Sentences with phrase «republicans filed a court»

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Republican lawyers filed a motion that was posted on the court's website Friday accusing Stein of engaging in legal antics and saying her recount request endangers Pennsylvania's ability to certify its electors by the federal deadline.

Two Republican representatives in North Carolina filed a resolution Monday that would permit the state to declare Christianity its official religion and reject any federal laws or court rulings regarding how the state addresses the establishment of religion.

The news of the robocall comes almost simultaneously with word that Owens, like Democrat Dan Maffei in central New York, has filed a court order to impound ballots ahead of tomorrow's vote — a sign that the race against Republican Matt Doheny will be as close as the public polls have suggested.

One by one, Smith, Councilman Dan Halloran and former Republican party officials filed into federal court in White Plains on Friday.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's push for nonpartisan redistricting has gained significant Republican support, with Ohio Gov. John Kasich signing on to his amicus brief at the Supreme Court and Arizona Sen. John McCain filing a separate friend - of - the - court bCourt and Arizona Sen. John McCain filing a separate friend - of - the - court bcourt brief.

When Merrill refused to reverse the Dem - friendly ballot order, state Republicans filed an appeal with the high court.

Staten Island Republicans convinced a state Apellate Division court to uphold an an injunction against Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to dump the personal files of applicants to the city's municipal identification program, files believed to include the personal information of thousands of undocumented immigrants — prompting the administration to announce it would no longer hold on to any personal records of IDNYC participants at all.

At the same time Republicans were preparing a challenge to the Moreland Commission's subpoena of their campaign records, which was filed in court late Tuesday.

ALBANY — Senate Republicans have filed a court challenge to a subpoena seeking records from their political arm, according to court filings.

The Senate GOP has filed a challenge in Supreme Court, claiming that it's not fair to compel Republicans to hand over documents that outline their political campaign strategies to a commission appointed by a Democratic governor.

Ahead of last year's elections, state Senate Republicans boosted many of their candidates with financial support from a campaign fund that was barred under state law from being used to promote individual candidates, according to a court filing by the state Board of Elections» independent enforcement office.

Silver's 12 - page court claim, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last Tuesday, alleges that Lipp didn't get enough Republican signatures on her petition to become the GOP candidate in the Assembly court claim, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last Tuesday, alleges that Lipp didn't get enough Republican signatures on her petition to become the GOP candidate in the Assembly Court last Tuesday, alleges that Lipp didn't get enough Republican signatures on her petition to become the GOP candidate in the Assembly race.

New York Republicans are preparing to file a lawsuit in federal court this week that would force Democratic Gov. David Paterson to call a special election for the seat vacated by former Rep. Eric Massa (D - N.Y.).

Dietl filed a lawsuit seeking to force the Board of Elections to reinstate him in the Republican Party, but he has lost in Supreme Court and on appeal in the Appellate Division.

The former chief executive of a company chaired by Buffalo Republican Rep. Chris Collins said in recently filed court papers that the congressman manipulated its finances and used a «questionable accounting practice» that led the company's bank to drop it as a customer.

Staten Island Supreme Court Judge Philip Minardo rejected a lawsuit filed by two Republican Assembly members from Staten Island — Nicole Malliotakis and Ron Castorina Jr. — claiming that destruction of foreign passports and other documents in the IDNYC program would be a threat to national security.

The recent filing in state Supreme Court in Albany indicates the Senate Republicans» campaign housekeeping account — which is intended to be used for party - building operations such as financing a headquarters and staff salaries — was used to pay for campaign flyers that supported individual Senate Republican candidates.

The lawsuit, filed by Queens County GOP Chairman Phil Ragusa in New York Supreme Court Friday, accuses three Republican City Councilmen of wrongly ousting former Board of Elections Commissioner Judith Stupp and installing their own pick in her place.

But the work was ultimately paid for by the Senate Republicans» housekeeping account, not by its campaign committee, the Board of Elections» enforcement unit alleged in the court filing.

In a court brief filed earlier this year Senate Republicans pushed for an August date, warning the a June primary would throw the legislative session in chaos.

Although the two sides are still in court over Trump University, AG Eric Schneiderman sent out an email to supporters boasting about taking on The Donald, pointing out that the case was filed long before the mogul became the Republican presidential nominee.

Prosecutors will not attempt to retry former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell and his wife Maureen on corruption charges, ending a four - year saga that rocked the Commonwealth's political class and cut short the rise of a Republican star, according to a court filing.

The Binghamton Republican's attorney filed papers last week with a federal appeals court to have his client's conviction vacated.

Castorina, also a city Board of Elections Republican commissioner, is representing the plaintiffs pro bono and filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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Court Dismisses Schmitt's Case A decision was announced this week by the Albany Supreme Court that a lawsuit filed by Colin Schmitt — alleging that Mayor of the Village of Goshen and Republican candidate for the 99th Assembly District, Kyle Roddey, collected signatures for his campaign that contained inconsistencies — was dismissed after its filing on July 24.

ALBANY — Board of Elections enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman has subpoenaed the Senate Republican conference's campaign arm, according to a motion to quash that subpoena filed in an Albany court this week.

The filing in Manhattan Supreme Court revealed several more law firms that received, and are challenging, subpoenas: Jordan & Kelly, which employs outgoing Republican Assemblyman Tony Jordan; GOP Sen. Kemp Hannon's firm, Farrell Fritz PC; Sahn Ward Coschignano & Baker, which employs Assemblyman Tom McKevitt.

In a brief filed Tuesday in Supreme Court in Manhattan, Senate Republican Campaign Committee lawyer Michael Chertoff said the SRCC «voluntarily discontinues» its challenge to a September subpoena from the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In a 62 - page notice of petition filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court Wednesday, Garrett Lake claims his arrest of Steven Romeo in connection with a deadly limo accident last summer as well as the arrest of a Jamesport fire chief in an unrelated alleged drunk driving incident caused the fire department and the vice-chairman of the town's Republican Party to pressure the Town Board to end his employment.

But according to court documents, state Republicans late Tuesday night filed a lawsuit to have all of the absentee ballots impounded.

The Republican, Raye Felder, failed to qualify because of the May 2 decision of the State Supreme Court that disqualified all primary candidates who didn't file Read more»

The Republicans» candidate for the open state Assembly seat in Corona, Humberto Suarezmotta, has been booted from the ballot for failing to file his signatures with a cover sheet, a decision he says he may dispute in federal court.

In the motion filed in U.S. District Court, Senate Republicans also write the August primary would ensure a more orderly petitioning season, save the state money and allow military and overseas voters to cast their ballots in a timely fashion.

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Councilman Tom Ognibene and Bart Haggerty, the Chief of Staff for Councilman Eric Ulrich had filed a petition in NY State Supreme Court to invalidate the Republican County Chairman Certificate, which authorized Phil Ragusa as the legitimate Chairman pursuant to election law.

The DC Circuit does not announce how each judge votes when a request to rehear a case is filed, so, while it is likely that President Obama's four appointees disagreed with the legally doubtful reasoning in the two Republican judges» decision, no one except the judges themselves and some members of the court's staff are aware of how the court's members voted on this matter.