Sentences with phrase «case against a public»

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

He also listed a number of such cases against public officials, which he said were investigated by CHRAJ, hence Parliament, has no business in looking into President Mahama's Ford saga.

On less controversial matters, Schneiderman said his partnership with state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has borne fruit in dozens of corruption cases against public officials.

Not exact matches

Second, the electoral college got stuck in to provide a last line of defense against public stupidity — in case you didn't know it, the electors aren't legally bound to vote as their state's majority has.

Since Ghomeshi published his case, several women — including Trailer Park Boys actress Lucy DeCoutere — have come forward with public accusations of violence against the host.

Before Comey tapped him to lead the Richmond office in 2014, he was section chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, investigating some of the highest profile cases against government officials and civil rights violations in recent years.

Cynthia Tice found that to be the case when she and her co-founder launched Lily's Sweets in 2011, when public sentiment was turning against foods high in sugar (thanks in part to books such as Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health).

If any of the court cases against Kinder Morgan land in our favour, the public will need to mobilize quickly to force governments to respect the decision.

Cases against regulators often are filed by trade associations to protect individual companies from any potential blowback from the government or the public.

While issuing warnings or trying to educate the public against what regulators fear are risky investments are not uncommon around the world, in this case they tried to sway public opinion against crypto assets by paying social media influencers to attack them.

That's a tough sell at a time when public opinion has tilted sharply against cutting taxes on the rich, and when a low unemployment rate and Federal Reserve interest rate increases have eliminated the case for fiscal stimulus.

Two lead prosecutors handling the case — Thomas McKay and Nicolas Roos — are part of the public corruption unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and prosecute public officials and people engaged in conspiracy or fraud against the government.

Wall Street Journal editors performed a public service when they set out their case against the fiduciary standard recently.

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

Brossard's would - be assassins have been hired by the big fish who have been his longtime protectors and patrons, themselves guilty of «crimes against humanity» under Vichy, who fear that Brossard's arrest and trial will result in a public outcry over their own cases.

So, I would seriously doubt he was speaking against public prayer even though you and some others on this page so desperately wish that to be the case.

The note, which appeared in Wednesday's Daily Telegraph, says: «The notion that a criminal case could be brought against Lord Carey is so bizarre that we can only surmise that the object of the persistent pressure that brings these public attacks is not only Lord Carey but what he represents of biblically faithful Christianity.»

While the Crown Prosecution Service admitted that evidence did exist to bring a case against the two doctors, it decided it was not in the public interest to prosecute.

It's probably the case that 40 % of the country are for the president as public philosopher, 40 % against (that's the percentage that's pro-Tea Party), and 20 % genuinely conflicted and readily swingable.

In any case, the argument against Christian majoritarianism influencing public policy rests more on respect for minority feelings than on the alleged disintegration of the majority.

One of the strongest arguments in recent years for abolishing the death penalty has arisen, not from the moral prohibition against the taking of life, but from the fact that with rare exceptions those who are executed are people who lack the means to secure good legal assistance, or lack the educational background to make full use of such assistance, or lack the social status which brings the case to public attention.11

As it turns out, these poor fellows may not have been vagrants but merely exercising their constitutional rights: The Obama Administration recently filed a legal brief in a case out of Boise arguing that, in certain circumstances, outlawing sleeping in public violates the Eighth Amendment proscription against «cruel and unusual punishment.»

All we need are Americans to stand up against this church and demand lawmakers change laws enabling these cases to come forward and to make those cases public.

The case against Musa has not yet been finalized, said Mohammad Najim Hamidi, director of public security at Zone 3 of the Kabul courts.

As such, it must make its case sometimes in conversation with and sometimes against other proposals that are advanced in the public square of democratic discourse.

A police report that became public last month, after a sexual assault case against Bryant was dropped, reveals that on July 2, 2003, shortly after the incident in a Colorado hotel room that changed his life, Bryant told investigators that Shaq had paid women up to $ 1 million to remain silent about sexual encounters.

