Sentences with phrase «federal prohibition of»

For example, if someone receives a federal prohibition of 1 year and a provincial disqualification for a period of 3 years, both will start immediately from the time the person is found guilty.

The certified industrial hemp seed provided by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture will be grown as part of a research and development program in conjunction with the Kentucky State University, and marks an historic moment in the Bluegrass State after decades of federal prohibition of industrial hemp.

Sexual orientation and gender identity are not protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964; in fact, there is no federal prohibition of discrimination toward LGBTs in the workplace.

WASHINGTON - New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined with New Jersey Senator Corey Booker on Wednesday to cosponsor a bill that would end federal prohibition of marijuana.

In 1937, federal prohibition of cannabis as we know it today began with the Marihuana Tax Act.

Not exact matches

«A majority of states have legalized and regulated marijuana despite the prohibitions in the federal Controlled Substances Act,» says Thorburn.

There are no limitations or prohibitions explicitly stated in the US Federal Law regarding monitoring of employees.

And if, as Daoust seems to imply, the key reforms have already been implemented, a prohibition on federal contracts would be baldly punitive, a form of punishment for its own sake.

But because of the federal prohibition imposed on cannabis and hemp, the U.S. is importing an estimated $ 100 million of hemp products each year.

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Attorney General Sessions said that marijuana sale and use is still against federal law and said he does not think that cannabis is something that should be legalized, despite the fact that more than half of all states have some form of a regulated market already in place and the majority of Americans agree that marijuana prohibition should end.

Culturally and politically, pressure is increasing on the federal government to reassess its almost 80 - year prohibition of marijuana.

The Democratic senator's proposed legislation will face an unlikely road to passage, considering that most lawmakers (including those in the White House) are reluctant to end the drug's federal prohibition, but the bill is still the latest attempt by a prominent politician to update federal marijuana laws at a time when a clear majority of Americans support legalization.

The company has so far steered clear of the U.S. market, citing the legal uncertainty of federal prohibition that overhangs legality in several states.

A majority of Republicans back universal background checks, a ban on assault - style weapons, a federal database to track gun sales, prohibitions on people with mental illness, and barring people on no - fly or watch lists from buying firearms.

Finally, the use of this $ 130,000 could also violate prohibitions on personal use of campaign funds by a federal candidate.

(2) The prohibition in paragraph (u)(1) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement), Form 4414 (Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement), or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

As a federal court stated in a 2011 decision upholding the foreign national prohibition statute and regulation — a decision affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court: «It is fundamental to the definition of our national political community that foreign citizens do not have a constitutional right to participate in, and thus may be excluded from, activities of democratic self - government.»

Before you scream too loudly over this move by President Obama, keep in mind that the prohibition for using federal funds under the executive order by President Bush did not stop the practice of harvesting stem cells from unused embryos in fertility clinics.

Less than two years after the citizens of Washington voted by referendum to uphold the state's prohibition of physician - assisted suicide, a federal judge invalidated the statute as....

Prohibition was reversed because of the federal and state governments» prudential judgment that it had been a practical and social failure, spawning organized crime and making criminals of ordinary, otherwise law «abiding citizens.

ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, has said that the outcome «highlights the importance of the Federal Government's Competition Policy Reform Bill, which introduces a concerted practices prohibition...»

Rep. Mike Thompson Introduces Tax Bill to Benefit U.S. Wine Industry: North Coast Rep. Mike Thompson proposed a series of federal tax breaks Monday for the U.S. wine industry, including a proposal to slash a tax on sparkling wine that has lingered since the aftermath of Prohibition...

Double jeopardy and the protection of the 5th amendment prohibition of such, does not apply here, with regards to the Federal Criminal courts.

The bill could only be made law pending the outcome of a Supreme Court case that is determining the legality of placing wagers on the outcomes of sporting events, potentially overturning a federal prohibition.

In addition to a new prohibition on secret settlements, the bill would create a uniform definition of sexual harassment based on federal regulations, block mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment complaints and standardized the process of reporting for all branches of state government.

Neither of them has proposed to go substantially further and repeal federal prohibition.

In sum, both Clinton and Trump propose to continue with President Obama's approach of kicking the can down the road by maintaining federal prohibition whilst tolerating state - level legalisation.

