Sentences with phrase «as an amendment of»

The Electoral Commission performed a reallocation in keeping with the same procedures they used to allocate 72 MEPs and an extra Conservative MEP was allocated to the West Midlands constituency based on the 2009 vote and was enshrined in the European Union Act 2011 as an amendment of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.

As amendment of the proposed Regulation would be necessary, it would seem just as efficacious to propose the creation of new legislation to addresses this issue: this author has argued elsewhere that the promulgation of an «ex-Citizens Directive» that mirrors the content and conditions of the current Citizens» Directive 2004/38 may be a desirable method to achieve this aim.

Not exact matches

Named after the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery except as «punishment for crime,» the doc uses archival footage and expert commentary to make the case that slavery hasn't disappeared from the U.S. — it's evolved into our modern system of mass incarceration, one in which many prisons are run by for - profit companies and prisoners can be paid a pittance to work for corporations.

(As the Fourteenth Amendment says, «nor shall any State... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.»)

Another amendment granting states the option of requiring able - bodied adults to work as a requirement for benefits could further curb costs.

«As market conditions evolve... the Government of Canada will revisit these rules and make any necessary amendments deemed appropriate to ensure the long term stability of the housing market,» notes the second - quarter financial statements of Genworth.

«As long as I think that they're defending the Second Amendment, and it still is challenged by a group of people, I believe I need to support them.&raquAs long as I think that they're defending the Second Amendment, and it still is challenged by a group of people, I believe I need to support them.&raquas I think that they're defending the Second Amendment, and it still is challenged by a group of people, I believe I need to support them.»

Trump would also instruct the US trade representative to notify Mexico and Canada of the administration's intention to propose amendments to the deal, which, as CNN reported, «could include measures on currency manipulation, lumber, country - of - origin labeling and environmental and safety standards.»

But, as of today, the only court ruling on the matter concluded that Puerto Rico should be treated like a state for 11th Amendment purposes.

As a corporate entity, Facebook has every right to delete or censor whatever it wants, of course, since the First Amendment only applies to the actions of the government in restraining speech.

I am committed to maintaining our networks as engines for economic growth, test beds for innovative services and products, and channels for all forms of speech protected by the First Amendment.

In response, Jay Dickey, an Arkansas Republican who described himself as the National Rifle Association's «point person in Congress,» submitted an amendment to strip the CDC budget of $ 2.6 million, the amount it spent on firearms research the previous year.

«I am committed to maintaining our networks as engines for economic growth, test beds for innovative services and products, and channels for all forms of speech protected by the First Amendment,» Wheeler said after the decision was announced Tuesday.

Even if following through on this promise is more difficult than Trump admits because of the First Amendment (as I explained in a recent post), the fact that he even talks about such policies and is cheered by his adoring fans for doing so is disturbing.

The cofounders of the firm declined to testify, initially invoking their constitutional under the First Amendment and later under the Fifth as well.

In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case, the Supreme Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as well.

His supporters are blaming the media for misconstruing the remark as a reference to assassination, and say he was simply referring to the political power of second amendment supporters.

Then, last summer, councilwoman Mary Cheh proposed a transportation bill that included what were literally called Uber Amendments, one of which would have put a price floor under car - service rides, effectively making Uber five times as expensive as a taxi for short trips.

The film expertly explained the 18th Amendment's failure as a case of government overreaching its moral authority and practical capacity to control private behaviour.

Diaz believes Republicans must look as if they care about keeping guns out of the hands of so - called homegrown extremists, while balancing issues of due process and the Constitution's Second Amendment right to bear arms that form the backbone of the NRA's opposition to gun control.

As a private corporation, Facebook is entitled to make whatever rules it wants about the type of speech that is permitted on its platform because the First Amendment only applies to the actions of governments.

These amendments were, as a whole, intended to ensure that retirement investors would consistently be protected by Impartial Conduct Standards, regardless of the particular exemption upon which an investment advice fiduciary relies.

[30] By the amendment's terms, the exemption would no longer apply to transactions involving fixed indexed annuity contracts and variable annuity contracts as of April 10, 2017.

As discussed in the preamble to the amendments, the relief provided by PTE 75 - 1, Part I was duplicative of the statutory exemptions for service providers set forth in ERISA section 408 (b)(2) and Code section 4975 (d)(2).

The amendments are effective as of April 10, 2017.

But the revelation this week that Mr. Thiel was covertly backing Mr. Bollea's case as well as others has raised a series of new questions about the First Amendment as well as about the role of big money in the court system — specifically the emerging field of litigation finance, in which third parties like hedge funds and investment firms pay for other people's lawsuits.

Pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the «Securities Act»), Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. (the «Company») hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the «Commission») consent to the immediate withdrawal of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S - 1 (File No. 333-176958) together with all exhibits and amendments thereto, which was initially filed on September 22, 2011 (collectively, the «Registration Statement»).

Deputy attorney general James Cole defended the bulk collection of Americans» phone records as outside the scope of the fourth amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Because of the Durbin amendment, as of October 1, 2011, debit interchange is capped for transactions (21 cents, plus 5 basis points -LRB-.05 %), plus an additional penny for issuers that qualify for fraud) for debit cards issued by banks and credit unions with $ 10 billion in assets or more.

The latest Snowden revelations raise questions about the Fourth Amendment — which includes the due process clause — as well as issues of privacy and surveillance.

Cruz has arguably been making a Byrd case for his amendment in recent days, by describing it as direct taxpayer subsidization of people's high medical costs.

The deadline for complying with one aspect of the Volcker Rule — selling off private equity and hedge fund holdings — was extended to 2017 from 2015, and the swaps push - out rule, better known as the Lincoln Amendment, was repealed.

The NYSE currently considers the proposals to approve the non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executives (Item 2), the amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to increase the Company's authorized shares of common stock (Item 3), and the ratification of our independent auditors (Item 4) as routine matters.

This election is noteworthy as the first to be conducted under a vastly reformed regime of campaign finance that took effect in January 2017, with the coming into force of The Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016.

A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond found that the Durbin Amendment is not working as Congress intended and has led to several unintended consequences.

The analysis finds that retailers gained a $ 7 billion yearly windfall starting in 2011 as a result of the Durbin amendment.

The Vancouver Board of Trade is strongly supportive of the announced Action Plan for Women Entrepreneurs, as well as its promise to modernize Canada's corporate governance framework through amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act to promote gender diversity among public companies, using the widely recognized «comply or explain» model.

Advocates for gun rights have long argued that the Second Amendment is a necessary barrier to prevent full - scale confiscation of firearms, which they see as the end goal of many gun control measures.

The amendments, however, have sown as much confusion as the original law, at least as it applies to the arcane world of insurance financing.

As the American Conservative's Matt Purple wrote, «Conservatives objected that leveraging kids in policy arguments was a lousy tactic — until they found a kid of their own: Kyle Kashuv, just as bright and eloquent as his peers and a stout defender of the Second Amendment.&raquAs the American Conservative's Matt Purple wrote, «Conservatives objected that leveraging kids in policy arguments was a lousy tactic — until they found a kid of their own: Kyle Kashuv, just as bright and eloquent as his peers and a stout defender of the Second Amendment.&raquas bright and eloquent as his peers and a stout defender of the Second Amendment.&raquas his peers and a stout defender of the Second Amendment.»

The so - called Rohrabacher - Farr amendment was passed as part of the broader resolution on the federal budget — and it could get tangled up once more in the upcoming fight over federal spending.

As Parkland gun control activists and their surrogates mock the idea of arming teachers, march for gun bans in D.C., and call for new gun controls via Twitter, they risk driving Americans toward the Second Amendment instead of away from it.

When a corporate charter is alleged to contain a restriction on the fundamental electoral rights of stockholders under default provisions of law ---- such as the right of a majority of the shares to elect new directors or enact a charter amendment — it has been said that the restriction must be «clear and unambiguous» to be enforceable.

Rather than retaining earnings and building capital in accordance with the goal of rehabilitation (as required in a conservatorship pursuant to HERA, and as was demanded of every other financial institution after the crisis), the Third Amendment ensured that the GSEs could never rebuild capital nor — no matter how much money they returned to the Treasury — be allowed to ever repay the government.

As parties to the Montreal Protocol consider an amendment to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), one critical concern is the availability of zero - or low - global warming potential (low - GWP) alternatives to replace high - global warming potential (GWP) HFCs.

We require that these Outside Contractors agree to (1) protect the privacy of your personal information consistent with this Privacy Policy, or the Data Protection Amendment and (2) not use or disclose your personal information for any purpose other than providing us with the products or services for which we contracted or as required by law.

Our Data Processing Amendment governs our processing of any information obtained as a result of the customer or service provider relationship.

The Hatch Waxman Amendments permit a patent term extension of up to five years for a patent covering an approved product or method of use as compensation for patent term lost during product development and the FDA regulatory review process.

Although strong bipartisan support has been voiced for the JOBS Act amendments, Aguilar's negative sentiment echoes that of Senator Carl Levin (D - MI) who said, «It's as if the SEC is jumping out of an airplane today, and then proposing to check the safety of its parachute on the way down.»

U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, who endorsed a range of gun - control measures in the aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas school massacre, is getting a Republican primary challenger who pledges to «defend the Second Amendment» and serve as an «unwavering partner» to President Donald Trump.