Sentences with phrase «from the justices focused»

The arguments and questions from the justices focused primarily on school funding, supervisory authority, local accountability, and the ability for charter school teachers to collectively bargain.

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From 1998 to 2001, he worked for the Department of Justice's antitrust division, focusing on the telecommunications sector.

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We focus our approach to diversity not just from a social justice perspective, but as a business opportunity which, in my view, is the best way to overcome the systemic challenges.

Many of the questions focus on potential obstruction of justice, including the president's firing of FBI chief James Comey and Trump's reaction to Attorney General Jeff Sessions» recusal from the Russia investigation, a decision Trump has angrily criticized.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

Laudato Si, last week's encyclical from Pope Francis, seeks to address a plethora of problems in the modern world — predominately focusing on environmental issues, distributive justice, and perceived problems with consensus developmental economic theory.

From hosting events to raise awareness and funds for causes across the globe, to volunteering at local soup kitchens, college has a built - in focus on social justice, and brings with it a veritable smorgasbord of opportunities to get involved.

Though the champions of «environmental justice» may not realize the Pandora's Box that they have opened, the shift in the ecology movement from a focus on science to radical egalitarianism should come as no surprise.

In view of the fluid nature of this belief, and since, for the reasons outlined above, the disciples had been led to believe the Easter message that Jesus had been exalted to heaven, the divine raising of Jesus from the dead was not only a synonymous way of proclaiming the exaltation of Jesus, but the most natural way of doing full justice to the two foci of the Easter message, death and exaltation.

He continually gets letters from the unchurched who are moved by his focus on both theology and discipleship: a commitment to what he sees as the biblical imperatives of non-violence, solidarity with the poor and a commitment to justice.

We can not underestimate the power of forgiveness and restitution, and the power of making things right, of turning from our old ways and moving forward into justice with renewed purpose and focus.

Evangelical and fundamentalist mission agencies have grown in proportion, while mainline bodies have focused more on assisting indigenous ministries, supplying social services, lobbying for social justice through political channels, and even turning the cultural conduit around by sponsoring reverse missionary programs.14 Viewed from only the American context, it appears that mainstream Protestantism has suffered a serious decline in its missionary efforts.

The list moves from books with a broader focus on justice in the Christian tradition to ones related to particular issues.

Most of these books come to me from publishers and imprints with a faith - based focus, so at the end of each week I find myself sorting through a stack of freshly printed titles on topics ranging from biblical interpretation, to racial justice, to faith and doubt, to «Christian sex,» in the form of everything from spiritual memoirs, to specialty Bibles, to coloring books.

There were also several submissions from IGA stores - most adopting very similar (in some cases identical) wording - these typically focus on misuse of market power, access to justice, zoning restrictions and a supermarket code of conduct.

Attendees included David Lammy MP and representatives from Action for Children, Barnardo's, Cardiff University, Centre for Social Justice, Child Accident Prevention Trust, Department for Education, DVIP, Family Rights Group, Focus Consultancy, Frontline, Local Authorities, London Probation, Morning Lane Associates, NSPCC, Open University, Respect, Royal College of Midwifery, Safeground, University of Bristol, as well as from the FI itself.

Ngoc holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington with a focus on Sociology and Law, Societies and Justice.

Her issue focus has ranged from climate change (The Climate Group, Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition) to criminal justice (Interpol, Coalition for the International Criminal Court) to humanitarian and cultural affairs (International Rescue Committee, Center for Jewish History).

And despite the fact that the vast majority of young people, including those in riot - hit areas, are law abiding citizens, there is no doubt that the unrest we saw in August will shape debates we have from now on on youth provision, youth services and — the issue I'm going to focus on today - youth justice.

Republicans assailed the Justice Department's decision to redact the Orlando shooter's declaration of allegiance to the Islamic State in transcripts of 911 calls from the June 12 shooting as another example «of not focusing on the evil here,» as Florida Gov. Rick Scott said.

The Oneida County team's capstone project, titled Reforming Juvenile Justice Practices in Oneida County is focused on diverting youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile ofJustice Practices in Oneida County is focused on diverting youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile ofjustice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile offender.

Although the Perry v. United States case was mostly focused on the legal backing of the gradual move away from the gold standard, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes» tongue - lashing: — RRB - of the government could as easy be interpreted as a lashing of debt abuse.

«I think many people wanted a shift, a real change from the years of Mayor Bloomberg, because there wasn't enough of a focus on social justice, of making sure the haves and have nots are both being represented in government,» Gillibrand said.

NYC's Largest Public Employee Union Explores Fossil Fuel Divestment District Council 37 forum focuses on environmental justice and divestment from fossil fuels New York, NY — Today, New York City's largest public employee union, District Council 37, gathered for a -LSB-...]

Speaking at a news conference at NAN's House of Justice on 145th Street, Sharpton suggested that the focus on tax debts that are several years old was politically driven and related to his support for and from President Obama and Mayor de Blasio.

