Sentences with phrase «controversial law on»

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

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.

Not exact matches

Harvard Law professor Michael Sandel has been crusading for all of us to seriously think (and then act if so inclined) on the controversial ways that money has influenced us.

Following several controversial LGBT laws in the Southern states, the Mississippi state Senate joined the club, and passed «the most sweeping anti-LGBT legislation» in the U.S., according to critics, on Wednesday.

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.

On Feb. 1, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed a controversial right - to - work law prohibiting workers in union shops from being forced to pay union dues — less than 48 hours before Electro - Motive announced the closure of the London plant, its jobs expected to move to the Hoosier state.

Since the U.K. eliminated its tax on income earned outside the country several years ago, it's become increasingly popular for so - called corporate inversions, a controversial practice in which a foreign company buys a U.K. company, primarily to lower its tax bill, says Andrew Needham, a tax partner at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which specializes in private equity and hedge funds.

The law CLOUD (Clarifying the Legitimate Use Overseas Data Act)-- the controversial additions to the Federal law on costs in the amount of $ 1.3 billion that will allow the us government greater access to Americans data to law enforcement authorities, was signed by the President of the United States Donald trump, according to GeekWire.

WASHINGTON — Most business economists believe the Federal Reserve's controversial bond - buying stimulus program has helped boost the recovery, but differ on the effects of the healthcare reform law and other policies by President Obama and Congress, according to survey results released Monday.

JTA: N.Y. rabbis decry upcoming vote on consent waiver for circumcision - related rite Haredi Orthodox rabbis in New York are accusing the city's Department of Health of «spreading lies» in order to pass a law mandating that parents sign a consent waiver in order to use a controversial circumcision - related rite.

(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.

Europe now has dozens of laws to stop Christians from speaking out on controversial issues, not just in public spaces but in pulpits and private conversations as well, enforced vigorously through the criminal code.

And there is nothing controversial in the documents commitment to freedom and democracy throughout the world, to peaceful cooperation in international relations, and to «the nonnegotiable demands of human dignity; the rule of law; limits on the absolute power of the state; free speech; freedom of worship; equal justice; respect for women; religious and ethnic tolerance; and respect for private property.»

For example, in a promising and controversial book published ten years ago, a group of Roman Catholic scholars proposed that Catholic sexual ethics stop centering on procreation, natural law and the physical contours of sexual acts and focus instead on the creative growth toward personal integration.

He said: «A decade on from the passing of the controversial anti-smacking law in New Zealand, the law has maintained its very high level of opposition, but most significantly the law has had a «chilling» effect on parenting, and rather than tackling rotten parents who are abusing their children, it has targeted well - functioning parents».

The early - discharge policies are so controversial, the subject has brought new laws in two states and debate on Capitol Hill.

The same controversial and sweeping powers on data retention were added to the Investigatory Powers Act (AKA the Snoopers» Charter), which passed into law late last year a matter of weeks before Dripa — which at the insistence of the Liberal Democrats had a built - in self - distruct date of 31 December, 2016 — was set to expire.

The controversial pastor who was angered by the couple's amorous activity which has led to a pregnancy took the law into his hands and lashed the young man on his bare back before turning to the girl flogging her mercilessly with a belt in the full glare of his congregation.

Cuomo said he won't rush for the completion of a stalled database for background checks on ammunition sales that was part of New York's controversial gun - control law in 2013.»

A measure that would hinder the carrying out of a controversial gun control law in New York on the federal level would be challenged by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in court, he said on Tuesday.

On certain occasions, where less controversial bills have been passed into law, a package of the remaining appropriations bills will be bundled to finish funding work, and this package is known colloquially as a «minibus.»

Hanna joins former Utah governor and presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, HP CEO Meg Whitman and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney in signing the amicus, which is being filed with the Supreme Court as justices prepare to take on several court cases challenging same - sex marriage laws, including the controversial Proposition 8 measure in California and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

CBS News» Paula Reid said the order, for the time being, effectively rescinds the Trump executive action, putting on hold the most controversial provisions of the law - including suspending entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants from the relevant counties; banning of refugees from certain countries; giving preference for some refugees based on religion; and banning of Syrian refugees.

