Sentences with phrase «federal rights because»

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The Department of Education has seen the surge in waiver applications because its Office for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.

They also argue that it threatens due process rights because it may not get done by the federal deadline to certify the vote, putting Wisconsin's electoral votes in jeopardy.

This decision probably shouldn't have been a surprise, because it basically said that the court's 2010 decision in the Citizens United case, upholding the right of corporations to spend money in federal elections, applies to the states as well.

These days, Albertans are in the middle of a prolonged interjurisdictional peacetime, and not just because Notley has opted to be less confrontational with fellow premiers and the federal Liberals (she does get into spats with her right - leaning neighbour, Saskatchewan's Brad Wall, but he's been goading).

Quite the opposite; in fact, it should be taken more seriously than the reports of the C.D. Howe and Fraser Institutes because it represents alternative to the Harper Government on the role of the federal government in the economy, something that is clearly lacking right now.

As for whether the company will have steering wheels and pedals in the initial versions of its cars, Krafcik said that because of the regulatory limitations of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, cars have to have steering wheels right now.

Ramirez filed a challenge to his detention in Seattle federal court on Monday, arguing that the government violated his constitutional rights because he had work authorization under the DACA program, his lawsuit said.

And the reason I argue in the book that earlier depression was over so quickly was because the federal government really did sit back and do nothing, they actually slashed spending because this was right after World War I.

«Some institutions still argue the final version continues to interfere with their right to have their conscience unencumbered by federal law because it does not relieve them from the burden of providing these services altogether,» stated the CCCU.

Obama opposed the 2001 and 2002 «born alive» bills as backdoor attacks on a woman's legal right to abortion, but he says he would have been «fully in support» of a similar federal bill that President Bush had signed in 2002, because it contained protections for Roe v. Wade.»

John Kennedy repeatedly appointed segregationist judges to the federal bench in the South, and the civil rights case that Robert Kennedy most vigorously prosecuted involved charges brought against Albany, Georgia, activists for violating the rights of a white storeowner by boycotting his business because he had served on a jury that cleared the sheriff who had shot a black man three times in the neck at point - blank range.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter threatening legal action because it considers the discount illegal under federal civil rights laws.

A federal appeals court on May 31st ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it denies equal rights for legally married same - sex couples, making it likely that the Supreme Court will consider the politically divisive issue for the first time in its next term.

What remains of the Roman government decides to let people suffer and maybe even die because it refused to recognize the right of the US federal government to rule over it.

«Right now the situation is in a holding pattern because the IRS has found its internal policies under fire by federal court ruling,» said senior policy analyst Rob Boston.

Winemakers Federation of Australia chief executive Tony Battaglene said the body would work with the Federal Government to make sure the right regulatory measures were in place because a strong regulatory system was important in preserving the integrity and quality of Australia's wine.

As I understand it, because the Trump proposal is only looking (right now) at discretionary spending, it has no effect on the mandatory funding of federal school meal programs, including the lunch and breakfast program.

Alabama marriage officials find themselves in a very confusing position right now, because a federal court declared the state's marriage ban unconstitutional, but then the Alabama Supreme Court declared that the gay marriage ban was still just great and legal, and now all the probate judges are like, «Wait, who do we listen to?»

Last month, a Chicago couple filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Chicago Park District of violating their rights because it would not allow a reference to Jesus on a commemorative brick in a park.

Under utilitarian theory, you should care about the state vs federal rights issue because the state and federal government will provide different costs (or benefits) to people.

She continually reminds New Yorkers that Ronald Reagan was right: we do not have federal deficits because the American people are undertaxed; we have debt and deficits because the government spends too much.

If you view the Constitution as an agreement between the states which outlines what the federal government may do, you should care about states» rights because the federal government is over-stepping its agreement (which is by definition bad).

As for the territorial federal option, which minority nations would be satisfied with until they can get full national recognition when the context gets more favorable, it seems to be hardly viable because of its outright rejection by Spanish center - right political parties (PP, UPyD).

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.

