Sentences with phrase «attempted changes to the laws»

Any attempted changes to the laws are likely to result in more vocal debate.

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Startup founders aren't especially worried, though, because they see the law as a nod to change rather than a realistic attempt at reform.

His attempt to change the tax laws for Canadian Controlled Private Corporations (CCPC) was an unmitigated disaster, not just for him, but for the Finance Department as well.

Attempting to change the law was also a favorite tactic of Uber, where VanderZanden previously worked, which successfully pushed through legislation in dozens of states that sanctioned its ride - hailing model.

The four schools of law have clear rulings that on no account should an individual or group of Muslims attempt to change the government of an Islamic state through the use of arms and violence, because to allow such a possibility invites civil strife, private wars, and the abuse of Islam by factions who use theology to justify their self - interested rebellions and usurpations.

An attempt by campaigners to challenge a change in the law, which they believe will make assisted suicides... More

It's attempting to impact legislation for greater change in terms of creating new laws that hold more people in power accountable.

Also in the Roman law one has every freedom to practice his religion but one was not free either to change his / her religion or to attempt to persuade other people to change their religion.

The new constitution upholds freedom of religion, but also states that «no one shall attempt to change or convert someone from one religion to another, or disturb / jeopardize the religion of others, and such acts / activities shall be punishable by law.»

History has not been kind on attempts to enforce moral change via law rather than the gospel, such as Oliver Cromwell's puritanical society.

Dr Peter Saunders, the campaign director explained the decision: «The judges» ruling was really pretty emphatic... there's been over ten attempts to change the law in British parliament in the last 15 years but all have failed because of concerns about public safety and the ramifications for vulnerable people».

Then there is wisdom, human wisdom, man's intelligent ordering of his life, the serious employment of right reason, the attempt to find the proper way of life, the whole enterprise that takes form in political action and personal morality, in social work and poetry, in economic management and the building of temples, in the constant improvement of justice by changing laws, in philosophy and technology, the manifold wisdom of man which is also inscribed in the wisdom of God and which may be an expression of this wisdom, the first of all God's works that rejoiced before him when he laid the foundations of the world (Proverbs 8:22 ff.).

It was a sharp and dramatic rebuke of the Florida court's usurpation of legislative authority in attempting to change election laws after the election.

And the reason we are sometimes not so nice to you religious lunatics is because you are not satisfied with practicing your faith quietly in your own home or church — you must spread your dirty faith by force, attempting to change the laws of this country and force others to act and think like you.

If anything, it is the Government's attempt to change the law that risks reigniting anti-homosexual bigotry.»

it is clear that the change in divorce laws in the last half of the 20th century reflected a change in social values — a change that simultaneously attempted to: 1) make divorces easier to obtain; 2) reduce the social and legal stigma associated with divorce; and 3) reduce the psychosocial trauma (blame and character assassination) associated with divorce.

Champion was determined to avoid «any badass stuff» in her brave attempt to change the law in her first parliamentary year.

If Miner wanted to seek a change in term limits, she could attempt to persuade at least five of the nine voting councilors to repeal or amend the law.

At the time, we had been shortlisted for «Best Agency» by Research magazine — the most prestigious award in the market research industry — so I was a bit alarmed at first to receive a letter from Labour peer Lord Joffe, possibly frustrated that his attempts to change the law on assisted suicide had failed yet again, expressing unhappiness with the wording of a question.

I suppose one could attempt to change the law, but I think this is fruitless.

«Receiving a $ 60,000 gift from a business which lobbies is perfectly legal under the current campaign - finance law; that's why we support Gov. Cuomo's attempts to change this law,» said Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

ALBANY — Top lawmakers emerged from a private meeting with Governor Andrew Cuomo today saying they might consider proposals to change the state laws on ethics and education as standalone bills, despite Cuomo's attempt to bake language into his $ 141.6 billion spending proposal.

Two people in the MWBE community said behind - the - scenes attempts to get the law changed are under way.

