Sentences with phrase «as no surprise to state»

This comes as no surprise to state court watchers; in fact, legislation targeting state courts for unpopular decisions is now commonplace.

Not exact matches

This decision probably shouldn't have been a surprise, because it basically said that the court's 2010 decision in the Citizens United case, upholding the right of corporations to spend money in federal elections, applies to the states as well.

While you might be able to get by with a light leather jacket during the summer months for an evening out, the Moya is going to be your best friend during the fall and winter, and won't be in rotation during the summer months, which shouldn't come as a surprise but should also be stated.

In a surprising reversal, last week's losing bidder for 1st Mariner Bank got approval Tuesday to buy it — preserving the city's largest independent bank as a Baltimore - based institution.The group of investors, a mix of locals and out - of - state investment...

We believe such a turn in focus is taking hold, barring any negative surprises, as we have observed generally stronger market responses within the United States to earnings that beat or miss consensus estimates.

These fluctuations were large relative to actual economic and policy surprises, as the only notable negative piece of news that day was the release of somewhat weaker than expected retail sales data for the United States one hour before the event.

Stocks rose sharply in the United States and Europe on news the referendum plan had been scrapped, as well as a surprise move by the European Central Bank to cut interest rates.

No surprise in the academic world, as the authors themselves state, and frankly not that surprising to anyone who understands anything about people.

But, to my surprise, I learned through my reporting that as Christianity finds its place in Chinese culture, its adherents are less defined by how they cope with state - sponsored adversity.

Samuel Gross, a law professor at the University of Michigan and senior editor of the Registry, said, «It's no surprise that in this area, as in almost any other that has to do with criminal justice in the United States, race is the big factor.»

It's no surprise then, that when the John Jay report (cited in the following answer) examined the causes of sexual abuse, it reported that «it is not clear why the commitment to or state of celibate chastity should be seen as a cause for the steady rise in incidence of sexual abuse between 1950 and 1980».

«For many Latter - day Saints, it was a surprise that a Mormon candidate was able to make it as far as Mitt,» said Stuart Reid, a Mormon and a Republican state senator from Ogden, Utah.

They repeatedly requested the Massachusetts General Court, for example, to establish a constitution so that the people of the commonwealth would not be left «in a state of nature,» by which they meant, with Jonathan Edwards, «Hobbs state of war,» where men «would act as the wild beast of the desert; prey upon and destroy one another, «35 We are not surprised to learn that Alexander Hamilton said, «We may preach till we are tired of the theme the necessity of disinterestedness in republics, without making a single proselyte.»

Quite predictably, CAIR seized upon his letter as the occasion for another press release trumpeting that the bishops of the United States had repudiated my review of Bat Ye'or, which no doubt came as a surprise to the bishops.

A reader of his article might be quite surprised to learn that Leo XIII declared as early as 1891 that «the public administration must... provide for the welfare and comfort of the working classes»; or that so recent an encyclical as Centesimus Annus pronounced that «the mass of the poor [who] have no resources of their own to fall back on... must chiefly depend on the assistance of the State,» and that «wage - earners... should be specially cared for and protected by the Government.»

There wasn't much surprise behind Trump's selection, but the magazine listed him as the «President of the Divided States of America,» which he took umbrage to, but said he was honored.

If there is a profound disparity between the present American economic system and basic American values, and if many Americans have so argued, then it is all the more surprising that some version of socialism, as the main alternative to capitalist economic organization in the modern world, has not found favor in the United States.

As a native Bay Stater, reading that the corn muffin is our official state muffin is news to me, but not at all surprising.

I love that eating real food as close to its natural state makes me feel so good, it's great to make a Paleo treat every now and then but I was getting a little carried away with Paleo cookies last month, so absolutely back on track this month, surprised at how easy it was to just not think about Paleo treats.

This one in Business Week (registration required) surprised me, as it states the numbers at Safeway are swinging in the right direction after a multi-million dollar effort to remodel, rebrand, and re-advertise a healthier, cleaner image (known as the lifestyle concept).

As a little surprise for you I have planned to share about a couple of these healthy food entrepreneurs of New York in my upcoming posts with an interview or two so do stay tuned — that is if I get out of this town with the near state of emergency snow storm that is happening out there RIGHT now!

An in - state recruit and the brother of a Michigan player, it would come as a surprise to many recruiting folk if the Wolverines didn't flip the current Penn State plstate recruit and the brother of a Michigan player, it would come as a surprise to many recruiting folk if the Wolverines didn't flip the current Penn State plState pledge.

BUT... As surprising as the 24 - 21 win was at the time (not to me, I predicted it) since we were such underdogs, if 2016 Penn State and 2016 Ohio State play again the week after the Rose Bowl / Playoff at a neutral site, I think it's a toss - uAs surprising as the 24 - 21 win was at the time (not to me, I predicted it) since we were such underdogs, if 2016 Penn State and 2016 Ohio State play again the week after the Rose Bowl / Playoff at a neutral site, I think it's a toss - uas the 24 - 21 win was at the time (not to me, I predicted it) since we were such underdogs, if 2016 Penn State and 2016 Ohio State play again the week after the Rose Bowl / Playoff at a neutral site, I think it's a toss - up.

The fact that it is Merson with these negative comments about the Chilean's potential state of mind should come as no surprise I suppose, because he has not had many nice things to say about his old club in recent years.

