Sentences with phrase «attorney general ordered»

The New York Times initially published excerpts of the report against the government's wishes, but The Post focuses on the dilemma faced by Washington Post owner / publisher Kay Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) over whether or not to follow the Times» lead, especially after the attorney general orders the newspaper to stop publishing its series.

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Not exact matches

Nixon's executive order also gave oversight of anti-drug efforts to the attorney general.

Trump on Monday night fired acting US Attorney General Sally Yates over her refusal to enforce his executive order on immigrants and refugees.

DHS Secretary John Kelly, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Attorney General Jeff Sessions speak about the new executive order on immigration and travel.

CNBC's Eamon Javers reports on the press conference from DHS Secretary John Kelly, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the new executive order on immigration and travel.

Yates, the former deputy attorney general who was fired by Trump in January after refusing to enforce his first immigration order, used her opening statement to outline her experience working in the Justice Department for 27 years «through five Democratic and Republican administrations.»

In November, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman ordered that daily - fantasy - sports websites constituted gambling and were thus illegal.

With Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions talking about «Tough on crime» and «Law and Order,» it doesn't appear the administration has a particularly nuanced perspective on crime.

Meanwhile, the governors of several other states have issued executive orders mandating net neutrality, and a couple dozen state attorneys general are suing the FCC over its December decision.

Attorney General Eric Holder is ordering an investigation to see if there were criminal violations in the IRS scrutiny of conservative political groups, reports CNBC's John Harwood.

On Tuesday, President Trump ordered Attorney General Jeff Sessions to propose regulations that would ban bump stocks, accessories that increase the firing rates of semi-automatic weapons.

Instead, the one - paragraph order, signed by a Fisa court judge in 2010, declares that the procedures submitted by the attorney general on behalf of the NSA are consistent with US law and the fourth amendment.

The Maryland attorney general's office ordered Towson - based High Point Wealth Management to halt a business it runs from the former offices of a financial management company that faced penalties last year for fraudulently misrepresenting investment risks...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered a review Friday into how the Justice Department and FBI respond to indications of potential violence.

It turned out this was the patrician Alex Macdonald, Barrett's attorney general and the upholder of law and order — the NDP way.

They also point to Andrew Weissmann, one of Mueller's top prosecutors, who praised then - acting Attorney General Sally Yates for denying Trump's travel order in January.

Two initial «reform» efforts — President Ford's February executive order and Attorney General Edward Levi's April FBI guidelines on domestic investigations — are not yet embodied in law.

Janet Reno, the Attorney General of the United States at the time, authorized and ordered the use of UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES, WITH THEIR MILITARY ASSUALT ARMAMENT, to MURDER seventy - six American men, women and children in their own home in the U.S.....

Pursuant to the President's Executive Order and Executive Branch policy, and in keeping with the Attorney General's religious liberty guidance, HHS proposes this rule to enhance the awareness and enforcement of Federal health care conscience and associated antidiscrimination laws, to further conscience and religious freedom, and to protect the rights of individuals and entities to abstain from certain activities related to health care services without discrimination or retaliation

In the 216 - page proposal released today, the department said the changes came in direct response to Trump's executive order on religious liberty issued last May and Attorney General Jeff Sessions's guidance on religious liberty released in October:

[1] On July 28, U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the veterans removed from all government property.

Acting on behalf of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, representatives of the Illinois attorney general's office last week were granted the restraining order against Yvonne Cryns, 49, of the 5700 block of Hillcrest...

The Illinois attorney general on Wednesday filed suit against a midwife for continuing to deliver babies after she was ordered last summer by a state agency to stop because she was not a doctor or certified nurse.

Attorney - General must ensure enforcement of the orders including criminal prosecution where necessary

The Supreme Court Justices also ordered that where applicable, criminal Action should be instituted against accused persons by the Attorney General.

An affidavit was filed a week ago by the A-G asking the Apex Court to order the defendant (Mr. Woyome) to appear before it on Thursday, November 10, at 9:00 am, «to be examined orally on oath by the 1st Defendant (Attorney - General) whether Mr. Woyome has any property or other means of satisfying the judgement debt».

