Sentences with phrase «fighting for justice against»

Victory is still available to the Florida home owner fighting for justice against a Big Bank foreclosure.

Two other symposium panels highlighted the tenacity of counsel fighting for justice against the odds.

Not exact matches

And to face the consequences of wrong doing and fight against evil and for justice for all, then we all will be in a better place.

It is rather that the Word and the church will be interpreted to them as God's will for the freedom of man to live a human life, to fight against the demonic forces of his own nature that seek dominion over social as well as personal life, to order his life by structures of love and justice relevant to the conditions of society.

The document provides the Justice Department's legal rationale for the controversial policy of using lethal force against U.S. citizens fighting on behalf of terrorist groups.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died this week at age 79 and while many wanted to dissect the politics of the conservative who fought (for some, the good fight) against liberalism, others were more, or at least equally, interested in how he died (conspiracy theories aside)-- alone, doing what he loved, hunting, with his -LSB-...]

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died this week at age 79 and while many wanted to dissect the politics of the conservative who fought (for some, the good fight) against liberalism, others were more, or at least equally, interested in how he died (conspiracy theories aside)-- alone, doing what he loved, hunting, with his loved ones nowhere near.

Visibly rocked and distressed by what he has seen, Ayan resigns from his job and begins a long, dangerous battle against his former employers as he fights for justice and the truth, which sees his life endangered and go into hiding for over seven years in Canada.

Environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, The Alliance for a Greater New York and the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance have also fought against the bill but they too lobby elected officials on a variety of issues.

«He has continually fought for economic and racial justice for all working people in New York, and used his prosecutorial powers to resist against the Trump Administration's cruel policies, something which benefits all New Yorkers and many people beyond our state.»

He listed his priorities in the campaign against corruption in 2018 to include, organising African Youth Congresses against Corruption «in order to sensitise and engage our youth in the fight against corruption;» mobilising AU member states to implement the extant legal framework on corruption; and canvassing «for the strengthening of the criminal justice system across Africa through exchange of information and sharing best practices in the enforcement of anti-corruption laws.»

Making the fight for justice for child sex abuse victims even murkier, a Staten Island lawmaker, Republican Sen. Andy Lanza, wants to make it easier to bring criminal cases against predators — even though he admits his idea is likely unconstitutional.

Police officers are preparing to lobby ministers for extensive new powers to dispense summary justice in the fight against anti-social behaviour and crime.

Also at noon, Bay Ridge for Social Justice, Fight Back Bay Ridge, Arab American Association of New York, South Brooklyn Progressive Resistance, and The Campaign to Take on Hate hold the MLK Day March Against Racism, Poverty and Militarism, 414 80th St., Brooklyn.

And it is why, as we have heard tonight, socialists and trade unionists and others joined the international brigade in the 1930s to fight against Franco; it's why this entire House stood up against Hitler and Mussolini; it is why our party has always stood up against the denial of human rights and for justice.

ALBANY — Making the fight for justice for child sex abuse victims even murkier, a Staten Island lawmaker wants to make it easier to bring criminal cases against predators — even though he admits his idea is likely unconstitutional.

Even in an age of political corruption, questionable ethics and digital surveillance, he maintains his belief in justice and freedom — two ideals he fought for against the Nazis.

The actual beginnings of Captain America — how a scrawny kid from Brooklyn with dreams of joining the Army to fight back against the bullies of World War II becomes an unstoppable force for truth, justice, and the American way (Or is that motto restricted to someone else?)

They are joining the fight for education justice, and have already jumped in with thousands of feet, as we continue our summer «fight - back» against the Trump - DeVos agenda.

AEJ and Dignity in Schools respond to this week's school shooting in Parkland, FL; Boston Education Justice Alliance fights for PILOT changes; Chicago keeps fighting against school closings; Join a Working Person's Day of Action, February 24th!

Activist Scott Parking wrote, «Midwest Rising was a convergence for climate and economic justice that brought together a diverse coalition of groups fighting home foreclosures in cities like Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh, communications workers on strike against Verizon Wireless, local labor organizers, Appalachian activists fighting mountaintop removal and climate justice activists from around the world.»

Jasmine Thomas, a youth organizer for the Yinka Dene Alliance and a community leader in the fight against the Tar Sands Northern Gateway Pipeline, challenged conference participants to do environmental justice work in a decolonial context.

Brook Riley, climate justice and energy campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said: «The EU's climate plan promises far from Europe's fair share in the fight against climate change — and everyone knows it.

We can only build a coalition with the power to curb climate disruption if environmentalists are fighting for economic and racial justice as hard as they are against fossil fuels, and if unions are fighting as hard for an immediate transition to a worker - friendly clean energy economy as they are to protect their members.

Shortly before Christmas, the Court of Justice delivered its highly anticipated judgment in case C - 104 / 16 P Council v Front Polisario, on appeal against the General Court (GC) judgment in case T - 512 / 12 Front Polisario v Council, an action for annulment brought by Front Polisario, the national liberation movement fighting for the independence of Western Sahara.

He believes this allows him to advocate at the highest level and fight against all the big insurance companies to deliver justice for his clients.

Honored as one of the Elite Lawyers of America Recipient of the 2013 Thurgood Marshall Fighting for Justice award for his tenacious effort, against overwhelming odds, in achieving success in the fight for Justice award for his tenacious effort, against overwhelming odds, in achieving success in the fight for justicejustice

The World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Nordic Investment Bank, and other multilateral and bilateral development partners with a stake in the fight against corruption, including the United Nations and regional organizations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, academia, and research institutes, have launched a study (the Study) under the auspices of the Global Forum on Law, Justice, and Development, a mechanism shared by a worldwide network of stakeholders designed to capture, co-generate, exchange, and disseminate innovative legal solutions for development.

Jamie Butler is the Vancouver - based injury lawyer who acts on YOUR behalf, like David against Goliath — and his track record in the courtroom means you clearly have a strong fighting chance to get justice for your legal matter.

Finally, Laurie Penny wrote a brilliant article in the New Statesman calling for everyone who cares about justice to start fighting back against legal aid cuts.

Linda Rothstein, Richard Stephenson, Andrew Lewis and Jean - Claude Killey fought for Labatt in the beer wars against the National Hockey League and Molson over the NHL's sponsorship rights, before the Superior Court of Justice (Labatt Brewing Co. Ltd. v. NHL Enterprises Canada L.P., 2011 ONSC 3219), the Court of Appeal (Labatt Brewing Company Limited v. NHL Enterprises Canada, L.P., 2011 ONCA 511), and then back in the Superior Court of Justice (Labatt Brewing Company Limited v. NHL Enterprises Canada, L.P., 2011 ONSC 5652).

Injured workers and allies are fighting with the refusal to accept an unfair workers» compensation system, to demand for justice for all injured workers and to stand up against austerity.

The Justice Singers have played at Hirut Restaurant twice, for the community legal clinics» fight against closures in 2014, and for the Joe Hill tribute in 2015, and have toured to Hamilton, sponsored by the Hamilton & District Injured Workers» Group.

Those stories included the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in West Texas in February, the election defeat of Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson, the on - again - off - again charges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the fight for accreditation for the UNT Dallas College of Law, the Baylor sexual assault scandal, and more.

Microsoft's recent lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department that fights against gag orders for secret government data requests has the support of many companies, including from rivals like Apple and Google.

Reason # 5: Atticus Finch was the famous lawyer in To Kill a Mockingbird, and he fought for fairness and justice against all odds.