Sentences with phrase «at least state courts»

But at least state courts have an education clause to begin their analysis of any right to education.

Not exact matches

When prime - time hosts — who have never served our country in any capacity — dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller — all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of «deep - state» machinations — I can not be part of the same organization, even at a remove.

In Virginia, a court upheld 12 state legislative districts and rejected a constitutional challenge, even though lawmakers made sure that at least 55 percent of the eligible voting - age population in each district was African - American.

And on top of those 70 lawsuits, there are actions in state courts and at least one legal issue abroad.

«Knowing that Mr. Roy is in the truck, knowing the condition of the truck, knowing or at least having a state of mind that 15 minutes would pass, Ms. Carter takes no action,» Judge Lawrence Moniz said to the court.

While his nominees have received blue slips from Democratic senators in Colorado, Michigan, and Indiana, Trump has mostly avoided naming judicial nominees for district and circuit courts from states represented by at least one Democrat.

One of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's last acts was to halt the EPA's Clean Power Plan, at least temporarily threatening the United States» ability to carry out promises made in Paris on curbing climate change.

«Because Congress did not have a «strong basis of evidence» upon which to conclude that DoD was a passive participant in pervasive, nationwide racial discrimination — at least not on the evidence produced by DoD and relied on by the district court in this case — the statute fails strict scrutiny,» the decision stated.

Trump is no stranger to trying to use the legal system to get his way: USA Today found during the 2016 campaign that Trump and his businesses had been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in state and federal courts over the course of three decades.

His lawyers filed two motions in the United States District Court in California, where Daniels sued to get out of the NDA that bars her from speaking out about the alleged affair, saying that Daniels has violated the agreement at least 20 times and could be subject to damages of $ 20 million.

Attorneys have filed at least 30 lawsuits in state and federal courts since Wells Fargo acknowledged its malfeasance, with fresh litigation still finding its way to court.

Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who authorities suspect is the so - called Golden State Killer responsible for at least a dozen murders and 50 rapes in the 1970s and 80s, is accompanied by Sacramento County Public Defender Diane Howard, right, as he makes his first appearance, Friday, April 27, 2018, in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif..

«In order to hide Ukraine payments from United States authorities, from approximately 2006 through at least 2016, Manafort and GATES laundered the money through scores of United States and foreign corporations, partnerships, and bank accounts,» according to court filings released on Friday.

Lawrence contributed, at least to some degree, to the Massachusetts state supreme court's decision in November that the state must recognize same - sex marriages.

It is a near certainty that the next president of the United States will nominate at least two and as many as three or four justices to the High Court, shaping it for the balance of our adult lives.

VPLC is seeking a litigator with at least 5 years» experience trying cases in both state and federal court.

He said going to court may not favour the traders because the politicians have their ways in manipulating the courts to favour them, but it was good for them to drag the Lagos State governor and government to court for wilful damage to their goods, at least for it to be on record.

Joy News» Joseph Ackah Blay who was in court reported the Chief State Attorney, Mercy Arthur as saying, the state needs at least one week to study the two documents, the bail application as well as the docket handed over to her by the arresting instituState Attorney, Mercy Arthur as saying, the state needs at least one week to study the two documents, the bail application as well as the docket handed over to her by the arresting institustate needs at least one week to study the two documents, the bail application as well as the docket handed over to her by the arresting institution.

A judge's job is not to promote the national security of the United States, at least not primarily; judges are there to provide justice to the parties who appear before the court.

Personally, I would argue that any American who can not name his or her Senator, Congressman, State Governor, Local Representative, and at least five members of the Supreme Court should be ignored.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

There will be no state worker furloughs until at least May 26, thanks to US District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn.

The U.S. Supreme Court is granting the Trump administration's request to more strictly enforce its ban on refugees, at least until a federal appeals court weighs in, but leaving in place a lower court order that makes it easier for travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to enter the United StCourt is granting the Trump administration's request to more strictly enforce its ban on refugees, at least until a federal appeals court weighs in, but leaving in place a lower court order that makes it easier for travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to enter the United Stcourt weighs in, but leaving in place a lower court order that makes it easier for travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to enter the United Stcourt order that makes it easier for travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to enter the United States.

ALBANY — A state court has ordered full restitution for homeowners who paid a Nassau County company a total of at least $ 1.5 million for help in completing a form for the state's STAR tax exemption, which is free to submit, according to state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman.