«The Governor is also right that New York can not afford to lose $ 1 billion in federal education funds because of a stalemate over new evaluation procedures.

Interestingly enough, because in the US you have the right to appeal to a higher court if you don't like the decision of a lower court, many times states will find very popular gun control bills struck down by a Federal court who tells them that in the pure legal sense, their gun control laws are unconstitutional.

The Federal Government yesterday declared that state governors have no right to reduce the national minimum wage from the present N18, 000 because it was a...

«If it was legalized in Jersey and it was legal in Massachusetts and the federal government allowed it to go ahead, what would that do to New York because it's right in the middle,» he announced during his budget address.

That deduction had been popular in high - tax, Democratic states like New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, where many homeowners now face big increases in their federal tax bill.Cuomo said the lawsuit could argue the tax law violates states» rights and is unfair because it singles out Democratic states for political reasons.

«My opponent didn't have the right to vote because he lost that because of his federal conviction of a felony.

Because SUNY is a public institution, students» due process rights are automatically protected under the state and federal constitutions.

Shola Olatoye, the chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority, said Tuesday that she's resigning because it's the right time to go, not because of scandals over false lead - paint inspections and failing boilers or looming oversight by the state and federal government.

«So, covering three states within this short time will be the right step in the right direction because we have come to realise in the South - East that we are better off in APC than any other party in the Federal Republic of Nigeria,» the governor said.

We don't see business confidence right now because of so many unknowns and a lot of that is because of the lack of a federal budget.

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.

The federal judge overseeing the case, Judge Valerie Caproni, ruled Thursday that because she would consider the sealed evidence as part of Silver's sentencing, the public had a right to know the information.

«He has been exemplary, I want people to understand how important it is, if you believe in the things that I have just laid out for here in New York City, if you'd like to see our federal government respond to all of us, if you want more leaders who shared these values and then acted on then, then pay attention to the leader you have right now in the state of New York right now, your Attorney General, because he has acted on those values each and every day,» Mr. de Blasio said.

Countries such as the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany on the other hand were voicing criticism about Greece's human rights record but supported the country's continued membership in the Council of Europe and NATO because of the country's strategic value for the western alliance.

NYPD officials have said they're in a holding pattern while a possible federal indictment looms because Pantaleo has due - process rights that restrict their ability to question him.

The Eliezer Eliot Quiñones case, however, is now in Federal Court because three 32nd SD (BX) voters allege that their voting rights were infringed upon by harmful administrative actions taken by the Commissioners of the NYC Board of Elections.

«We must rise up; Nigerians must rise up; the Federal Government must rise up to protect us because this is not right.

Because he has gripped the helm of the Assembly for more than 20 years, Speaker Sheldon Silver's new status as federal defendant jolts the Albany legislative process right at the start of a new term.

She says «what happened more recently was that the redistricting plan which he was supportive of was actually thrown out by a federal judge because it didn't take into account the needs of minority constituents, and it violates the voting rights act.

In the State of New York, the Human Rights Law offers substantially more protection than federal antidiscrimination laws, because gender dysphoria is a recognized medical condition that falls within the broad definition of disability found in the state law, as New York courts have recognized.

The results could mean that because the right hand is more dominant in these men, its representation in the brain is more rigid than the left — and thus the brain is less able to rewire control of it — says co-author Claudia Vargas, a neuroscientist who recently moved to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

«Right now the research community is hampered in its ability to inform policymakers about the expected benefits and costs of different policy approaches because of politically ‑ motivated limits on data access, and substantial federal under ‑ funding of research on gun violence.»

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Because black and Hispanic youngsters are indeed «underrepresented» in the entering classes of the SHSAT high schools when compared with the youth demographics of New York City — and there's no denying that they are, just as white and especially Asian youngsters are «overrepresented» — the NAACP asserts that the test must be discriminatory and therefore the federal Office for Civil Rights should make the city stop using it.

The U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights notified the district this summer that it is in violation of federal law because of shortcomings in its program for educating limited - English - proficient students.

The «gender gap» is closing in large part because of a federal civil rights law called Title IX.