Sentences with phrase «arguing about justice»

If you feel like your teenager is constantly arguing about justice or fairness, they are most likely feeling like they are not being heard or cared about enough to get what they want.

Not exact matches

Republicans (Boehner among them) have contempt for social justice, i.e., morality, but they'll argue until they're blue in the face and get teary eyed about tax cuts.

In the season finale, the justices delivered split opinions in two cases that had not even been fully briefed and argued on the merits — one about President Trump's limits on immigration from six majority - Muslim nations, the other about the right of a female same - sex spouse to be listed as a parent on a birth certificate alongside the birth mother.

So my view is that we should stop talking and arguing about «social justice» and instead, just try to follow the example of Jesus.

Former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — who impaneled the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform in 2016 after calling for Rikers to be closed — argued that the effort is «not about politics.»

He argues that the Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke's «rehabilitation revolution» in prisons will work by 2015, while Mr Coulson worries about tabloid headlines on «soft» sentences and being outflanked by Labour on law and order.

Over time, Scalia responded in different ways to this contention, sometimes suggesting that critics were right about Brown but wrong in concluding that it discredited originalism, at other times suggesting that Justice John Marshall Harlan's dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)-- arguing for a colorblind constitution — captured the correct original understanding.

But in a dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, argued that the decision was not just about a playground.

Lawyers recently finished arguing a potentially historic workers» free speech case before the U.S. Supreme Court and pundits are buzzing about Justice Neil Gorsuch's silence during the proceedings.

And some within the social justice community argue that the best way to bring about positive change is to meet the people you are trying to educate where they are, not where you expect them to be.

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.

Which is to say that while most economic - justice activists don't spend much time thinking about the climate crisis, it's become ridiculously easy to argue that the deficit / budget / tax battle that's now raging across the wealthy lands of America and Europe is going to have outsized impacts on climate politics both domestic and international.

One could argue that there may be perversion of justice in changing a rule to a defendant's detriment, when the defendant could have reasonably relied on it (highly unlikely here, but possible in my hypothetical about the lovers who let out their sexual frustrations in doing legal research about when they can lawfully have sex).

He has also frequently argued EU law points in the Supreme Court, for example in United States of America v Nolan [2015] 3 WLR 1105 (about collective redundancy consultation and the relationship between EU law and domestic law), Ministry of Justice v O'Brien [2013] ICR 499 (about objective justification in discrimination cases), and Russell v Transocean [2012] ICR 185 (about what counts as «working time»).

Superior Court of Justice — Ontario alcohol — breath — inhaler — readings — machine -LSB-...] Ryan Handlarski, for Manan Agrawal, Appellant -LSB-...][16] Mr. Handlarski argues that this case is about what types of external evidence are available to raise a reasonable doubt about the reliability of the Intoxilyzer machine.

A while back, two of my colleagues were arguing about which is a bigger problem in the criminal justice system: bias against defendants of color or bias against poor defendants.

Notable mandates: Represented physicians involved in providing care to Ashley Smith during the 2013 coroner's inquest; acted for Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in a defamation action against Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader Tim Hudak and energy critic Lisa MacLeod; in Wise v. Iran, acted for a Canadian victim of a suicide bombing (executed by individuals who received material support from Iran) who sought leave to intervene in ongoing proceedings commenced by United States plaintiffs in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking orders recognizing the enforceability in Ontario of judgments they obtained from a U.S. court against Iran totaling about $ 370 million; in Khadr v. Edmonton Institution, acted as lead counsel for an intervener, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to argue that in interpreting Omar Khadr's sentence for the purpose of enforcing it in Canada, Correctional Services Canada was obliged to consider Khadr's right to liberty and principles of fundamental justice; acted for a physician in a malpractice claim in Moore v. Getahun, a precedent - setting case about restrictions on communication between counsel and experts in preparation of expert rJustice seeking orders recognizing the enforceability in Ontario of judgments they obtained from a U.S. court against Iran totaling about $ 370 million; in Khadr v. Edmonton Institution, acted as lead counsel for an intervener, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to argue that in interpreting Omar Khadr's sentence for the purpose of enforcing it in Canada, Correctional Services Canada was obliged to consider Khadr's right to liberty and principles of fundamental justice; acted for a physician in a malpractice claim in Moore v. Getahun, a precedent - setting case about restrictions on communication between counsel and experts in preparation of expert rjustice; acted for a physician in a malpractice claim in Moore v. Getahun, a precedent - setting case about restrictions on communication between counsel and experts in preparation of expert reports.

Deference is not justified by arguing that trial judges are always right about such matters, but rather that having a final outcome is preferable to having a reversal that encourages more appeals in the name of achieving «perfect justice» (which dovetails, of course, with «justice as proportionality» arguments that getting what is arguably the «right answer» is often not worth the public or private cost).

No amount of brilliant new legal arguments about race, gender or justice help the person who can not afford a lawyer to argue for child support, or a wrongful dismissal, or a sexual harassment claim.

Allstate moves to quash the appeal, arguing that, since the appeal is solely about costs, leave to appeal must be sought pursuant to s. 133 (b) of the Courts of Justice Act.

Cuomo's office pointed to other criminal justice reforms he's enacted, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and naming the attorney general as a special prosecutor for police - related deaths, arguing he's long cared about the issue.

«When Scalia Argued Before — Not With — the Supreme Court»: Tony Mauro has this post today at «The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times» about Bryan Garner's videotaped interviews, available online via this link, with eight of the nine current U.S. Supreme Court Justices about legal writing and advocacy.

Whatever one thinks about the Court's purported moves to the right on other issues, in the arena of criminal sentencing, federal defendants certainly should be more hopeful arguing before the current Justices than before any other group of appellate judges.

McGinnis argues that the recent «adulatory» treatment of Justice Ginsburg, including not only her recent set of public appearances and friendly interviews but the industry of T - shirts, books, and workout guides — in our society, everything is eventually, and generally instantly, commodified — «raises concerns about the left's model of a justice and of justice [itself].Justice Ginsburg, including not only her recent set of public appearances and friendly interviews but the industry of T - shirts, books, and workout guides — in our society, everything is eventually, and generally instantly, commodified — «raises concerns about the left's model of a justice and of justice [itself].justice and of justice [itself].justice [itself].»

In the first academic study of the reformed QC appointments system, Dr Blackwell argues for serious policy debate about abolishing QC status since its existence does not appear to be in the interests of consumers or of justice.

In the plaintiff's view, the duty of good faith was a live issue at trial; witnesses were asked about it, and CAFC argued the issue in their final written submissions to Justice Moen.

Justice Iacobucci and three others dissented, arguing that independent courts should resist «irrational public fears» and «outrage» about «a highly publicized serious crime».

Indeed, I have argued that his arguments against judicial review of legislation and Justice Scalia's in favour of limiting judicial review to the enforcement of the original meaning of the constitution are very similar, and that, if anything, «Justice Scalia and his fellow originalists are guilty of failing to follow the logical implications of their own views about the nature of the questions that arise in judicial review.

The Social Justice Report 2008 argued that while constitutional change can not be a panacea for everything, it is about ensuring that the «founding document sets out the ambitions and expectations for all Australians».