Sentences with phrase «because public policy matters»

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This is just perfect «Kyev Tatum, pastor of Friendship Rock Baptist Church in Fort Worth, called The T Board's vote «a dangerous precedent» because it only took a matter of days for religion to be taken out of public policy.

Kyev Tatum, pastor of Friendship Rock Baptist Church in Fort Worth, called The T Board's vote «a dangerous precedent» because it only took a matter of days for religion to be taken out of public policy.

He described how there was no case to be made for reserving seats for Bishops in the House of Lords on the basis that those men are uniquely well placed to provide vital expertise on matters of public policy, because they are not.

The logic of standards - based reform is «fundamentally at odds» with that of loose - coupling, because reform violates the premise that teachers should be buffered from outside interference and makes «what actually gets taught a matter of public policy and open political discourse.»

Scores matter because they inform public policy, and it looks like elementary schools might be the next focus.

As an educator in the arena of personal finance, I generally avoid matters of public policy or politics because they tend to devolve into dogma and division, all too often leaving wisdom and understanding behind.

And when it is a public policy issue on which we propose to force a solution on people who don't agree, is it right that we steam - roll over their concerns in the firm conviction that their opinions don't matter because * we * know we're right?

Because nature does not charge for the ecosystem services it provides, pricing these externalities is a matter of public policy, which can be addressed through a wide variety of financial as well as regulatory mechanisms, such as carbon taxes, land - value assessments, and / or various forms of ecological - use fees (Sanderson 2013).

These proceedings are critically important to property owners, developers, municipalities, and other community stakeholders because they decide significant matters of property rights, fairness and due process, economic development, neighborhood compatibility, and public policy.

Lord Sumption emphasised that the doctrine does not apply merely because the subject matter discloses that a state acted unlawfully, and there are further public policy exceptions under fundamental human rights and fundamental norms from which no derogation is permitted.

The plaintiff asked the court to find, as a matter of public policy, that for policy reasons, the lawyer should nevertheless be treated as either a partner or employee of the firm, because lawyers «practising in association» should be treated as part of a «collective identity.»

The submission that the issues which arise here were matters for the Executive or Legislature under Article 120 of the UAE Constitution because they concerned foreign affairs and questions of public policy (ordre public) or a matter for the UAE Supreme Court if there was any serious issue / doubt under the Constitution as to the organ which should determine such questions, falls away once it is seen that waiver of immunity is a question to be determined by the judiciary as part of the contractual and procedural law of the DIFC.

Because the delivery of the public services touches upon consideration of other important legal and policy matters, PIAC has also developed expertise and is frequently involved in funded and unfunded work (approximately 20 % of PIAC's work is unfunded) representing its constituencies in competition law and practice, Foundation of Ontario electronic commerce, privacy, multilateral agreements, and general issues of consumer protection.

As a matter of public policy, the English Courts will not enforce the obligations under the Purchase Undertaking because it was entered into for a purpose which is unlawful under the law of friendly foreign state.

«It is not for the courts to alter the direction of the General Assembly because public policy is a matter for the legislature.»

If, however, the Social Security Act does not require such disclosures, Medicare does not have the discretion to require the disclosure of psychotherapy notes as a public policy matter because the final rule provides that covered entities, with limited exceptions, must obtain an individual's authorization before disclosing psychotherapy notes.

Sometimes, however, government will also have influence over the working conditions — for instance because the working conditions also touch on matters of public policy and government is contemplating legislation.

The court determined that because the statute in question did not prohibit such clauses and the fact that the Owners were sophisticated in financial matters, public policy did not bar the enforcement of the Agreement's exculpatory clause and so affirmed the ruling by the trial court in favor of A.M.