Sentences with phrase «basic civil rights of»

For the purpose of assuring orderly and fair proceedings and to protect the basic civil rights of any accused person, the Board of Directors shall adopt and print rules of procedure and from time to time may amend these rules of procedure not inconsistent herewith for the conduct of such hearings, and such rules shall be binding upon the parties.

The purpose of the amendment was to secure the basic civil rights of all citizens, regardless of race, and to give federal judges both...

Marriage is one of the «basic civil rights of man», fundamental to our very existence and survival.

Arvo: In Loving Vs. Virginia, the supreme court held that «Marriage is one of the «basic civil rights of man,»»

It's time for him to take a stand on the basic civil right of equal treatment under the law.

Not exact matches

The Declaration further invoked the Christian tradition of civil disobedience, affirming the right and at times the obligation to oppose injustice by refusing to comply with civil authority if it attempts to undermine these basic human rights: «We will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what is Caesar's.

For the basic thrust of today's civil rights posture looks to the «signing, on a certain date, of a certain paper by the President,» or by a federal judge, to deliver freedom to blacks.

The issue of protecting the basic rights of persons from hostile or indifferent state governments was constitutionally resolved almost one hundred and fifty years ago in the Fourteenth Amendment, purchased with the blood of hundreds of thousands of American lives in the awful crucible of the Civil War.

Rick - The religious reicht have * always * opposed * any * expansion of basic civil right to * anyone * outside of white, Christian men, excepting for those who didn't own property.

Rather than drawing attention to the distinctiveness of the Judeo - Christian tradition, liberal civil religion is much more likely to include arguments about basic human rights and common human problems.

The Kenyan President stood up to the American President after his chastisement, and pointed out that Kenyans do not agree with the enlightened superiority of the superpower in question, and are concerned with much more basic aspects of civil society, and affirmed their right to govern their own nation.

torching the mosque, retorching the mosque, not letting some people get same treatment because of the color of their skin, not letting some people basic civil right because of their style of living..

This thread has nothing to do with your favorite pass time of denying Muslims basic civil rights!

The neglect of basic social and economic rights undermines such civil and political rights as freedom of expression and freedom of association.

Brown notes the absurdity of the Democratic National Chairman's basic position that «there was no legitimate way for a candidate who opposed the civil rights bill to raise the quota issue.»

I've been called a socialist and a baby - killer for voting for Barack Obama, an enemy of the Church for asking questions about biblical inerrancy, a Buddhist for reading Thich Nhat Hahn, and a raging liberal for supporting basic civil rights for gays and lesbians.

Remember this is a culture that had to argue over slavery and other basic civil rights, so the power of evil is still prevalent.

If you are a liberal, your map tells you that you should be impressed: people are practising their civil right to disagree in a civilized manner, because that is one of the basic freedoms the liberal map suggests all decent societies should protect.

I can think of more than a few presidential candidates who would benefit from watching this film, from Mitt «Our most basic civil liberty is the right to be kept alive» Romney to Ron «Lincoln was a despot» Paul to all the Democrats who didn't stand with Chris Dodd on the FISA bill.

Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat who is the only openly gay member of the state Senate, said the law «is an assault on basic civil rights.»

«Hopefully after you take care of those important things you can take up a basic civil right for a large portion of people,» Stewart said.

Baldry goes on about altering the basic nature of marriage, which delivers «no obvious legal gains given the rights already conferred by civil partnerships.»

His grandmother lived with a disability, as well as his father (at the end of his life), He sees disability access as a basic civil right and pledged to work aggressively in support of this type of legislation if elected.

Marriage equality is an issue of civil rights, a basic issue of civil rights.»

No person should ever be denied their civil rights or the basic freedoms others can enjoy... I am fully committed to continuing the process of securing the 32 votes necessary for passage and ensuring that all New Yorkers can realize the right of marriage equality which is fundamentally theirs.»

«It is a creative solution to extend those basic civil rights across the state of New York.»

«This abandonment of basic human and civil rights by those who once had the public trust led to water quality, safety and access issues that endangered the public health.

Never a particularly stylish or inventive director, Hudlin directs Marshall with smooth, competent, but ultimately anonymous efficiency, periodically dropping in clunky color desaturated, conflicting flashbacks better suited for second - or third - rate basic cable fare than a big - screen biopic of a Civil Rights pioneer.

In a number of countries, the basic principles of refugee protection are not upheld and many refugees have not been able to enjoy civil rights, including socioeconomic rights.

