Sentences with phrase «cases against the country»

He was a liberal solicitor who took on many cases against the country's powerful elite.

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Still, despite what he feels is a weak case against him, he thinks the odds are he'll be found guilty, at least during this first trial; Japan, which has a more than 99 % conviction rate, is also one of a few countries that allows prosecutors to appeal an acquittal twice.

In April, the country's justice department indicted Deguito and the owners of Philrem but dropped the case against Wong, citing a lack of evidence, Salido says.

«One case led to another and before I knew it I had spent a decade representing wait staff against restaurants and hotels and country clubs,» Liss - Riordan said.

Since then, the stakes have only grown; cases against distributors like Cardinal and opioid manufacturers like Purdue and Teva (teva), which are accused of negligence and aggressive sales tactics, have proliferated across the country in recent months.

The Philippines brought an arbitration case in 2013 over the South China Sea, eventually lodging 15 claims against China related to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea — a critical piece of international law that both countries have ratified.

As member countries proceed to the ratification stage, critics and proponents will be making their case for or against the regional trade agreement.

But in Germaine's case — the women she teaches are talking about freely choosing against their natures, against being moms, against the natural point of the family, against the future of our country and our species.

Over 60 years ago when it was still extraordinary for women to work out of the home in this country the mainline was making the theological case for women in ordained ministry against the overwhelming opposition of most Christians throughout history.

In the case of Hardin's argument, if the calculations revealed that giving aid to certain countries would result in more rather than less disease and death, it would follow then that to do so would be an offense against love and mercy.

In this country we have a degree in the Masonic lodge called the York rite (a degree that I have passed through) called the order of knight Templar, I am not sure if this is the case in Norway or not, but it could be that if a person was mentally ill, he could create a make believe world where he considered himself to actually be a Knight Templar fighting against the Muslims.

The ICC, based in The Hague, tries cases of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide when a country's own courts fail to prosecute.

Pew found that Russia and France were «the only two European countries with more than 200 cases of government force against religious groups» in both 2014 and 2015.

Instead of behaving in a professional manner, our military invaded Iraq with far too small a force; failed to respond adequately when parts of the Iraqi Army (and Baathist Party) went underground; tolerated an orgy of looting and lawlessness throughout the country; disobeyed orders and ignored international obligations (including the obligation of an occupying power to protect the facilities and treasures of the occupied country — especially, in this case, Baghdad's National Museum and other archaeological sites of untold historic value); and incompetently fanned the flames of an insurgency against our occupation, committing numerous atrocities against unarmed Iraqi civilians.

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.

Whether you were for or against U.S. military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, you had to admit that in each case Americans went into a country whose language they did not speak and whose culture they did not understand.

If you truly do not recognize the Const!tution as being the Supreme Law that governs your physical life here in this country, then you have some options, like giving up your Citizenship and moving to a different country, or staying here and refusing to follow the law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospital.

In the case of christians, it is them using their belief to justify hate against gays; oppression of women (ie; telling them what they should and shouldn't do with their bodies; basically anything that steps on a persons equal rights within a free country.

See also Misa Han, «ACCC launches first criminal cartel case against an Australian company» (AFR, 15 February 2018), Michael DiFabrizio, «COuntry Care facing charges» (Sunraysia Daily, 16 Feb 2018) and Aisha Dow and Chloe Booker, «Family business making wheelchairs accused of running criminal cartel» (SMH, 15 February 2018).

In that case Gaidry, a manufacturer of a sauce labelled «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brought suit against McIlhenny Company for damages for alleged wrongful conduct in interfering with the plaintiff's business by falsely and in bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Company.

Apart from the argument that we have a moral duty to help those who wish to come to this country (which you may or may not accept), there is an economic case in favour of immigration in that the economy benefits from the availability of cheap labour, and there is a case against in that growth in population especially in the crowded South - East creates a lot of pressure on infrastructure such as housing, transport, hospitals, and schools (and the growth in population is largely due to immigration).

Most of the protesters who were interviewed were surprised the British government will be extending courtesies to a man who had a serious case against him, together with the country's electoral commission before the Supreme Court of Ghana.

ABUJA — The Federal Government has confirmed 212 suspected cases of Lassa Fever in 64 Local government areas across 17 states in the country, even as it warned against a conspiracy of silence among the states of the federation.

Several important factors impose the pressure against the diplomats» home country (in general and in this particular case):

Because of the many uncontrolled variables involved in comparisons between countries, I don't believe such statistics can help the case for or against gun control.

