Sentences with phrase «courthouse because»

Instead, we moved to the Las Olas building about 6 blocks from the courthouse because neither of us wanted the public to be misled about what mediation was.

Carter reportedly replied, «If you are so upset about it, why don't you just thump the shit [out] of him outside the courthouse because I am not going to do anything about it.»

One of my favorite jobs was actually processing criminal case files at the county courthouse because it was fun for me and didn't require me to do any kind of change management.

«We're doing it in front of the Tweed Courthouse because it symbolizes municipal corruption,» said Albanese, a former Brooklyn city councilman.]

Not exact matches

Christians have voted to put their God's name on everyones money, add «Under God» to the flag salute, force schools to teach intelligent design with absolutely no scientific basis along side the sciences, voted to write their moral laws on the fronts of public courthouses and tax funded buildings, voted to ban certain people from living together, being intimate or raising children because their orientation didn't fit with their bible beliefs.

Disheartened by the amount of support Griffin had received from the community, I considered showing up at the courthouse with a sign that included Exodus 22:21, «Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt» — mainly because June prides herself on being a strict biblical literalist.

I also work from home though I collect courthouse records online for about 5 years now (I have been divorced 2 years and my ex never thought my job was good enough because I didn't go OUTSIDE the home to do it).

Outside the courthouse, the jury foreperson told reporters those requests because jurors wanted to «make sure of our decisions.»

Although Milwaukee County Board members are hesitant to advance plans for a proposed $ 184 million Courthouse Complex project, it's not because they question whether the project is needed.

«This is all because of a loophole in the state law,» Malliotakis said Thursday while standing in front of the new Richmond County Courthouse in St. George.

From the first time he came to mainstream media's attention in 1994 proclaiming that the Gay Games in New York that year would spread AIDS in the city, to his resignation from the Civilian Complaint Review Board because of the constant protest from the LGBT community, to his attacks on the Harvey Milk School and his bussing in evangelical Christians from the tri-state area to stage a protest against gay marriage on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse, he has crusaded against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

The city held a ground breaking in 2013 and originally planned to open it in 2014, but it was pushed back because of numerous delays on the opening of the new Staten Island Courthouse nearby.

«Courthouse arrests are a shameful, predatory tactic that makes our city less safe, because it destroys the trust that our city officials and law enforcement offices have worked so hard to build,» said Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

«Silver, by the power he amassed as speaker and all the power he has — he's gotten people jobs in the courthouse — also had sway at the judicial conventions because the delegates from his Assembly district and sometimes adjoining districts was able to dictate, on occasion, who would be a judge,» Flacks said.

Pabón chose the Bronx County Courthouse to kickoff his campaign because it reflected the spirit of his campaign for reform.

Maybe we all instead ought to pause for a moment of sanity, because the sobering truth is that Michael Vick is still sorely in need of some serious counseling and rehabilitation, not a slick PR campaign selling the notion that his shedding crocodile tears and converting to Christianity on the courthouse steps means that his high crimes and misdemeanors are already behind him.

They were at the Durham County Courthouse Monday because same - sex marriage is now legal in North Carolina.

Terror lynchings «were acts of terrorism because these murders were carried out with impunity, sometimes in broad daylight, often on the courthouse lawn.»

Because some public record information is accessible only by visiting courthouses and other government buildings in person, the credit bureaus have to send people to the courthouse to gather the records.

His handler explained that the therapy dogs had been invited into the courthouse on remand day but the program was discontinued because the experience was much too hard on the dogs.

-- Lawyers need to make their clients comfortable in the courthouse and the courtroom, even more than a sports team visiting the opponent's stadium needs to be comfortable in the new stadium, because at least the athletes have stadium experience.

It is because of this gap of assistance that I believe that we need procedural «navigators» present at courthouses who can assist self - represented litigants.

Because we recognize the importance of being able to speak with a lawyer immediately, we maintain a 24 - hour emergency service line, and our office is steps away from the Durham Consolidated Courthouse.

That's because the people who make the courthouses work are all humans too — no matter your opinion of attorneys, judges, and everyone else who aids in the legal process.

Attorneys John Bergendahl and Bruce Zimet, whose clients were convicted of defrauding the US and financial institutions in a federal mortgage scheme that ran more than five years, filed the retrial motion partly because a number of prospective jurors were allegedly turned back from the federal courthouse in Orlando, Florida by the guards, who are U.S. marshals, for failing to meet the standards of that court's juror dress code.

