Sentences with phrase «after the government rested»

After the government rested, one of Mr. Boyland's lawyers asked the judge, Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court, to acquit their client on grounds that the government had... Continue reading →

Lawyers for Sheldon Silver asked the judge to acquit him of all charges even before his case goes to the jury in his corruption trial, in a motion that is routinely filed by defense lawyers after the government rests its case.

Not exact matches

What began as a small, focused Enbridge campaign with northern First Nations grew into a political juggernaut that arguably contributed to the Harper government's 2015 defeat, after the pro-tanker Conservative party lost more votes in B.C. than in the rest of the country combined.

The move comes a year after the Catalan government committed itself to becoming the first region in Spain to align its working hours with the rest of Europe.

It would mean that German industrialists and their government allies, who have attempted to grow not by investing in productivity but by forcing German workers and their European partners to subsidize their unit labor costs, after having caused huge damage to peripheral Europe's balance sheets and European workers everywhere, including in Germany, will now pass the cost onto the rest of the world.

The government, after all, would still be representing the whole of the United Kingdom, but negotiating on behalf of the rest of the United Kingdom i.e. the United Kingdom minus Scotland.

In a joint statement, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein say the breakaway Democratic faction that had ruled with the Republicans for the past two years has agreed to join in a coalition government with the rest of the Senate Democrats, giving them a potential majority after the November elections.

We do not have the right to rest after the trials of government.

The government wrapped up nearly three weeks of testimony and evidence in its corruption case against former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, resting its case after calling two witnesses who testified in support of the money - laundering charges against the assemblyman.

Then came an ultimatum: If there's no budget deal by June 28 (three months after the budget was due), Paterson said he'll include the rest of his executive budget in that day's emergency extender bill — forcing the Legislature either to OK the entire package or shut down the government.

The coalition Government do not intend to withdraw from the European convention on human rights, which was imposed by the victorious British on the rest of Europe after the war in order to establish British values across the countries that were recovering from fascism and was drafted largely by Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, who put what he thought were the best principles of British justice into it.»

A Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Kwaku Kwarteng, has pooh - poohed government's request for an additional Ghc1.89 billion as supplementary budget for the rest of the year 2016, saying after cutting expenditure in various sectors of the economy, government has no justification for the extra money.

After a month of testimony from government witnesses outlining an alleged bribery and corruption scheme that they said was carried out by one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's former top aides, the defense quickly rested on Monday, setting the stage for closing arguments that will begin on Tuesday.

The former chancellor said that the government had protected too many areas of public spending after the new work and pensions secretary, Stephen Crabb, appeared to indicate that ministers would rule out cuts to the welfare budget for the rest of the parliament.

For instance, when it comes to victims of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, those who did not die of acute radiation syndrome or the widespread lack of medical care after the attacks lived longer than other members of their generation because they received government - sponsored medical attention for the rest of their lives, Chumak says.

That's what officials at U.S. science agencies and science lobbyists are saying this morning after learning the details of the weekend agreement between the White House and Congress on funding the government for the rest of 2011.

Tourists rest on a bench on Sunday in lower Manhattan after discovering that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to the government shutdown.

Put out of work by Nixon's decree outlawing masked avengers, unless they work for the government, a group of former superheroes known as the Watchmen variously reconnect after the violent murder of their macho former member the Comedian AKA Edward Blake (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) whose demise implies a similar fate for the rest of the group.

Yesterday, Poland bid farewell to the president after over 100,000 people flocked the streets to pay their last respects to their leader and befitting a man of his stature, we were at the very least glad to see that the Polish government spared no expense in giving the president a grand state funeral, which included the use of aMaserati Quattroporte hearse to bring his remains to its final resting place.

July 19, 9:50 a.m. Updated Lest residents around the Gulf of Mexico rest too easy after the tenth effort by BP to seal its gushing seabed well seemed to work, the federal government Sunday night ordered the company to be prepared to open the valves on its well cap if reports of oil and gas seeping from the seabed nearby were confirmed.

After years of resisting efforts to define a dangerous level of warming in international climate discussions, the United States joined with the rest of the world's major industrial powers on Wednesday in a (non-binding) pledge to avoid warming the planet beyond a threshold long favored by European governments and many climate campaigners as a no - go zone.

After a decade of grass - roots rural community angst from being ridden over roughshod by multi-national energy companies aided by state and federal governments eager to be seen to be «doing something» about climate change, while ignoring the basic human right to enjoy rest and repose in their own home, the issue of health impacts will now get the hearing it deserves.

It seems odd that the government would choose to resurrect an archaic distinction after two decades of well - deserved rest below ground.

Meanwhile, the Indian government put all rumors to rest after confirming that it had no plans to ban cryptocurrency trading.