Kentucky is one of the most public teams in the nation, but that hasn't been the case for their Sweet 16 matchup against UCLA.

Clearly there's a little bit of sharp money (reverse - line movement in this case) around the market to go against that public action on Everton.

Typically this higher volume of bets would magnify the value of betting against the public, but our past research indicates that has not been the case.

-- In case you missed it, we posted a mid-season update to our betting against the public report which detailed a contrarian system that has gone 157 - 143 for +38.82 units and a 12.9 % ROI this season.

Unfortunately, widely publicized cases of discrimination such this one at a restaurant and this one on an airplane can lead women to feel that discrimination against public breastfeeding is widespread.

Remember, Baby Milk Action and others have won cases against formula companies misleading parents in their promotion of formula to the public.

For example, in case number 87 C 10746, Gutzmacher v. Public Building Commission, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District ofIllinois, Eastern Division, Senior Federal District Judge James B. Parson ruled on Dec. 4, 1989 that the Public Building Commission was enjoined from discriminating against all forms of religious expression and ordered the Public Building Commission to permit Gutzmacher to erect a nativity scene display during the Christmas season,» added Scholten.

So last month, when the Center for Science in the Public Interest announced it was filing a class action lawsuit to stop McDonald's from using Happy Meal toys to market to children, the fierce and ugly backlash against the mother of two who was brave enough to attach her name to the case was predictable.

Two International Board Certified Lactation Consultants, strengthened the case against Wyeth by providing the Philippine Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) a complete list of the affected brands of contaminated milk and the outlets where they were delivered and sold to the unknowing public.

It's certainly an arguable case, but it is not as though he is swimming against the great tide of public opinion by saying Churchill did great things against the Nazis.

This is an issue where we need a social democratic party to get out there and make the case against the current grain of public opinion.

For example, in the above case, US media seemed to be in a denial mode that, Trump had managed to radicalize the general public of US against muslims / refugees.

The case, which was brought by the Public Interest Law Unit (PILU) and North East London Migrant Action (NELMA), is one of several legal battles against Theresa May's «hostile environment».

If we are to learn any lessons from the Windrush cases, it's that the public is completely against treating people in this way.

The 2005 case of United States v. Franklin, Rosen, and Weissman against United States Department of Defense employee Larry Franklin and American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy director Steven Rosen and AIPAC senior Iran analyst Keith Weissman [41][42] raised the possibility that AIPAC would come under greater scrutiny by the Department of Justice.

Labour's argument was rejected - or failed to get across (partly because it all seemed about # 6 billion this year)- but against opponents who said cutting waste was important, but in David Cameron's case that he would reject any ministerial plan to cut public services.

I was not stupid not to understand that if I commenced any action in the Supreme Court while those cases were still pending the ignorant public may think I was siding with the judges accused of corruption against Anas Aremeyaw Anas, which would not have been the case.

There's also the point that community organising is great when you can make a popular case with the public - it's hard to see who could be against the idea of a Living Wage, except for industry.

In announcing that he would use his power to have Schneiderman investigate sexual harassment complaints against Weinstein, Cuomo said: «It is critical not only that these cases are given the utmost attention but also that there is public confidence in the handling of these cases.»

19 October 2010 — ELECTORAL COMMISSION Question: To Ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to public funds of the case by the Electoral Commission against the United Kingdom Independence Party.

Prosecutors drop the case against former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife after the Supreme Court overturned his public corruption conviction on June 27, 2016.

The roundtable will assess the on - going fight against corruption, and is expected to come up with key programme agenda for among others mobilising Nigerians to get involved in the fight against corruption, and agenda for increasing the tempo of the anti-corruption fight including by revisiting outstanding cases of high - level official corruption and prosecuting high - ranking public officials.

She previously led Nassau County's Special Victims Bureau and has prosecuted corruption cases against several politicos and public officials.

Last week, the state of New York declared it wouldn't be pressing charges against the Love Gov, meaning it's unlikely Dupre will be charged for her part in the scandal, which frees the former escort to make her case to the public.