Sentences with phrase «rights act does»

The Human Rights Act does not empower the courts to set aside a statute even when it is declared incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.

While the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act does not require such principles to be followed before a person can be imprisoned, this still seems like a sensible moral guideline.

The Human Rights Act doesn't say that that's what you have to do.

The voting rights act doesn't say that Gerrymandering is illegal but specifies that very specific gerrymandering in favor of minorities has to be done.

So a blow was struck that had much the same effect as the Civil Rights legislation, but in the area of information access that the Civil Rights Act did not cover.

Britain's commitment to human rights was not questioned on the basis that we did not have a Human Rights Act before the Human Rights Act existed, for the simple reason that the Human Rights Act did not exist.

The Voting Rights Act did not prohibit geography in determining Legislative Districts (contrary to liberal pop culture which also says that First Amendment separated church and state.

Not exact matches

Before travelers consider giving new meaning to «red - eye flight,» note that airlines reserve the right to turn passengers away if they appear intoxicated, just as they do if they are acting violently, yelling, or appear ill.

Rather than dwell on the problems, however, the magazine launched a special «Economy of the Future» series that aims to spotlight case studies of people and companies who were doing things right, and how they could act as examples to others.

Fellow hip - hop act Astronautalis says he makes a few hundred dollars a month via streaming on his back catalog because he owns all of the publishing rights to it and doesn't have to split anything with a label.

So don't waste too much time investigating; act to make it right right away.

We should never be too busy to do an act of kindness — they should simply be a part of our life and we should be kind because that is the right thing to do, not because it enhances our reputation — that's just a nice bonus.

But that liability does not give the local police the right to refuse to act on that person's behalf.

Facebook has faced fierce criticism from governments and rights groups in many countries for failing to do enough to stem hate speech and prevent the service from being used to promote terrorism, stir sectarian violence and broadcast acts including murder and suicide.

That's right: While one of the main purposes of a business plan is to help you avoid risk, the act of creating one does create a few risks as well.

But the company did get credit for acting quickly and issuing an apology statement right away.

If the elderly studio head doesn't act fast, Universal is going to be in worse shape than it is right now.

Acting like you care less than maybe you do, is sometimes, ironically, the best way to make sure your kid ends up on the right track.

Currently, the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act - the strongest law of its kind on the books - does not bar companies from sharing students» data, as long as the user consents.

«Plaintiff does not have to allege an absolute right to receive every text message in order to allege that Apple's intentional acts have caused an actual breach or disruption of the contractual relationship,» Koh wrote.

Why not just call them a company that does right, or that acts ethically?

IBM tells the story of racially integrating its facilities more than a decade before the Civil Rights Act mandated they do so.

You're right about the main reason, but that's because most people don't understand the purpose of Absolute Return investments is to diversify a portfolio — not act as a substitute for long - only equity exposure (which as you say can be obtained very cheaply)

The judge said in a 91 - page decision that, while the Army Corps substantially complied with the National Environmental Policy Act, federal permits issued for the pipeline violated the law in some respects, saying in a court order the Corps did not «adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice.»

«By refusing to act decisively at an early stage, they in a sense perpetuated the crisis, creating a situation where in the end the euro - area politicians had no other choice than to do the right thing,» Mr. Kirkegaard said.

In doing so, they stepped into a long and complicated balancing act in the United States between public safety and the right to bear arms for people with mental health issues.

-- Similarly exploited immigrant labor without labor rights (all temporary and dual purpose immigrants), employer sponsorship being the key to suppressing wages (plus all of David Card's papers and equations are wrong due to DNWR)-- Fair Labor Standards Act generally doesn't apply to office workers and other positions that corporations tag as professionals and / or managers, despite recent Obama hike of minimum applicable wage.

No informal waivers, agreements or representations: Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to that breach or subsequent similar or other breaches.

He's referring to a famous episode of the TV show Seinfeld, in which the hapless George resolves to change his life for the better by acting on a new principle: «If every instinct you have is wrong, doing the exact opposite must be right.»

«I think the desire to act and do something meaningful right now seems to be what's going to win the day,» he said.

«A smart man can not follow another man blindly even though the other man is right, because you can not have the confidence and act on advice when you do not know what it is based on.»

By entering the Awards, you irrevocably and unconditionally consent to all acts being done that would otherwise infringe any of your moral rights (as defined in Part IX of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)-RRB- in the Materials and any present and future rights of a similar nature conferred by statute anywhere in the world whether occurring before or after this consent is given.

The idea of a bipartisan bill passing through Congress right now doesn't seem likely, especially considering that the Honest Ads Act — a bill proposed late last year that would require more transparency around online political ads — hasn't been put to a vote in either the House or Senate in almost six months.

In other words, what this statistic shows is that Bill 6 was desperately needed, and that the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act courageously passed by the Alberta Legislature on Dec. 10, 2015, by the government of Premier Rachel Notley in the face of huge — and when it came to its political opponents, hugely dishonest — opposition was the right thing to do.

Mr. Anglin has a habit of saying what he thinks — which, despite the claims of the Wildrose Party and other right - wing Western Canadian political groups that's how elected officials should act, doesn't really go over that well in the real world of politics.

QuotacyCares promotes generosity and community service as an extension of our core company values of doing the right thing and acting from a positive mindset.

If one of the independent variables in an outcome, (besides an actual act of god), is prayer, then think about it... you do have a brain, right?

Did you know that prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there were five predecessor civil rights bills proposed to Congress — all by the Republican Rights Act of 1964, there were five predecessor civil rights bills proposed to Congress — all by the Republican rights bills proposed to Congress — all by the Republican Party.

If we go by your premise that «Some of us do the right thing because it is the right thing» and those of Faith because we are threatened, then why have we not acted more on the prescribed punishments that are threatened and demanded by God?

In the ideal world we wouldn't have to call out the person waving the cash fro being in the wrong place and acting a fool but they did indeed act a fool no matter how delusional you are in trying to make believe a fantasy that they didn't for some so called «rights».

When doing what is «right» becomes an act of heroism it shows just how lost a culture becomes when hate and fear takes control.

Mr Burrowes who represents Enfield Southgate says the Conservatives wants to scrap the Human Right Act to restore «control» back to Britain and ensure criminals can not use them to avoid punishment, and that the party is «not doing away with human rights».

If I am wrong then so be it but I bet half of you, if not most, watch TV shows like Bachelorette and Big Brother which it's ok to act like they do ONLY if they are Christians right?

Christianity has nothing to do with being good, or acting nice, and everything to do with making sure you are screaming the right name.

It is not just a «trifle» debate, you do a disservice to everyone when you act as if you have it right and we theologians are arrogant.

In one act she has done more to raise my level of admiration for a religion than all of the evangelists running all over the world telling everyone how theirs is the right religion.

What right does that give us to denigrate believers, to treat them as lesser people, and to act smug and «holier than thou».

So CHRIS, should Obama turn down Bill Maher's money to his PAC because Bill called Sarah Palin the «C» Word??? While I don't like Rush the Left acts if they the Right has a monopoly on HATE.

You do realize Republicans were the ones that passed all those Civil Rights acts, correct?

If we actuall had a Congress who cared about the People they swore to serve and did not take vacations 1 week for every 2 they work (new Boehner rule when he became Speaker), actually did work and created bills that were other than ending abortion rights or killing Medicare, stopped opposing ending the fraud Bush wars that raise our debt by more than a trillion a month (and Republicans then blame Obama for the rising debt from their wars), and acted like humans we would already be well into recovery.