Sentences with phrase «civil issues against»

So even though the criminal and civil issues against Gallion, Cunningham (Mills was acquitted) are still pending, the KBA has chosen without a request from the Judicial Conduct Commission to seek permanent disbarment of Judge Bamberger.

Not exact matches

Although Paul's filibuster was technically against Brennan's nomination, his remarks focused primarily on civil liberties issues, offering a scathing critique of the Obama's administration's use of unmanned drones, and refusal to rule out military strikes against American citizens on U.S. soil.

Were religious people promoting peace when they voted down gay marriage (a civil rights issue, opponents of which will be viewed in the same light as the opponents against civil rights in the 50s and 60s) You are just so comfortable in the majority, you can't see the prejudice and bias you put on people that aren't like you.

Sovereign Grace Churches (SGC) issued a statement dated February 2 calling her characterizations untrue, citing the 2014 dismissal of a civil case against SGM.

One issue was the church's visible participation in the dominant political issues of the day notably the struggle for civil rights for minorities and the protests against the Vietnam war.

So if that is the case, why do I have such a humanitarian heart, compassion to those that are even of evil doing, forgiving to those who do wrongs against me, and why is my conversations on issues in my life with Christ the utmost civil and peaceful?

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

Obviously, Haas is innocent until proven guilty (so to speak because this is a civil suit), but I would be surprised that there's any rule against commenting on this kind of issue.

In a celebrated case brought by a group of civil libertarians to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1942, Chief Justice Robert Jackson, against the strong argument of civil libertarians on the issues of «interrogation without the due process of law» and prolonged detention of suspects, gave his famous ruling that the United States «Constitution is not a suicide pact».

A statement issued by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Alex B. Poku - Acheampong said the move is in furtherance of «the recent groundswell of public revulsion and media and civil society advocacy against the menace of illegal mining, commonly referred to as «galamsey».

Civil servants were looking into the constitutional issues should the vote over the war go against the government.

In 2005, Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights.

The defense: The funds were not issued to Cor until months later, after the company filed a civil lawsuit against a state agency.

Hence, we have a thriller, set against the backdrop of a civil war in Sierra Leone, that makes a valiant attempt to bring attention to the issue (which still is a problem in Africa) but falters in placing it in predictable, formulaic action piece.

U.S. District Judge Adrian Duplantier of New Orleans has postponed the American Civil Liberties Union's suit against Louisiana's «scientific - creationism» law until a separate suit on the issue before another federal district court has been decided.

In a «Dear Colleague» letter released last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) issued guidance for schools on avoiding discrimination against students on the basis of race when administering school disciplinary policies, and warned that if minority students are subject to disciplinary actions at a higher rate than other students, schools could be faulted for civil - rights violations.

Topics to be discussed include: Court Procedure: An understanding of the civil litigation process in New Jersey as it pertains to negligence claims; Damages: Understanding the standards for, and the differences between Compensatory and Punitive Damages; Facility Maintenance: Identifying potential safety hazards related to facilities and grounds, and taking reasonable steps to address common problems; Indemnification: Identifying when the school district is responsible for the actions of its employees, and when it may disclaim coverage; Insurance Coverage Issues: Understanding what is, and is not covered under a school district's insurance policy, and understanding whether your district will be allowed to choose its attorney or be required to utilize the attorney assigned by the Insurance Company; Negligent Supervision: Examples of school district negligence liability lie within the school, on the athletic field, in the locker room, and on school trips; Sovereign Immunity: Understanding the effect of the New Jersey Torts Claims Act on negligence claims against school districts.

There is already talk that the Trump Administration will gut the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, which has worked vigilantly under the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama to address issues such as overuse of harsh traditional school discipline against Black and American Indian children.

Her department has also taken action against various civil rights initiatives from the Obama administration such as guidance on the rights of transgender students, and her department announced it was scaling back civil rights investigations and would avoid looking into systemic issues.

While no such federal law exists, courts and the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), as well as the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, issued significant guidance in May 2016 asserting that Title IX prohibition against sex discrimination encompasses discrimination based on a student's gender identity, including discrimination based on a student's transgender status.

«If education is supposed to be the civil rights issue of this era, why does Connecticut's new system for rating schools and districts discriminate against our most vulnerable students?

More recently, the advocacy group Parents United for Responsible Education put the issue on the front burner when it filed a federal civil rights complaint against the district's retention policy because of its disparate racial impact.

PHMSA Issues Notice of Probable Violation, Proposed Civil Penalty, and Proposed Compliance Order Against Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. for Unreported Accident.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.

Featured Speaker, «The Student Loan Crisis: A Civil Rights Issue,» Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Springfield, MA, April 12, 2018

These are both issues that credit bureaus keep up with because having a bankruptcy or having an excessive number of civil suits standing against you are things that potential creditors want to know about.