Inspector - General of Police, Solomon Arase who made the disclosure yesterday, when he played host to a delegation from IPAS, promised to improve on the existing partnership between the Nigeria Police and the non-governmental organization with focus on promoting women reproductive rights and ensuring justice for victims of gender crimes.

Panels focused on current efforts to tackle climate change, ranging from local environmental initiatives to the global Paris climate agreement, as well as how divestment from fossil fuels can be a tool for climate justice and curbing the impacts of climate change.

Focused on delivering an on - time spending plan — which polls earlier this month showed 62 percent of voters wanted the timely budget, stronger ethics laws be damned — the governor and legislators jettisoned plans for a minimum wage hike, the Dream Act and changes to the criminal justice system from the spending plan.

This signing is a Memorandum of Understanding to reform Juvenile Justice Practices in Oneida County focused on diverting youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile ofJustice Practices in Oneida County focused on diverting youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile ofjustice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile offender.

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: Dr. Alice Green from the Center for Law and Justice in Albany joins In Focus to talk about criminal justice reform and why she is optimistic about the proposals in front of state lawJustice in Albany joins In Focus to talk about criminal justice reform and why she is optimistic about the proposals in front of state lawjustice reform and why she is optimistic about the proposals in front of state lawmakers.

Yes Anas, a colleague, a good choice, a committed member of the association with focus on ensuring social justice, but was the decision an informed one from the national executives?

«This is the strongest message from inside the organization illustrating the troubles, in particular irregularities around the money,» says Joseph Kraus of EG Justice, a human rights group focusing on Equatorial Guinea.

The DVD, which only includes the deleted scenes as far as extras goes, starts with those and then moves on to promote The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Justice League: Gods and Monsters, Focus, and the Mad Max video game.

From here you can access the story missions (of which there are very few) and after you beat the game there is a set of extra missions that focus on the Justice League characters.

Begrudgingly moving away from The Raid 2, this week's Top 5 features interviews for and Matt's review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Warner Bros. bumping up the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the first trailer for Focus Features» The Theory of Everything, an introductory look at the films of Andrew Dominik, and the Alamo Drafthouse announcing the first wave of programming for its annual Fantastic Fest.

David Savage wrote in the L.A. Times that «what was unclear from the argument was whether the justices would rule broadly in favor of church schools or focus narrowly on the playground because it had nothing to do with worshiping or teaching religion.»

It is our hope that we can continue to grow the curriculum through twelfth grade, meaning a student who is experiences the LVI Kindness Curriculum from Kindergarten through 12th grade will engage in close to 80 lessons designed with a focus on kindness, equity and social justice.

As regards access to tertiary education, they are treated as if they are international students who are required by immigration policy to be self reliant and economically independent.9 South African social justice policies focus primarily on advancing the historically disadvantaged and such focus has an implication of excluding refugees from benefiting from socio - economic scheme.

4 x 1 hour lessons covering a variety of focus issues from AQA Component 2 - Religion, Human Rights and Social Justice (theme F AQA).

Through exploring the concepts of conflict, forgiveness, justice and conflict resolution, this topic focuses on some of the key lessons that can be learnt from 9/11.

It focuses on strategies to keep kids in school and engaged — from a rich curriculum to restorative justice to wraparound supports — so that every student has a fair shot to reach his or her potential.

As a result schools are popping up all over LA Unified with a focus on everything from gaming to applied medicine to entrepreneurship to social justice.

Her goal is to use her school nursing expertise and education in assisting with the national agenda and national policy to shift the juvenile justice process from a punitive reform to one that includes a focus on physical / behavioral health and family engagement.

What has become clear is that explicitly focusing on the educational concerns of poor and minority children regardless of where they live, and expanding that to the criminal justice reform and other the social issues that end up touching (and are touched by) American public education, is critical, both in helping all children succeed as well as rallying long - terms support for the movement from the parents and communities that care for them.

Visitors included staff from the US Departments of Education and Labor, the District of Columbia public school system, youth programs that focus on issues such as juvenile justice, employment, and education, and representatives from intermediaries that work with cities and other local entities.

The solutions to school pushout supported by the Dignity in Schools campaign include shifting funding from school police to counselors and social workers; funding and using transformative and restorative justice, mediation and positive interventions; ensuring that states and districts focus on school climate under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and ending the pushout and arresting of students of color, LGBTQ youth, students who are homeless, and students with disabilities.

Participants discussed how schools can improve their climate and culture, with a focus on supporting non-punitive discipline strategies like restorative justice, which help schools peacefully address conflict and behavioral issues without removing students from classrooms or schools.

This training focuses on moving from Traditional Unionism to Comprehensive Unionism, integrating the three frames of industrial, professional and social justice unionism.

Citing the new Education Next results, Petrilli argues that charter advocates should focus on regaining GOP support, and suggests doing so by tamping down social justice rhetoric (such as closing achievement gaps and alleviating systemic inequalities), by emphasizing parental choice and personal freedom (i.e., that charters liberate families from their government - assigned schools), and by touting that most charters are non-union.