Sentences with phrase «do public justice»

To think a flat fee would do the public justice.

Just as the state is called by God to an irrevocable task of doing public justice, so also is the institutional church called by God to proclaim the Gospel in its fullness, administer the sacraments and to ensure that its members are living up to their calling before the face of God, who has redeemed them in Jesus Christ.

Not exact matches

But Comey said the intense public interest in the matter — and permission from the Justice Department — made it appropriate to do so.

Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron, however, said Pai has «never met a mega-merger he didn't like or a public safeguard he didn't try to undermine,» calling him «an inveterate opponent of net neutrality, expanded broadband access for low - income families, broadband privacy, prison - phone justice, media diversity and more.»

Given the common association of the word «indoctrinate» with totalitarian methods, there might be at least a «slight suspicion» that Justice Stevens did not use the term in its neutral sense, especially since he nowhere refers to public school indoctrination.

Together these leaders — long identified with the struggle for racial and economic justice — demand a test of vouchers with one basic criterion in mind: «Do public scholarships help or hurt our poorest children and the children of ethnic minorities?

So, the justice suggests, as long prayers at public meetings don't fall into a pattern of proselytizing, denigrating nonbelievers or threatening damnation, what's the problem?

Christians are then left pointing to sociological maladies to vindicate our claims or appealing to the authority of a «pure science» which doesn't exist; or in the case of «same sex marriage,» we're reduced to pleading for private exemptions from public «justice.»

Vital public services, which do not easily lend themselves to profit - making, are underfunded and inadequately developed: public transportation, health care, education, criminal justice.

She has every right to go to the police or do what is needed to get justice, but if she goes onto public blogs like this one and starts posting names of people and organizations, it can get touchy if they decide to take legal action.

Writing for the court in Abington v. Schempp (1963), Justice Tom Clark held that public schools can not establish a «religion of secularism,» preferring «those who believe in no religion over those who do believe.»

Public frustration with existing criminal - justice procedures has encouraged a what - else - can - we - do attitude.

Novak argues that the present task of the Catholic Whig tradition is to «form a new synthesis of philosophical conceptions and practical institutions that do justice, together, to private rights and public happiness.»

Although Chief Justice Black, grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, did interpret «seperation of church and state» to be a means to deprive Catholic schools of public funding; a situation reversed by Jack Kennedy.

«The Const - itution does not oblige government to avoid any public acknowledgment of religion's role in society,» Justice Kennedy said in his opinion.

Public frustration with existing criminal - justice procedures has encouraged a what - else - can - we - do...

For several decades the strict separationists have had it all their way with the public schools; both the Alabama case and the Tennessee case are signs of a counteroffensive by parents for whom religion is a central part of that experience to which schools claim to do justice.

If we call ourselves Americans as well as Christians, we may feel a strong civic sense that what our government did in our name was the embodiment of public justice.

«The bottom line, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote, is that «the Consti - tution does not oblige government to avoid any public acknowledgment of religion's role in society.»

I find myself wondering whether we might not do some justice to the truth of each intuition by requiring at executions a public presence of randomly selected citizens» something like a jury.

Fourth, Christ did teach personal forgiveness, but he never challenged the need for public justice.

But we do not have an adequate theology of public order and safety, of police work, and of the criminal justice systems.

In the face of a threat to public order, those with public power and the responsibility for maintaining peace, even if they care about justice, as Pilate did, are sometimes under pressure to sacrifice justice — and with it, all pretense of determining whose views are correct when it comes to life's big questions.

Restorative justice can be a noble goal, but it does not speak to Jim's anguish, which could not be assuaged by public apologies or rectified by community service.

The present task of the Catholic Whig tradition is to form a new synthesis of philosophical conceptions and practical institutions that do justice, together, to «private rights» and «public happiness.»

President Barack Obama said in a public statement that the U.S. «will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act — and make no mistake, justice will be done.»

«For me, if the secular left suggests is allergic to any public role for faith, it seems to me to risk misunderstanding its own history - given that the foundation of the Labour Party did owe more to Methodism than Marxism - and to turn down the opportunity to build new alliances for social justice today.»

Do they really think the public will go into the polling booth thinking «oh well I would vote for Labour but they can't be trusted on the economy, and I would vote for the Conservatives but they might deliver the wrong kind of recovery, so I think I will marry economic efficiency and social justice and vote for the Liberal Democrats instead»?

