Sentences with phrase «federal judges across»

More than 99 % of the complaints filed against federal judges across the country are dismissed.

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Few of Trump's actions have touched a nerve among Latinos across the political spectrum in the United States quite like his pardon of Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who was found guilty of criminal contempt after defying a federal judge's order to stop targeting Latinos based solely on suspicion of their immigration status.

Manhattan Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, who sits on the Assembly's Election Law Committee, said Trump's comments are discouraging in light of the fact that there are federal courts across the country with judges appointed by Republicans and Democrats saying that states» voter laws are unconstitutional because they target people based on their race and ethnicity.

Glick says she's not backing any one specifically, but she says there are several openly gay judges in lower courts across the state, and at least one has been mentioned for a federal judgeship.

«Our actions sparked similar protests across the country,» Ansari said, pointing to the federal judges who have enjoined parts of the executive order, and Trump's promise to comply.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, acting in a case that has been closely monitored across the nation, has upheld a federal district judge's order freezing $ 47.5 - million in Education Department funds pending the Reagan Administration's payment of desegregation aid to Chicago's schools.

And, in an emergency stay issued on Saturday night, a federal judge blocked part of Trump's executive order, ordering that refugees and others trapped at airports across the U.S. should not be sent back to their home countries.

Indeed, the most recent round of federal appointments of judges across the country included 9 new appointments, of which 3 were women, and in Manitoba, only 1 woman has been appointed out of 6 judicial appointments made in 2013.

Lawyers representing the Department of Justice and the state of Washington made their arguments in front of three federal judges entirely by telephone — arguments that were streamed live across the globe.

The destructive uncertainty that such preconceived, subjective opinions of individual judges and bureaucrats is repeated across dozens of statutes and regulations at both federal and state levels.

Almost anyone who regularly toils in courthouses across Ontario — judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers — would say that despite previous rulings on delays from the Supreme Court and judicial warnings from lower courts, successive federal and provincial governments have failed to properly resource the justice system in a way that would ensure its fairness and efficiency.

But McLachlin is not the one appointing the judges — it is the federal government, which also appoints judges across the country to courts where Supreme Court judges often come from.

At the time, the former judge, Ronald H. Tills, had just pleaded guilty to violating the federal Mann Act by transporting the prostitutes across state lines.

A retired New York Supreme Court judge has pleaded guilty to violating the federal Mann Act by transporting a prostitute across state lines.

Heading into pre-Canada Day celebrations Justice Minister Peter MacKay announced 39 new judges on June 26 for courts across the country including Nunavut, Quebec (14), Manitoba (4), British Columbia (2), Ontario (8), Alberta (3), the Federal Court (4), Federal Court of Appeal (2) and the Tax Court.

The CJC's 39 members are the chief justices, associate chief justices, and senior judges from provincial and federal superior courts across Canada.

The federal government has announced the appointment of six new judges to courts across the country.

Travel, as well as workload, is another issue for Federal Court of Canada judges, who are required to live in the National Capital Region yet have sittings in a number of cities across the country.

The Project is national in scope and will place about 100 students as judicial interns in federal appellate, district, bankruptcy, magistrate and select state appellate judges» chambers across the country.

Federal prosecutors took over the case, and a judge sentenced Moore to serve nearly 2 1/2 years in prison for traveling across state lines to have sex with a minor in July 2002....

Federal Courts judges prepare files, conduct hearings and write decisions at locations across Canada.

But the federal judges who have supplied an unbroken wave of victories across the country to supporters of same - sex marriage are more diverse than their rulings would suggest: white and black, gay and straight, nominated by Democrats (most of them) and chosen by Republicans (a few of them).

A USA TODAY investigation documented 201 criminal cases across the nation in which federal judges found that prosecutors broke the rules.

JuraLaw provides federal, state and local court rule sets across the nation as well as appellate, family, probate, judges and agency rules.

Council membership consists of the chief justices, associate chief justices, and some senior judges from provincial and federal superior courts across the country.