Sentences with phrase «challenged in court today»

The blanket surveillance of British citizens by the intelligence services was challenged in court today in a landmark case brought by three leading politicians.

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If today's action withstands an expected court challenge, it virtually assures the ousting of Dauman in a matter of weeks.

Reporting on Jason Kenney's announcement today that the federal government might challenge Quebec's so - called charter of values in court, the Canadian Press noted that the employment minister, who is also responsible for multiculturalism, was «uncharacteristically terse.»

[Editor's Note: In light of today's ruling from the Supreme Court that found the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, here's an article we ran back when the DOMA's first challenges were heard.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), as part of a coalition of food, farm and oil industry groups, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court asking that it reverse the DC Circuit Court's August 2012 decision to dismiss its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to allow gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol («E15») to be sold for cars manufactured in the 2007 model year or later.

The huge scale of the electoral challenge was underlined early today by Corbyn's Southern Discomfort in the Witney by - election, Labour slipping from second to third behind the Liberal Democrat candidate and David Cameron's successor Robert Courts.

The Supreme Court this week heard two cases that could decide marriage rights for gay couples — one challenging Prop 8 in California and, today, another challenging the Defense of Marriage Act.

March 21, 2013 (readMedia)-- The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association filed suit today in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the so - called SAFE Act.

In the face of a court challenge from a broad coalition of environmental and community groups and massive community opposition, the DEC today halted Global Companies» proposed expansion of its massive Albany oil train facility to handle tar sands oil.

Meanwhile, the case in which two private citizens are challenging government's decision to admit the two ex Guantanamo Bay detainees into the country will be heard at the Supreme Court today.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has today dismissed challenges to UK law banning assisted dying brought by Jane Nicklinson, whose husband Tony had locked - in syndrome before he died in 2012, and Paul Lamb, who is also paralysed and in constant pain.

The High Court in Belfast has today rejected a claim brought by a same - sex couple who got married in England and wanted to have their marriage legally recognised in Northern Ireland, and by two other couples who wished to challenge the failure of the Northern Ireland Assembly to legalise same - sex marriages.

Representatives of the Countryside Alliance are in the High Court today to legally challenge the ban on hunting.

The court judgement was a hammer blow for the DWP programme and the literature around today's summit acknowledges the «challenges» faced by the industry in 2014.

Unison's attempt to challenge Andrew Lansley's NHS reforms in court hit a brick wall today after its judicial review failed.

The Countryside Alliance's challenge to the legality of the Hunting Act reaches the Court of Appeal today, only 10 days before hunting is due to be banned in England and Wales.

Tenants in Bronx Apartment Building Sue 421 - a Landlord in NYS Supreme Court Over Illegal Rents and Attempts to Deregulate Apartments Eighteen tenants from a Bronx apartment building sued their landlord in NYS Supreme Court today, challenging the owner's unlawful attempts -LSB-...]

But the ballot is not finalized as two of the candidates appear in court today for petition challenges.

While those challenging Rodriguez today offer more sensible remedies, such solutions would lead federal courts back to the same barren and misguided ideas the Supreme Court rejected in 1973.

Today, POLITICO cited a release from the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee Democrats that claimed Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship Program «has faced many problems, including constitutional challenges in the courts, vast opposition by parents and civil rights organizations, fraud and corruption» and was a «waste of taxpayer funds.»

As per an email I received earlier today from Bruce (i.e., Sheri's husband / attorney who prosecuted her case), the Court otherwise «declined to make an overall ruling on the [New York growth] rating system in general because of new regulations in effect» [e.g., that the state's growth model is currently under review]... [Nontheless, t] he decision should qualify as persuasive authority for other teachers challenging growth scores throughout the County [and Country].

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Charter school advocates in Florida and around the nation today hailed a ruling by Leon County Circuit Court Judge John C. Cooper, who yesterday threw out a legal challenge filed by 14 Florida school boards.

today in the Supreme Court to challenge an Arizona power - utility company seeking legal immunity to discriminate against rooftop - solar customers.

Today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a challenge to public - sector unions» ability to extract forced dues from non-members.

