Sentences with phrase «constitutional challenges to»

Deadly Inertia: A History of Constitutional Challenges to Canada's Criminal Code Sections on Prostitution

Divorce Magazine: Professionals Forum — Illinois Divorce: Constitutional Challenges to Automatic Restraining Orders in Domestic Relations Cases

Before joining government, he was a partner at Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP in Vancouver, and was on the team that defended against constitutional challenges to BC's Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, culminating in a landmark win at the Supreme Court of Canada in British Columbia v. Imperial Tobacco.

Alta Charo presented a talk on the promotion of medical products in the 21st century at the October 2015 conference on «Constitutional Challenges to FDA Law & Regulation» at Georgetown Law School, co-sponsored by the Food & Drug Law Institute.

Gottardi agrees that there has been what he calls a «groundswell of support» over the last few years and that there has been an increase in rights - based legal groups in Canada launching constitutional challenges to the legislation.

The speakers also authored a February 2018 Working Paper for WLF on three new possible constitutional challenges to the FCA's qui tam provisions, which can be found here.

The role of this Court is confined to the determination of constitutional challenges to existing legislation.

Less than a month after I ranked «Constitutional Challenges to the Tory Crime Agenda» as my number two prediction - to - watch for in my 2012 Crime & Punishment column, an Ontario Superior Court has launched the first salvo in the resurgent war against mandatory minimum sentences.

Our cases include allegations from federal constitutional challenges to state tort violations.

CCLA's advocacy efforts continue to challenge these developments: next year we will make arguments in R. v. Nur and R. v. Smickle, two appellate cases that are bringing constitutional challenges to mandatory minimum sentences.

The Supreme Court's Hill decision on procedures for challenging lethal injection protocols in federal court (basics here, commentary here and here and here) just marks the start of another chapter in the saga of constitutional challenges to execution methods.

A recent decision on the Supreme Court of British Columbia has dismissed a strata property owner's constitutional challenges to certain provisions of the Strata Property Act.

NC: Budget deal apparently includes plan to require three - judge trial panels for constitutional challenges to laws; would be only state in nation with such a provision

As Denniston notes, both the majority and concurring opinions suggested that «there remain other potential state constitutional challenges to the measure.»

SB 744 Provides constitutional challenges to state laws to be heard by special 3 - judge panel selected by Chief Justice.

«If this is brought in, for sure there will be constitutional challenges to it.

Critics of the federal government's proposed bill that will give police increased access to customer data from Internet service providers, predict there could be constitutional challenges to the legislation down the road.

Constitutional challenges to many of these power grabs are still pending, and rulings that fail to give legislators unlimited power will likely prompt more threats or retaliation.

Now, Canadian courts have rejected constitutional challenges to these amendments.

The Mississippi House earlier this week approved a plan discussed here to have constitutional challenges to state laws heard by a Circuit Court judge handpicked by the state's Chief Justice.

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Kate has successfully litigated defences against harvesting charges, constitutional challenges to legislation, injunctions to prevent unilateral third - party development, tort and treaty claims.

Whether we challenge the initial stop, the accuracy of the testing methods or even bring constitutional challenges to changes in the law, we will explore every option for getting results.

He has a background in electricity regulation, on issues ranging from electric vehicles to constitutional challenges to states» energy laws.

He has written extensively about electricity regulation, on issues ranging from electric vehicles to Constitutional challenges to states» energy laws.

On Thursday, the Nevada State Supreme Court dismissed constitutional challenges to Nevada's education savings account (ESA) program, finding that the program is designed for educational purposes

Good Morning Yesterday, the Nevada State Supreme Court dismissed constitutional challenges to Nevada's education savings account (ESA) program.

All constitutional challenges to legislation are heard in Wake County by a three - judge panel appointed by the Chief Justice.

Johnson dismissed plaintiffs» constitutional challenges to the Nevada ESA program, formally called the Choice Scholarship Program.

Federal courts have also rejected constitutional challenges to Florida's and Tennessee's value - added approaches to teacher evaluation.

On Thursday, the Nevada State Supreme Court dismissed constitutional challenges to Nevada's education savings account (ESA) program, finding that the program is designed for educational purposes and there is no prohibition to parents using ESAs to send their children to private or religious schools.

Mitchell Kane, a professor of tax policy at NYU Law School, said courts have basically shut down constitutional challenges to federal tax legislation on grounds of differential treatment across citizens, absent discrimination based on some protected class.

The speakers also authored a February 2018 Working Paper for WLF on three new possible constitutional challenges to the FCA's qui tam provisions, which can be found here.

«Brexit thus presents fundamental constitutional challenges to the United Kingdom as a whole,» the report said.

A giant wrecking ball still hangs over this construction site, however: the Supreme Court decision on a 26 - state constitutional challenge to the health reform.

A group of adoptees and «birth parents», opposed to the new law, promised upon the bill's passage to mount a constitutional challenge to it, and retained noted Toronto lawyer Clayton Ruby for this purpose.

On this week's edition of the Campbell Conversations, Grant Reeher talks with Oswego County Sheriff Reuel Todd, who recently joined a constitutional challenge to the law filed by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association.

A constitutional challenge to Obamacare's «individual mandate» before the US Supreme Court, on the basis that the federal government has no power to compel citizens to engage in commerce, was defeated.

He says that could be grounds for a legal constitutional challenge to the tax cap law, because New York's constitution requires that all children in the state receive a «sound, basic» education.

He acknowledged there could be a constitutional challenge to his executive order, butsaid he expected to prevail.

Before they can tackle any administrative challenges, policymakers in some states must address a constitutional challenge to the taxpayer funding of private education.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week rejected a constitutional challenge to a Massachusetts district's policy of making condoms available to students in its junior and senior high schools without notifying parents.

The five justices on the state's high court have scheduled one hour of oral arguments to review a constitutional challenge to the vouchers, formally known as the Choice Scholarship Program.

The plaintiffs in Duncan v. State of Nevada (see Legal Clips for background on suit) asserted a constitutional challenge to SB 302, alleging that it diverts public funds to private schools, many of which are religious, in violation of Article 11, Section 10 (which prohibits public funds from being used for sectarian purpose).

Breathtaking results from yet another study, and the announcement that three prominent Boston lawyers plan to mount a constitutional challenge to Massachusetts» charter public school cap, have reignited the seemingly endless debate about charter schools» place in the commonwealth's education marketplace.

In Canada, student loan debt can't be included for discharge under a bankruptcy during the ten years after graduation (it used to be two years, but they quietly changed the law back in the late»90s and the constitutional challenge to the legislation failed).

The case was considered the first constitutional challenge to the Green Energy Act to reach the appellate court level.

Law professor David Orentlicher, quoted in the Indianapolis Star article, predicted that the constitutional challenge to the law will fail, pointing out that convenience stores and other affected businesses are «not a group that is consistently disfavored in the political process.»

U.S. Chamber supports constitutional challenge to Massachusetts initiative petition that would tie a tax increase to specific expenditures

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION CHALLENGES CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PRIVACY LEGISLATION Toronto — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has launched a constitutional challenge to parts of the federal privacy legislation that effectively permits private companies to engage in warrantless disclosure of personal information to government.