Sentences with phrase «for civil issues»
For older debts, the law says you can't be pursued in court for civil issues six years after the event (five in Scotland).
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The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.
By the 1950s, civil rights for African Americans were emerging as a consensus issue for both political parties.
Some of the demonstrations, which are also celebrated under the International Workers» Day banner, reflected cultural traditions, and many others were a rallying cry for equal rights, equal pay, and a renewed focus on social, environmental and civil - rights issues.
Cook has long been known for his advocacy for LGBT rights and other civil rights issues.
After the sweeping Republican election victory on Nov. 9, 2016, transgender people «are concerned for their safety, survival and legal rights in the coming years,» said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who often works on transgender issues.
We need to view these issues also as part of the struggle for civil rights.
When the judges ruled that the school officer's actions were protected under qualified immunity, which shields public officials from liability for civil damages, Gorsuch issued a colorful dissent arguing that the student should have been able to sue the officer for using excessive force.
The Institute for Justice specializes in civil liberties, property rights, and regulatory issues.
According to the New York Times, black students have never been responsible for mass shootings that drove the national conversation about gun safety and minority schools have never been the targets of such attacks, leaving civil rights groups wondering why black students would be the focus when seeking to address an issue that plagues white, male students.
Judge John D. Bates of the District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision today that found in favor of the Justice Department in its civil antitrust lawsuit to block health insurer Aetna Inc.'s acquisition of rival insurer Humana Inc..
Enforcement actions include «applying for a civil penalty order or an injunction, issuing a remedial direction, giving an infringement notice, or requiring an external compliance audit.»
FATF, civil society and private sector representatives met for a constructive discussion on key issues which included combatting de-risking, digital identification and crypto assets.
In Panama, you're guaranteed social freedom, individual freedom, freedom of religion... in fact, Freedom House, an independent organization that issues an annual «Freedom in the World» report, gives Panama high marks for civil rights, rating it one of the freest nations in Latin America.
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analysts said in a June 29 report, «This is a major regulatory issue for the Libor banks that will likely generate significant civil claims over the next four to five years.
Prior to joining Calvert in 2005, Ms. Lasdon served as Deputy Director of Research for People for the American Way Foundation, where she published research on civil rights and civil liberties issues.
Zillow Group accepts civil subpoenas for user data issued by King County Superior Court and the federal courts in Washington state.
Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.
When two people live in a committed relationship for decades and some hospital functionary bars one from visiting the other in the hospital because they can't marry and hence are technically unrelated in the eyes of the law, that is a civil rights issue.
I would be lying if there weren't issues in the past regarding the priesthood, however the church has always been an advocate for civil rights and has never thought that blacks were cursed.
Conservatives, for their part, repelled by the public vision of civil rights advocates and convinced that the programs of the past have failed, prefer not to address racial issues at all; when they do, they talk in formalistic terms about the principle of «color - blind state action.»
That same year Justice also issued sweeping authorizations for more COINTEL - type FBI investigations of «subversives,» potential civil disorders and «potential crimes.»
It is precisely such a perspective that is needed in current debates on homosexuality and the issue of civil unions for homosexual persons.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Education Association, lawyers, legislators and judges have been similarly forced to deal with the issue because of the numerous bills and civil suits demanding equal time for creatioCivil Liberties Union, the National Education Association, lawyers, legislators and judges have been similarly forced to deal with the issue because of the numerous bills and civil suits demanding equal time for creatiocivil suits demanding equal time for creationism.
Of course there are any number of issues that bring passions into play that make civil communication not possible, at least for some people.
Of course he will be remembered for his leadership in the civil rights cause, and for the nonviolent approach he brought to controversial issues.
There is a much more serious issue behind the percieved need for military - style weapons: many U.S. citizens, especially in the South after the Civil War, do not trust the Federal Government.
Can't say much about the produce counting you speculate on, but how about this for a civil liberties issue — currently if you drive in CT, you are likely to have your license plate scanned by the CT State Police.