The court is currently hearing a substantive challenge to the interpretive rule, and in light of today's ruling, the hemp industry is optimistic that the Court will ultimately invalidate the DEA's rule, as one of the prime criteria in granting the Stay was whether the hemp industry is likely to ultimately prevail on the merits of the court is currently hearing a substantive challenge to the interpretive rule, and in light of today's ruling, the hemp industry is optimistic that the Court will ultimately invalidate the DEA's rule, as one of the prime criteria in granting the Stay was whether the hemp industry is likely to ultimately prevail on the merits of the Court will ultimately invalidate the DEA's rule, as one of the prime criteria in granting the Stay was whether the hemp industry is likely to ultimately prevail on the merits of the case.

Given his appointment of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)- a man with a long history of challenging health - based environmental regulations in court - President Trump's Energy Independence Executive Order, released today, is not unexpected.

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear five appeals this week, including a case in which the attorney general is challenging the courts» authority regarding fees for amicus curiae and today's emotional end - of - life case.

Vancouver, BC [September 13, 2016]-- Two individuals and the Council of Canadians with Disabilities filed a legal action in the BC Supreme Court today to challenge a BC law that forces psychiatric treatment on people without their consent.

Contrary to the dominant narrative, we argued above that the real challenge facing the Court today is more qualitative than quantitative in nature.

«As first noted here late last night, in today's edition of The Recorder of San Francisco, attorney Cyrus Sanai has an interesting essay entitled «Taking the Kozinski Challenge» that begins, «The fiercest battle within the federal appellate courts these days is not over abortion or gay marriage, but the arcane question of whether an attorney may cite the unpublished case law of an appellate court as the binding law of the circuit.»»

Today, in the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) oral submissions are being heard on behalf of the Western Sahara Campaign UK (WSCUK) in its challenge against the legality of the EU — Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement.

For immediate release — July 4, 2017 VANCOUVER — Today, an historic legal challenge to the use of solitary confinement in Canada's federal prisons goes to trial at the BC Supreme Court.

Lawyers for the District of Columbia residents who successfully challenged the city's ban on handguns were in court today defending their request for nearly $ 3.13 million in legal fees and costs.

Today, Sir Stephen Silber (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) dismissed a judicial review challenge brought by a consortium of developers and private landlords against the decision of the London Borough of Croydon to introduce a selective licensing scheme for all private landlords in their borough: R (Croydon Property Forum Limited) v. London Borough of Croydon.

The Supreme Court gave judgment today (24 June) in R (Lumsdon) v Legal Services Board, the judicial review claim challenging the LSB's approval of QASA — ...

«Our democracy faces challenges today that can be remedied by state courts, from entrenched gerrymandering that dilutes and distorts voters» influence in elections to barriers to voting participation that disproportionally impact historically disenfranchised minorities.»

Le texte français suivra Constitutional lawsuit filed in Quebec Superior Court seeks stay order against bill's Section 10 (Montreal — November 7, 2017)-- The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), two prominent civil liberties & advocacy organizations, today filed a lawsuit in English and in French in Quebec Superior Court challenging -LSB-...]

D.C. Circuit allows federal death row inmate to intervene in lawsuit challenging the federal government's method of carrying out lethal injections and its failure to disclose its execution procedures: You can access today's ruling of a unanimous three - judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Senior advocate Gourab Banerji had today argued for the petitioners in the Supreme Court case, who are challenging the Bar Council of India Certificate of Practice Rules, and said: «Verification of lawyers could take a long time.

Justice Karakatsanis, writing for a unanimous court, commenced her analysis by stating: «Ensuring access to justice is the greatest challenge to the rule of law in Canada today.»

As search engines are the primary source of information for every single one of us in Canada today, the questions of how we deal with private information online will continue to be a pressing challenge for policy makers, legislatures, and courts in the years to come.

And today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that «Supreme Court allows retiree benefit cuts; Employers may coordinate with Medicare on healthcare provisions for seniors; An AARP legal challenge is turned away.»

Today in USA Today, Joan Biskupic reports that «Justices to hear dispute on U.S. citizens captured in Iraq; Two men seek court access to challenge their detention.»

Today's ECJ's judgement is the culmination of a 2013 legal challenge by European privacy campaigner Max Schrems who filed complaints against several U.S. Internet giants — including Facebook — in the Irish courts for alleged collaboration with the NSA's Prism program.

Expat internet mogul Kim Dotcom today lost a legal challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the federal government seizing his overseas assets.

Today, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS), represented by attorneys from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and joined by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, challenging the constitutionality of HB 1217.

Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, represented by attorneys at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, today filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Lincoln, Nebraska, challenging the constitutionality of a recently enacted Nebraska law misleadingly titled «The Women's Health Protection Act.»