Sentences with phrase «supreme court judge did»

An obese acting state Supreme Court judge did not do his $ 193,000 - a-year job for over three years because he was too fat, and will still retire with a hefty pension even though an ethics panel found he milked the system.

Not exact matches

There is lots Trudeau and Morneau could do: they could apply the government's new template for appointing Supreme Court judges to the selection of future central bankers, for example.

But the judges in their 2 - 1 decision didn't propose an immediate fix, and Texas could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

A New York Supreme Court judge struck down the lawsuit in 2013, saying the auto dealers didn't have standing because they had no franchise agreements with Tesla.

Actually, what Reid said was that Senate Republicans should do theirs, referring to the President's appointment of a Supreme Court judge.

Lower court judges and the justices of the Supreme Court have «failed to offer a «principled or predictable alternative» to «strict separation» because they — like the American people — do not agree among themselves on the nature of the problem or how to resolvcourt judges and the justices of the Supreme Court have «failed to offer a «principled or predictable alternative» to «strict separation» because they — like the American people — do not agree among themselves on the nature of the problem or how to resolvCourt have «failed to offer a «principled or predictable alternative» to «strict separation» because they — like the American people — do not agree among themselves on the nature of the problem or how to resolve it.

But, free - associating as I sometimes do, this was brought to mind by a review of The Judge in Democracy by Aharon Barak, until recentlyhead of the Supreme Court of Israel.

Alabama marriage officials find themselves in a very confusing position right now, because a federal court declared the state's marriage ban unconstitutional, but then the Alabama Supreme Court declared that the gay marriage ban was still just great and legal, and now all the probate judges are like, «Wait, who do we listen to?&rcourt declared the state's marriage ban unconstitutional, but then the Alabama Supreme Court declared that the gay marriage ban was still just great and legal, and now all the probate judges are like, «Wait, who do we listen to?&rCourt declared that the gay marriage ban was still just great and legal, and now all the probate judges are like, «Wait, who do we listen to?»

As we've seen from the recent debates about US Supreme Court judges, in a well - functioning democracy one doesn't debate new Penal Codes with judges.

They congratulated the retired Supreme Court Judge on the honor granted him «by the President of the Republic of Ghana H.E. Akuffo Addo to chair the commission of enquiry on the creation of new regions» but prayed he and the other members of the don't become icons of «destruction but a role model to the present generation and generations yet unborn».

The appeals court said Judge Valerie E. Caproni's instructions to jurors in 2015 did not comply with a later U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowed the acts required to convict public officials in a quid pro quo bribery scheme to formal exercises of government power, not just meetings or telephone ccourt said Judge Valerie E. Caproni's instructions to jurors in 2015 did not comply with a later U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowed the acts required to convict public officials in a quid pro quo bribery scheme to formal exercises of government power, not just meetings or telephone cCourt decision that narrowed the acts required to convict public officials in a quid pro quo bribery scheme to formal exercises of government power, not just meetings or telephone calls.

Former state Supreme Court justice Emily Jane Goodman said the toughening of guidelines has forced judges to impose mandatory sentences for certain crimes, which are out of sync with the offense or don't take into account extenuating circumstances.

Judge Elaine Slobod, of Orange County Supreme Court in upstate New York, granted partial summary judgment March 12 for Wah - chung Hsu, who once lived in the hamlet of Highland Mills, saying in court documents that Wyckoff was in breach of contract when it did not pay him severance after firingCourt in upstate New York, granted partial summary judgment March 12 for Wah - chung Hsu, who once lived in the hamlet of Highland Mills, saying in court documents that Wyckoff was in breach of contract when it did not pay him severance after firingcourt documents that Wyckoff was in breach of contract when it did not pay him severance after firing him.

A New York Supreme Court Judge this week threw out the lawsuit while saying New York's casino law does not require protection of racinos.

But as long as they do not include judges in the scope then I doubt the Supreme Court would strike it down.

Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, the head of the Senate Republican campaign arm, said that the Senate should vote to expel Mr. Moore, a former State Supreme Court judge, if he won «because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the United States Senate.»

Granholm did not hold back, however, about whether Obama should be looking at candidates who are not currently sitting federal judges — a suggestion made often by Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D - Vermont, whose committee holds hearings on Supreme Court nominees.

In a legal filing in Manhattan Supreme Court, Cuomo accused Espada of not cooperating with a subpoena and asked a judge to compel him to do so.

«Clearly it was very, very conservative and he had made decision after decision on the appellate court, and it ended up that he didn't get confirmed and the person who got confirmed as a Supreme Court judge — I can't even remember his name.&rcourt, and it ended up that he didn't get confirmed and the person who got confirmed as a Supreme Court judge — I can't even remember his name.&rCourt judge — I can't even remember his name.»

I hope the Supreme Court takes this because my personal belief is the judge does not have jurisdiction.

Paterson's moxie was on display again this morning as well: Republicans expected Ravitch to be sworn in at 11:30 a.m. today, and got Supreme Court judge Ute Lally to open up the courthouse in the middle of the night to issue a restraining order blocking him from doing so.

The city did file a notice of appeal on Feb. 1 of two earlier decisions by state Supreme Court Judge James Murphy rejecting the city's attempt to take back ownership of the land around the harbor from COR and canceling liens the city had placed on the property.