«The Federal Election Campaign Act's prohibition on foreign contributions is the broadest prohibition in the entire statute,» said Brett Kappel, a partner in the government affairs and public policy practice of the law firm Ackerman in Washington, D.C.

The Federal Government which preferred that charge said that Ngwuta contravened Section 15 (2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2012 (as amended).

Penalties for Frivolous Lawsuits — Vote Passed (230 - 188, 11 Not Voting) The bill would modify federal rules governing civil lawsuits to require federal courts to impose sanctions on parties that violate the existing prohibition on the filing of frivolous lawsuits, with such sanctions to include monetary penalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and other costs.

The Federal Election Commission has recommended that the prohibition of the personal use of campaign funds be extended to apply to all political committees, including leadership PACs.

It avoided the questions of constitutionality of regulating intrastate commerce (as - is, federal law would have had constitutional difficulties with alcohol bans in - state in the states that didn't pass state prohibition laws)

«Instead of addressing the problems faced in dealing with the menace of money laundering, the federal government has submitted the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2016.

Gardner separately said in an interview Wednesday he is 80 % finished with legislation he is writing to ensure states don't run afoul of the federal prohibition on marijuana and to allow marijuana businesses access to the financial system.

It also eased the threat that the Department of Justice under Attorney General Jeff Sessions — a staunch foe of legalization — would step up enforcement of federal prohibitions on sales and use of marijuana in states such as Colorado.

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The need to balance «the legal prohibitions and the opportunities» of working with administrative records is a long - running issue for federal agencies, says a senior OMB official, who agreed to talk with ScienceInsider on background.

Currently, such experiments can not be done with federal funding in the United States because of a congressional prohibition on using taxpayer funds for research that destroys human embryos.

«Currently under federal law, those who have been involuntarily committed to inpatient treatment for mental illness or those who have been convicted of felonies are prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms, but there is no temporary prohibition based on dangerousness,» Frattaroli said.

During the Opening Ceremony, Dr. Christoph Israng, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), gave an overview of the organization.

This analysis reflects the fact that the federal Constitution protects us from certain kinds of governmental action — such as state - imposed segregation, prohibitions on free speech, or invasions of personal privacy — but does not create expansive positive rights or guarantee governmental assistance.

First, as Catherine Gewertz noted last week, Achieve's Mike Cohen (a key player in the Common Core effort and someone for whom I have immense respect) has pooh - poohed concerns that the consortia are moving into curricular development (with federal funds) in violation of the statutory prohibition on the U.S. Department of Education developing curricula.

The experience in the 1950s and 1960s definitely led to the prohibition of such efforts in federal statutes — prohibitions that the Obama administration has violated in recent years by endorsing national curriculum standards and funding national tests and national curriculum frameworks together with related teaching materials and lesson plans.

The entire case for government control therefore rests on Title VI, which contains the general prohibition that «No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.»

While no such federal law exists, courts and the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), as well as the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, issued significant guidance in May 2016 asserting that Title IX prohibition against sex discrimination encompasses discrimination based on a student's gender identity, including discrimination based on a student's transgender status.

#related #The law would put other constraints on the federal government, among them checks on the secretary of education's liberal regulatory powers — used and abused to educators» and administrators» despair under Duncan — and language reinforcing existing prohibitions that keep the Department of Education from insinuating itself into curriculum decisions in charter schools.

imposes a raft of new prohibitions on the federal Department of Education while broadly reflecting recommendations sketched by conservative education reformers in such outlets as the Conservative Reform Network ’s

42 USC 3789d, Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 as amended Prohibition of Federal control over State and local criminal justice agencies; prohibition of disProhibition of Federal control over State and local criminal justice agencies; prohibition of disprohibition of discrimination

According to its website, «The Agency which is the creation of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and Administration Act, 2003 is the Federal Government of Nigeria's response to addressing the scourge of trafficking in persons in Nigeria and its attendant human abuses in its entire ramification.»

Prohibition Against Unlawful Internet Gambling: Federal law, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, and implementing regulations prohibit commercial customers from receiving deposits or other credits of any kind relating to their operation of an illegal internet gambling business.