I will never forget standing in the courthouse of our state capital with a pump standing literally in the doorway because it was the only place I could get access to a plug, trying to pump milk while people were coming in and out, literally pumping into me with the door.

Perhaps the ones who are in most need of a trip to the courthouse and the prisons are legislators (as demonstrated in the recent flap with sensenbrenner) because many of the complaints that Prof Stuntz has with the criminal justice system can most fairly be placed at their doorstep.

Which is a shame, because it would have made great television to hear his commentary on the ensembles of the Hells Angels as they left the courthouse, should this thing ever get that far.

A judge in Montgomery County, Maryland, denied a request to allow research of potential jurors because it could have a chilling effect on jury service if they knew they were going to be Googled as soon as they walked into the courthouse.

Because of that, there's bound to be problems — the most recent being a computer technician for Unisys Corp. and Insight Enterprises who claims she was harassed by her co-workers because of her race, according to Courthouse News SBecause of that, there's bound to be problems — the most recent being a computer technician for Unisys Corp. and Insight Enterprises who claims she was harassed by her co-workers because of her race, according to Courthouse News Sbecause of her race, according to Courthouse News Service.

Being near the courthouse may not be the best place because there's rarely free parking.

I'm pretty sure that's tongue in cheek, because it definitely doesn't apply to the vast array of lawyers whose business does not take place at the courthouse.

As for other instances where the Public Works Protection Act could be applied, the Court of Appeal in Campanella justified the constitutionality of courthouse searches because there were large signs to alert the public of the fact that searches were taking place.

This is because law clerks, especially in rural areas, often have a dual appointment as a law clerk (basically a lawyer acting as a research assistant for a judge) and as a bailiff who is an officer of the court charged with maintaining order and security in the courthouse, or at least in an individual judge's courtroom.

It is also ironic because, according to the Tampa Bay Times, Hawkes was accused of over-aggressively lobbying legislators to fund what became known as the «Taj Mahal» — a posh $ 50 million courthouse.

He has had plenty of success INSIDE the courthouse for his clients and that translates into an advantage for you because it means that any of the Crown Counsel involved in your criminal or driving offence case will know that it would be best to deal with Jamie Butler by offering YOU the best and fairest possible resolution OUTSIDE the courtroom by way of plea deal.

So not only will the individuals who will have literally the courthouse door slammed in their face because they can't get lawyers, not only will they be affected but I also see the impact coming to all of the pro bono programs throughout the US, so it will have an enormous exponential effect.

For example, a lawyer might suggest filing a lawsuit in a state court just because it's much closer than the nearest federal courthouse.

Vincent Morris: The courthouse plays a unique role in our system of democracy because it is the forum where the citizens of our nation can present their grievances against individuals, corporate entities and the government.

In this DUI trial the court granted the defendant's motion for a new trial because it became clear that part of the trial was conducted when the courthouse was already closed and locked for the night.

The decision to deny public representation to criminal defendants in Hobbs may just be the beginning of a trend in courthouses where strained budgets have become a way of life because of the state's budget crisis.

I'm actually bringing up #altlegal careers because Courthouse Libraries BC recently posted for a liaison lawyer.

That courthouse has great personal significance for me because it's really where my career in criminal law began.

But because this report's constructive criticisms seem to fall largely on deaf ears in Sacramento and in many courthouses around the state, this year's look at the West Coast's perennial Judicial Hellhole will pragmatically limit its focus to an armful of the state's civil injustices, including precedent - defying state supreme court decisions, the Private Attorneys General Act, Prop 65, food and beverage litigation, innovator liability, the California Environmental Quality Act's impact on affordable housing, courts» expansions of public nuisance law and natural disaster - chasing personal injury lawyers, among others.

Because defensive driving programs in the State of Oklahoma are court - approved, courthouses differ in this last step.

Additionally, because we are approved for 17 of the issuing courthouses, you know your completion certificate does not have a chance for rejection!

Because my partner Kevin Unger is in court every day, in fact, he's usually in more than one courthouse, nearly all day long and knows who is present and who isn't.

The Course and Record combo is a full solution because it grants you access to all the online materials and you will get a copy of your driving record upon completion for the courthouse.

Because Red River County does not feature its own Municipal Court, the Justice of the Peace can be reached at the courthouse.

The original Hidalgo County Courthouse in the City of Hidalgo was under frequent danger of flooding because of the town's proximity to the Rio Grande,...