Sentences with phrase «federal civil right»
A Michigan federal court has ruled in favor of the Dearborn Area Board of REALTORS ® («Board») on allegations that it violated both the federal and state fair housing laws as well as other federal civil right's statutes.
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We should make equal educational opportunity a federal civil right for all students.
The administration's directive enraged conservatives who say federal civil rights protections pertains to a person's gender assigned at birth, not someone's changing gender identity.
He has received recognition for his commitment to pro bono legal services, including his work as one of the lead attorneys in a successful federal civil rights lawsuit protecting the voting rights of Georgia citizens.
Fast - Food Workers File Federal Civil Rights Suit Against City of Memphis Over Illegal Surveillance, Intimidation, Harassment Common Dreams March 1, 2017
A U.S.appeals court ruled federal civil rights law protects LGBT employees from discrimination in the workplace
Obama's administration issued a directive warning districts they might be violating federal civil rights laws if they disproportionately disciplined minority students.
A sample: Social service providers, like other employers, are subject to the federal civil rights anti-discrimination laws....
Federal civil rights officials have absurdly claimed that they are the true heirs of Martin Luther King's moral legacy, by virtue of their having remained loyal to his «color blind» ideal — as if King's moral leadership consisted of this and nothing else.
It is, of course, governed by democratic laws (including federal Civil Rights laws), just as are the private clubs like those remaining in Philadelphia, Augusta, etc., or those set up by college students — sororities, fraternities, or the sort of club in the SOCIAL NETWORK which provokes such envious emotions in Mark Zuckerberg.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter threatening legal action because it considers the discount illegal under federal civil rights laws.
Non-discrimination Statement: In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Southwestern Vermont Health Care complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
A federal civil rights suit filed against Bradley and Glen Ellyn on behalf of Uwumarogie's family, however, alleges the shooting was unjustified and racially...
A federal civil rights suit filed against Bradley and Glen Ellyn on behalf of Uwumarogie's family, however, alleges the shooting was unjustified and racially motivated.
Case in point: a petition on the NAACP site urging the U.S. Justice Department to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman attracted so much attention that their servers...
the president could have the DOJ civil rights division initiate litigation against police agencies that it feels have violated federal civil rights law and then offer to dismiss the suits if the agencies enter into consent agreements that include a camera policy.
Case in point: a petition on the NAACP site urging the U.S. Justice Department to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman attracted so much attention that their servers couldn't handle it:
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.
«It is absurd to suggest that the City Comptroller should register a contract that is discriminatory and in violation of federal civil rights law,» Deputy Comptroller Valerie Budzik said in response.
The attorney general's office records do not break down the cases by specific categories of offense because they are all related to harassment, discrimination and abuse based on gender and all were brought under the same federal civil rights law.
Meanwhile, a status conference will be held April 23rd in a courtroom on Paladino's federal civil rights lawsuit against the Board of Education.
At least three investigators with the Suffolk district attorney's office have been subpoenaed as a federal investigation has expanded into whether county investigators and prosecutors engaged in federal civil rights violations by illegally using a wiretap on Oliva.
«Federal civil rights laws prohibit this misconduct.
On Wed., Jan. 20th, parents of 13 students, along with Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James, City Council Education Committee Chairperson Daniel Dromm and five legal assistance nonprofits, filed a federal civil rights complaint against Success Academy for systemic practices that violate the rights of children with disabilities.
There's only one person responsible for Rob Astorino's refusal to comply with federal civil rights: Rob Astorino.»
The longtime girlfriend of police chokehold victim Eric Garner implored the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's office to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo on federal civil rights charges.
In order to proceed with a federal civil rights charge, prosecutors would have had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Haste «lacked probable cause to believe that Mr. Graham posed a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or to others, and that he willfully deprived Mr. Graham of his right to be free from excessive force.»
Graham's family has pushed for federal civil rights charges since then because they believed Graham's rights were violated when the officers kicked their way into the apartment.
Even after a grand jury decided not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, sparking nationwide protests, the case promised to drag on for years thanks to a federal civil rights investigation, internal NYPD probe, and civil suit from Garner's family.
They also continue to move forward with a federal civil rights lawsuit.
The settlement resolves a wrongful - death lawsuit filed against the county in 2014 and a federal civil rights suit filed last year against Nassau.
WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a federal investigation into payments made to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver by a small law firm and Albany County legislature rejecting a proposed settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit about the county under representing minorities in the redistricting plan.
CANTON, N.Y. — Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick is among more than 40 public officials and agencies named in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a former Clarkson University soccer coach acquitted of murder charges.
The discussion has played out in protests, mayoral candidate forums, the Council chambers and an ongoing federal civil rights lawsuit.
As a matter of fact, Karen, sometimes I think that the House and Senate in Washington, in 2013, 2014 and 2015 — 50 years after the March on Washington, the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Federal Voting Act of 1965 — couldn't pass those same bills in their same form today.
Several members of New York's congressional delegation, including Reps. Charlie Rangel, Jerrold Nadler, Gregory Meeks and Hakeem Jeffries have called on the Justice Department to investigate federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
An expert on Freedom of Information Law is saying the City of Buffalo has more to gain in complying with a Freedom of Information Law request than a defendant has to lose in a federal civil rights case.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced last March that there was «insufficient evidence» to file federal civil rights charges against Haste.
Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination based on gender, prohibited by the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, and companies can not exempt themselves from the law by passing resolutions prohibiting the use of corporate dollars to pay damages to victims of discrimination.
Support for charges against Pantaleo was especially strong among Black adults, with 85 % stating that the grand jury was wrong not to bring an indictment and 86 % expressing support for federal civil rights charges, according to the New York Times / Siena College poll.
A federal civil rights probe seeks to understand why the poorest bear the burden of waste from coal burning
Learn a Language - Share a Language This guide provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities.
The national press jumped all over the news last week that the Office for Civil Rights in the Trump Department of Education will be taking a different tack on federal civil rights enforcement than it did under the Obama Administration.
But more than anything I hope I have convinced you that using the federal civil rights apparatus to address something as central to schooling as student discipline is... complicated.
The issue arises fairly often for school administrators and other government officials sued under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1871, a Reconstruction - era law that is frequently the basis for suits alleging that government officials have deprived someone of...
Moreover, these youth have the right to a quality education, grounded in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the federal civil rights laws.
The «gender gap» is closing in large part because of a federal civil rights law called Title IX.
Federal civil rights officials are monitoring a Boston charter school after concluding that the school violated federal laws that protect children with disabilities from discrimination.
The court will seek to settle a long - standing split in the federal appeals courts over whether a broader federal civil rights law, known as Section 1983, also provides the basis for suits alleging sex discrimination in education.