Sentences with phrase «constitutionality of»

Lesser known are the few lawsuits filed to challenge the constitutionality of these laws.

The Surfrider Foundation won an important victory on June 17th when the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled (with Justice Stevens abstaining) in Florida Department of Environmental Protection v. Stop the Beach Renourishment to reject the challenge by private homeowners, uphold the constitutionality of Florida's beach management program, and hold that the beach belongs to the public after beach renourishment has occurred.

Today, it continues its long court battle challenging the constitutionality of the nation's landmark 1980 Superfund law, which gives the EPA the right to order recalcitrant companies to clean up their hazardous wastes and levy hefty penalties against them.

Two ethanol trade groups — the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy — have filed a complaint in Federal District Court in Fresno, California, challenging the constitutionality of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld the constitutionality of these cooperative federalism arrangements in laws ranging from strip mining to health care.

In this instance, Lincoln engages in a debate between himself and his Southern critics on the constitutionality of slavery, a contest that he wins handily.

Oral arguments in the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the earlier ban were scheduled to be heard next month.

This week, Sunrise was served with a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of its ordinance.

On 28 May 2009 AKC announced AKC and dog owners win ruling granting a trial to challenge constitutionality of Denver breed ban.

At least eight U.S. State Supreme Courts have upheld the constitutionality of breed - specific legislation including: Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Utah, Washington and West Virginia.

Nearly a dozen federal U.S. district courts have also weighed in favorably on the constitutionality of breed - specific laws.

Families can file lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the ordinances, but that can be expensive.

There is some question as to the constitutionality of something like this.

The constitutionality of banning credit card surcharges is headed to the Supreme Court.

Undertook comprehensive research on the effectiveness, cost benefits and constitutionality of mandatory alcohol screening and educated officials, the public and media about the need for federal legislation to establish mandatory alcohol screening in Canada

In a case about campaign laws and the constitutionality of certain restrictions on what type and length of political advertisements that can be used in certain campaigns, the justices brought up the topic of ebook readers, specifically the Amazon Kindle.

Villaraigosa also fought for teacher tenure reforms, backing the plaintiffs in the Vergara case, which challenged the constitutionality of state tenure and layoff statutes on the grounds that they harmed low - income students.

In all fairness, however, Deasy is «providing fodder» for both sides, including testimony for the defense about the district's current labor laws and how firing «ineffective» teachers really «comes down to the choices and competence of management, not the constitutionality of current regulations.»

Oklahoma Supreme Court supports constitutionality of Common Core repeal bill (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman

Just after the passage of the budget proposal containing the school voucher provisions, the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) notified members of the General Assembly that they plan to challenge the constitutionality of using taxpayer dollars to fund private education in court.

The Friedrichs case challenges the constitutionality of California's agency shop law, which forces public school educators to pay dues to a teachers union whether they want to or not.

The PTA joined the FEA, as well as the state's chapter of the NAACP and others, in challenging the constitutionality of the policy.

Meredith v. Pence, 984 N.E. 2d 1213 (Ind. 2013): The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the state's Choice Scholarship Program, a program very similar to North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program.

The suit challenges the constitutionality of the Colorado school finance system.

Back in 2014, a lawsuit was filed challenging the constitutionality of the state's funding scheme for charters.

The statewide teachers union and other groups told a Florida appellate court this afternoon that a lawsuit attacking the constitutionality of the nation's largest private school choice program should be allowed to proceed.

The suit challenges the constitutionality of California's «agency shop» law, which violates the First Amendment by forcing public school teachers to fund controversial, political, an ideological issues they disagree with.

«Today's decision reiterated the constitutionality of race - conscious... Read More

In a statement reported by the Orlando Sentinel, teachers union president and lead plaintiff Joanne McCall expressed frustration with the courts» decisions, and asked: «Who is allowed to challenge the constitutionality of the tax credit vouchers?»

H.B. 7069 lawsuit: Duval County School Board members vote against joining an appeal of the latest decision against 13 school boards that are challenging the constitutionality of the state's 2017 education law, H.B. 7069, saying they can't afford to continue.

Coalition files new challenge to Washington's charter - school law A coalition of educators and parents has filed a challenge to the constitutionality of the state's charter - school law in King County Superior Court.

The Indiana Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the state's school voucher program.

No longer are teachers being forced to prove that there is no rational basis for defending the constitutionality of value - added evaluations.

The voucher program was put on hold last February, when Judge Hobgood issued a preliminary injunction in lawsuits brought by the North Carolina Association of Educators, the N.C. School Boards Association and the North Carolina Justice Center, who challenged the constitutionality of the program.

Senate Minority Leader Ray Jones, D - Pikeville, questioned the constitutionality of the bill while Sen. Reginald Thomas, D - Lexington, said the legislation would give for - profit companies access to $ 5 billion in public K - 12 school funding.

On Friday, January 5th, TCSA submitted an Amici Curiae brief in support of the charter school petitioners in the case currently before the Texas Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the revocation procedures for charter revocations under the state's «three strikes» law enacted -LSB-...]

Tags: constitutionality of education savings accounts, Nevada, the use of public funds for private education, vouchers

The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday morning on a case challenging the constitutionality of the state's private school voucher program.

On Thursday morning, the State Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of charter schools in Washington State.

As public employees, the justices questioned the constitutionality of excluding these teachers from the collective bargaining of other teachers.

The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the mutual consent provision in the law as well as the district's implementation.

A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of Nevada's controversial new school choice program that would allow parents to spend taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition.

On Friday, «the Supreme Court will address challenges to the constitutionality of the program and allow the voices of the more than 7,000 families eager to participate in this program to be heard.»

However, the systemic problems in our education model are so pervasive and entangled that — asked only to address the constitutionality of our spending — Moukawsher has found himself requiring the state to produce a plan that also addresses standards, human resources, special education, and the relationship between state and local government.

Eric's publications include Fighting Words and Fighting Freestyle: The Constitutionality of Penalty Enhancement for Bias Crimes, 93 Colum.

In 2012 Gibson Dunn began working on Vergara v. California, which challenged the constitutionality of five of the state's teacher employment laws.

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools (LAPCS) and seven Type 2 charter schools won a major victory in the 19th Judicial Court of East Baton Rouge when Judge Wilson Fields upheld the constitutional rights of Type 2 charter schools to receive Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) funding, along with the constitutionality of the existing -LSB-...]

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that questioned the constitutionality of Blaine Amendments emboldened Fine.

The historic CCJEF v. Rell case — a once - in - a-generation education adequacy and equity lawsuit challenging the state constitutionality of CT's PK - 12 education finance system — ended on August 10, 2016.

Witte says past court cases have upheld the constitutionality of Milwaukee's program.