Sentences with phrase «fight against the ban»

She is widely recognized as one of the first officials to stand up and fight against the ban.

Right up until the abolition of slavery in Great Britain in the 19th century, pretty much all of the 300 companies facilitating the slave trade fought against a ban on the grounds that the economy would collapse.

In an email to employees sent on Monday afternoon, Bezos said that Amazon would be putting its legal and lobbying efforts behind the fight against the ban.

Not exact matches

Since January, entrepreneurs from across America have fought hard against President Trump's travel ban, which prohibited citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S.. On Monday, those business leaders took a heavy blow and some spent the day licking their wounds instead of speaking up.

I don't see priests banning together to fight what they see as against the church.

Regardless of whether Carlton Cole's comments offended anyone, and one wonders if a single person took them to heart, it seems inevitable that the West Ham man would be charged with improper conduct and if he is handed a ban it could well have a huge effect on the Hammers fight against relegation.

One way is to realize that fighting the obesity crisis means going up against a ton of corporate money and that banning bake sales is not really the issue.

GLEED, Wash. — Potato growers are fighting back against efforts to ban or limit potatoes in federal child nutrition programs, arguing the tuber is loaded with potassium and vitamin C and shouldn't be considered junk food.

The organization also urged President Trump to «use Presidential Proclamation 7750 to ban those indicted for allegedly stealing some public funds $ 2bn to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets and ammunition meant for the fight against the terrorist group Boko Haram.

Initially, the ban was supposed to be lifted in September 2017, however, government decided to extend it by three months following concerns that it could disrupt the fight against galamsey.

Trump told governors gathered in D.C. that he would take action to ban the sale of bump stocks without Congress, and said it's «OK» to push back against the NRA «every once as a while,» as the powerful gun lobbying group fights calls to enact stricter gun control laws after the shooting.

Part of His Agenda:... [fight] against the federal government to overturn the ill - named and unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act... [challenge] «Don't Ask, Don't Tell»... [challenge] FDA's discriminatory, outdated and irrational ban...

Democrats minted money online in February — which saw the beginning of the fight over Trump's travel ban and individual moments such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren's stand against now - Attorney General Jeff Sessions, when she was silenced by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

He helped lead the successful effort to ban the environmentally destructive practice of drilling for gas known as «fracking,» and is a leader in the fight against gun violence.

Welsh Liberal Democrats are leading the fight against Labour's illiberal ban, and unless the Minister brings forward indisputable evidence and makes a clear public health case in favour of a ban we will not let up our fight.»

The legal fight against the immigration ban will return to Brooklyn Federal Court today when a team of lawyers who filed an emergency motion to stay the deportation of Iraqi refugees Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi over the weekend will again face off with Justice Department attorneys.

Naturally, the latest legal setback for the travel ban has emboldened Democrats who are fighting against the executive order.

Trump's supporters have decided to fight back against a judge's ruling against the president's second travel ban by calling for a boycott of Hawaii.

One of the candidates, Erick Salgado, an Evangelical Christian from Staten Island who was active in the fight against marriage equality in New York, suggested that gay groups in San Francisco and in the Pride Parade in Manhattan are «trying to ban altogether bris milah.»

So while mutual fund companies are fighting tooth and nail against regulatory change, including the trailer ban, their antiquated compensation system invites unfair comparisons and sullies their reputation.

Iranian security forces say the ban against walking dogs in public is meant strictly to fight Western influences.

It was Roy's vision to form a national association of German Shepherd owners and breeders to fight the prejudice against the breed, lift the many bans on the breed, including importation, and to improve the temperament and conformation of the breed generally.

Fact: The history of the pit bull far predates the time when bans on bull baiting caused blood sport fanciers to turn to fighting dog against dog.

However, the pet industry is upping its game in raising awareness and fighting bans against in - store livestock sales.

After animal baiting was banned in the early 1800s, people began pitting dogs against each other, and the cruel sport of dog fighting was born.

But Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey, who proposed the ban, knows that this measure is only one step in the fight against mills, acknowledging that a possible future measure would be to prevent retailers from selling dogs supplied by out - of - state - breeders.

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The history of the pit bull far predates the time when bans on bull baiting caused blood sport fanciers to turn to fighting dog against dog.

And because of that, one of the most effective ways to fight against this cruel industry is to start at the consumer level through education and legislative action like retail bans.

But the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association opposed the Denver declawing ban, just as veterinary medical associations throughout the U.S. have fought against declawing bans whenever and wherever they have been proposed, even though most have been sought by veterinarians.

Dog fighting is legal in several states and, though I am against dog fighting, until it is banned, there is little that can be done legally.

There is a lot of money stacked against the dogs, and those with interests in puppy mills and those who want to perpetuate the ban on county wide sheltering are prepared to fight.

Major cities like Chicago, San Diego, Phoenix, and Los Angeles join 50 other American jurisdictions, such as Suffolk County in Boston and Cook County in Illinois, that have banned the sale of commercially - bred animals like cats, rabbits, and dogs in pet stores to fight against puppy mills says the Huffington Post.

1993 - Mandatory spay / neuter law passed 1994 - Animal cruelty law (H.F. 637) passed 1997 - ARL sought custody of dog in Iowa court system 2000 - Felony animal torture law passed 2001 - Passage of law against bestiality 2002 - Bill introduced to make animal fighting a felony 2004 - Felony punishment animal fight law passed 2006 - Bill to have dogs classified as livestock defeated 2007 - Legislation banning exotic pets passed 2008 - Dangerous wild animals and Pet Protection 2009 - Puppy Mill Bill 2010 - Puppy Mill Bill signed into law 2011 - Additional Puppy Mill legislation 2012 - Whistleblower Ag Bill (against)

Yet while I have learned an awful lot about the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder, the struggle to lift bans on urban beekeeping, and even the mysterious case of red bees and red honey in Brooklyn — I am afraid that this theoretical knowledge did not translate into real world success.

The only difference I can see between the Khmer Rouge and the Greens is human compassion, there isn't much from either, but from what we've seen from the Greens on the DDT ban and their latest fight against Golden Rice, I think the Khmer Rouge edge them on the humanity stakes.

It fought to weaken clean air standards, [37] lobbied against the Kyoto Protocol, and opposed a hazardous waste dumping ban.

They were also controversial; According to Reid in Bike Boom, cyclists fought against separated bike lanes, believing them to be a motorist plot to ban them from the roads.

A major push in the fight against distracted driving has been to ban the use of cell phones and text messaging by drivers.

And another company: «Amazon chief executive, Jeff Bezos, has pledged the full legal resources of his company to fight the travel ban instituted by Donald Trump against seven Muslim - majority nations.

CCLA is part of the Canadian Cross-Border Legal Coalition, a network of Canadian lawyers fighting against the discriminatory impact in Canada — and to Canadian immigrants and refugees — of the U.S. President's January 27th, 2017 Executive Order, or travel ban.

Cryptocurrency groups fight back against advertising bans filing a class action lawsuit.