Sentences with phrase «challenging in the court system»

Newman ADR attorneys understand the challenges in our court systems.

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U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle suspended the order nationwide after Washington state challenged its legality, eliciting a barrage of angry Twitter messages from Trump against the judge and the court system.

That petition challenges a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that, as the Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, and a group of law professors explained in a supporting amicus brief, exacerbates a «system» already «stacked in favor of the government.»

After a Newcastle midfielder named George Eastham successfully challenged the system in a British court in 1963, the balance of power shifted toward labor — but only slightly.

Meanwhile, a U.S. District Court is expected to rule soon on whether the Republican challengers will be permitted to intervene in the federal lawsuit that argues the challenge / fee system violates the U.S. Read more»

Sheri Lederman, a fourth - grade teacher in Great Neck, has a legal challenge against the system pending in State Supreme Court in Albany.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Friday, challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to charge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh to court if the commission was sure of evidences of fraud against him, saying «the EFCC appears to be operating a system in which an accused person is first arrested, detained endlessly while the anti-corruption agency goes about looking for evidence.»

Challenging laws in the courts is part of the essence of a rule of law based system of laws.

Germany's main parties have been repeatedly challenged in the country's constitutional court over the years because they created a set of rules that benefited themselves at the expense of smaller rivals new to the system.

The court order of August 1 said that the six plaintiffs (four voters and two candidates) who had challenged certain details of the California top - two open primary system must pay almost $ 250,000 to the attorneys for the forces who had intervened in the lawsuit to defend the top - two open primary law.

READ MORE Tear gas fired at Nairobi polling station amid Kenya election tensions As Kenya goes to the polls, voters fear post-election violence Kenya deports US expert who was supporting opposition candidate Threat of another violent Kenyan election looms A similar situation with a systems failure in the 2013 election led to Odinga's legal challenge at the time, though Kenya's Supreme Court ruled in favour of Kenyatta by validating the results.

That system, which gave increased weight to test scores, was challenged successfully in court by New York State United Teachers.

That challenge lingered in the court system well after the freeze was lifted in 2007 and was not resolved until 2013 when a federal judge ruled not only was the freeze justified, but that the district did not need to give teachers credit on the pay scale for the years the freeze was enacted.

The suit, filed in state district court last month by a group of medium - sized districts, is the first legal challenge to the finance system, which dates to 1974.

The court emphasized the unusual nature of this provision and the role of local control in Colorado jurisprudence, noting that the Colorado Supreme Court's 1982 Lujan decision, rejecting a challenge to the state's school finance system, had relied on the value of local concourt emphasized the unusual nature of this provision and the role of local control in Colorado jurisprudence, noting that the Colorado Supreme Court's 1982 Lujan decision, rejecting a challenge to the state's school finance system, had relied on the value of local conCourt's 1982 Lujan decision, rejecting a challenge to the state's school finance system, had relied on the value of local control.

The courts» role in this process is to outline in general, principled terms the expectation that the legislative and executive branches will develop challenging standards, fair and adequate funding systems, and effective programs and accountability measures, but to leave to the programs and the political branches the full responsibility for actually formulating these policies.

We did this by comparing changes in funding in school districts where the state's school - finance system has been ruled unconstitutional in a court challenge to funding changes in comparable districts in states where no SFJ has been issued.

The lawsuit is the first of what many analysts expect will be numerous legal challenges around the country following a landmark decision in June by a California Superior Court judge who struck down the tenure system there as unconstitutional under state law, saying it unfairly saddled students in high - needs schools with low - performing teachers.

Any future challenge to the new funding system — which was hammered out by legislators in a special session last summer — will now have to be made in district court, a more time - consuming process than going directly to the supreme court, Mr. Goetz...

Oregon's system of paying for education has undergone challenges in court four times, but the state courts have never ruled in favor of the plaintiffs.

The courts» role in this process is to outline in general, principled terms the expectation that the legislative and executive branches will develop challenging standards, fair and adequate funding systems, and effective accountability measures, but to leave to the programs and the political branches the full responsibility for actually formulating these policies.

Plaintiffs challenging the at - large election system for school - board members in the Del Valle (Tex.) Independent School District last week rejected a settlement offer from the school board and plan to proceed with a lawsuit filed in a state court last month.

Some 11 years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas's system of financing public schools, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has launched a new challenge in state court, charging that the finance system denies students in poor districts equal educational opportunity and should be declared unconstitutiCourt upheld Texas's system of financing public schools, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has launched a new challenge in state court, charging that the finance system denies students in poor districts equal educational opportunity and should be declared unconstituticourt, charging that the finance system denies students in poor districts equal educational opportunity and should be declared unconstitutional.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court earlier this month, a group of teachers who do not instruct math or English - but nonetheless are being evaluated on those scores - have challenged the system on constitutional grounds of due process and equal protectioIn a lawsuit filed in federal court earlier this month, a group of teachers who do not instruct math or English - but nonetheless are being evaluated on those scores - have challenged the system on constitutional grounds of due process and equal protectioin federal court earlier this month, a group of teachers who do not instruct math or English - but nonetheless are being evaluated on those scores - have challenged the system on constitutional grounds of due process and equal protection.