An in - state recruit and the brother of Michigan safety Delano Hill, it would come as a surprise to many recruiting folk if the Wolverines didn't flip the current Penn State plstate recruit and the brother of Michigan safety Delano Hill, it would come as a surprise to many recruiting folk if the Wolverines didn't flip the current Penn State plState pledge.

Quite frankly, the news comes as no surprise to me considering that the player made it crystal clear quite recently by stating that he would not have signed a new contract at Arsenal if he wanted to leave.

Defending champion California, Cincinnati and Ohio State, the nation's top three teams, as expected, successfully negotiated early tests to reach the semifinals, but with them came a surprise — NYU, a team that has looked both good and terrible in regular season play.

The selection of Bryant came as a surprise to many NBA fans who believed that Golden State's Draymond Green was more deserving of a starting role.

It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that there are a plethora of promising players playing their trades on these shores as clubs possess the wealth to scour the globe in search of talent as well as pay for state of the art youth facilities and expert coaches.

As stated above, if England were to progress past the last eight in Brazil (or even get that far), many people will be surprised.

Sam Allardyce never worries about stating the self - evident so to hear him say the Manchester United game tomorrow is a «big one» comes as no surprise!

Lead author Sara Chrisman of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in Seattle, Washington, viewed the finding that concussion education requirements for coaches under the state's first - in - the - nation «Lystedt Law» were being closely followed by public high schools in Washington State as «very encouraging but not surprising,» noting that schools had an incentive to follow the law because it provides legal immunity from litigation for schools that follow it correstate's first - in - the - nation «Lystedt Law» were being closely followed by public high schools in Washington State as «very encouraging but not surprising,» noting that schools had an incentive to follow the law because it provides legal immunity from litigation for schools that follow it correState as «very encouraging but not surprising,» noting that schools had an incentive to follow the law because it provides legal immunity from litigation for schools that follow it correctly.

DECEMBER In light of articles like this one, stating that as recently as Nov. 20, hazardous toys (containing high lead levels and other dangers) were still being found on the shelves in stores like Target, itâ $ ™ s validating (but really no surprise to me) to read that Simple Retro Toys May Be Better For Children Than Fancy Electronic Toys.

According to an article written by several people at Pew Research, «The results of Tuesday's presidential election came as a surprise to nearly everyone who had been following the national and state election polling, which consistently projected Hillary Clinton as defeating Donald Trump.»

This may not come as much of a surprise, but according to the annual INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard, New York City is the third most congested city in the world in terms of traffic and the second worst in the United States.

«With Donald Trump as president, it's no surprise Nicole Malliotakis has emerged as the Republican candidate to take on Mayor de Blasio — after all, it was only four years ago she talked to Trump about running for Governor of New York,» the email states.

@Denis de Bernardy: because I've often heard the charge of corruption thrown at Arab states; and as I said it came to me as a «surprise» that so many in the Israel government has faced similar charges and been indicted; just goes to show what one can learn when reading around; look at whats happening at the US with the Potentate Trump and his First Family - who'd have thought the US would have gone the way of Arab nepotism?

No surprise, as the Club's District Leader, Jacob Gold, had earlier become the first Brooklyn member of the Democratic State Committee to pledge his vote at the party convention to Cynthia Nixon.

Thus, it's hardly surprising that the federalist option has been rediscovered as a way to solve the problems of the «State of Autonomies».

This intriguing revelation by the ICC didn't come as a surprise to some of us who have been following this case since 2010 and have always been of the view that the Supreme Court of Ghana erred in linking Mr.Woyome's claims for works done for the state in 2005 to a waterville contract in 2006 on which basis it asked Mr.Woyome to refund all his entitlement paid him.

This came as a bit of a surprise, as Likud has traditionally been opposed to a two - state solution, as are many of its supporters.

Mario Cilento, President of the New York State AFL - CIO, said «It's not surprising to see that Nate Shinagawa's energy and commitment to middle class values has gained traction in the district just as it inspired union members to support his campaign.

The immediate past National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Kwabena Adjei has stated the party's defeat in the 2016 general elections did not come as a surprise to him as he knew the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would win.

Strong black voter support for Spitzer — who resigned as governor amid a federal probe of money laundering and prostitution and who once used the State Police to smear a political foe — has mystified many New York Democrats, although Wright said he wasn't surprised.

Mr. Ulrich further said he was shocked that his colleague, Republican Councilman Dan Halloran, was charged with participating in an alleged bribery scheme to land Democratic State Sen. Malcolm Smith in the Republican primary, but was not surprised Vince Tabone, the executive vice president of the Queens GOP, was arrested as well.

The governor has not been quite as outspoken a critic of the Queens - born real estate mogul turned presidential candidate as some of his Democratic colleagues in the state, but he was nonetheless not surprised to wind up in Trump's crosshairs.

State senators in favor of this bill made a three - pronged argument: property taxes have become too burdensome for middle - class homeowners; the property tax caps for municipalities outside the city have been — according to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — «a tremendous success,» as well as a job creator; and that the city had benefitted so much from uncapped property tax collections that the mayor shouldn't be surprised about the governor's proposal to shift Medicaid cost to the city.

'' I wont be surprise if our dear governor comes out to categorise us as «Political Doctors» because of this strike just the way he called striking civil servants in the state as Political Civil Servants.

Chris Keates: «It should come as no surprise to anyone that the Secretary of State is selecting criteria to define coasting schools to maximise the opportunity for extending academisation.»

From a budget and employment perspective, may people are surprised as how large the commonwealth functions of government are relative to the regulatory state functions.