Sentences with phrase «federal law prevents»

Another advantage for the lender: No matter how tough things get for troubled borrowers, federal law prevents them from escaping their bills through bankruptcy for at least another seven years.

The disaster - relief agency said federal law prevents it from doing so.

Buchwald said while he would like the ballot measure to apply to alleged crimes committed in the past, federal laws prevent that.

In the past, federal law prevented schools and states from using money provided by Congress for services that were already being provided with state and local funds.

On several legal websites AND from a couple of different attorneys I have found out there is a federal law preventing the mortgage company to accelerate the loan, simply because I am a relative (granddaughter) The mortgage company told me to fill out this packet so they can add my name to it for communications, but if I wasn't to become financially responsible I have to apply for credit.

Federal laws prevent employers from firing employees for the same reasons as the UK Labour law, and again, does not imply any protection for political viewpoints; however, there are a few states that make it illegal to discriminate an employee based on their political activity, unless it interferes with company values and the functions of its business.

But Broward School District Superintendent Robert Runcie said that the Stoneman Douglas shooter refused such a transfer after he turned 18, and as an adult, federal law prevented the district from moving him, the Sun Sentinel's Scott Travis reports.

To circumvent federal law preventing Texas from denying women access to qualified providers like Planned Parenthood, state lawmakers in January 2012 dismantled the Medicaid Women's Health Program.

Not exact matches

Trump's administration addressed one potential conflict when the Justice Department on Saturday said federal anti-nepotism laws do not prevent the president from appointing his son - in - law to his administration.

Relations between worker and employer are governed by a welter of state and federal laws and regulations drafted in the first half of the 20th century to prevent child labor and other abuses in factories and on farms.

They conduct investigations related to suspected violations of federal, state, or local laws to prevent or solve crimes.

To prevent this, in 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) formalized net neutrality into law, blocking ISPs from being able to receive payments for prioritizing content.

«There is enough grey in grey marketing law and the lack of federal government enforcement of labelling and packaging laws to prevent the characterization of the defendants» conduct as sufficiently egregious to attract further condemnation from the court,» Myers wrote.

It is that «U.S. policymakers will prevent the drastic automatic tax increases and spending cutbacks (the fiscal cliff) implied by existing budget law, raise the federal debt ceiling in a timely manner, and make good progress toward a comprehensive plan to restore fiscal sustainability.»

You can increase competition with anti-trust enforcement, and regulate natural monopolies and both (in the case of the newly merged Time Warner Cable), create greater transparency of prices, use government purchasing power, restore previous price controls (and please a federal usury law at no more than 15 %, to prevent debt bubbles of higher inflation).

«Currently, under federal banking laws, many legal, regulated legitimate marijuana businesses — operating legally according to state law — are prevented from maintaining bank accounts and accessing financial products like any other business, such as accepting credit cards, depositing revenues or writing checks to meet payroll or pay taxes,» Perlmutter said.

Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie wouldn't discuss Cruz's school records, citing a federal law that protects student privacy, but said he didn't think providing Cruz with more school services would have prevented the shooting.

Meanwhile, President Trump also signed a pledge during his campaign last August to defend the innocence and dignity of America's children by enforcing the existing federal laws and advancing public policies designed to «prevent the sexual exploitation of children online and to make the internet safer for all.»

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Recent reports of secret meetings among industry reps and the Food and Drug Adminstration over GMO labeling piqued my interest, mostly because this critical aspect was missing: any effort to label GE foods at the federal level could bring the current grassroots movement to a grinding halt by preventing any stronger local laws from ever being enacted.

Given that a state statute like the one passed in Florida can overcome another state statute, and that no federal law in place currently prohibits the imposition of this age limit; the absence of a constitutional limitation preventing a twenty - one year old age limit to buy guns means that the law is constitutional and valid.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Rep. Charlie Rangel emailed supporters today to tout his role in reducing federal student loan interest rates when he was Ways and Means chairman and lauding President Obama's push to prevent that law from expiring this July.

