It also allows the groups to push for charters as an alternative to district schools by justifying the existence of
charters by the existence of failing non-charter schools.
Not exact matches
As Hamann writes, «All philosophical resistance and the entire riddle of our
existence, the impenetrable night of its terminus a quo and terminus ad quem, are dissolved
by the
charter of the Word become flesh.»
All public elementary, intermediate, middle, junior high schools, and high schools, other than
charter schools, in
existence on September 1, 2002 shall be deemed registered
by the Board of Regents pursuant to this subdivision as of such date.
The embrace of the CCJEF decision
by the
charter lobby was extremely disingenuous, given that since the case was filed in 2005, neither ConnCAN nor any of the
charter advocates even acknowledged the
existence of CCJEF.
Readers will gain an appreciation of what a long and arduous struggle is entailed in raising a
Charter challenge, involving decisions
by three levels of court, over a period of many years, culminating in Vriend in a ringing affirmation of the
existence of gay and lesbian rights under s. 15 — the equality rights provision.
I am hoping that the court «s role in this case will strike at the very
existence of an absolute immunity under two guiding principles: equality under the law (especially when the alleged wrong has been committed
by a person who should be held to the highest standards of conduct in exercising a public trust; and any infringement of the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms constitutes «improper purpose» aimed at gaining a private collateral advantage.
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By justifying the denial of retroactive relief in part on the
existence of a «substantial change in the law», my colleagues give
Charter rights an uncertain status.