Sentences with phrase «by conservative judges»

Not exact matches

The «Shark Tank» judge, investor, and outspoken critic of net neutrality will be joined by conservative pundit Ann Coulter, who has been cast for the role of Vice President, Variety reports.

Wood was a notable exception to the stream of conservative judges nominated by Reagan's White House.

Despite the fact that at least five of the judges involved in the two appeal court judgements were originally appointed to lower courts by Brian Mulroney's Conservative government, Harper insisted: «It was the government that decided to put the judges on the bench, the government that decided not to appeal, the government that decided to lose the case and the government that decided not to come back to Parliament.

Conservative foundations, multinational oil companies and a prescription drug maker were the most frequent sponsors of more than 100 expense - paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a 4 1/2 - year period, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation.

The «conservative Christians» supporting him are judged by this.

First off, who would have guessed that — to judge by the ratings — the most interesting issue ever raised by POSTMODERN CONSERVATIVES is the TV replacement for George Will?

The authors judge, correctly I reckon, that however individualistic conservatives» political and theological ideology may be, their churches are apt to function more like authentic communities — close - knit groups, commitment to which is viewed by their members not as optional but as integral to individual identity.

Most Convicting (nominated by Alise Wright): David Nilsen with «Coping with Disappointment When Calvinists Refuse to Be Jerks» «I think one of the problems with most of us who consider ourselves progressive Christians is that we live in constant expectation of being judged by our fellow believers who are more conservative.

Although at first this argument was used to support a conservative form of Catholicism, as time passed it could also be used to derive norms by which religious beliefs could be judged.

Still, this much is true: From the moment Scooter Libby was indicted, all the way down to this moment of his sentencing, I have judged the character of many acquaintances in the worlds of writers, public intellectuals, and conservative politicians ¯ their courage and their trustworthiness ¯ by a simple measure: whether or not they stood up for Scooter Libby.

The conservatives chose a different path: In a stroke of ingenuity, they would cut off the path of the liberal judges by forgoing moral reasoning altogether!

The concern of judicial conservatives was sparked by those liberal judges untethered from the discipline of the text, who would soar off to invent new «rights.»

Attempting to fight back, moderates adopted some of the same political tactics they had decried when used successfully by Paige Patterson, Houston Judge Paul Pressler and other conservative leaders.

In fact, you're probably still being stigmatized and judged, and pressured to just get married already by conservatives, no matter what celebrities are doing.

Chief Judge Roberts decision to side with the four liberals on the court was blasted by conservative blogs.

A federal judge delayed sentencing of Edward Walsh, and set a date for a pre-sentencing hearing on whether new assertions by federal prosecutors are accurate and should potentially increase the prison time faced by the former Suffolk Conservative Party leader.

Judging by the programme of the Conservative government, these issues will dominate the political agenda in the next five years and Labour should have something to say about them.

You'd have thought, judging by the laughing, happy smiles on the faces of Conservative delegates, that all is well with the world.

Tim Clark is Headmaster of a Lincolnshire grammar school, recently judged «outstanding» by Ofsted, and on the approved list of Conservative parliamentary candidates.

Albany Law School professor and court expert Vince Bonventre says Cuomo has now chosen the majority of the judges on the court, replacing some of the more conservative and moderate judges appointed by former Governor George Pataki.

It is clear that the maps drawn by both the pols and the judge reflect a strong bias towards getting rid of conservative Republicans and protecting liberal Democrats, especially downstate reps, many of whom are in the Socialist Caucus of the House or the Democrat Party leadership.

The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the average vote for Judge of the Court of Appeals, was: Republicans 2,161,000; Democrats 2,070,000; Conservatives 402,000; and Liberals 202,000.

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Conservative Party primary race for Essex County Judge is hanging by one vote.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Washington came in a lawsuit over public records brought by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal watchdog group, regarding its May 2013 request for information about the employment arrangement of Huma Abedin, a longtime Clinton aide.

A federal judge Friday delayed sentencing of Edward Walsh, and set a date for a hearing on whether new assertions by federal prosecutors should potentially increase the prison time faced by the former Suffolk Conservative Party leader.

The Spectator's Fraser Nelson (now a father - Congratulations Fraser) judged that his inheritance tax announcement was «the single most effective policy ever announced by the Conservatives in Opposition»!

