern» about the problem, but nothing has happened during all the decades during which this problem has been inflicting more damage in one day than have all of the incompetent and unethical lawyers in the whole history of Canada, coast to coast to coast.

«Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them,» John Roberts told the Judiciary Committee of the Senate after listening to senators make 21 speeches about this week's confirmation hearings on his appointment by President Bush to be the next Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Canadian Judicial Council has announced an inquiry committee will be held under the Judges Act about Justice Frank Newbould of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice over complaints that he made comments and wrote letters on an ongoing land claim issue in Sauble Beach where his family has owned a cottage for 100 years.

Legalized marijuana will lead to more impaired driving according to police representatives testifying before the House of Commons Justice Committee, which is hearing evidence about the government's new impaired driving law, designed to coincide with the legalization of marijuana.

'' Round - Up from SCOTUSblog Justice Kennedy spoke today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, primarily about judicial pay and cameras in the courtroom.

Jim Calloway: Colin, I have been working with our State Access to Justice Commission and Committees here in Oklahoma, and I am not surprised that Europe is out ahead on this, but have we seen much of this actually implemented in the United States and would you have any suggestions about where the low - hanging fruit or first steps are?

And, recently, the Ontario Court of Justice Criminal Justice Modernization Committee sent defence counsel a survey about the use of videoconference technology to conduct meetings with clients who are detained in jail.

«In short, on the basis of all the evidence submitted to the Committee to date, and subject to our comments below about the possibility of bringing a further count, we can not, with great regret, accept Justice Girouard's version of the facts,» the majority of the inquiry committee wrote regarding what happened in the video between Girouard and LaCommittee to date, and subject to our comments below about the possibility of bringing a further count, we can not, with great regret, accept Justice Girouard's version of the facts,» the majority of the inquiry committee wrote regarding what happened in the video between Girouard and Lacommittee wrote regarding what happened in the video between Girouard and Lamontagne.

But the dissenting member of the committee, Justice Richard Chartier, said the inconsistencies in the judge's statements didn't rise to the level of concrete doubt about this credibility.

But in its November 2015 report to the CJC, the majority of the inquiry committee, including Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton, expressed «deep and serious concerns» about Girouard's credibility, and therefore integrity, throughout the process.

On Thursday, April 14, West Coast LEAF's Executive Director, Kasari Govender, and Director of Litigation, Raji Mangat, appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (Justice Committee) to tell lawmakers about the challenges facing women in accessing fair and just outcomes through the legal system in Canada.

On Thursday, April 14, West Coast LEAF's Executive Director, Kasari Govender, and Director of Litigation, Raji Mangat, appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (Justice Committee) to tell lawmakers about the challenges facing Read More

The Racial Equity Committee monitors and provides advice about programs that address issues of racism and discrimination in the legal profession and in relation to access to justice, including programs to increase access to the legal profession.

The Inquiry Committee's recommendation has been sent to the Canadian Judicial Council, which will make its own recommendation to the federal Minister of Justice about whether to remove Justice Camp.

As a member of a coalition of women's groups that intervened in the inquiry, West Coast LEAF applauds the Committee's recognition that Justice Camp's reliance on sexist stereotypes and myths about sexual assault is «manifestly and profoundly destructive» to the impartiality, integrity, and independence of his role as a judge.

As a member of a coalition of women's groups that intervened in the inquiry, West Coast LEAF is heartened by the Committee's recognition that Justice Camp's reliance on sexist stereotypes and myths about sexual assault is «manifestly and profoundly destructive» to the impartiality, integrity, and independence of his role as a judge.

Justice Minister Rob Nicholson has described the Moon report «an important contribution» to the discussion about the human rights commission's role, and has suggested that the Commons Justice committee should consider its recommendations.

There is «confusion about the overlap» between the ministerial parts of the role, relating to criminal justice policy, and superintending the prosecution services, the committee says, with the responsibility for prosecutions emerging as one of the most problematic aspects.

Chief Justice Minton to address Senate Appropriations & Revenue Committee about Judicial Branch budget on Feb. 25 in Frankfort