Sentences with phrase «decision against the law»

A decision against the law could have left more than 6 million people without insurance coverage due to rising premiums that people could no longer afford.

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Oakland's decision to drive equity into the marijuana legislation assures minority ownership and seeks to compensate for discrimination against those affected by earlier laws.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to rescind an Obama - era directive that made enforcing marijuana laws against companies that comply with state laws a «low priority» raised ire in both parties and stoked uncertainty in states where the drug is legal.

That ruling struck down an 1883 decision in which the Court held that a law against interracial marriage did not discriminate against either race.

Recent developments, including ongoing investigations into bribery and corruption at the Company's subsidiaries in Mexico, China, Brazil, and India; new revelations of accounting fraud at the Company's China operations; a recent ruling by a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge against the Company for its illegal discipline of employees; and, the NLRB decision to authorize a nationwide complaint against the Company for violations of the National Labor Relations Act, highlight the need for enhanced oversight of Wal - Mart's corporate culture and behavior.

The National Labor Relations Board recently upheld a decision by an administrative law judge against Chipotle that ruled the company violated an employee's right to -LSB-...]

The National Labor Relations Board recently upheld a decision by an administrative law judge against Chipotle that ruled the company violated an employee's right to complain about his job when it required him delete tweets that were critical of the company and then subsequently fired him.

He successfully argued against forum non conveniens dismissal, obtaining the first ruling after the Supreme Court's decision in Morrison v. Nat» l Australia Bank Ltd., 130 S. Ct. 2869 (2010) to permit foreign investors pursuing foreign law claims to seek recovery for losses on a foreign stock exchange in a U.S. court.

Conservatives are deeply aggrieved by Supreme Court decisions in the past 30 years that have struck down laws against abortion, laws on homosexuality and certain laws and policies promoting religion in the public square.

Reuters: Saudi clerics protest against appointing women to advisory body Dozens of Saudi clerics staged a rare protest in front of the Royal Court on Tuesday against King Abdullah's decision to appoint women to a body that advises the government on new laws, a sign of growing conservative unease at modest social reforms.

The decision in Smith held that the First Amendment provided no special protection for religious liberty claims brought against «generally applicable laws.»

The Christian people suspect, and not always without reason, that because the Church's human law must be established by the authorities it is actually subject to the arbitrariness of the ministry and hence not really a law that would give the people a well - established position over against the decisions of the Pope or the entire episcopate.

Therefore the pertinent debate regarding black hiring is never «merit vs. race» but whether hiring decisions will be based on merit, influenced by race - bias against blacks, or on merit, influenced by race - bias, but with special consideration for minorities as mandated by law.

It was in the Synod of AD 486 the church made an official decision which went against the radical ascetic tendency of the East and against the canon laws of the West.

Under the Smith decision, churches are not protected by the Free Exercise Clause against these laws, because the laws are of «general application» and are aimed at restricting «socially harmful conduct.»

The chief subject of all our theological thinking and decision making are people for whom I believe, Jesus came to demonstrate his self - giving love over against the pentateuchal law.

In a sermon that likely broke the law, Indiana pastor Ron Johnson told his 400 congregants Sunday that for those who believe in the Bible, the decision to vote against President Barack Obama «is a no - brainer.»

In office, Lincoln gave effect to his position against judicial supremacy by consistently refusing to treat the Dred Scott decision as creating a rule of law binding on the executive branch.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

According to the Supreme court's recent decision regarding prop 8 it does not matter since is we do not have standing to bring a case against an administration for failure to enforce laws.

Earlier this week, Darren Dopp quietly paid the $ 10,000 fine levied against him by the Public Integrity Commission, even as he continues to insist he will challenge the decision that he violated the law in connection with the Troopergate scandal.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed court papers in a New York case arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.

Some important Democrats are contending that Cuomo's apparent decision against debating Zephyr Teachout, the leftist Fordham Law professor who beat the governor in court twice to win a spot on the Sept. 9 primary ballot, will damage his reputation nationally.

But elected officials and advocates say they are filing amicus briefs in opposition to the city's appeal of a July 2015 state court decision that called for the release of a summary of misconduct findings against Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who put Staten Island man Eric Garner in a chokehold that killed him, noting that the law permits released based on a court order.

On law enforcement, she rapped his administration's increased focus on community policing as «stop - and - frisk by another name,» blasted the NYPD's decision to stop publicly disclosing disciplinary action against cops and criticized de Blasio's decision to appoint Bill Bratton's personal choice, James O'Neill, as police commissioner without conducting a national search.

This would run against the thrust of the recent report by the government's independent reviewer of anti-terrorism laws, which recommended the home secretary make fewer individual decisions on spying and hand the responsibility over to a judge - led body.