A Bronx Supreme Court judge offered a possible compromise in the fight over the Kingsbridge Armory, but the developer doesn't seem keen on it.

Local fans of online daily fantasy sports websites are on the sidelines, following a State Supreme Court judge's ruling to block such sites from doing business within New York State.

«I have no doubt that you have done some good things in the community,» Queens Supreme Court Judge Ira Margulis told the whimpering lawmaker.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer announced today he would vote against the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, and would encourage his 48 - member Democratic conference to do the same — arguing the 10th Circuit Court jurist had a «deep - seated conservative ideology» and lacked «a strong independent backbone.»

Today Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn announced that state Supreme Court Judge Marcy Friedman has ordered the Empire State Development Corp. to conduct additional environmental review of the project, including a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

«I did not believe one word that you said,» Lynch said, sounding more like tough - talking U.S. District Court Senior Judge Gary Sharpe or state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Breslin than a former defense attorney who carried the reputation of a prosecutor's worst nightmare after taking the bench in January 2013.

New York State Supreme Court Judge Bruce Cozzens Jr. of Nassau County ruled that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Commuter Tax was unconstitutional on the grounds that the law is «a special law, which does not serve substantial state interest».

The governor has long maintained that Ms. Teachout does not meet the five - year residency requirement to run for office in New York, due to time spent and an address used in her native Vermont, even though a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge dismissed such claims earlier this month.

But the discrepancy between years of budget increases and years of mediocre academic outcomes did not deter New York State Supreme Court Judge Leland DeGrasse from deciding that the problem could be solved by an annual addition of $ 5.6 billion.

The distinctive contribution of Dunn's book is to emphasize the degree to which the district judge was not acting arbitrarily (though to some degree he was), but was constrained in what he could do by an appeals court following Supreme Court deciscourt following Supreme Court decisCourt decisions.

Recognizing that the Supreme Court might not take kindly to being ignored in this way, OCR has done all it can to avoid judicial review, even to the extent of telling senators and judges that its guidelines are just advisory, not legally binding.

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen appealed the ruling to the Connecticut Supreme Court, which announced on September 20, 2016 that it would hear the appeal and issued a stay on Judge Moukawsher's order, but did not set a date for the hearing.

Connecticut's Supreme Court then sent the case to a trial judge to determine what the State of Connecticut must do to meet that standard.

A method used by the Los Angeles Unified School District to assign classroom space to charter schools, before a Los Angeles Superior Court judge enjoined it from doing so, violates Proposition 39, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled yesterday.

In the Supreme Court ruling on the bank charges test case, the chief judge of the Supreme Court thought it important enough to say this ruling didn't stop people challenging fairness under «Regulation 5» of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations (which the Supreme Court case did not cover).

In the Supreme Court decision in 2009, the chief judge thought it important enough to say this ruling didn't stop people challenging fairness under Regulation 5 of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations (UTCCR), which the Supreme Court case did not cover.

A California federal judge Tuesday denied Valve Corp.'s bid to dismiss or transfer a suit alleging it infringed lip - sync animation technology, rebuffing the video game company's claim that it didn't have an improper venue argument until the U.S. Supreme Court's recent TC...

That's done because the U.S. Supreme Court has directed that the meaning of a patent's words is a matter of law, to be decided by a judge — not a matter of fact to be decided by a jury.

Does nt Happen» According to California's constitution, judges of the supreme court and courts of appeal are nominated by the governor and must be confirmed by the commission on judicial appointments, which consists of the chief justice, the attorney general, and a presiding justice of the courts of appeal.»

TrueSceptic@23, if you follow the hyperlink I put in, you'll see that a panel of state Supreme Court judges in the US thought that yes, free speech does include the right to tell lies.

«A lot of what the Supreme Court does is simply irrelevant to what federal trial judges do on a daily basis,» wrote Judge Kopf, who presides and blogs from Lincoln, Neb..

450 delegates, including Judges, lawyers, social workers and psychologists attended the 2 day conference at the Supreme Court in Campo Grande, Mato Gross do Sol.

Chief Judge Rader doesn't seem to always like the Supreme Court's patent - related decisions, but that philosophical disagreement may be part of the reason why the Supreme Court has to review Federal Circuit decisions so frequently.

The Supreme Court ruling further jeopardizes access to the courts, as subjecting individuals to mandatory detention means that an immigration judge does not have the authority to consider an individual's bond case.

If you don't know, the term «Markman» refers to the 1996 Supreme Court case of Markman v. Westview Instruments where the Court held that a judge should decide what the language of a patent means as a matter of law and not a jury.

Therein lies the problem, experts say, not to mention the four Supreme Court judges who did not agree with Moldaver and company.

Reversing the decision of the Court of Appeal and restoring the determination of the trial judge (upheld in the High Court on appeal) the Supreme Court concluded that the facts in the present case did give rise to an inference that the intentions of the parties (to own the property in equal beneficial shares, consistent with their legal ownership) did change when Mr Kernott acquired his own property independently of Ms Jones.

My partner - in - blog Carolyn Elefant did a great job yesterday rounding up the first 24 hours» reaction among bloggers and pundits to President Obama's nomination of 2nd Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.