However, the General Register Office for Scotland issues guidance to district registrars on the form of civil marriage ceremonies, including a form of words, which registrars follow (except that, at their discretion, they can agree a different wording with the couple).»
One of the hot - button issues for the foreseeable future will be the question of homosexuality in general, and civil unions and gay marriage in particular.
One issue was the church's visible participation in the dominant political issues of the day notably the struggle for civil rights for minorities and the protests against the Vietnam war.
Perhaps a desire to renew this validation accounts for the religious left's determination to frame issues as new civil rights movements.
One last thought, it seems to me that if this was a Civil rights issue; the very people who have suffered the most in this area would be for you (Black Americans).
It is not healthy for public life, Marty says, for the conversation about important issues to lapse into the «serenely civil.»
Abortion clinics are firebombed; Planned Parenthood workers are murdered; an art gallery owner is arrested for exhibiting Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs; a rap group is arrested on obscenity charges; the civil rights — or «special privileges» — of gays and lesbians are the subject of controversial referenda; and issues of multiculturahsm, freedom of expression and «political...
Issues of polygamy and concubinage are conpletely ignored, just for starters, nor is there any recognition that Paul treats marriage the way he treats slavery — in response to a civil insitution that mandates equality.
Although there's plenty of room for differing opinions in the Christian faith, this film is one more piece of evidence that wherever you land, believers can no longer sit on the sidelines when it comes to issues of race, civil rights and how we interpret our past.
tradition hard to break.the tradition of marriage is older and more meaningful than any other we know it crosses all religions and non religions, and races and cultures.it won't change easy.calling it something else for some people may make it easier to change.but what about those people who want that time tested tradition for themselves for their own self worth.it is a civil right give it to them today.this issues has divided my community as much as any other, but as we have fought to gain right after right, we have lost sight that all deserve the right of freedom of happiness.No gayness here, just can't fight the battle to keep someone down after being held down
Beyond the issue of civil liberties lies a more prosaic political point: the possibility for a greater alliance between African - American Christians and white evangelicals.
Because he, like Cnaan, does not frame the issue as a struggle for political power, he sees this homogenization as the greatest threat to civil society.
The calls for civil disobedience that some of your contributors issued should be alarming to anyone and most of all to members of a vulnerable minority like the Jews.
Rather, they issue civil unions allowing for legal connection in matters of health, access, finances, custody and adoption etc. regardless of sex.
Amen — do these idiots not realize that disagreeing with President Obama on one issue is not reason enough to abandon the ONLY true leader who is looking out for the best interests of ALL Americans??? If Romney wins, these pastors are going to find out what real discrimination and backwards return to fighting for their Civil Rights as human beings will be like again.
How equipped is civil and political society in Scotland for influencing these issues and will it be for the better?
[i] Regardless of how one sides on this issue, a plain reading of Romans 13, clearly indicates that the civil government plays a role in God's design for society and His people.
But for gays, the issue of civil rights and separation of church and state will come eventually in the US, so you can cling to your fairy tales all you want (mainly speaking to this Bob really, not Don).
I do not hold an opinion on this issue but to ask from the sidelines if what you declare that Gays and Lesbians want are the rights then if Civil Unions which would give all of the rights and benefits to Gay and Lesbian couples in all matters, would you accept this and drop the desire for the term «marriage» to be used.
The day after the deportations, the Vatican issued a public statement expressing gratitude for the German military's respectful and civil treatment of the Holy See, with no mention of the horrors that had just occurred.
♦ A colleague at Harvard passes on this broadsheet issued by the «Coalition for Civil Rights,» a group made up of «spokespersons» for myriad ethnic and racial minorities, plus gays, lesbians, and assorted lifestyle liberationisms.
The NFL Players» Union issued a statement defending its members right to free speech, saying «It is a source of enormous pride that some of the best conversations about these issues have taken place in our locker rooms in a respectful, civil and thoughtful way that should serve as a model for how all of us can communicate with each other.