«When the law makes a decision and it goes against party executives or party officials, the very political parties who are calling for rules of order and law to be put in place so that they will have a fair playing field are the very ones who go and support these recalcitrant young persons as if what they did was right so it sets the tone that there is a conflict and it throws both parties at each other,» he added.

Antonacci has been critical of the county law department's decision to hire six outside firms to defend against his pay raise lawsuit.

According to the Court of Appeal, Metuh and his company failed to first obtain the leave of either the trial court or the appellate court before filing a notice of appeal as required by the constitution when filing an appeal against an interlocutory decision, on the grounds of mixed law and facts.

He's against the Reproductive Health Act, backed by Democrats in the state legislature and Cuomo, which would codify into New York State law the abortion rights provisions in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

This year the decisions of the Rent Guidelines Board will also play out against the backdrop of an even bigger fight in Albany over the renewal of state rent laws.

Sean Ryan [email protected] Both sides of the sick - leave debate are pressuring Milwaukee officials as they consider whether the city should join the appeal against a court decision rejecting the law.

Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, who attributed her impressive showing against Cuomo in the September Democratic primary to support from anti-fracking activists, said she was «bowled over» at Cuomo's decision.

Vance said, however, that the decision against pursuing charges wasn't an «endorsement» of the actions, which he said, «appear contrary to the intent and spirit of the laws that impose candidate contribution limits.»

in regards to the so called violation of the establishment clause (just for the record, a law that forces a kosher deli to be closed on Sunday is not a violation of the establishment clause according to the still binding decision of the anti semetic Warren Court) since even in the super Orthodox jewish Senate district if there was a Catholic running against a Orthodox Jew and we liked the Catholic better then the Orthodox Jew on the issues then there would be only a slight disadvantage to the Catholic and depending on the issue at hand even an advantage as witnessed in the Weprin - Turner race.

«I think it's quite clear that voices of conscience all over the country are expressing outrage at these decisions which are reinstituting discrimination against the LGBT community,» he said, adding, «My hope is that both these states will relent, but we certainly are not going to have any non-essential travel to those states if these laws do continue in effect.»

But according to Kofi Bentil, who spoke to Citi News before a meeting between law students and Parliament's Subsidiary Legislation Committee, the proposals by the General Legal Council were against an earlier decision by the Supreme Court.

«Further, to end a culture of corruption and impunity of perpetrators, we urge the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN to urgently take over the prosecution of the corruption case against Mr Saraki by ensuring that the CCT decision is urgently appealed and that the case is diligently prosecuted within the limits of the rule of law.

Consequently, a fundamental argument against using embryonic stem cells and therapeutic cloning can not be derived from existing constitutional law and additional court decisions.

In 2008, the United States passed a law — the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)-- that prohibits the use of genetic information to discriminate against people in employment decisions and health insurance coverage.

A feel - good legal story about the U.S. Supreme Court's squeaker decision on California's anti-gay marriage law, Proposition 8, The Case Against 8 is a slickly told tale that begs for movie - of - the - week treatment.

Ruth was honoured at the film festival's award gala for her portrayal of Mildred Loving in film Loving, which follows the trust story of a couple in Virginia who effectively changed the laws against interracial marriage with a landmark Supreme Court decision in 1967.

The pivotal moment of the new historical drama Loving isn't the Supreme Court decision that struck down state laws against interracial marriage in 1967.

After the legislature had passed a constitutionally dubious law loading the deck against the tobacco industry, the court, in a 4 — 3 decision, found a way to uphold it.

Hence, the lack of supporting constitutional text, principles of federalism, and the doctrine of stare decisis (which lends stability to the law by encouraging courts to stand by their prior decisions) all militate against the creation of a federal constitutional right to education or to supposedly equal school funding.

The unanimous decision, which stems from a Louisiana law, continues the high court's 20 - year prohibition against sponsored prayer in the schools.

And a third decision brought fresh attention to a landmark federal appeals court ruling against considering race at the University of Texas law school.

NSBA, OSBA and their amici contend that the lower court's decision may discourage child abuse reporters from notifying child protective services or law enforcement agencies of their suspicions, fearing legal claims against them personally.

Earlier in the evening, one person spoke against the push to appoint an interim Principal for the Hartford Public High School Law & Government Academy; Superintendent Kishimoto defended this decision, saying that until a permanent Principal was hired, it was necessary to appoint someone with experience.

«NRA appeals judge's decision against pseudonyms in Parkland lawsuit» via Jim Rosica of Florida Politics — The National Rifle Association is appealing a federal judge's ruling against shielding a plaintiff's name in its litigation against the state's new school safety and mental health law.