This explicit grant of power would also prevent the sort of federal pre-emption that stopped Bush - era state AGs from enforcing even state laws against federally chartered banks.

«As a general matter, nothing prevents the federal government from changing the SALT deduction,» said David Gamage, a professor of tax law at Indiana University's Maurer School of Llaw at Indiana University's Maurer School of LawLaw.

To prevent that tax cut from happening, Cuomo's budget legislation decouples from the federal law by pegging the credit and the income phase - outs to the levels in the old tax law.

The state Assembly last year adopted a sanctuary state measure to prevent state and local law enforcement officers from making arrests based on immigration status and from enforcing federal immigration laws.

«I am confident this common - sense legislation, which closes the gap in federal law, will protect women, men and children from their abusers and prevent further tragedies,» Phillips said in a statement.

However, the federal government's continued inaction on this issue has not only allowed the epidemic of gun violence to spread, but it has actually prevented the laws like the SAFE Act from being fully effective,» Cuomo said.

The city will also look to downgrade penalties for disorderly conduct — effectively superseding state law — in order to prevent exposing individuals arrested for the offense to federal apprehension and expulsion.

Also at 12:30 p.m., U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer holds a conference call with reporters to launch a campaign to pass legislation that would close hole in federal law that prevents summer camps and other not - for - profit organizations that work with children from gaining access to federal sex offender background checks on new employees and volunteers.

«I think that's the immediate issue for us to deal with both from the moral perspective to prevent victimization and from the legal perspective to come into compliance with federal law,» he said.

«It really is an assault on the Voting Rights Act,» said Assemblyman Karim Camara, a Brooklyn Democrat who chairs the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative caucus, referring to a federal law that prevents racial discrimination in election practices.

The organization also contends federal law already prevents many Americans 21 or younger from buying certain types of guns.

The governor also said the state will sue the EPA under the federal Ocean Dumping Act, a 1972 law that limits or prevents dumping that could pose a threat to human health and welfare, the marine environment or local economies.

The new policy will prevent Westchester law enforcement officials from cooperating with federal agencies such as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, and Customs and Border Patrol, as well as prevent county authorities from questioning individuals about their immigration status.

But that has has not prevented individuals and dispensaries from being prosecuted under federal law by the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney's Office.

A federal law requiring bus companies to post safety ratings where passengers can see them might have prevented a deadly bus crash in Queens last month, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, if riders had known where to look for the evaluations.

Many of the provisions are already included in federal law, however advocates said it was necessary to put them on the books in NYC law to prevent any loopholes.

As part of her effort to prevent deportations, Mark - Viverito said she would push legislation to create a city «alternative» to the state's disorderly conduct law so minor violations don't trigger federal action.

The Fair Housing Law added to existing Federal and State laws that prevent discrimination.

«The Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United vs. the Federal Elections Commission prevents Congress from enacting laws that limit spending on elections,» said Councilor David Marshall.

There are no federal laws that prevent the trafficking of illegal guns between states.

The federal law protects student privacy and prevents schools and school officials from releasing information from student records.

The new legislation, in addition to piggybacking the current policy, would also prevent law enforcement officials from honoring requests made by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Customs and Border Protection, which do not give rise to probable cause.

-- Make all serious domestic violence offenders surrender firearms The federal statute preventing domestic violence criminals from having guns has a big loophole: Guns often aren't taken away unless criminals voluntarily relinquish them to local law enforcement agencies.

A large majority of Americans — including gun owners — continue to support stronger policies to prevent gun violence than are present in current federal and most state law, according to a new national public opinion survey conducted by researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Federal and state laws and other factors may prevent or otherwise restrict eligibility.

They want the federal courts to strike down laws that limit the expansion of charter schools and prevent students from transferring to better public schools.

That's why a group of parents and students in Connecticut, with support from the nonprofit students» rights organization Students Matter, filed a case last month in federal court challenging their state's laws «that knowingly and actively prevent students from accessing even minimally acceptable public school options.»