The Clean Air Act specifically gives the E.P.A. administrator authority to «issue an administrative order against any person assessing a civil administrative penalty of up to $ 25,000, per day of violation.»

In the civil sphere, it may be appropriate to issue claim against the fraudsters for deceit, misappropriation, unjust enrichment, knowing receipt, conspiracy, dishonest assistance etc, and seek interim remedies such as search information, freezing, Norwich Pharmacal and Bankers Trust orders.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c)(1) allows a district judge issuing a subpoena to award appropriate sanctions, including lost earnings and reasonable attorney's fees, against a party or attorney responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena that imposes «undue burden or expense» on a person subject to the subpoena.

Seek a freezing order and disclosure order for the account at issue, and start a civil claim against the entity claiming the money the victim has been cheated out of plus interest and legal costs.

Senior U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, ruling in a case brought against the Bush administration by the American Civil Liberties Union and others, issued a 44 - page opinion finding that the National Security Agency's wiretap program violates the First and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution, the separation of powers doctrine, statutory law and the Administrative Procedures Act.

I assist clients with issues that arise during bid preparation, and I represent clients in public procurement disputes against governments at all levels (bid challenges, judicial review, civil claims for breach of «contract A / B», etc.).

The IFSA was acting on information obtained from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), after the SEC had issued a civil complaint against Millennium Bank, a number of affiliates and individual participants, including William J. Wise, Kristi Hoegel and Jackie Hoegel.

I was on the verge of launching an appeal when Trans Mountain unilaterally issued a notice of discontinuance that protected the company from further court action against the civil suit.

According to article 111 of the Constitution every citizen may appeal to the Supreme Court for violation of the law against any decision of the judicial authority, without issuing any appeal in civil or criminal, or against any meas - ure restricting personal freedom.

The following press release was issued jointly by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the John Howard Society of Ontario, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Ontario Nonprofit Network: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New law on police record checks tackles inconsistent use and guards against potential human rights violations Toronto, Ontario: Good news for Ontario workers, -LSB-...]

During his clerkship, Mr. MacDonald drafted numerous opinions in civil cases on complex legal issues, including claims against state sponsors of terrorism brought under the Foreign Sovereign...

Exploring issues, including data security, technology adoption, changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure («FRCP») and retention policies, the study enables in - house counsel to appraise their department's size, procedures, spending and workflows against the industry standard.

During his clerkship, Mr. MacDonald drafted numerous opinions in civil cases on complex legal issues, including claims against state sponsors of terrorism brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and claims against the United States brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

The firm's successes include the top patent infringement award ever issued by a U.S. jury; the nation's first civil liability verdict against a foreign bank for providing material financial support to terrorists; and one of the top business fraud verdicts ever awarded in Dallas County.

Obtained a dismissal of civil ordinance violation charges filed against a Washington Post and a Huffington Post reporter in a case that raised important First Amendment issues.

Of general interest is that findings against Government in Judicial Review proceedings may not automatically be relied upon to found similar civil claims for compensation depending on the way the administrative court has considered the issue.

Everyone in the U.S. needs help at some point to resolve an issue, whether it may be a criminal matter like fighting a DUI or civil matter such as fighting back against nursing home abuse.

An appeal against or challenge to an arbitral award under the 1996 Act must be commenced by the issue of an arbitration claim form (in accordance with Part 62 of the English Civil Procedure Rules).

The KBA seeks sanctions against the Judge based on their guess on how the Kentucky Supreme Court will rule on this issue in the plaintiff's civil case now on appeal.

Legal claims brought against a Sovereign State or its instrumentalities by a foreign investor under a bilateral or multilateral investment treaty, or a contract or a domestic investment law, require a legal team of the highest international caliber: with great expertise in international law, a deep understanding of the civil and common law systems, extensive experience in the various fora and rules under which claims are raised, an enhanced capability to analyze complex facts and industries, broad language abilities, and sensitivity to political and cultural issues in the various regions of the world.

To preclude a civil litigant from relitigating an issue previously found against him in a criminal prosecution is less severe than to preclude him from relitigating such an issue in successive civil trials, for there are rigorous safeguards against unjust conviction, including the requirements of proof beyond a reasonable doubt and of a unanimous verdict, the right to counsel, and a record paid for by the state on appeal.

Some courts issue orders against self representation in civil cases.

He has also worked on two treaty infringement proceedings by the EU Commission against Germany in which Deutsche Bahn worked for the Federal Government, as well as several proceedings before the civil and administrative courts in various jurisdictions for the Deutsche Bahn companies on regulatory and antitrust issues including private enforcement cases.

Anyone who violates this law (by operating or permitting operation of an uninsured vehicle) may be issued a (civil) traffic citation which would result in the required payment of a fine, the assessment of points against their driving privileges and / or license and the requirement that they file Financial Responsibility Insurance with the Vermont DMV.