Sentences with phrase «courts controversy over»

The Board Chairman of the Millennium Excellence Foundation, Victor Gbeho, has stated that donations were actively solicited for the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards on December 8, which has courted some controversy over extortion allegations.

«Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno» premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier today and, just like Kechiche's previous feature, it's already courting controversy over its graphic sex scenes and male gaze.

The digital currency has courted controversy over its legitimacy ever since it became popular in Egypt last year.

Not exact matches

I often meet abortion rights advocates who honestly thought that the national controversy over abortion would simply melt away within a few years of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973.

The news went out that the Court had settled the controversy over abortion.

This question has been the topic of considerable legal and social debate over the years since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision» debate that has only been intensified by the recent controversies over human embryonic stem cells and human....

Dale Van Kley's new book, The Religious Origins of the French Revolution, seeks to revive a sort of Whiggish interpretation of the French Revolution as the struggle for freedom against sacral monarchy, with much of the ideological discourse of the revolutionaries deriving from little expected religious controversies» beginning with the rise and fall of Calvinism in Catholic France, continuing through the struggles over theological Jansenism, and ending in the political struggles of the French high courts of justice, the parlements, with the administrative monarchy of the eighteenth century.

If the Supreme Court is to be kept from legislating, the key issue in the controversy over the interpretation of section 1 can not be the meaning of «liberty» and «equality» but the meaning of «due process of law» and «the equal protection of the laws.»

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The 24 - year - old has courted controversy during his time in France, but with United needing defensive reinforcements in the full back positions moving forward with question marks hanging over the likes of Luke Shaw and Matteo Darmian, it appears as though they're ready to gamble on Aurier and give Mourinho the chance to get the best out of him.

Last time out in Montreal, Perez courted controversy when he refused to move over for Esteban Ocon.

As well as the controversy over the Gupta family, the Constitutional Court recently said the president had violated the constitution by not paying back public money used to upgrade his private residence in Nkandla.

The New Year's Honours list has courted unusual controversy, with the Conservatives raising concerns over some of those commended.

Controversy over the county's contracting procedures system erupted last year when former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in federal court with influencing the county to award a $ 12 million contract to a company that employed his son.

As Ivey will tell you, she had about three hours to prepare before taking over the governorship, coming into office at the height of a controversy that forced out her predecessor and inheriting a prison system under federal court order.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- After a total of 27 conferences over a two - year span, New York State Supreme Court Justice Deborah A. Chimes, decided on Monday that Peter Battaglia, owner of Battaglia Demolitions, Inc., is liable for penalties related to the controversy between his company and the neighbors...

The decision generated a lot of controversy with a group of journalists dragging the Commission before court over the mater.

Apart from the controversy over Emmanuel College Gateshead a couple of years ago it simply isn't an issue here — we don't have the same brand of vocal Christianity here, we don't have a written constitution that can be used for court challenges over the issue and we don't have a long history of battles over the teaching of evolution.

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Are your current students aware of (or do they care about) the controversy and court battles that erupted over teaching evolution?

After three and half years, much of it mired in controversy over technology missteps like the rollout of a $ 1.3 billion iPad program and a court case that struck down teacher tenure laws in California, the schools chief and the board have agreed to part ways.

The religious studies GCSE caused controversy last November, when three parents took the Department for Education (DfE) to court over the wording of a paragraph in the new subject content, claiming that it «gave unlawful priority to the teaching of religious views as compared to non-religious views, including those of humanism».

Douglas County: DougCo is the wealthiest large district in Colorado and lately has been in the news for controversy over their voucher program (an issue now headed to the US Supreme Court).

In order to get into federal court, you either need (1) a federal cause of action (there isn't one here; breach of contract is a state claim), or (2) «diversity of citizenship» + an amount in controversy over $ 75,000.

In an unexpected move, a federal court abruptly approved a settlement between the Department of Justice and three publishers that will resolve a controversy over e-book pricing.

Adam Orth, the Microsoft developer who last week courted controversy by imploring those unhappy with always - on DRM to «Get over it» has left the company, according to reports from Polygon.

However, EA Games Head Frank Gibeau has spoken out to say that the controversy over Mass Effect, Bulletstorm and Medal Of Honor is better than any advertising run - and that there's nothing wrong with «courting controversy.»

FAUSTUS, DUNDEE REP 4/5 Theatre The Herald; November 16, 2007; NEIL COOPER; 433 words... craving for immortality is mirrored by the Chapmans» conscious courting of controversy... is set among the aftermath of the 2001 Turner Prize, won by Martin Creed's A Light Switch... Mephistopheles press the flesh as the Chapmans mull over their defeat.

The 11,000 megawatt (MW) Belo Monte Dam, which is set to be the country's second largest after Itaipú, has been beset by controversy and delays due to several federal court battles over its impact on local indigenous communities and the environment.

What explains controversy over outpatient commitment laws (OCLs), which authorize courts to order persons with mental illness to accept outpatient treatment?

values are plainly jeopardized when church property litigation is made to turn on the resolution by civil courts of controversies over religious doctrine and practice.

The Act permits federal courts to preside over certain class actions in diversity jurisdiction where the aggregate amount in controversy exceeds $ 5 million; where the class comprises at least 100 plaintiffs; and where there is at least «minimal diversity» between the parties (i.e., at least one plaintiff class member is diverse from at least one defendant).

Nick is only partially right, I think, about current controversy over Christianity in court, at least in the US, as witness recent cases on «intelligent design».

The court's ruling will help to curtail lengthy litigation over jurisdictional issues in cases where patent counterclaims that form the basis for removal fail to present a justiciable Article III case or controversy.»

Regardless of whether a state has adopted the UCCJEA or retains the UCCJA, both the UCCJEA and the UCCJA are intended, among other things, to avoid jurisdictional competition and conflict with courts of other states in matters of child custody, to discourage continuing controversies over custody, and to deter abductions and other unilateral removals of children undertaken to obtain custody awards.

The city has also seen its share of controversy, such as the long - running fight over the Mount Soledad Cross, a protracted battle that an appeals court finally laid to rest in September 2016.

-- A Federal district court has original subject matter jurisdiction over matters involving citizens of different states and the amount in controversy exceeds $ 75,000.

Mootness: Although the College asserted the issue was moot, as no one's registrant status was impacted, and furthermore, paramedics had recently been transitioned from the HDA to the Health Professions Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. H - 7, which gives the College control over its own forms, the court decided that due to live controversies and an ongoing relationship between the College and the technician, declaratory relief would help them with their ongoing relationship, and would address future problems.

Anticipating controversy, the PMO has asked former Justice Ian Binnie to opine on the eligibility of a Federal Court of Appeal Judge who had before appointment, practised for over a decade at the Barreau du Québec, to be appointed to one of the three «Québec seats» on the court under s. 6 of the Supreme Court Court of Appeal Judge who had before appointment, practised for over a decade at the Barreau du Québec, to be appointed to one of the three «Québec seats» on the court under s. 6 of the Supreme Court court under s. 6 of the Supreme Court Court Act..

The idea that one parent can alienate a child against the other has been a big controversy in family courts over the past 20 years, with the conclusion that there are many possible causes for this resistance.

Based on the concept that both spouses hire legal representation yet agree to resolve their differences without going to court, Collaborative divorce is generally less expensive and quicker than litigation, gives the couple greater control over the outcome of their divorce, and keeps children out of the controversy.