Sentences with phrase «equal protection under the law in»

In 2006, when the New York State Court of Appeals shamefully ruled that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community did not have equal protection under the law in relation to Marriage Equality, I predicted that passing legislation to right this wrong in the State Senate would be a profound personal and sadly political battle.

Not exact matches

don't you, doesn't everyone think that all people in the US deserve equal protection under the law, equal rights, equal consideration?

Certainly there are many instances in which action is necessary to guarantee basic freedoms and equal protection under the law, but litigation should be the last resort, not — as too often today — the first.

U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby issued a 53 - page ruling Friday saying Utah's law passed by voters in 2004 violates gay and lesbian couples» rights to due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment.

In Bray v. Alexandria Women's Clinic (1993), the Court examined whether anti-abortion demonstrators could be held liable — under the Ku Klux Klan act of 1871 (amended in 1985)-- of conspiring to deprive women of the equal protection of the laws by depriving women seeking abortions of their right to interstate traveIn Bray v. Alexandria Women's Clinic (1993), the Court examined whether anti-abortion demonstrators could be held liable — under the Ku Klux Klan act of 1871 (amended in 1985)-- of conspiring to deprive women of the equal protection of the laws by depriving women seeking abortions of their right to interstate travein 1985)-- of conspiring to deprive women of the equal protection of the laws by depriving women seeking abortions of their right to interstate travel.

We either believe in a society of laws, and equal protection under the law, or we go back to feudalism.

Section 15 (1) states: Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

«Equal protection under the law and religious freedom are two of the most fundamental and critical principles enshrined in our founding documents,» said Congressman Gibson.

«I have consistently advocated for equal protection under the law for those who seek to certify their unions in the face of the law.

And every day, we stand up for core democratic principles enshrined in the Constitution: the rule of law, equal protection for all under law, freedom of speech, press, religion.

The Democratic Party supports the full inclusion of all families in the life of our nation, with equal respect, responsibility, and protection under the law, including the freedom to marry.

The motion itself asks that the court allow LPO candidates be allowed on the ballot and that the LPO remain a legal political party in order to protect the its First and Fourteenth Amendment rights to freedom of political speech and equal protection under the law.

«I entered this race because women deserve equal treatment under the law, the minimum wage should not be a poverty wage, elections should not be for sale to the highest bidder and our air and water deserve protection,» Kessner said in a statement.

SLAVE MARKET FOODS: Studies, and a bit of common sense, show that classifications on the socio - economical scale such as low income, inner city and / or ethnic minority [Hispanic / Black] predisposes consumers (who are equal under the law to protections against harm) to diabetes, obesity and other health risks as grocery stores in their area tend to sell lower qualities foods while food producers price high quality (or even halfway decent) foods out of reach.

However, this effort failed in 1973 as a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in San Antonio v. Rodriquez that such claims did not have a basis under federal equal protection laws.

There isn't one specific provision in the California constitution that's violated, exactly: Rather, the court identifies three «pertinent» clauses in the constitution: a guarantee of equal protection under the law, a provision ordering the legislature to encourage «intellectual [and] scientific improvement,» and a requirement that the legislature «provide for a system of common schools.»

Gresham asked Attorney General Robert Cooper whether the current statutes or state law in effect prior to July 1, 2011 governing permanent employment violate students» rights to a free education under the equal protection provisions of the Tennessee or U.S. Constitution.

1) Whether the current statutes or state law in effect prior to July 1, 2011 governing permanent employment violate students» rights to a free education under the equal protection provisions of the Tennessee or U.S. Constitution.

(3) appraise the laws and policies of the Federal Government with respect to denials of equal protection of the laws under the Constitution because of race, color, religion or national origin or in the administration of justice;

Whenever an action has been commenced in any court of the United States seeking relief from the denial of equal protection of the laws under the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution on account of race, color, religion, or national origin, the Attorney General for or in the name of the United States may intervene in such action upon timely application if the Attorney General certifies that the case is of general public importance.

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants in any aspect of a credit transactions on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or marital status, or age; the fact that all or part of the applicant's income comes from any public assistance program; or the fact that the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under certain federal consumer credit protection laws.

Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

I believe in the concept «innocent until proven guilty», and that everyone should be afforded due process and equal protection under the law.

78 However, the absence of such an autonomous and uniform definition under European Union law of the concepts of social security, social assistance and social protection and the reference to national law in Article 11 (1)(d) of Directive 2003/109 concerning those concepts do not mean that the Member States may undermine the effectiveness of Directive 2003/109 when applying the principle of equal treatment provided for in that provision.

In addition to the frustration this causes for US multinationals at the management level, it causes equal (if not more) frustration in the jurisdictions where these actions are carried out, when employees and / or labor tribunals perceive that Americans neither know nor have respect for employee protections under local laIn addition to the frustration this causes for US multinationals at the management level, it causes equal (if not more) frustration in the jurisdictions where these actions are carried out, when employees and / or labor tribunals perceive that Americans neither know nor have respect for employee protections under local lain the jurisdictions where these actions are carried out, when employees and / or labor tribunals perceive that Americans neither know nor have respect for employee protections under local law.

The Volokh Conspirators are deep into the fine print in their posts on a 43 - page opinion issued yesterday by Judge Joseph Bataillon, a Clinton appointee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, who has struck down a 2000 amendment to the Nebraska Constitution limiting marriage under Nebraska state law to opposite sex relationships (Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning).

Giving providers assurance that guidelines can be used only in their favor may be an important step toward gaining their support; but allowing such one - sided use of evidence in a court of law raises disturbing questions of fairness and of validity under the U.S. Constitution's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments» due process and equal protection mandates, and under state constitutional principles as well.

It guarantees that every individual is «equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination, and in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability».

The question presented in this case was whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal recognition of same - sex marriages that are recognized under state law, violated the Equal Protection Clause.

Where the Minister certifies by notice, published in the Canada Gazette, that any country that is not a treaty country grants or has undertaken to grant, either by treaty, convention, agreement or law, to citizens of Canada, the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens or copyright protection substantially equal to that conferred by this Act, the country shall, for the purpose of the rights conferred by this Act, be treated as if it were a country to which this Act extends, and the Minister may give a certificate, notwithstanding that the remedies for enforcing the rights, or the restrictions on the importation of copies of works, under the law of such country, differ from those in this Act.

I note that the drafters of the Charter were clearly aware of this ambiguity, as they certainly didn't impose on governments the general obligation to treat citizens equally in drafting section 15 (1)-- they made a point of defining equality as equality before and under the law, including the right to equal protection and benefit of the law.

Here, contract compliance (once a particular bugbear of Mrs Thatcher's government) is not normally considered (if at all) in the context of wage protection, but instead in the context of the advancement of other social goals, in particular under equality / discrimination law, eg only giving contracts to firms who show that they are equal opportunities employers.

(1) With the intent to deprive any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws or for the purpose of preventing the constituted authorities of this state or any subdivision thereof from, or hindering them in, giving or securing to all persons within this state the equal protection of the laws;

The rights which persons belonging to minorities enjoy under Article 27 of the Covenant in respect of their language, culture and religion do not authorise any State, group or person to violate the right to the equal enjoyment by women of any Covenant rights, including the right to equal protection of the law.