Sentences with phrase «arm of the law into»

Likewise, courts have had no difficulty extending the long arm of the law into cyberspace.

Not exact matches

John F. Kennedy promised: «We seek to strengthen the United Nations, to help solve its financial problems, to make it a more effective instrument for peace, to develop it into a genuine world security system... capable of resolving disputes on the basis of law, of insuring the security of the large and the small, and of creating conditions under which arms can finally be abolished... This will require a new effort to achieve world law».

Recovery of that which has been wrongly taken and punishment of evildoing are not explicitly named as justifications for the use of armed force by states in international law, but arguably they have been subsumed into the concept of self - defense: the former being recast as defense against an armed attack still in progress, as in the recovery of Kuwait from Iraq in 1991, the latter being recast as the right of retaliation.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

christians politicians constantly try to mold law into that of biblical law, and that's why atheists get up in arms.

Law 12 of the Football Association's «Laws of the Game» states that «handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player making contact with the ball with the hand or arm» but factors including the movement of hand towards the ball, the distance between opponent and the ball and the position of the hand are among a variety of factors which must be taken into account.

When the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions made inquiries into drone attacks in 2002, and again in 2005, the U.S. responded by claiming that such incidents do not fall within the jurisdiction of the rapporteur, given that the applicable law is the international law of armed conflict.

Sid Fillery similarly ran into trouble with the long of the arm of the law which he was so keen to twist.

While all combatants are obliged to comply with the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, violations of these rules shall not deprive a combatant of his right to be a combatant or, if he falls into the power of an adverse Party, of his right to be a prisoner of war, except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 4.

The fact that parts of this act were already ruled unconstitutional by a NY judge, with more still being appealed shows how much real thought was put into it; within the first few weeks of passing this debacle almost all police, armed guards etc. were violating the law because the legislators in their infinite wisdom forgot to exempt law enforcement, not to mention all the people who went to bed and then the next day — due to the fly - by - night method of governing — people woke up breaking the law without having done anything.

Others, including Sheriff Murphy and Warren County Sheriff Bud York, support the use of retired law enforcement officers as an economical way of getting well - trained armed officers into schools.

«Finally, to ensure that the preparation of the Appropriation Bill is based on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, passed by the National Assembly, signed into law by the President and implemented by the Executive arm of government Section 51 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act has specifically clothed every citizen with the necessary locus standi or legal capacity to enforce the provisions of the law by obtaining prerogative orders or other remedies at the Federal High Court, without having to show any special particular interest.»

First we have «Wrong Arm of the Law: The Making of Maniac Cop 3», which is a fantastic look into the making of the film.

On the other end of the spectrum, Alaska, Idaho, South Dakota, Utah, and Vermont each introduced only one piece of relevant legislation, although South Dakota's bill allowing districts to arm teachers was signed into law.

Grieving in public by pushing for changes in policy and laws, the Stoneman Douglas survivors ripped a collective scab off a host of issues — school violence, gun control and safety, arming teachers, mental health, the power of protest, race, privilege, technology and internet trolling — and thrust them into the local, state, and national spotlights.

At Best Friends, we fight breed - discriminatory laws, and work hard to change the image of the pit bull terrier nationwide through Neighborhood Pit Bull Days, advertisements, and more to give these dogs the chance to make it out of shelters and into the arms of loving families.

Animal Folks» legislative arm, Animal Folks Minnesota (AFMN), also worked for several years with a large coalition of animal welfare organizations and Minnesota residents to get the breeder bill passed into law to provide greater protections for dogs and cats in commercial breeding facilities.

George Bellas, in association with Clifford Law Offices, filed a series of class actions against several not - for - profit hospitals alleging that these not - for - profits violate their tax exempt status by overcharging uninsured and indigent patients and then employing strong - arm tactics to collect from the indigent and uninsured, driving many people into bankruptcy.

By importing empathy into law firms, by seeking to build «Easy Buttons» for practice problems that affect the delivery of legal services to clients, technology, knowledge management, finance, accounting, marketing and other professionals can begin to arm law firms for the competition that will inevitably ensue in the legal marketplace.

Slater & Gordon is set to continue its push into the UK market with the proposed $ 35.5 m (# 23.3 m) triple acquisition of personal injury (PI) law firms Simpson Millar, Goodmans Law and the PI arm of Taylor Vintelaw firms Simpson Millar, Goodmans Law and the PI arm of Taylor VinteLaw and the PI arm of Taylor Vinters.

The rules for Paul's parties, posted on his Web site, provide evidence that Pickthorne is cognizant that certain activities might provide the long arm of the law with an excuse to cross the threshold into his dungeon: «No illegal drugs at the party.

Wilbert Jones walked through the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison gate around noon Wednesday and into the arms of his brother, sister - in - law and niece — free for the first time in almost 46 years after his 1974 rape conviction was overturned.

While most law firms have a list of referral partners on a scrawled piece of paper, or on a Word document lying around, Dentons has gone on to turn those connections into a fully - fledged product — a smart move that will drive even more business into its arms.

It was widely hoped that three principal benefits would be derived from the change in the law: (i) that the threat of costs would be a weapon in the armoury of the pro bono litigant, thereby establishing equality of arms; (ii) that all income from successful Pro Bono Costs Orders could be ploughed back into facilitating further pro bono activities; (iii) that the Access to Justice Foundation, which controls the distribution of all money generated from pro bono costs orders, could develop a nationwide strategic policy on how best to nurture pro bono activities on the basis of need.

Over the past year since the report was issued, much of the debate over fully autonomous weapons has focused on the weapons» potential role in armed conflict, raising questions over whether the weapons would ever be able to comply with international humanitarian law, also called the laws of war, but calls have increased in recent weeks for the human rights concerns to be taken into account.