In a suit challenging the state's school finance system, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that its education provision requiring uniform public schools (Article X, Section 3) related to the character of instruction offered in the public schools, and not the size, boundaries or composition of the school districtIn a suit challenging the state's school finance system, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that its education provision requiring uniform public schools (Article X, Section 3) related to the character of instruction offered in the public schools, and not the size, boundaries or composition of the school districtin the public schools, and not the size, boundaries or composition of the school districts.

On October 12, the class action suit, Vincent vs. Voight, challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin's school finance system, is filed in Dane County Circuit Court.

The California Supreme Court will decide this summer whether to take up an appeal by nine students in the historic Vergara vs. California case challenging our unusually protective teacher tenure laws, as well as a seniority - based layoff system that often keeps ineffective teachers in district classrooms while letting more talented but less senior teachers go.

This system is currently being challenged in court.

An early attempt by Deasy to depart from a strict seniority system is being challenged in court.

«This landscape is littered with courts that have been bogged down in the legal quicksand of continuous litigation and challenges to their states» school funding systems,» the Nebraska Supreme Court said.

A pending challenge in the California court system argues that the Legislature has failed to provide schools adequate funds to cover the extensive educational standards that all students are expected to reach.

These two concepts — funding equity and funding adequacy — have featured in court challenges to state funding systems in different ways over time (See Overview of School Finance Litigation below).

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].

Some merchants have even challenged the mandate in court because so few merchants have upgraded their systems even though a year has passed since the fraud liability transfer.

«In the kingdom of Khura'in, Phoenix Wright faces his greatest challenge yet — a court system without lawyers!

The new regulatory framework is currently being challenged in court by patients, and for the time being there's a temporary injunction in place extending the old system until the legal dispute is resolved.

However, evolving technology in several courts and technology is a formidable task, as it requires the simultaneous consideration of many facets: legacy systems and technology, migration challenges, legislative and regulatory barriers, government procurement rules, technology obsolescence cycle... Not to mention, understanding fundamental technology trends, their manifestations and how to exploit them in a sustainable manner in a court context.

Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, alluded to this in his speech at the Legal Wales Conference 2014 on 10 October: «The academics debate whether it is conceivable that Parliament would enact a law which was so contrary to principle that the courts would ignore it — eg a law which prevents citizens from challenging any decision of a government department in the courts... I profoundly hope that it is an issue which never has to be tested, not least because, if it does, something will already have gone very wrong with our system of government.»

He commenced his lawsuit against the defendants in January 1996, but being unrepresented without a lawyer, he has faced challenges and delays in navigating the court system.

Redress for victims of sexual assault is increasingly being sought outside the legal system, which raises challenges for lawyers representing the accused and ethical questions for journalists covering accusations that haven't been proven in court, says litigator Jonathan Lisus.

The current EU system provides that an individual may challenge his or her designation by either asking the EU Council to reconsider its decision or by challenging the legality of the imposition of restrictive measures via the General Court of the European Union - often for reasons such as failure to specify sufficient details in the reasons for listing.

Courts and attorneys continue to search for tools and procedures that will address the challenges with an ever increasing self - represented population in the judicial system.

The Justice Committee has undertaken a study of Access to the Justice System, and is considering issues such as access to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and freSystem, and is considering issues such as access to legal aid, the resurrection of the Court Challenges Program, delays in the justice system, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and fresystem, and the Minister of Justice's obligation to ensure that new legislation upholds constitutionally protected rights and freedoms.

The new texts reveal that TPP negotiators are considering a dispute resolution process that would grant transnational corporations special authority to challenge countries» laws, regulations and court decisions in international tribunals that circumvent domestic judicial systems.

CCLA recently intervened before the Ontario Court of Appeal in a case that challenges one aspect of our federal electoral system.

The Criminal Appellate Court system is designed up to allow the convicted the ability to request a review of another court's decision, change or withdraw a plea, and make motions for a variety of legal purposes including to challenge imprisonment, an unfair sentence, or, in some cases, have the court consider new evidence that could not have been known prior to a verdict (such as DNA evidence proving innoceCourt system is designed up to allow the convicted the ability to request a review of another court's decision, change or withdraw a plea, and make motions for a variety of legal purposes including to challenge imprisonment, an unfair sentence, or, in some cases, have the court consider new evidence that could not have been known prior to a verdict (such as DNA evidence proving innocecourt's decision, change or withdraw a plea, and make motions for a variety of legal purposes including to challenge imprisonment, an unfair sentence, or, in some cases, have the court consider new evidence that could not have been known prior to a verdict (such as DNA evidence proving innocecourt consider new evidence that could not have been known prior to a verdict (such as DNA evidence proving innocence.)

Growing numbers of SRLs in civil and family courts raise challenges for the efficient use of available justice system resources which must be balanced with a commitment to access to justice, as described by the Supreme Court of Canada in Hryniak v Mauldin [3].

R v Spear (2003) 1 AC 734 HL: Acted for the RAF in the House of Lords to resist challenge to entire Courts Martial system on basis of non-compatibility with ECHR».

Law enforcement and national security authorities should state the shortcomings they identify in the court warrant system so they can be addressed to adapt the system to the new challenges of the Internet age rather than sacrifice the principles that underpin the very society we seek to protect.

Common challenges include: legal education reform and preparing lawyers for a future that is already here; solving access to justice; defending the rule of law; creating appropriate guidelines for social media, ensuring that its role in the court of public opinion does not marginalize the legal system; and narrowing the delta between current legal delivery methods and customer needs and expectations.