It's eight years since David Laws and Paul Marshall published their controversial Orange Book, and the debates going on within the Lib Dems are long overdue.

Nearly the entire package of measures — which focused on pay equity and curtailing human trafficking — has become law, save for a controversial measure aimed at strengthening abortion rights.

A controversial proposal to put a five cent impost on paper and plastic bags cleared the City Council today — and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he is ready to ink it into law.

The lawyer, who handled much of Glenwood's political work, said the company hoped to obstruct the passage of campaign finance reform laws, see the controversial 421a tax abatement renewed, obtain a favorable tax cap on revenue from apartment buildings and to prevent Democrats from taking control of the State Senate and giving control of the New York City rent laws from Albany to the City Council — which Mr. Dorego compared to «an atomic bomb.»

Town board unanimously approves zoning law change, reversing course on controversial project

Comments on open government, Opus 40, the state Open Meetings Law, support for a controversial housing development in Glasco brought some

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has vehemently defended the SAFE Act, a controversial package of gun control laws, and on Sunday continued to do so after an attack on a night club in Orlando killed at least 50 people.

With the absence of any candidate of color in the AG's race, Schneiderman has been trying to position himself as the clear choice for Latino and black voters, stressing in particular his efforts on behalf of Rockefeller Drug Law reform and sponsorship of a controversial measure that will count prisoners at their last address for the purposes of legislative redistricting and not whever they're incarcerated.

Flanagan did include «common sense» reforms to the SAFE Act on his to do list — a nod to the conservative upstaters who did not support him during the battle to replace Skelos as leader because of his «yes» vote on the controversial gun control law.

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.

But Flanagan, who continues to be under fire from the right for voting «yes» on the controversial gun control law, is unlikely to approve funding any time soon — especially not with the special election for ex-Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous» seat this fall and the 2016 rematch for control of the majority looming.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's support of a five - cent fee on grocery bags to boost recycling and reduce waste increases the likelihood that the controversial legislation will become law.

As he considers a potential bid for president this year, former Gov. George Pataki on Thursday in a statement blasted Indiana's controversial religious freedom law, which he called discriminatory.

Mr Lansley said measures such as increased taxation on alcohol negated the fundamental need to underline individual responsibility and claimed no discernable benefits had been derived from the controversial 24 - hour drinking laws.

Whether cannabis should be legalised, decriminalised or reclassified are all controversial issues, as are any Government attempts to reform the law on drug use.

The question: Whether the Republican candidates vying for the right to take on Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer on Row B this November support Arizona's controversial immigration law and would back something similiar here in New York.

The governor in late May set a benchmark for his support of the alliance between Republicans and the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, saying he wanted action on the Dream Act (which failed in April), a broader system of public campaign finance (beyond the pilot program passed in the state budget) and his Women's Equality Act, which has been controversial because of a plank changing the state's abortion laws.

The leader of the Common Council's Democratic majority said that he's open to compromise on a controversial ethics law that

The leader of the Common Council's Democratic majority said that he's open to compromise on a controversial ethics law that Mayor Shayne Gallo claims was designed to keep political power in the hands of political party elites.

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 issue.

State Assembly Woman Barbara Lifton announced on Tuesday that she is co-sponsoring a bill that would change education laws to address several controversial issues in public schools.

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.

The law's most controversial provisions were an expansion of the state's «assault weapons» ban, creation of an ammunition purchase database, and a prohibition on placing more than seven bullets in a gun magazine.

Some Democrats cried foul when the meeting to make the appointment was called in less than 24 hours, on the same night that the New Paltz Town Board was holding its public hearing on the controversial wetlands and watercourses law, prohibiting several members of the committee from attending the meeting.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law on June 15 a sweeping and controversial education bill that diverts public money to privately run charter schools.

But the move would be highly controversial — it's based on a new reading of the Public Officers Law being pushed by Assemblyman Gianaris and good - government groups that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has already openly opposed.

But the issue of whether messages of necessity should be used to waive the three - day aging process on controversial and complex bills remains a potent one, especially after the gun control law was approved.