Sentences with phrase «action on the citizen»

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At the same time - assuming that Donald Trump can be trusted to act as rationally as Kim Jong - Un - the north can rest assured that until US citizens or their allied counterparts are actually killed with North Korean weapons, the US is highly unlikely to risk military action on the Korean Peninsula.

Business depends in many ways on government, and effective government action requires democratic legitimacy — requires that citizens believe in their government, and in the commitment of politicians to act with integrity.

States are taking action on climate change and the environment — and being held accountable by their citizens.

The «Beyond the Border» and Regulatory Cooperation action plans promise to create an even more robust economic relationship and strengthen our global competitiveness to the benefit of our citizens on both sides of the border.

«The utter lack of a credible climate policy plan on the part of the Harper government has gone a long way towards undermining Canada's standing in the world, even as a clear majority of Canadian citizens seek action and leadership on climate change.»

Now, 50 Global Citizens will have the opportunity to take direct action on these issues, working on - the - ground in affected communities in Puerto Rico and Texas.

In general, when a Christian church uses the political arena to impose actions on women without corresponding actions on men, do you feel feminists need to respond as Christians, or as citizens?

The three strategies discussed above — political action, economic sanctions, and the creation of new possibilities — all depend on organized citizen action.

Another example of the unpredictable outcome of citizen economic action is the boycott Dr. Bob Jones III of Bob Jones University waged against General Motors Corporation for its sponsorship of «Jesus of Nazareth,» the Zeffirelli biblical epic on the NBC network.

That collective emphasis, that understanding of man as fundamentally social, was derived from the classical conception of the polis as responsible for the education and the virtue of its citizens, from the Old Testament notion of the Covenant between God and a people held collectively responsible for its actions, and from the New Testament notion of a community based on charity or love and expressed in brotherly affection and fellow membership in one common body.

The poets, Socrates complains early on in the Republic, thoughtlessly arouse emotions that cloud the citizen's judgment; they present pictures of the gods» behavior that young persons should be shielded from, lest they copy the shameful actions of the immortals.

Since the advertising base is the foundation on which television is based, citizen action directed toward the advertiser tends to have considerable leverage.

Thus «the economy» is presented as a force working on its own, beyond comprehension by the average person or action by the average citizen.

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

On the one hand citizens can not use religious beliefs to justify any and all actions.

Mindful that even as new principles are proclaimed, old habits die hard and citizens and politicians could tend to entangle government and religion (e.g., «the appointment of chaplains to the two houses of Congress» and «for the army and navy» and «[r] eligious proclamations by the Executive recommending thanksgivings and fasts»), he considered the question whether these actions were «consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom» and responded: «In strictness the answer on both points must be in the negative.

Although many of these claims challenge the veracity of «organic,» «healthy,» and «100 %» claims on labels, several states are affording new opportunities to attack ingredient labels — an area that federal courts have traditionally found to be preempted (barred) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with no private right of action for individual citizens.

The Citizens are back in action on Sunday as they face a tough trip to Merseyside for a clash with Everton at Goodison Park and will be hoping to avoid a repeat of the result in the corresponding fixture last season as the 1 - 1 draw saw them lose valuable ground in the title race.

But meanwhile the Alabama Citizens Action Program and the Alabama Policy Institute said they had asked for this ruling on the grounds that they were «concerned about the family and the danger that same - sex marriage will have.»

Residents who belong to the group Citizens for Better Communities, which was formed to muster local support and to lobby government to prevent the land from becoming a gravel pit, were also on hand to thank Hoffman and members of the park board for their actions.

The government of the Philippines has both the legal and moral authority to enact laws to protect the health of its citizens, and the action taken by American companies amounts to an attack on the sovereignty of the Filipino nation.

TTIP Take Back the Power flyer Baby Milk Action is working alongside the growing number of NGOs, Unions and citizens such as War on Want, Trade Justice Movement, WDM and 38 Degrees and 120 organizations from 18 different...

Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Arlington Heights warned its citizens with this chilling message: «The time for action has arrived.

He said during Mahama's tenure as president, he had called on citizens to rally behind government actions... «He kept consistently complaining that people have a habit of pouring water on anything he was trying to do without any specifics»

When one race of citizens feels as though their lives don't matter; when refugees successfully escape the horrors of war only to be further brutalized on foreign soil; when the already - traumatized victims of conflict are violated by international peacekeepers who were sent to ensure their safety and wellbeing, then we as leaders, we as a world community must stop being silent and start taking action.

It ensures that «citizens and businesses supply certain standard information only once, because public administration offices take action to internally share this data, so that no additional burden falls on citizens and businesses.»