A court - ordered redraw of the congressional district lines and a spate of resignations and retirements has scrambled the Keystone State, at least when it comes to the battle for the House majority.

Of the total number of judgments it has delivered since 1959, in over 83 % of cases the Court has found at least one violation of the Convention by the respondent State.

The 34 - page suit filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Tuesday accused Denenberg of a «cold, calculated scheme» that included at least 374 separate acts of mail fraud over an eight - year period.

Glick says she's not backing any one specifically, but she says there are several openly gay judges in lower courts across the state, and at least one has been mentioned for a federal judgeship.

At least one gay candidate has been mentioned in the past for a seat on the state's highest court, and appeared on a list of semi-finalists in 2014 — Daniel Alter is currently general counsel for the Cuomo's Department of Financial Services.

New Scotland Town Justice David Wukitsch, who presided over the case in City Court, also ordered Lee's license revoked for at least a year and directed her to pay a $ 500 fine, plus $ 395 state surcharge in addition to an as - yet - undetermined amount of restitution to the woman whose car was damaged.

A trio of gun traffickers was busted Tuesday for smuggling at least 50 firearms from Ohio to The Bronx — writing Facebook messages to each other using sneaker names as code words for the weapons, new court papers state.

(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.

An exclusive USA analysis of legal filings across the U.S. finds that Trump and his businesses have been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in federal and state courts during the past three decades.

And drones are not the only evidence of our expanding, and dangerous, surveillance state ***************** Congressional investigators have gotten, for the first, some data on how many law enforcement requests are made to the 9 major cell phone carriers for information on citizens.Hang on to your hats and bonnets, and sit down!It appears that there were at least 1.3 million cell - phone demands from law enforcement last year... and all without a court order.

New York University's plan to build about two million square feet of new facilities in Greenwich Village is in jeopardy after a court ruled that at least some of the project requires state legislation.

New York's highest court says parents can legally eavesdrop on young children, establishing an exception to state law against wiretaps without the consent of at least one person on a call.

Now that a New York State Supreme Court Judge has ruled that Onondaga County legislator pay raises were illegal, at least one lawmaker wants to make amends.

LOWER MANHATTAN — Prosecutors want disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to spend at least 14 years in prison — more than any jail term given to other convicted New York state legislators — for his conviction on corruption charges, according to papers filed in federal court Wednesday.

In an unusual move designed to make criminal trials fairer, state Court of Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore issued a new rule requiring judges to forcefully order prosecutors to search their files and disclose all evidence favorable to the defense at least 30 days before major trials.

Since he first ran for office in 2014, Sen. Marc Panepinto, a Democrat, received more than $ 74,000 from at least a dozen attorneys or law firms that had active cases before his wife - state Supreme Court Judge Catherine Nugent Panepinto - according to campaign filings.

Sen. Marc Panepinto, D - Buffalo, received more than $ 74,000 from at least a dozen attorneys or law firms that had active cases before his wife - state Supreme Court Judge Catherine Nugent Panepinto.

Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in impeachment process (initiating and passing a motion for the removal) of the judges of the Supreme Court and the state High Courts (by a majority of the membership of the House and at least two - thirds majority of the members present and voting), who then can be removed by the President of India.

Judging by the speed with which the State Supreme Court has addressed legal scuffles so far in the Senate stalemate, there's no reason to think the resulting tangle would not be at least expedited, if not swiftly resolved.

She added that there are several openly gay judges in New York's lower courts, at least one of whom has been mentioned in the past for a seat on the state's highest court, and appeared on a list of semi finalists in 2014.

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress [APC] has noted that at least, 50 of its members are still in detention since the governorship election in the state, stressing that it would head to court later in the week with a view to securing their freState chapter of the All Progressives Congress [APC] has noted that at least, 50 of its members are still in detention since the governorship election in the state, stressing that it would head to court later in the week with a view to securing their frestate, stressing that it would head to court later in the week with a view to securing their freedom.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius» State of the State Address did not directly mention the prolonged court battle over education funding in Kansas that ended — at least temporarily — last summer.

State courts have repeatedly held states responsible for ensuring that all students receive at least an adequate, though not necessarily equal, education.

Hanushek and Lindseth claim that states in which courts have ordered «extraordinary spending increases,» or at least the select few they have studied, have shown no improvement in student test scores.

This pattern resulted, at least partially, from the «equal protection» litigation movement launched in the 1970s, in which state courts determined that rectifying once - gaping spending inequalities between districts was the states» responsibility.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.