According to them, modern democratic systems meet four basic criteria: 1) executive and legislatures are chosen through open, free, and fair elections; 2) universal suffrage; 3) protection of political rights and civil liberties; and 4) elected authorities possess real authority to govern (not subject to tutelary control by another unelected group).

Too often we are getting poor tests which are misused to test things not taught and to punish the children attending inferior schools, violating basic concepts of fairness and civil rights.»

Should the Supreme Court strike down disparate impact, it would end the most mischievous and destructive policies imposed by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and would also stop pernicious lawsuits (like one just decided in New York) that seek to eliminate basic standards for new teachers.

The basic - skills test required of California teachers does not violate the civil rights of minority test - takers, a federal judge ruled last week.

The study guide and map offer an overview of the basic architecture of democracy, give historical background information, and provide a framework for comparing the state of political rights and civil liberties in different countries around the world.

Preeminent education policy experts, school board members and administrators, civil rights advocates, award - winning teachers, and top legal scholars filed amici curiae, or «friend of the court» briefs urging the Court of Appeal to uphold the basic protections on which teachers and students depend.

«The fact that she doesn't understand the basics about federal education law is just appalling,» says Denise Marshall, the executive director of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), a national organization that defends the legal and civil rights of students with disabilities.

More - importantly, the movement must address its own divides, especially between centrist Democrat, civil rights - oriented, and conservative reformers who disagree over such basic fundamentals as whether the achievement gaps that trap half of our children into poverty and prison should be addressed in policy and practice.

Sen. Al Franken's elicitation of her lack of understanding between growth and proficiency, her disdain for gun - free school zones (in front of a Newtown representative, no less), her view of sexual assault on campuses, her refusal to assure Sen. Tim Kaine that she would hold all schools that receive public funds — traditional, public charter, private, parochial — to the same standards of accountability: Shall we count the ways she equivocated on civil rights, equity, safety and basic comprehension of pressing educational matters?

The origins of the blues lie in the vernacular culture of African Americans living in the Mississippi Delta and New Orleans around the turn of the twentieth century — people for whom slavery was a recent memory and basic civil rights were far in the future.

These performances show Pope.L working in a space between community organization and an artistic practice — mobilizing individuals while attempting to address societal concerns through an abstraction of imposing themes such as labor, identity politics, and basic civil and fundamental rights.

While the iron law of climate may seem obvious, many on the left continue to reject it, insisting that turning up the volume with dire warnings of climate apocalypse and civil - rights - style protests can overcome the basic technological and economic obstacles to action.

Additionally, I wonder how you have accounted for any variety of negative externalities associated with using fossil fuels — say environmental impacts, health impacts, and the opportunity costs of enriching the governments of totalitarian states deny vast swaths of their citizens access to basic civil rights — as a start.

Should there be a corollary right in certain types of civil cases that involve basic human needs, such as when a person faces eviction from a home or the loss of parental rights?

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When the American Bar Association in 2006 called for a right to counsel in basic human needs civil cases, it gave five examples of what those might be, and housing was one of them.

The step before raising it as an academic offence was to apply moral suasion, putting the concern to the author of the uncivil messages and explaining our then understanding — that the university was and is a community of scholars, and requires some basic degree of civil behaviour — that using a computer in place of paper mail did not change the situation, — that «flaming» in email, however common, was not acceptable — that one had a right to free speech, but not without bound — and that the university was one of the places where a code of behaviour was enforced, and that the action was an academic offence.

At the most basic level, the civil justice system exists to provide people with access to knowledge about their rights, and if necessary to a means of enforcing them (Civil Justice Advisory Group, 2005, p.civil justice system exists to provide people with access to knowledge about their rights, and if necessary to a means of enforcing them (Civil Justice Advisory Group, 2005, p.Civil Justice Advisory Group, 2005, p. 20).

In 2006, the American Bar Association house of delegates unanimously approved a report calling for a national civil Gideon to «provide legal counsel as a matter of right at public expense to low - income persons in those categories of adversarial proceedings where basic human needs are at stake, such as those involving shelter, sustenance, safety, health or child custody.»

CONAF recognizes that difficulty obtaining vital documents such as birth and marriage certificates is a significant obstacle to accessing public services and claiming basic rights — especially for women and children in rural communities — and will carry out a series of capacity building and educational activities over the course of the next year to improve access to civil registry.