Sentences with phrase «controversial issues the court»

The event's speakers spoke about using faith in decision - making but largely stayed away from the controversial issues the court will face in the coming months.

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Following a controversial New York Times editorial by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Tuesday calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment, we asked readers to respond, offering not only the news of Stevens» stance, but also a Chicago Tribune editorial taking the other side of the issue.

With courts increasingly willing to nullify popular legislation and proclaim new rights, legislators are encouraged to avoid their responsibility for tackling controversial issues; interest groups are encouraged to take their cases to the courts rather than to try to persuade their fellow citizens; and citizens get the feeling that they have no say in setting the conditions under which they live, work, and raise their children.

Even if they are wrong, the idea that a court can declare that someone's public statements about a controversial political issue are lies and punish them with criminal penalties strikes at the very heart of democracy.

The new organization — which would be empowered by the US Supreme Court's controversial 5 - 4 «Citizens United» ruling in June, which gave corporations the green light to run «issues advertising» targeting specific candidates on TV and radio — would initially focus on state Senate races in hopes of seeing the Legislature's upper house return to Republican control, said a source familiar with the planning for the group.

New York's top court on Tuesday heard arguments on the controversial issue of aid in dying, and judges seemed skeptical during questions from the bench.

The National Restaurant Association successfully persuaded an appeals court to issue a temporarily stay on a controversial rule requiring chain restaurants in New York City to alert customers to the high - sodium food that they serve, a day before the rule was scheduled to go into effect.

«Since General Babangida has now turned round to insist that he authorised Mr. Afegbua to issue the controversial statement it is hoped that he will be prepared to say so in a criminal court.

Scottsdale, Arizona (CNN)- Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney said he wished the Supreme Court had given Arizona «more latitude» in its ruling on the state's controversial immigration law, saying the high court's decision undermined states» rights on the hotly - debated iCourt had given Arizona «more latitude» in its ruling on the state's controversial immigration law, saying the high court's decision undermined states» rights on the hotly - debated icourt's decision undermined states» rights on the hotly - debated issue.

While the issues will be fought in court, the controversial developer said the attempt to remove him is retaliation for his published comments about former President Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama, for which he later apologized.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today issued a legal opinion that the controversial logging, which had been defended by Poland's government, is illegal.

Having already been challenged in the courts, Trump's controversial move would see a 90 - day ban on people from Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen from coming to America — even those with already issued visas and green card holders.

In a terse, one - page order, the justices ruled 7 to 0 that any appeal in the school - finance case would had to have been filed by July 21, 1993, four months after Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Eugene W. Reese issued the controversial ruling.

The Court closed its most recent term last spring by handing down a trio of controversial decisions on church - state issues.

The case called for the Court to weigh in on several controversial issues, the most important of which is the extent to which the judiciary should be able to dictate education spending by state and local governments.

School finance has been a highly controversial issue in the state for 20 years or more, repeatedly ping - ponging back and forth to the courts and influencing state politics.

The measure echoes many of the controversial and polarizing issues that are part of the Vergara v. California court ruling of 2014, when a state superior court judge throw out California's teacher employment laws, ruling them unconstitutional in helping keep subpar teachers working in poor schools.

In September, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher issued a controversial decision in Connecticut's long - running school funding case, CCJEF v. Rell.

As an attorney for Cooper Union said in court, the turnout of protesters in the courtroom and outside of court showed that this issue is controversial.

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At the supreme court, the majority of the justices avoided the controversial issue and deferred to the finding of the trial court.

Corporate personality is granted to a company via statute (namely s 16 (2) of the CA 2006) and so the issue of when (and indeed whether) the courts should set aside a company's corporate personality has proven to be a controversial and difficult subject.

The 2010 - 2011 Supreme Court term is upon us, with controversial issues like same - sex marriage and health care reform that will likely play a role when the session gets underway Monday, October 4th.

Some legal issues will not have gone through the courts; some because a dispute has not arisen, and some because the particular point of law is not controversial.

But the sensitive issue of using intelligence as evidence in court has not only caused severe judicial headache in Luxembourg: On 21 March, the UK Supreme Court took the highly controversial decision and went into secret session for the first time ever to hear sensitive intelligence about Bank Mellat of court has not only caused severe judicial headache in Luxembourg: On 21 March, the UK Supreme Court took the highly controversial decision and went into secret session for the first time ever to hear sensitive intelligence about Bank Mellat of Court took the highly controversial decision and went into secret session for the first time ever to hear sensitive intelligence about Bank Mellat of Iran.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been criticised for the costs racked up by its legal advisers at Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), by the judge overseeing the court battle over its controversial # 12bn rights issue in 2008.