Some countries will not extradite without treaties, but others are willing to in some cases (e.g. according to the source you cite, clause (b), the US will extradite without treaty if someone committed a violent crime against a US national abroad).

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Republicans have to lay out their vision for the country not just make the case against President Obama to win in 2012.

Both countries have around 98 % conviction rate, which means if you're charged with a crime, you have a meager 2 % chance to be declared innocent or the case dropped against you for any other reason (ie.

Such scenarios are serious cases of injustice against Christians in the country, and the perpetrators have often gone Scott free.»

«We advise our brother to go get actual lawyers to defend his corruption cases in court instead of wishing for a military coup or the disintegration of the country neither would happen for him to escape all the corruption allegations against him in the various courts of law.

The minister said that the country had dealt with measles and persistent case of measles across the country despite the available vaccines, adding that government has already commenced nationwide campaign against measles.

I was a voice actually fighting back against the failures of Washington to solve the problems, and in that case in particular, again you had a short term budget solution not a long term budget plan for how we're going to live within our means as a country.

SERAP, therefore, urged the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, «to urgently and proactively pursue the establishment of a UN-backed International Commission Against Corruption and Impunity to assist our criminal justice system to effectively and efficiently investigate and prosecute high - level corruption cases in the country, like it happened in Guatemala, for example.

The paper will provide a human rights framework and case examples to support Coalition members» advocacy against travel restrictions that are imposed on scientists, engineers, and health professionals (e.g., scientists being prohibited from traveling abroad to participate in meetings; bans on nationals from specific countries traveling into a country to attend conferences or pursue research; etc.) The Project Leader will develop the project plan, invite co-authors to contribute, and coordinate with the Secretariat regarding editing and dissemination.

International criticism of the Libyan government has intensified since October, when the country's supreme court refused to consider scientific evidence in the case against the medics (ScienceNOW, 24 October).

However, studies of children in developing countries, where most cases occur, found that measles vaccination reduces the overall death rate from infections for up to 5 years, suggesting that preventing the disease somehow provides protection against other illnesses.

Four years and several country - wide studies later, there now is an established link between Pandemrix, a vaccine against the H1N1 strain of the flu that was widely used in Europe, and some cases of narcolepsy.

Countries that consume high amounts of coconut and coconut oil in their diets such as the Philippines, India, and the Pacific Islands have significantly fewer cases of heart disease and obesity clearly disproving any agenda driven smear campaign against this marvelously healthy oil!

Taking place over five arduous years of legislative gridlock, «The Case Against 8» could have easily delivered a searing indictment of our country's lagging recognition of same - sex marriage.

In particular, these handouts cover the following specific content about tuberculosis in South Africa: Case study of one communicable disease, such as malaria or tuberculosis, at a country scale, either an LIDC or EDC, including: o environmental and human causes of the disease o prevalence, incidence and patterns of the disease o socio - economic impacts of the disease o direct and indirect strategies used by government and international agencies to mitigate against the disease and respond to outbreaks.

Although many parents and politicians argue passionately against mobile classrooms — the majority of which never move — teachers across the country seem much less perturbed by their use, and in many cases, actually prefer them.

The fiery California atheist who last week lost his bid at the U.S. Supreme Court to get «under God» stricken from the Pledge of Allegiance vows to continue the fight with new plaintiffs, preferably in cases against school districts all over the country.

Apple has initiated legal proceedings against Samsung in various countries around the world and had tasted success in almost all the cases.

Four years after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a case against Randall Leshlin and his debt management services company, Express Consolidation, the FTC is mailing out refund checks to almost 3,000 consumers across the country that...

Suggested explanations include desire for safety and protection against the eurozone breaking up (in which case some eurozone countries might redenominate their debt into a stronger currency).

The HSUS offers rewards in animal cruelty cases across the country and works to strengthen laws against animal cruelty.

In a country in which we are spending over $ 11 billion annually on health care for companion animals, lawyers are going to see more and more animal - related issues coming to them, from tort claims against veterinarians to landlord - tenant disputes to animal custody cases.

The ASPCA's custom vehicle travels across the country to help build cases against animal cruelty offenders.

Turner says there are many cases of cruelty against street dogs in Thailand, despite the introduction of the country's first Animal Welfare Law in late 2014.

Recognizing that animals are among the most vulnerable members of our society and that those who mistreat animals often commit crimes against human victims, Mr. Cooley created the largest division in the country dedicated to the consistent and vigorous prosecution of animal cruelty, animal neglect, and illegal animal fighting cases.