These are all but gone, and the government's attempts to change the law permanently have been delayed.

Despite the insistence of Getty's daughter - in - law Gail (Michelle Williams) attempting to change his stance, Getty hires his trusted business aide Fletcher Chase (Mark Wahlberg) to negotiate the cheapest means of freeing his grandson with his Italian captors.

Frank Langella stars as the old timer curmudgeon who just wants to wrap up his life, and Billy Crudup co-stars as his son - in - law who drives him across the country and attempts to change his mind.

Every strategy, from changing collective bargaining laws to consolidating buildings, has been tried in an attempt to cut costs.

With that report in hand, Mayor McKee and a group of like - minded municipal leaders went about attempting to change Rhode Island's charter - school law.

States changed laws and regulations in an attempt to create policy environments that were more conducive to innovation and improvement.

«Every attempt to make even just the most moderate changes to these laws has been unsuccessful,» she said.

SVT first rose to national prominence in 2015 with its efforts around House Bill 236, an attempt to change the law to allow students to serve on superintendent screening committees.

Palm Lane parents, disheartened by the school's abysmal academic record [1] and the governing district's resistance to change, sought relief by attempting to exercise the Parent Trigger Law, an option that enables them to petition the school district to transform the failing institution into a newly created public charter school.

«There have been a few attempts to change Georgia's law to allow students attending a charter school to participate in an extracurricular activity of the district,» when the activity is not available at the charter school, according to Lewis.

Governor Deval Patrick and the Legislature attempted to narrow the gaps six years ago when changing state law to allow for the doubling of charter - school seats in the lowest - performing districts.

As previously reported here, Governor Malloy engaged in a failed attempted to change Connecticut's teacher pension law in 2012 to bend the rules to allow Adamowski to add up to seven years of time to his Connecticut teacher pension.

The rise of «overdosing as a cry for help» is linked to the integration of mental and physical healthcare, the NHS, and the change in the law on suicide and attempted suicide.

Since its inception in 1986, the «kiddie tax» — a special tax law created as part of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 — has undergone changes in its attempt to collect tax income that would otherwise be out of the reach of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Doug Hoyes: - that this has been in the work, the laws surrounding debt settlement services in Ontario are set to change in an attempt by the government to curb these perceived abuses of the debt settlement industry.

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The funds from the sales of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice will be going to UK - based mental health charity Rethink, which not only attempts to change the lives of those suffering from mental illness but also campaigns for changes in the law regarding mental health.

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The Clinton administration was engaged attempting to upgrade US law and policy on climate change but they never saw Agenda 21 relevant to this effort.

I suspect that any attempt to change this will fail under restraint of trade laws.

It may be S.D.'s attempt to give his paymasters an idea as to what changes in law would be required because he writes conditionally: «The divestment campaign would amount to an unlawful secondary boycott if environmental activists were covered by those [anti-boycott] laws.

But long before Florida unofficially banned these climate - related terms, other states passed laws attempting to limit the influence of climate change on land policies and education.

Moreover, the current CCSP Web site acknowledges that the law directs the agencies to «produce information readily usable by policymakers attempting to formulate effective strategies for preventing, mitigating, and adapting to the effects of global change,» and that «the S&A products will support informed discussion and decisions by policymakers.»

Zambia's lawyer, Vanessa Place, argues that the law is directed at people who recruit innocent victims into the «game,» and not at people who are simply attempting to persuade an already working prostitute to «change management.»

A statute that governs the construction industry in Ontario is set for a major overhaul for the first time in nearly 35 years.The proposed changes to the Construction Lien Act, which could become law later this year, are an attempt to modernize the payment and dispute resolution systems in the industry and bring the statutory framework in line with jurisdictions in other countries.

We attempt to provide quality information, but the law changes frequently, and varies from place to place.

Unless firms can change existing ethics rules to redefine what constitutes a conflict of interest (and I believe that we'll see these attempts, especially if firms move towards the model of a publicly - traded law firm), the number of conflicts based malpractice actions will proliferate.