The effort by conservative groups and the GOP apparatus to smooth Judge Gorsuch's...

Nick Clegg has been judged by some media this morning to be the winner of the first debate as pre-debate polling shows Liberal Democrats gaining ground at expense of the Conservatives.

When elected Conservative leader back in 2005 Cameron set a simple criterion by which to judge his leadership skills - the transformation of his party.

Trump has already appointed eight appellate court judges, a rapid pace that's been fueled by the GOP - controlled Senate and pressure from conservative advocacy groups.

Judging by their manifesto, the Conservatives believe they can meet environmental concern by quoting their record in office; they offer virtually nothing new.

New U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch, if confirmed, would fill the vacancy left a year ago by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, with whom he shares a similar conservative legal philosophy.

Judging by appearances I'm not that much older than Katherine but I was taught the same things by my fiscally conservative mother.

A smattering of more modern movie brutality aside, this is an old - fashioned war film, a conservative, overstuffed Oscar hopeful (which, judging by its inability to pick up any Golden Globe nominations, may have played it too safe).

And it is conservative in the sense that he believed our public institutions (including our education system) are basically healthy, and should not be subjected to frequent rounds of reform by unelected judges and self - appointed experts.

Informed by countless chilling anecdotes about the consequences of today's tenure and seniority policies, conservative and liberal judges alike may nod in agreement when the plaintiff's attorney argues soberly, «My client shouldn't be forced to fund an organization that advocates for such laws.»

ACS works for positive change by shaping debate on vitally important legal and constitutional issues through development and promotion of high - impact ideas to opinion leaders and the media; by building networks of lawyers, law students, judges and policymakers dedicated to those ideas; and by countering the activist conservative legal movement that has sought to erode our enduring constitutional values.

He persuaded the college to liberate part of its endowment from its traditional, highly conservative strictures, and it is this «Discretionary Portfolio» which has been tracked by David Chambers and Elroy Dimson of Cambridge's Judge Business School.

In 1932, when most important art exhibitions in America were conservative affairs administered by academic judges, the one - year - old Whitney Museum unveiled an alternative aimed at leveling the ground to survey the more unruly range of the day's visual expression.

I don't believe I have become more conservative since then, although judging by the attacks on me over the last decade or so by the Murdoch press, the fossil fuel lobby and various right - wing politicians, I must be more dangerous.

Now, I haven't had the chance to dig through the report in detail — and am not qualified to judge how realistic it is anyway — but I will say that Greenpeace has a (perhaps surprisingly) good track record when it comes to predicting renewables growth — beating out the much more conservative predictions made by the IEA, Goldman Sachs or the US Department of Energy in terms of accuracy.

A New York Times op - ed piece observed, «As liberals lost elections, they increasingly turned to the courts... judges became a constant irritant to the conservatives who won elections only to see their agendas constrained by the judiciary.»

The Globe and Mail reported recently (November 12, 2011) that only 30 % of judges appointed by the Conservative government since 2006 have been women.

A Federal Court judge in Vancouver on Wednesday ruled medical marijuana patients have the constitutional right to grow their own cannabis, striking down a ban introduced by Stephen Harper's previous Conservative government.

But judges also have applied the exception to dismiss cases filed by the press secretary at a Roman Catholic church, a writer for The Christian Science Monitor, administrators at religious colleges, the disgruntled beneficiaries of a Lutheran pension fund, the overseer of the kosher kitchen at a Jewish nursing home and a co-founder of Focus on the Family, run by the conservative religious leader James C. Dobson.

Back during his 2005 Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts tried to allay Democratic senators» fears that he was a conservative ideologue by famously comparing the role of judges with baseball umpires and declaring, «It's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.»

Nevertheless, the ruling (signed by five judicial appointees of Prime Minister Stephen Harper) may well dovetail into a view the Conservative government has long held — that judges are too activist and eager to strike down laws.

In May 2000, a private members» bill, which called for the publication of judges» sentencing records, was introduced by Marilyn Mushinski, a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly.

A recent study co-authored by conservative Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner confirms something that has been obvious to Supreme Court watchers for years — the Roberts Court places a huge thumb on the scale in favor of corporate interests.

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