Sentences with phrase «public justice uses»

Public Justice uses litigation to fight for consumers» rights, workers» rights, civil rights and civil liberties, the environment, clean air and water, public health and safety, corporate and government accountability, and access to justice.

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Challenging limits of the Speaker's unwillingness to impose standards on this place and the extent to which viewers are willing to have their intelligence insulted, Conservative MP Blaine Calkins and Justice Minister Rob Nicholson used a scripted exchange on the Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act to criticize Mr. Trudeau's public speaking.

Hours before Cobb's departure was made public, Trump suggested he might use his executive authority to intervene in a fight over Justice Department documents sought by House Republican critics of the probe.

Workforce participation data from Current Population Survey Public - Use Micro Data Files (2016), Department of Defense (2016), National Center for Health Statistics (2014), and Bureau of Justice Statistics (2015).

Given the common association of the word «indoctrinate» with totalitarian methods, there might be at least a «slight suspicion» that Justice Stevens did not use the term in its neutral sense, especially since he nowhere refers to public school indoctrination.

Their social emphasis on justice and equity also provided justification for network controls which appeared to promote commonality and the socially responsible use of a public medium.

Insofar as the need for defense provides just cause for public use of the sword, it comes from the responsibility of government to protect order, justice, and peace, not simply from the right to respond to an attacker in kind.

Long before the founding of Christian public interest law firms, such as the Liberty Fund, The Becket Fund, and the ACLJ [American Center for Law and Justice], the Jehovah's Witnesses were using the courts to establish liberties.

So here it goes: In contemporary usage I hear «kingdom» used for two primary dimensions — for public sector social justice activism (I call this «skinny jeans» because a pastor told me a story about his social justice associates who wore skinny jeans) and for seeing kingdom as God's redemptive power unleashed wherever that power is unleashed (again, I call this pleated pants kingdom because of the same story).

A long - awaited Justice Department internal report on former FBI chief James Comey's public disclosures on Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state and whether FBI employees leaked information to try to hurt her 2016 presidential bid is expected to be issued next month.

The Ministry of Justice's decision to outsource public service interpreting is leading to unqualified people being used as interpreters in court, campaigners said today.

«It is time for NYS to consider drug use as a public health issue rather than a criminal justice issue.

While it has not been fully fleshed out yet, Cuomo's proposal dictates that judges would use a scientific assessment tool to determine an individual's «risk to public safety» while setting bail, a proposal similar to one Mayor Bill de Blasio recently made, with both coming under fire from criminal justice reformers.

Before the introduction of the residency test, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) described the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offences Act (Laspo) as «targeting legal aid at the most serious cases which have sufficient priority to justify the use of public funds».

«If it is merely used as a means for the government to combat their prison overcrowding crisis no one wins - the victim gets no justice, the public get no protection, the offender gets no rehabilitation and the whole scheme is undermined.»

Frank lived and breathed politics and loved to argue fine points of justice and the use of public policy to achieve justice.

The FBI is reportedly working to release to the public several documents at the heart of its decision not to recommend charges against Clinton for her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state and the Justice Department's ultimate decision to follow the FBI's recommendation.

The Correction Department has ended the use of solitary confinement for all inmates under 22 years old and allocated funds to expand public health services throughout the criminal justice system, with the aim of diverting more people with mental health and substance abuse problems from Rikers.

«I firmly believe that New York can develop an approach to marijuana regulation that addresses public health concerns while reducing the exposure of so many people, and particularly young people of color, to interactions with the criminal justice system that have much more damaging life consequences than marijuana use,» said state Sen. Liz Krueger (D - Manhattan), who's sponsored a bill that would legalize, regulate and tax pot.

PFI financing of public infrastructure is now in use across the NHS, as well as the Departments for Education, Local Government, Defence, Transport, and Justice.

Jack Straw, the justice secretary, wants Wright's committee to look at the possibility of using well - supported public e-petitions on specific issues as a way of requiring MPs to hold debates on issues that matter to voters.

The research is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, and Hamm's database will be turned over to the government for public use.

The mission of CFS is to provide excellent laboratory services in support of the administration of justice and public safety for the citizens of Ontario by: 1) providing scientific examinations and interpretations in cases involving injury or death in unusual circumstances, and in crimes against persons or property; 2) presenting independent objective expert testimony to courts in Ontario; 3) conducting research; and 4) presenting educational programs on forensic science for agencies using forensic science services.

Both public policy and justice are better served if public discourse on these issues is scientifically grounded and if people appreciate the promise of genetic knowledge and the human consequences of its uses.