We probably would be, if it were being done in a thought - through manner, with cannabis moving out of the purview of the justice system and under the umbrella of public health and education.

Comparison with the US is a problem, however - the justice system in the Netherlands is well - known to be rather lenient (A recent media event was the public apology by the Dutch IOC member Camiel Eurlings for domestic violence - the justice department decided not to press charges because he was doing volunteer work!).

But public confidence in our justice system, including the youth justice system, does require some punishment for crimes committed to be inflicted on the perpetrator.

In my estimation, the Chief Justice went overboard especially when the matter before the Supreme Court had nothing to do with the interpretations of the titles of members of parliament either assigned to themselves or as they are often addressed by their constituents or the general public.

If MPs don't support Lords amendments to the criminal justice and courts bill, it'll be the end of the third sector in public law litigation

«The rules of law apply regardless of who is investigating a case, but our concern is that there will be pressure on a special prosecutor to indict an officer for the sake of public perception and that does not serve the ends of justice,» Lynch said.

The case centered on the meaning of what constitutes an «official act,» with Chief Justice John Roberts agreeing with McDonnell that instructions to his jury were so broad as to include almost anything a public official did.

«The fact that the decision to release was taken by the Scottish justice secretary does not preclude you, as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, from now expressing your opinion on a subject that is of great public concern, and which affects Britain's international reputation and our relations with our allies,» he wrote.

Fellow Tory MP Dominic Raab, a former justice minister, added: «The public will be shocked to learn that Labour's deputy leader in Brussels is telling the EU it doesn't need to respect the referendum result, and is manoeuvring to engineer its reversal.

You really do actually have to study the case law of the Immigration Tribunal to appreciate the extent to which these cases walk the moral balance of British justice, endanger the public and frankly, for many people outside of parliament, make human rights dirty words.

Lord Atkin's famous opinion in Ambard v. Attorney - General for Trinidad and Tobago [1936] AC 322, is apposite: «But whether the authority and position of an individual judge, or the due administration of justice, is concerned, No wrong is committed by any member of the public who exercises the ordinary right of criticising, in good faith, in private or public, the public act done in the seat of justice.

«It is essential that those who care about social justice, fairness and equality, who value public services and care about the future of state education, do not allow this to happen.»

We will take on long - standing challenges in public housing, small business, criminal justice education — and we will do it together.»

The court unanimously determined that a public official must decide or act in a way that involves a formal exercise of governmental power, or agree to do so, to qualify as having taken an official action, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.

Both appeals court rulings made clear that overturning the convictions did not mean innocents had been brought to the slaughter, only that while their cases were moving through the justice system, the proof needed in public corruption cases changed.

The governor doesn't spend a ton of time with the entertainer — he appears in Cuomo's public schedules just twice, once for a December, 2014 meeting in which the two discussed criminal justice reforms, and for a phone meeting the following month.

The commission will not require public funds, and instead will be staffed by attorneys from Lippman's firm, Latham & Watkins who will do the work pro bono as they explore a «community based justice model,» the speaker said.

«Though I must affirm to the general public that the party was founded on the basis of sacrifice and social justice, we also have to keep in mind that times have changed and these changes call for new ways of doing things, a responsibility that should not be tasked with the leadership alone but those at the grass roots as well as to enable us come back strongly in the next general elections in 2020,» opined the former military man.

On Tuesday, Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association — New York City's largest police union — said «there will be pressure on a special prosecutor to indict an officer for the sake of public perception and that does not serve the ends of justice.»

«If someone confronts a guilty plea that would automatically subject them to a harsh immigration penalty and there's another possible plea that would hold them accountable and ensure public safety, justice demands they be given the one that doesn't have immigration consequences.»

I don't want to mention too many names but Karen Bradley (formerly of the Tory policy unit), Philippa Stroud (because of her lifelong commitment to social justice), Liz Truss (a radical thinker on public sector reform), Harriett Baldwin (because of her knowledge of the financial world) and Fiona Bruce (because of her legal and business background) are just five stars - in - the - waiting.

I want to thank the amazing people of the Southern District of New York, the greatest public servants in the world, for everything they do each day in pursuit of justice.»