Sentences with phrase «about justice seems»

A lot of good and different data about justice seems critical.

Not exact matches

Surely this is not a bad thing, no matter what Justice Samuel Alito seems poised to say about it in the Fisher case.

The WCC seems to care more about its membership than about justice and truth.

And, when she describes that change, what she ends up describing is what already more - or-less exists, namely: mainline christianity, embracing the reformed and the catholic, the scientific and the traditional, which has been doing (never perfectly, to be sure) the sort of deep thinking, social justice, and disciplined prayer that she talks about continually while the evangelicals were breaking off to do their own thing (the thing she seems to want them to stop doing) throughout the twentieth century.

It seems that, in the midst of black Christian outcry in 2013, the majority of white Christians pressed the snooze button on racial justice, sleepwalking into their churches where an individualistic gospel that doesn't call them to say or do anything about racial injustice is preached, where white culture, rather than Christ, reigns supreme, and where the problems and perspectives of black people are ignored.

Furthermore, there seems to be specifically Christian wisdom at work in talk about the «ethics of long - range responsibility,» or in John Rawls's insistence that the notion of justice be expanded to include justice to future generations (A Theory of Justice [Harvard University Press, 1971justice be expanded to include justice to future generations (A Theory of Justice [Harvard University Press, 1971justice to future generations (A Theory of Justice [Harvard University Press, 1971Justice [Harvard University Press, 1971]-RRB-.

One can not he both complicated and passionate about justice at the same time, Howe seemed to say.

Watson seemed particularly rankled by the Justice Department's plea for him to rule specifically on the language of the travel ban itself and not make his decision based on some of President Trump and his colleagues» language about the ban — language which made it clear the ban violates the spirit of the Constitution.

It seems to me that the current general statements made by historians, literary historians, and sociologists about American civilization often do not do justice to the fact that a considerable part of the American ethos is still, though less than in earlier periods of American history, expressed in religious commitment and its sociological expression.

He also acknowledges debts to Augustine and especially to Luther, and although he rejects Christianized «Hellenic» conceptions of justice and the state, his program seems to owe much to ancient and modern ideas about civility and civic virtue.

The Reverend Peter J. Gomes, a black minister of the American Baptist Church and longtime Harvard chaplain, wrote in the Boston Globe: «When lawyers, the courts, and the media all seem complicit in the cycle of vengeance and blood and no closure short of decapitation seems acceptable, then we have reason to worry about the climate for justice, mercy, and charity; and Salem in 1692 seems not so far removed in moral climate from Boston in 2002.»

Funny you should talk about apathy, since you seem to have no empathy just like the rest of your kind you want to repackage greed as a form of social justice.

It seems to me in pop / rock songs there sometimes is something about the soul that is crying out for something else and / or justice:

Suffice it to say that the conceptuality which I accept — and accept because it seems to do justice to deep analysis of human experience and observation, as well as to the knowledge we now have of the way «things go» in the world — lays stress on the dynamic «event» character of that world; on the inter-relationships which exist in what is a societal universe, on the inadequacy of «substance» thinking to describe such a universe of «becoming» and «belonging», on the place of decisions in freedom by the creatures with the consequences which such decisions bring about, and on the central importance of persuasion rather than coercive force as a clue to the «going» of things in that universe.

It seems, then, that the clues about community from Walker's definition of a womanist suggest that the mothering and nurturing dimension of Afro - American history can provide resources for shaping criteria to measure the quality of justice in the community.

There seems to be a kind of bitter justice about a club which has spent fortunes on star players being, metaphorically at least, out of the money.

The lead counsel for the 1,000 plaintiffs in the new round of Love Canal litigation has asked state Supreme Court Justice Richard Kloch Sr. to remove himself from the case, claiming he showed bias in remarks about past Love Canal cases in a newspaper article written by Kloch's daughter, and seemed to act a little too favorably to the local attorney for Occidental Chemical Co. during a past court session.

This seems to be as part of that larger picture of trying to be smart about law enforcement and still be aggressive about intervention but also trying to be a little more compassionate and allowing people to continue to live their lives after being part of the criminal justice system.»

«I said «excuse me, he was tried with rape,» pause, «for the second time,» pause,» Krueger recalled to Gotham Gazette, ««It seems to me that if you have anything to say publicly about this, it's let justice be fair and swift.

It seems the biggest complaint about Jason Momoa's performance as Arthur Curry in Justice League was that there just wasn't enough of him.

In Reynolds» trademark pull - the - rug - out - from - under - you fashion, the new peek at Deadpool 2 opens with what seems to be a traditional action movie - style introduction to the X-Man from the future before Deadpool interrupts the proceedings by complaining about the unfinished CGI on Cable's metal arm, which is a hilarious jab at the unsightly CGI removal of Henry Cavill's mustache in Justice League.

For all that's been written about the redemption and humanization of Dixon in the film's second half, it seems to me that «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» has a much stronger message about the dangerously fascist impulse that goes along the desire for total and perfect justice.

DC only has one film coming out next year so far which is Aquaman, but for every other core Justice League character, we don't seem to know much else about their respective films.

In a move that seems especially appropriate for an adaptation about characters who frequently interact with the spookier side of DC comics, the long - in - the - works Justice League Dark movie has risen from its grave and taken on a new, more powerful form.

