Sentences with phrase «case against the reforms»

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His case was brought to the clinic's attention by a group called Families against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), which works to reform the kind of extreme sentencing laws that landed Tyler behind bars for life.

The small business organization that is leading the case against President Obama's health care reform act is asked to disclose its donor list.

Second, the case against the death penalty is sometimes based on the view that the justification of punishment lies in the reform which it effects.

Campaigners against legal aid cuts won a major victory today, after the court of appeal allowed a case to go ahead on the impact of the reform on prisoners.

Should Cameron wish to make a credible case against electoral reform, he'd better start thinking of some new arguments.

A win by Gonzalez would help re-establish the WFP in Albany and also solidify its standing in NYC as a vehicle for reform against the well - established so - called Democratic «machines» in the outer boroughs — particularly Brooklyn and, in the case of the 2009 NYC Council elections, in which the WFP teamed up with HTC and 1199 against party - backed candidates, Queens.

NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi makes the case against the Senate Charter School Bill, and talks about what he'd like to see in a charter reform bill.

The Welsh secretary previously argued its «whites - only» membership policy was currently being changed following an aborted court case against it by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (ECHR), but that while it was not reformed, it remained an illegal group.

After several years where Cuomo's reform pushes always ended with lackluster, half - loaf settlements, nobody expects a serious effort — unless the pending federal case against his political allies demands it.

But previous scandals and convictions have failed to dramatically change the state's political culture, and most of the state's most powerful officials — including Silver's successor as Assembly speaker, Carl Heastie, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who said earlier changes had prompted the case against Silver — aren't yet pressing for more reforms.

The government reform group noted that Lanza since his first run for state Senate in 2006 has accepted at least $ 113,000 in LLC money coming from real estate, lobbying and other interests — including $ 34,000 from Glenwood Management, which were players in the recent legal cases against now former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Education reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the New Teacher Project say a lawsuit against New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local tenure laws and present a long - awaited opportunity to legally assess long - term sticking points with the unions, such as merit pay and seniority rules.

Earlier this year, Gov. Cuomo pointed to prior reforms he oversaw that required disclosure of outside income that enabled the case against Silver.

When the Supreme Court heard the case in 2009, it cautioned against judicial adventures in reforming educational institutions.

Rather than articulating a broad, theoretical case for reforms that have been embraced by policymakers, the books of the «aughts» were more likely to engage in debates over evidence, articulate a strategy that had not been adopted, or do battle against the strategies that policymakers did adopt.

«Governments have seemed unwilling to have a key school reform rigorously tested against the evidence, and too often the critics have also wanted to make their case without reference to the emerging data on how structural change is impacting on attainment and value added.

But in trying to clear the brush and make way for his favored idea — learning through online internet courses rather than in a traditional classroom — Peterson frequently overstates the case against previous reforms.

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Protesters Turn Fierce Rhetoric on «Corporate» Reform As they kicked off four days of protests at the U.S. Department of Education, organizers of Occupy DOE 2.0 today used inflammatory — and, in one case, racially insulting — rhetoric to rally opposition against high - stakes testing, «corporate» education reform, and the «dismantling of public education.&Reform As they kicked off four days of protests at the U.S. Department of Education, organizers of Occupy DOE 2.0 today used inflammatory — and, in one case, racially insulting — rhetoric to rally opposition against high - stakes testing, «corporate» education reform, and the «dismantling of public education.&reform, and the «dismantling of public education.»

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Leon County Judge George Reynolds sided with the State of Florida in a long - running case against Florida's education reforms, including programs relating to school choice.

Leon County Judge George Reynolds sided with the State of Florida in a long - running case against Florida's education reforms, including programs relating to school choice.

I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class; discrimination against minority special education students.

They're graciously taking on the case pro bono, but it's mutually beneficial — because California's Parent Trigger law is at the forefront of an ed - reform battle raging hotly across America, pitting charter operators and radical reformers against powerful teachers unions.

While the final outcome of the Vergara case remains to be seen, the unions» firm stance against reform could help prompt tenure opponents to mount an initiative campaign — a routine occurrence in California politics.

Through their accounts, Rizga makes a strong case against test scores as a way to monitor individual learning and for teachers being in charge of school reform and accountability.

Work highlights Represented SW General against the NLRB before the Supreme Court, in a case involving the President's ability under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act to fill high - level vacancies without the Senate's consent.

Mitchell v News Group Newspapers [2013] EWCA Civ 1537 became a landmark Jackson reforms case after Andrew Mitchell MP's solicitors incurred costs sanctions limiting recoverable costs to the court fees after submitting their budget late in his libel action against the publishers of The Sun newspaper.

Several of the most closely watched tort reform measures would make it more costly for plaintiffs to bring cases against large corporate defendants.

To some extent arguments for reform go against the grain of existing patterns, although in some cases they pick up on an emerging trend.

False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Medicaid Fraud Against Indiana Nursing Home Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, December 14, 2012 Attorney Paul Kruse Responds to Editorial on Tort Reform for Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, November 7, 2009 New Medicare Laws Impact Personal Injury Cases, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, July 26, 2009 Photo credit: svilen001 on stock.xchng.

John Hochfelder at New York Injury Cases Blog says a lawsuit against the city subway system on behalf of a grossly drunk patron who tried to board between train cars is the sort of action that brings litigation into public disapprobation and might even fuel interest in relatively far - reaching reforms, like loser - pays.

In my defense, I can say the following: That my weblogs have now generated a number of good clients (mostly as a result of The Illinois Personal Injury Weblog); that my weblogs have given me a forum to state the case against tort «reform»; that my weblogs have led to a book deal, which has long been a goal of mine; and that there are other books in the works.

The Australian Health Care Reform Alliance put the case against co-payments in a recent statement, citing the importance of a fair and equitable health system.