Subsequently, the Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back the money, after a former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, single - handedly challenged the legality of the payments.

According to the report, the then Attorney General, Betty Mould Iddrisu going by Alfred Agbesi Woyome's own pleaded case, was «ignorant... but nevertheless went ahead to negotiate and finally ordered for such payment to be made without any scrutiny of his claim and due diligence.»

On the prayer by the engineers asking for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Lagos State Attorney General or any officer under his authority from initiating or commencing criminal proceedings against them based on the verdict of the Coroner, Justice Buba held that such request was ungrantable in the circumstance of the case under review.

Following delays in retrieving the money, Supreme Court judges unanimously granted the Attorney - General clearance to execute the court's judgment, ordering Mr. Woyome to refund the cash to the state.

The refund directive followed a review of the contract by the Attorney General, on the orders of Mr Debrah, after the Minority in Parliament, led by Mr Kyei - Mensah - Bonsu, raised red flags about the cost for the embossment of the portraits of three former presidents of the fourth republic, as well as that of the current President, on 116 intra-city Metro Mass Transit buses which are meant for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) purposes.

The Attorney General and the entire Government of Ghana are bound by law to obey the order of the African Court on Human and Peoples» Rights.

Mr. Woyome state «The Attorney General and the entire Government of Ghana are bound by law to obey the order of the African Court on Human and Peoples» Rights; any violation of it will be unlawful under Ghanaian laws.»

A Manhattan federal judge ordered ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey to turn over their retainer agreements with Reza Zarrab, the well - connected Turk who the two GOP power brokers are trying to broker a diplomatic deal to free.

On the same day Nixon announced her candidacy, Cuomo announced he has ordered the state attorney general's office to review a 2015 decision by Manhattan prosecutors to not pursue a sex abuse case against Harvey Weinstein.

US President Donald Trump has on Monday sacked the country» Acting Attorney General, Sally Yates for instructing the Justice Department no to defend the President's immigration order, which bans travelers from seven Muslim - majority nations, CNN reports.

Mr. Wilson buttressed his point with the example of how the late President Mills, supposedly ordered the non-payment of the controversial GHC51 million judgement debt to Alfred Woyome, yet the money was paid by the then Attorney General.

Schneiderman, also a Democrat, joined with 15 other Democratic attorneys general on Sunday to speak out against Trump's order, calling it «unconstitutional.»

Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's attorney general take over from local district attorneys, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has ordered Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's charity to immediately stop raising money, accusing the foundation of violating state law.

In order to end the «rinse - and - repeat» cycle of scandal followed by public outrage, Attorney General Schneiderman proposed a sweeping package of reforms that would bring a meaningful transformation of the culture of Albany.

The New York attorney general's office has ordered the Trump Foundation to immediately stop fundraising in the state, saying it isn't registered to do so.

Last month, spurred by a story in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the state attorney general to investigate Vance's handling of the case.

Separately, 16 state attorneys general, including those from California and New York, spoke out against the executive order and warned that they will «use all of the tools of our offices to fight this unconstitutional order and preserve our nation's national security and core values.»

· Provide The Attorney General's Office With Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Public Corruption Crimes: Through a «standing» order from the Governor, under Executive Law § 63, the Attorney General should be empowered to investigate and prosecute public corruption crimes.

Because Thevenin was not carrying a weapon, the case could have fallen under a relatively new governor's order, empowering the attorney general to review any death of an unarmed civilian at the hands of police.

The order appoints the state attorney general as a special prosecutor in cases where unarmed suspects are killed by police, or when there is a question about whether a suspect was armed or not.

· Increase Salary For Legislators: In order to attract the best and brightest talent into public service, Attorney General Schneiderman proposed a significant salary increase for legislators.

· A Four - Year Term For The Legislature: Calling it a «a game changer,» Attorney General Schneiderman proposed a constitutional amendment to change the length of legislators» terms to four years, in order to end the two - year cycle of non-stop re-election fundraising and campaigning.