Sentences with phrase «civil liberty means»
Joe — «In effect you seem to be saying that any restriction on civil liberty means that the population is «deprived of material liberty»» No we're not.
http://www.climate-resistance.org/ Not exact matches
Mr. Martin writes:»... being American means embracing the ideals of the Founding Fathers, which include pluralism, rule of law, and civil liberties.»
This means we need to see that we are defending more than religious liberty: We are defending the very idea that our government exists to protect the space in which various institutions of civil society do the work that enables Americans to thrive, and we are defending the proposition that this work involves moral formation and not just liberation from constraint.
And by «democratic» I mean liberal democracy — i.e., a multiparty system, regular competitive elections, and civil liberties.
The meaning of every key term in the civil religion — certainly liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but also equality and even life — differs in those two perspectives.18
«There is genocide again in Europe [No there isn't, unless one debases the term to mean perennial ethnic and religious conflicts]; there is economic inequality at home [There always will be; the question is whether there is greater economic opportunity]; civil rights are not assured for all Americans [Sullivan's particular campaign is for same - sex marriage]; civil liberties have had a terrible decade [I'm not sure what he means; perhaps new and intrusive antiterrorist laws in the Clinton era]; the racial question remains and festers [Undoubtedly true, although it is currently festering below fever level].»
But even here the great stress of the Protestant clergy on the providential, indeed millennial, meaning of the American republic was on the triumph of «civil and religious liberty,» with all the usual ambiguity about that central term.
That could mean that religious believers, of all stripes, find it hard to be heard dispassionately in public debate but it might herald worse, such as children mocked for their religious beliefs, the curtailment of civil liberties in the name of secular equality, or even physical attacks, such as several mosques endured in the wake of Woolwich.
Those of us who care about civil liberties and therefore want the tradition of policing by consent to mean something in modern Britain should read this book, if only because one of the most intelligent policemen around does not really get it.
Big Brother Watch, a UK civil liberties pressure group, said several of its online services were run via the US, meaning its website fell under US law.
These two factors combined mean that even if Turkey substantially curtailed civil liberties, that part of their score likely wouldn't change very much (because it doesn't have very far to drop, and because the measurements don't work that way).
«If you don't believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump would nominate and what that would mean to civil liberties, equal rights and the future of our country,» Sanders said.
In his policy announcement on civil liberties on 7th January 2011, Nick Clegg simply asserted that the right would be restored — without any detail analysis or explanation of what that might mean or what would be needed.
The complacency of civil liberties campaigners means the only pressure the government gets is from the securocrats and tabloids.
Civil liberties groups pointed out that evidence from intelligence and security agencies will be presented to court but not the individuals seeking damages or making a complaint, meaning they would be unable to challenge it.
It means that you can read this book and ask how did we ever end up with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and perhaps build a few bulwarks for liberty and her good friend freedom.
I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.
The bitter varieties of this risk irony are virtually endless; among them is the fact, that, in order to protect their populations from the danger of terrorism, states increasingly limit civil rights and liberties, with the result that in the end the open, free society may be abolished, but the terrorist threat is by no means averted.
Sometimes words in the Constitution actually mean what they say, writes civil liberties lawyer Harvey A. Silverglate at the blog The Free for All.
«The term «pro bono» refers to activities of the firm undertaken normally without expectation of fee and not in the course of ordinary commercial practice and consisting of (i) the delivery of legal services to persons of limited means or to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, and educational organizations in matters which are designed primarily to address the needs of persons of limited means; (ii) the provision of legal assistance to individuals, groups, or organizations seeking to secure or protect civil rights, civil liberties, or public rights; and (iii) the provision of legal assistance to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, or educational organizations in matters in furtherance of their organizational purposes, where the payment of standard legal fees would significantly deplete the organization's economic resources or would be otherwise inappropriate.»
Judges were educated, practised as lawyers, and then presided when appointed, in the legal era when the Canadian constitution meant little more than the «peace, order, and good government» clause when it came to the concept of civil liberties.
The fact that politicians make politically expedient attacks on lawyers — whether it be Chris Grayling's recent attack on «left wing» pressure groups, or Jack Straw's berating «BMW - driving civil liberties lawyers» — does not mean that claimant law firms don't have a case to answer in relation to drumming up «spurious claims».
charitable, religious, civic, community governmental and educational organizations to secure or protect civil rights, civil liberties or public rights so long as a substantial majority of such services benefit persons of limited means or organizations that serve persons of limited means
Two leading Constitutional Law Profs, Jack Balkin (Yale) and Eric Posner (Chicago) face off on BloggingHeads.tv debating various aspects of Liberty vs. Security, focusing on whether or not we live in a time of emergency, the threat from government in a surveillance state and what it means for our civil liberties.