Sentences with phrase «amendments against principles»

The report evaluates the amendments against principles of equality and non-discrimination.

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Madison, chief architect of the Const.itution and eleven of the Amendments, on more than one occasion, wrote that it was a mistake and against the principles of religious freedom achieved through the separation of church and state for the taxpayer to fund chaplains for the nation's congress.

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito expressed skepticism that agency fees could be reconciled with the basic First Amendment principle against compelled speech.

Dr. Mann has transgressed scientific norms and offended First Amendment principles by bringing a defamation claim against Appellants for their pointed criticism of his scientific methodology.

For Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice the First Amendment «journalistic principles» aren't as clear - cut, particularly where a guy's reputation is ruined and the newspaper itself presented only part of the story by failing to note that all charges against Feyissa were dismissed.

This reasoning would apply anywhere in the U.S. and is not specific to a particular state or territory as double jeopardy is a principle of U.S. Constitutional law that applies directly in federal courts (including the courts of territories and commonwealths) and indirectly through selective incorporation against the states via the 14th Amendment.

Indeed, the status of this topic as free speech that is supposed to be guaranteed under the First Amendment has been upheld by courts more than once: ● in Florida, where a judge affirmed that handing out FIJA brochures regarding jury nullification is legal based on principles of free speech ● in New York, where a federal judge dismissed false jury tampering charges against someone handing out brochures that advocated jury nullification ● in Colorado, where a judge dismissed false jury tampering charges against two people handing out FIJA's educational material on jury nullification

It can be seen from an examination of the application of this test to the amendments to the NTA that the criteria against which legitimacy is measured are not human rights principles but political considerations.