Sentences with phrase «controversial law»

Cuomo pushed the highly controversial law in the first days of the 2012 legislative session, enduring significant backlash from conservatives and gun rights advocates.

Last year, while at an annual strategic China - U.S. dialogue in Beijing, Kerry expressed concern at Beijing's controversial law on foreign non-governmental organizations and about human rights problems in China.

According to U.S. News and World Report's sometimes controversial law school rankings system, Harvard Law School ranks third, after Yale and Stanford.

And she faced fresh attacks from Tory MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today for having taken a donation from controversial law firm Leigh Day, which represented Iraqi citizens who claimed to have been abused by British soldiers.

When Michigan officially became the nation's 24th right - to - work state in March, Gov. Rick Snyder, who pushed the deeply controversial law through the Legislature in December, hailed it as a boost for the state's economic recovery.

North Carolina's controversial law bans people from using bathrooms that don't match the sex indicated on their birth certificates, which opponents argue is discriminatory toward the transgender community.

But Cahill has also pledged to uphold the law regarding abortion if he's elected attorney general on Nov. 4, as well as any other potentially controversial laws — including same - sex marriage.

City Councilman Rafael Espinal, who created the bill, said such a committee is needed to help update controversial laws, as well as to address quality of life concerns from communities where DIY establishments operate.

MOSCOW — Quick kisses exchanged by four Russian female sprinters, exuberant after winning a relay race at the world championships in Moscow, have set off a flurry of speculation that they were protesting Russia's new controversial law against gays.

Though an extremely controversial law, much contested in legislative, administrative, and even electoral venues for the past several years, No Child Left Behind (NLCB) has not generated a large volume of litigation.

The organizers of Gen Con, Indiana's largest convention with over $ 50 million worth of economic impact, will take their business elsewhere if Gov. Mike Pence signs in a very controversial law.

Conceived as an eight - month - long, coursework - based alternative to articling, the Law Society of Upper Canada's controversial Law Practice Program began in 2014 as a response to the increasing number of new graduates unable to find articling positions.

One such controversial law is Florida Statute 768.0755 relating to slip and falls at a business establishment.

Unlike many controversial laws, the Section 702 debate didn't break down neatly along party lines.

Work on getting Trinity Western University's controversial law school up and running continues with the appointment of Vancouver labour and employment lawyer Earl Phillips as executive director.

North Carolina's controversial law bans people from using bathrooms that don't match the sex indicated on their birth certificates, which opponents -LSB-...]

Clinton seeks to roll back a controversial law that gives gun manufacturers ample protection from lawsuits.

Business leaders on Thursday spoke out against a controversial law passed in Indiana Thursday that could give businesses the green light to deny service to same - sex couples.

A quick diagnosis of the problem leads to the conclusion that the key malefactors contributing to these controversial laws being implemented are political influencers who possess a disproportionate level of technical knowledge in comparison to their peers.

Now that the controversial law may be repealed and replaced by an equally controversial Republican health care law called the American Health Care Act (AHCA), health care stocks aren't reacting.

It cited jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Statute, a vague and controversial law.

(CNN)- A woman fighting France's ban on Islamic face coverings was fined 120 euros ($ 162) Thursday for wearing a burqa, the first fine handed down by a French court over the controversial law.

The article says: «The controversial laws say whoever defiles the name of the prophet shall be punished by death or imprisoned for life.»

His order indicated his administration's intent to repeal the controversial law, and directed all federal departments and agencies to waive or delay provisions that would cause financial or regulatory burdens for states, individuals, health - care providers, or insurance companies.

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Chirac appointed her as Minister of Health in 1974 and she took through the controversial law on abortion.

Protesters were warned to stay away from Margaret Thatcher's funeral procession on Wednesday or face being arrested under a controversial law outlawing «alarm, harassment or distress».

That seeming contradiction highlights some of the problems the police encounter when they employ the controversial law.

If the high court decides to overturn the controversial law, for example, the Senate hopeful said it was a moment to celebrate.

Parliament's Roads and Safety Committee has finally given a green light for the implementation of a controversial law devised as a means to de-congest the streets of hazardous broken down vehicles.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence wrote a letter to New York's legislative leaders thanking them for the controversial law passed earlier this month.

Another Rasmussen poll, done statewide after several days of heavy news coverage about the controversial law and its signing, found a large majority of Arizonans still supported it, by a 64 percent to 30 percent margin.

Inserting himself into a polarizing dispute, Cuomo in December 1989 signed a controversial law allowing Staten Island residents to vote on secession from New York City.

Mr. Cabrera, a socially conservative Republican - turned - Democrat, attracted denunciations from his colleagues last year when a video emerged of him praising the government of Uganda, which last year passed a controversial law criminalizing the «promotion» of homosexuality and punishing the crime of «aggravated» homosexuality with life imprisonment.

A host of former Tory and Labour Cabinet ministers will next week call for the axing of a controversial law which has created the so - called «zombie» Parliaments.

In a symbolic gesture aimed at further healing relations with the gay community and burying the Tories» «nasty party» image, Mr Cameron this week apologised for Section 28 - the controversial law brought in by the Conservatives in 1988 banning local authorities from portraying homosexuality in a positive light.

One of New York's top school policymakers called Monday for potentially revamping a controversial law that allows student scores on Common Core tests to count for as much as half of teachers» and principals» job evaluations.

The controversial law passed in April raises the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18 years old.

The numbers would shed light on whether gun owners are following this controversial law, or defying it far and wide.

The controversial law, approved by the Italian Parliament in July, will soon go to the nation's president for signature.

In the latest so - called libel tourism case under the United Kingdom's controversial laws, cardiologist Peter Wilmshurst has been hit with another defamation suit.

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Arabic Online Dating Sites BERLIN: Germany signalled Monday it was open to amending a controversial law

Arabic Online Dating Sites BERLIN: Germany signalled Monday it was open to amending a controversial law combatting online hate speech

German Online Dating Site Berlin — Germany signalled Monday it was open to amending a controversial law combatting online hate speech as the justice minister fell victim to the rules he himself championed.

Arabic Online Dating Sites BERLIN: Germany signalled Monday it was open to amending a controversial law combatting online hate speech... Year's greeting in Arabic on Twitter.

Berlin — Germany signalled Monday it was open to amending a controversial law combatting online hate speech as the justice minister fell victim to the rules he himself championed.

March 27, 2017 • The Associated Press tallied up business lost because of the controversial law, based on interviews and public records.

With immigration in the headlines again after Arizona passed a controversial law authorizing police to detain people they suspect of being in the country illegally, turnout should be particularly high for today's 4th annual March for

With immigration in the headlines again after Arizona passed a controversial law authorizing police to detain people they suspect of being in the country illegally, turnout should be particularly high for today's 4th annual March for more