It's one of the more controversial aspects of a new legal framework issued today by the court for assessing whether a delay is unreasonable under the Charter.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court in the 2009 - 10 term issued a number of controversial decisions, two of which had to do with how the Court itself operates and how justices are disciplined.

What participants found most controversial about the decision was not the court's 5:4 split on the compensation issue, but rather the court's unanimity on the inappropriateness — and henceforth, presumably, inability — of courts to appoint amicus curiae to act as de facto defence counsel.

This controversial issue came to the forefront after the Wisconsin Supreme Court's 3 - 3 split decision, In the Matter of Judicial Disciplinary Proceedings of Michael J. Gableman.

Finally, although the judiciary strives to uphold claims to privilege, recent case law (in particular RBS Rights Issue Litigation, Re [2016] EWCH 3161 (Ch)-RRB- demonstrates the significant constraints they are operating in to meet the requirements of the controversial Court of Appeal decision in Three Rivers District Council (No 5)[2003] EWCA Civ 474, [2003] All ER (D) 59 (Apr)(TR5) where, among other things, «client» was narrowly defined.

However, our confidence in our ability to make reasonably accurate predictions and persuasive arguments, and to carefully manage risk, can be shattered when our highest local court suddenly rules on a critical and already controversial issue and we can not agree about what the ruling means.

Court Rejects Actor's Copyright Claim This week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States issued an en banc decision reversing an earlier decision restraining YouTube from displaying the controversial film Innocence of Muslims.

In April, the Supreme Court of Canada, in R. v. Summers, issued its own controversial ruling that allowed judges to offer the maximum «enhanced» credit of 1.5 to 1 for time served.

If the judge so desires, the account also may reflect who the judge is as a person, as well as a judge, so long that the judge is careful not to implicitly or explicitly convey the judge's opinions on pending or impending cases, political matters, or controversial or contested issues that may come before the courts.

With Congress at almost a complete gridlock and Obama increasingly willing to issue controversial executive orders on a host of matters, the courts, if they rule as widely expected, will almost function as a quasi after - the - fact legislative branch, «passing» Obama's reforms after he unilaterally signs them.

Eugene Meehan, Q.C. weighs in on this controversial issue in this Globe and Mail article saying: «After the Supreme Court ruling in Vancouver v. Ward, it was made clear that Canadians can claim damages when the government violates their Charter right.»

With this judgment the Court gave a definitive answer to a long - awaited controversial issue as to whether international investment treaties between EU Member States are compatible with EU law.

The dignity of the court, the judge's respect for fulfillment of judicial duties, and a proper concern for the burdens that may be imposed upon the judge's colleagues require that a judge not use disqualification to avoid cases that present difficult, controversial, or unpopular issues.

From the outset, however, these exemptions were met with criticism and proved controversial: a number of litigators complained that a two - tier justice system was emerging, with suggestions that some lawyers were issuing claims in the Commercial Court to avoid the cost management measures.

OTTAWA — In a unanimous decision Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada stuck to its guns on a controversial ruling it issued last year that set strict timelines for criminal trials.

Read about recognition in Colombia of an arbitral award rendered abroad, which remains controversial, and the most significant Colombia Supreme Court decisions on the issue.

As the causation issue remains controversial, judges were urged to be slow to direct the use of single joint experts until some test cases had been decided at the High Court level.

The motivation was based on a court challenge wherein the U.S. Supreme Court asserted that the federal Communications Decency Act is an unconstitutional restriction for web sites, which has been a controversial issue for many years in thecourt challenge wherein the U.S. Supreme Court asserted that the federal Communications Decency Act is an unconstitutional restriction for web sites, which has been a controversial issue for many years in theCourt asserted that the federal Communications Decency Act is an unconstitutional restriction for web sites, which has been a controversial issue for many years in the U.S.

Not so difficult when the lawyers in question is a respected, prestigious firm with experience in national security issues, but could be a bit more controversial if the court - appointed lawyers were, say, native Arabic speakers with a little bit too much, culturally, in common with the defendant for the folks watching the 6 - o - clock news to be comfortable with.

In the NOC case before Mr. Justice Barnes, the court specifically acknowledged that «the issue of what the patentee must disclose to the public where utility is predicted remains somewhat controversial.»

Shorter Feingold: the Court will be too deferential to the executive, especially on controversial issues such as wiretapping.

Inevitably, the review considered the controversial issue of the courtroom tweeting and blogging from court — coming to the unsurprising conclusion that the effect of legal blogging on the justice system is generally a positive one and that you should «always tweet on the bright side of life».

Every year, GW Law hosts more than 100 events, including major international conferences on controversial issues, addresses by Supreme Court Justices and other prominent speakers, and a variety of student competitions.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction prohibiting the Department of Labor's (DOL) controversial overtime rule from going into effect as scheduled on December 1, 2016.