Given the national discourse at the moment, a film like Monster — adapted from a lauded young - adult novel about a black Harlem teenager navigating a biased justice system — seems like something that could demand serious attention.

When asked about the choice of Lekuton as keynote speaker, doctoral candidate and AOCC Tri-Chair Candice Bocala said, «His resume seemed fitting to engage us all in a discussion about race, social justice, and education across geographic and political boundaries.»

I also wish it could render justice also to MSO documents, and, to complex WWW pages... which don't seem yet on Sony's agenda (though the PDF crowd also cares about MSO, CAD and complex pages) for the pro & business market.

I mean, think about this: the only Nintendo franchise that hasn't gotten backlash thus far was F - Zero, and even though I believe it will still turn out great and do the series justice, it also at the same time doesn't seem to do anything to ADVANCE the series gameplay wise.

With even Time Magazine seeing the carbon bubble about to burst, it seems necessary to repeat what social movements and groups like Climate Justice Now!

Some nations seem to be arguing that because there are differences among nations about what equity requires, this is justification for totally ignoring equity and justice issues entailed by making allocations among nations.

Then, recently, a think tank called MAPS (Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios) published this policy paper, which gives their interpretation of the ERF, and we fell into a depression for it seemed our dreams of true climate justice were about to be dashed.

The justice system seems to be in denial about the necessity that drives self reps — and instead this is becoming a war on self reps.

In so doing, the welfare of the child concerned seems to have been connoted entirely with justice («the interests of that little girl... in having an allegation properly investigated and tested» (para [1]-RRB--RRB- rather than in the abstract: the public interest in ensuring that those with information about abuse of children come forward (per D v National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children [1978] AC 171).

I say «business» advisedly because it costs money to hire the lawyers necessary to know what the words might actually mean, and this sets up an «access to justice» problem with which we're all familiar and about which we seem to be floundering right now.

As detailed in this post, Justice O'Connor's «evolving skepticism about capital punishment» during her tenure on the Supreme Court seemed to shift her from a fairly consistent vote to uphold death sentences to an unpredictable vote in capital cases.

«This may be the first sentencing decision since the mid 1980s that actually talks about justice, that seems to have some blood in it,» said Graham Boyd, director of the ACLU's drug law reform project.

It is a truly daunting undertaking, which Justice Goddard seems to be under no illusions about.

Although I'm not particularly preoccupied with legislation governing banks and corporations, I am concerned about the rules governing civil proceedings and the law on domestic relations, personal taxation, government benefits and criminal conduct, and it seems to me that a major goal of law and justice reform over the next decade should be improving the accessibility of the legislation and regulations most affecting individuals.

My recent comments on Advocate Daily about this [see the whole story here: Police concerns unfounded, alarmist] seem more timely now that Canadian police chiefs say that the federal Department of Justice is weighing how to get around the Supreme Court's ruling that police need a warrant to obtain subscriber data linked to online activities [See the Star report here]

Even all the talking about access to justice inside the legal establishment seems to mostly steer clear of controversial topics and ideas (think para-legals, SRLs, unbundled legal services...).

Assuming that you buy into the idea that unintelligible legislation breaches the rule of law, which I've written about previously on Slaw, or, as you suggest, that access to justice is a right of cardinal importance, this seems to be the logical conclusion.

Perhaps Justice Breyer, in his eloquent dissent, best sums up what many seem to be saying about the case:

Professor Zander does not join Professor Hazel Genn's 2008 Hamlyn Lectures» strictures about the decline of civil justice, and whether the growth of ADR has any part in that, but in truth even his moderate gloom about the Woolf reforms doing more harm than good seems on balance to be a harsh view.

Actually, two of the most striking things about the current situation seem to me (by comparison with recent history) the convergence of interest by people and institutions traditionally separate within jurisdictions (e.g. inhabiting the worlds of PLE, legal aid, self represented litigants) and the degree of international linking helped by HiiL's entrepreneurialism (you can go to few countries in the world and not find that they have been there the week before) but also exampled by links the licensing of material from the Justice Education Society of British Columbia by California courts.

While this conclusion seems justifiable if not self - evident, I am less sure about the public / private law distinction that Justice Simpson relies upon to support his conclusion, since an argument about competing property claims is perhaps best characterized as a private law argument.

While hearing expenses are, from one perspective, simply a cost of a body being tasked with administering justice, hearing expenses can also seem, from another perspective, a «needless» expense which relates directly to a respondent being obstinate about his or her misconduct.

After well over nine months, enough has been said and written about the Jackson reforms but little if any attention has been given to what now seems to be a clear picture of the driving force behind these changes: civil justice for personal injury claimants is to be rationed, based upon the simple value of the claim rather than its substantive merits.

These cases are interesting to compare to Pintea, where the costs award of $ 83,000 seems highly punitive, especially in light of Justice Martin's point about the merits of the action.

Justice Stephen Breyer, in reading a summary of his decision from the bench, seemed to deliberately highlight what he wrote about the issue, which actually takes up only a few sentences at the end of the 7 - 2 decision.

Interestingly Justice Moldaver who wrote about a very strong presumption of deference in McLean joins the dissent here in Capilano as does Chief Justice McLachlin who seems to have abandoned her support for the Dunsmuir approach.