Sentences with phrase «equal justice before»

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The case of Vision Inspired by the People (VIP) and the Southern Belize Coalition for Equal Political Representation and Development versus the Election and Boundaries Commission was scheduled to have been heard this afternoon before Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin in the Supreme...

Our CEO, Charley Moore, says: «The 14th Amendment's purpose is equality before the law, it is our duty to make sure that every person has equal access to justice.»

In the Court's view, in seeking leave to dismiss the charge against Mr. Sullivan, the United States Attorney is not being faithful to a cardinal principle of our legal system, i.e., that all persons stand equal before the law and are to be treated equally in a court of justice once judicial processes are invoked.

It is fundamental to the rule of law that all citizens stand before the bar of justice as equals.

The suggestion that there is an analogy between their struggle to achieve equality and these petitioners» concerted efforts to deny women equal access to a constitutionally protected privilege may have rhetorical appeal, but it is insupportable on the record before us...» Justice Stevens also noted that Bray «presents a striking contemporary example of the kind of zealous, politically motivated, lawless conduct that led to the enactment of the Ku Klux Act in 1871 and gave it its name.»

On the day before the walk, Governor Patrick proposed funding for FY13 at $ 12 million, which is an impressive jump over last year's $ 9.5 million, though still short of the Equal Justice Coalition's request for $ 14.5.

The Davis Malm contingent was led by Daniel T. Janis and Kendra Kinscherf, and included Samuel B. Moskowitz, who served as Chair of the Equal Justice Coalition for three years before stepping down in 2013, J. Gavin Cockfield, Robert J. Diettrich, Gary M. Feldman, Thomas S. Fitzpatrick, James E. Gallagher, Robert J. Galvin, Evgenia I. Goryshina, Tamsin R. Kaplan, C. Michael Malm, Andrew D. Myers, Michael V. Serra, and Howard P. Speicher.

The Davis Malm contingent was led by Daniel T. Janis and included Samuel B. Moskowitz, who served as Chair of the Equal Justice Coalition for three years before stepping down in 2013, Evgenia I. Goryshina, John T. Lynch, and C. Michael Malm.

Unlike the oath reading: «I shall seek to ensure access to justice and access to legal services to the best of my abilities to ensure everyone is equal before and under the law.»

His work in the equal justice arena has included representing death row inmate Bo Cochran, who spent 15 years on death row before being acquitted in 1996 and with his membership and action on the Ethics Resource Center, the Council of the American Law Institute and as a member and immediate past chair of the NLADA Corporate Advisory Committee.

Before we conclude that the wheel has turned and equal sharing has been achieved, perhaps even exceeded, we should look more closely at the reiterated parenthetical comment in the preceding sentence and ask how much difference it makes that one justice is also the Chief Jjustice is also the Chief JusticeJustice.

By upholding justice and their duty to their client, and courageously taking actions not to mislead the court, they are ensuring that everyone is equal before the law.

In particular, States have an obligation in article 5 of ICERD to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, [17] the right to freedom of religion [18], and the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.

(a) the guarantees of equality before the law and racial non-discrimination [34] in article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights («ICCPR») and articles 2 and 5 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination («CERD»), in particular the obligation in article 5 of CERD to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of (a) the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, (d)(v) the right to own property alone as well as in association with others [35], and (d)(vii) the right to freedom of religion [36];

Finally, respect for human rights obligations, especially the right of indigenous communities «to practice and revitalise their cultural traditions and customs» [74] and to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice [75], calls for the development of principles which address the unique evidentiary issues involved in native title litigation, including the reality of claims based substantially upon orally - transmitted traditions, the lack of written records of indigenous laws and customs, the «unsceptical» receipt of uncorroborated historical evidence incapable of being tested under cross-examination, and the epistemological, ideological and cultural limitations of historical assessments of traditional laws and customs by non-indigenous commentators.

Judge Tanaka of the International Court of Justice stated, in the South West Africa case, that «The principle of equality before the law does not mean the absolute equality, namely the equal treatment of men without regard to the individual, concrete circumstances, but it means the relative equality, namely the principles to treat equally what are equal and unequally what are unequal... To treat unequal matters differently according to their inequality is not only permitted but required», (1966) ICJ Rep 6, pp303 - 305.

The suspension decision potentially limits the right of Sri Lankan and Afghan nationals to equality before the law including equal treatment before tribunals and other organs administering justice (protected under article 5 of ICERD), and the right to freedom from arbitrary detention (protected under article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights).

(a) The right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice

However, we have a long way to go before we can stand in this country as equals, and this will take commitment from Governments at all levels and ongoing efforts by our people to achieve true justice, equality and reconciliation.