Sentences with phrase «justice department argues»

To counter that claim, the Justice Department argues that» [t] he basic connection between human induced greenhouse gas emissions and observed climate itself has not been established.»

Rhe Justice Department argues that it must be able to prosecute violations of Web sites» often - ignored, always - unintelligible «terms of service» policies.

The Trump Justice Department argues in its brief that antigay discrimination is permissible because women and men are treated the same, even though it causes differential treatment of gay and straight employees.

The Justice Department argued that it violated the Civil Rights Act, putting the state at risk of losing more than $ 1 billion in federal funding.

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He said it would be hard for the Justice Department to argue that such a commitment did not address its concern that AT&T would raise the rates it charges for Time Warner content to rival pay - TV companies.

August Flentje, who argued the government's case for the Department of Justice in front of the Ninth Circuit judges on Tuesday, has not disputed that Trump and Giuliani made those statements.

Justice Department lawyers argued in court earlier this month that the federal guidelines issued in May were non-binding with no legal consequences.

Others in the Department of Justice have argued that the knowledge produced would be useful in ensuring against voter fraud.

Time Warner and AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. wireless company which also owns DirecTV, announced their deal in October 2016, but it was not until last month that the Justice Department sued AT&T to block the deal, arguing it could raise prices for rivals and pay - TV subscribers and hamper the development of online video.

Taplin argues, for example, that if the Justice Department hadn't forced Microsoft to open up access to its browser Google wouldn't have existed.

The stakes in finding discriminatory intent are higher because it provides a window for opponents to argue that Texas should be forced to resume having changes to voting laws «pre-cleared» by the Justice Department or a federal court.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a legal brief in an appeals court case, arguing against workplace discrimination protection for employees who are gay.

The Justice Department has argued the custom software would allow law enforcement to more easily obtain information from the iPhone without the possibility that the data could be erased via Apple's security measures.

The Department of Justice argues that AT&T will use HBO and other networks as leverage if its acquisition of Time Warner succeeds.

Watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints with the Justice Department and Federal Election Commission arguing that the settlement amounted to an unreported in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

The Department of Justice defended the rule when it filed papers in July in a Washington district court arguing against the case filed by the National Association for Fixed Annuities.

The watchdog group Common Cause has filed complaints with the commission and the Department of Justice, arguing that the payment violates election laws.

In its complaints to the Justice Department and the FEC last month, Common Cause argued that the alleged payment to Daniels likely violated federal campaign - finance laws as an unreported, in - kind donation to Trump's campaign.

A number of antitrust experts watching the trial, as well as the editorial boards of publications like the Wall Street Journal and The Economist, have argued that the Justice Department has failed to make its case.

Depending on what it says, Trump could argue that it provides evidence of deep bias against him at the FBI and use it as a pretext to fire top Justice Department officials he perceives as insufficiently loyal, like Rosenstein.

In its complaints to the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Common Cause argues that the alleged payment to Stephanie Clifford, whose stage name is Stormy Daniels, likely violated federal campaign - finance laws as an unreported, in - kind donation to Trump's campaign.

The Department of Justice has argued that atheists would qualify as «ministers of the gospel» under IRS guidelines.

The Department of Justice has sided with Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips, arguing that governments «may not... truncate the First Amendment by compelling a person to create a piece of artwork — particularly one that violates the artist's conscience.»

U.S. courts should not play a role in reviewing or restraining targeted killings, argues the Justice Department lawyers, since it would effectively enable them to «supervise inherently predictive judgments» by the president and his national security advisers «as to when and how to use force against an enemy against which Congress has already authorized the use of force.»

De Blasio sent a letter to the U.S. Justice Department asserting that NYC was cooperating with immigration officials to the extent required under federal law and that the city should not, as the Justice Department has argued, forfeit a $ 4.3 million federal law enforcement grant.

He was part of former president George W. Bush's legal team arguing the 2000 Florida presidential recount, later serving in Bush's Justice Department and the US Federal Trade commission.