A meeting took place on Thursday evening at the Shbelia Hotel in order to coordinate citizen action against the militants.

In the theory of minimal secularism, only officials are under an obligation to provide public reasons: secularism is a constraint on state action and justification, not a duty on the part of citizens.

I justified the establishment of such «plebeian» institutions on the grounds of «affirmative action for common citizens.»

And your super-activists, those who take action frequently and have become educated about the issues, often make excellent citizen representatives locally or on the Hill (if you can get them to town or catch them here — how many of your list members happen to have a vacation trip to the Nation's Capital planned for this year?).

Federal agencies are less likely to receive blasts of comments on rules and regulations, and I've seen agency officials step back and reconsider an action when they're deluged with citizen messages (though of course, we've all also seen agencies ignore vast amounts of public input and do exactly the opposite what's asked).

The individual's character as a citizen depended on interventions in the popular assembly or even military action to defend the city - state in its hour of danger.

Collective actions could allow approved organisations, like Citizens Advice Bureaux, (which saw an 18 per cent increase in employment discrimination enquiries in 2008/09) to bring claims on behalf of groups of people.

The latest manifestation of this threat is the attempt to blockade the Onitsha end of Niger Bridge on 1st December, 2015, an action that caused major hardship to innocent and law abiding motorists, and citizens.

Move Forward New York is a citizen action group committed to promoting social justice, preserving civil rights, and ensuring environmental conservation by encouraging participation in the political process on all levels through education, collaboration, and activism.

The flyer being handed out by the political advocacy group Citizens Action of New York discussed her «dangerous record» on social security and Medicare.

Polling by American Solutions, a citizen action network I founded in 2007, shows that on issues such as producing more American energy, cutting taxes to create jobs, balancing the budget by cutting spending, English as the language of government, and more, Americans oppose the views of academic elites by 75 to 85 percent.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

The John Mahama surrogates or faction in the NDC continue their attacks on my person and character any - time I assert my birth - right as a citizen of Ghana to challenge the Mills, and Mahama Governments on what I perceive to be actions and conduct undermining or that have undermined the 1992 Constitution, for being inconsistent with or in contravention of the Constitution.

However, it is not simply the number of posts that makes his account one to watch for interested politicians and pundits, but rather the content therein — he discusses many dimensions of the government's actions and policies, even reversing one of his decisions based on the comments that citizens left on his Facebook page.

I write to convey the Citizens Budget Commission's (CBC's) recommendations for legislative action on the Governor's Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2019.

Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling said: «We need real action to stamp out antisocial behaviour, to get more police out of police stations and onto the streets, and to demonstrate to law abiding citizens that the criminal justice system really is on their side.

UPDATE: Citizens Action's Charlie Albanetti sent the following statement on behalf of the Fair Elections for New York campaign:

Obama has a rather spotty war and civil liberties record compared to what many of his voters hoped for (drone strikes - especially on US citizens; NSA scandal; Guantanamo still open; starting or contemplating new military action).

The European Commission is mounting legal action over an additional test imposed on EU citizens which Brussels officials believes undermines their «right to reside» in the UK.

The Orthodox church in Greece protested loudly against the removal of religion from the ID - card, and yet I can not find any rational argument supporting their actions other than trying to hang on to the privileged position of that church and its followers in the Greek state - effectively hanging on to the ability to treat non Christian Orthodox citizens as lesser citizens.

«Addressing the negative impact that the Citizens United decision has had on our democracy is important,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement to Gotham Gazette, «but also we must take action to fix our own glaring campaign finance and ethics issues in New York State such as closing the LLC Loophole which also allows special interests to contribute endless amounts of money.

«Unfortunately, «Citizens for District 13» — a group that my office has never heard of in the many years of dealing with community organizations — appears more focused on furthering a counterproductive anti-Independent Democratic Conference agenda than taking any action that has to do with a healthy and constructive debate about the future of this district,» he wrote.

Citizen's Committee for Children: Combining public policy research and data analysis with citizen action, Citizen's Committee for Children casts light on the issues, educates the public, engages allies, and identifies and promotes practical solutions to ensure that every New York City child is healthy, housed, educated and safe.

My fears that the chaos at the Commission would lead the present young crop of the NDC to self - destruct was confirmed when I discovered on 29th and 31st July 2017 respectively that the author of the second petition for the removal of the two Deputy Commissioners was Emmanuel Korsi Senyo, the concerned citizen, who had acted in the past as an NDC surrogate commencing action against the General Legal Council in the Supreme Court in defence of Francis Sosu, who had contested the primaries in my constituency, Madina, for the NDC.