But since January 2009, Ari Daniel Shapiro — he uses his middle name to avoid confusion with the Ari Shapiro who reports for NPR on the Department of Justice and legal affairs — has earned his living as an independent radio and multimedia producer, recording sounds, editing audio, and doing all the things necessary to create science - related radio shows for public radio and podcasts and audio slide shows for the Web sites of research institutions.

Using the Department of Justice's data on corruption - related convictions of public officials, the researchers found that from 1990 to 2011, firm value was substantially lower in more corrupt states and federal districts.

Justice Antonin Scalia was particularly vexed by the idea that well - heeled families might game the system to get reimbursed for private school tuition when they never had any intention of using a public school regardless of the quality of the program.

Justices on the seven - member court also questioned whether public money for K - 12 schools should be used in private schools at all, whether other forms of state aid to religious institutions would be at risk if the vouchers are struck down, and whether...

The justices agreed to review a Court of Appeals ruling that the voucher programs violated a state constitutional ban on using public money to help private and religious schools.

where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice reform to reducing the costs of public pensions (including those held by veteran teachers).

Teach for America's major donors include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Walton Family Foundation, run by the heirs to the Walmart fortune; the Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation, run by the real estate billionaire and Democratic donor; and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, where hedge - fund dollars are used to support causes ranging from criminal justice reform to reducing the costs of public pensions (including those held by veteran teachers).

Likewise, Justice Breyer's dissent begins and ends with warnings of «religiously based social conflict» resulting from allowing parents to use public funding to send their children to sectarian schools.

The Oregon bill establishes a pilot program to use trauma - informed practices in schools, utilizing national models and coordinating school - based resources (school health centers, nurses, counselors, and administrators) with the efforts of coordinated - care organizations, public health, nonprofits, the justice system, businesses, and parents.

Using Parent - to - Parent Guide on Restorative Justice in the Chicago Public Schools.

Proponents further perceive vouchers as a form of «tax justice,» which offsets a family's tax burden for public school services they do not use.

This is a nice, short piece that provides a basic and simple understanding of the use of equality, equity and justice in public education.

Goal 3: Influence Prevention Policy; SPR will influence policy through promoting and supporting research on the use of prevention science in public policy and service systems at the national and local levels (e.g., through health, education, child welfare, justice, drug and alcohol, mental health, welfare).

In their ruling earlier this year, however, Colorado justices held the Douglas County voucher program «awards public money to students who may then use that money to pay for religious education.

Suspensions fell 40 percent in Denver Public Schools after the district started using restorative justice practices.

Researchers surveyed study participants and their parents, and analyzed education, employment, public aid, criminal justice, substance use and child welfare records for the participants through to age 26.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu is championing the use of restorative justice in New Orleans public schools through the NOLA FOR LIFE initiative.

The justices appeared to focus most of their attention on the first case they heard, one dealing with whether the law is unconstitutional because it siphons off state funds that can only be used for the operation of public schools.

For the prekindergarten program alone, they identified $ 92,220 in present value benefits and $ 8,512 in present value costs in 2007 dollars — a benefit - cost ratio of 10.83 to 1.22 The benefits derived mainly from reduced public education expenditures due to lower grade retention and use of special education, reduced costs to the criminal justice system and victims of crime due to lower crime rates, reduced expenditures on child welfare due to less child abuse and neglect, higher projected earnings of center participants, and increased income tax revenue due to projected higher lifetime earnings of center participants.

Many of these resources are aligned to the Common Core State Standards in literacy and can be used by a single teacher in a social studies classroom, can be team taught between a social studies and English teacher, or used within a fully - integrated law, justice and public services pathway setting.

All of these resources are uploaded and available for future use in the Group Files and Resources section of the Law, Justice, and Public Service Resource Group on ConnectEd Studios.

(4) serve as a national clearinghouse for information in respect to denials of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion or national origin, including but not limited to the fields of voting, education, housing, employment, the use of public facilities, and transportation, or in the administration of justice;

Prompted by the UK's Criminal Justice Act that prohibits recording and sketching in court, he intends to attend public court hearings for white - collar crimes and then use his own subjective recollection to perform the most objective account possible.

The grants draw from the New York - based foundation's Art and Social Justice initiative, established in 2015 to with a mission to use «art as a tool for advocacy and creative change, inclusive community engagement, and the promotion of greater civic participation and public discourse.»

Some economic tools frequently used to evaluate public policy on climate change such as cost - benefit analysis that don't acknowledge responsibility for allocating the burdens for reducing the threat of climate change on the basis of distributive justice are ethically problematic.

But the public can't enjoy the benefits of the Court's Web site unless they know how to use it, so the Justices are encouraging lawyers to show their clients how to access the site and learn more about the court process.