A coalition of social justice and community activists Thursday demanded that Buffalo lawmakers override Mayor Byron W. Brown's plans to increase the city's police department budget by $ 500,000, arguing that such an increase is unjustifiable given what they characterized as the department's poor record on solving homicides and making residents feel safe.

In announcing the decision to repeal the Obama - era DACA program, Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who announced the change at the Justice Department, both used the aggrieved language of anti-immigrant activists, arguing that those in the country illegally are lawbreakers who hurt native - born Americans by usurping their jobs and pushing down wages.

Another conservative House lawmaker — Rep. Trent Franks of Arkansas — is calling for special counsel Robert Mueller to resign, arguing that he has a conflict of interest that should disqualify him from running the Department of Justice's probe of potential connections between Trump's surrogates and the Kremlin.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed court papers in a New York case arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.

While some departments have handed Lib Dem junior ministers a dedicated assistant private secretary, the IfG argues special advisers are needed, especially in departments where the secretary of state is a Tory - health, education, justice, defence, work and pensions and the Foreign Office.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit to block AT&T's $ 85 billion bid to take over Time Warner — arguing that a merger would result in higher bills for consumers and squelch innovations in technology.

As New York moves to decriminalize low - level offenses, arguing enforcement is «rigged against communities of color,» other large cities are coming under pressure from the Justice Department — now led by former head of the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn, Loretta Lynch — to do the same thing.

The Department of Justice will no longer argue that workplace protections on the basis of sex protect transgender people from discrimination.

«The Justice Department did not oppose vacating Bruno's conviction but they argued he should face a new trial on allegations he sold his political muscle as one of New York's most powerful lawmakers.»

The Justice Department also argued that La Follette was immune from being sued.

At the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse in Lower Manhattan, the attorneys argued in their opening statements that, contrary to Justice Department claims, the Nassau County state senator had never and would never change a vote or stance in order to secure sinecures for his son and thus had never engaged in a criminal quid quo pro arrangement.

They argued that Justice Kolawole erred in his decision invalidating the SJIP simply because an operative of the Department of State Services was a member of the panel.

The Justice Department has argued in court proceedings before that it has broad legal authority to obtain passwords.

He flatly rejected the position of the Obama Administration, whose Justice Department had filed a brief siding with those who argue for a sweeping rejection of gene patents.

In addition, the United States Department of Justice filed a brief arguing that many of the gene patents issued by the Patent Office are invalid.

«This is a strategic way for them not to have to argue on the science,» said Larry Liebesman, a former Department of Justice attorney who's now a senior adviser with the Washington water resources firm Dawson & Associates.

Arguing before a three - judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Beth Brinkmann (pictured), an attorney for the US Department of Justice, said that a lower court's reading of the law, which led to a temporary shutdown of funding for the research last summer, «is fundamentally flawed and should be reversed.»

The Justice Department rescinded 25 guidance documents dating back decades after Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that such documents Credit where it's due, President Trump did not explicitly argue that the low ratings of Sunday night's Emmys broadcast were a function of how much

State Department of Justice attorney David Meany argued there are «no inherent powers vested in the superintendent.»

A new legal opinion, written by two former Justice Department officials from the Antitrust Division, argues that a merger between Bayer and Monsanto would violate the Clayton Act, a law enacted by Congress to curb anti-competitive business practices.

These decisions are consistent with guidelines issued by the Justice Department itself and the United Nations, the ABA argues.

The Justice Department defends its actions, arguing, «There is no right on the part of counsel to access to detained aliens on a secure military base in a foreign country.»

As Denniston also reported when the case was argued in April, a group of former top Justice Department officials, ex-prosecutors at the federal and state levels, and former judges asked the court to keep the Jackson decision intact, saying it had provided a «bright - line rule» that had become «embedded in routine police practice,» just as had the warnings requirement of Miranda v. Arizona.

But the brief by Justice Department lawyer Michelle R. Bennett argues that the law is constitutional.