Not exact matches
Despite the demonstrable negative consequences in states that have passed
laws that undermine LGBTQ
equality, the coming months will indicate whether the ascent of Donald Trump to the White House is emboldening religious conservatives to press for more such bills after a series of
gains for gay and transgender people at the federal level
under the Obama administration.
What we have had in British political life
under British common
law is a procrustean class system, one of the most fixed in the world, confirming aristocratic and plutocratic class rule, rigidly preventing the overwhelming numbers of the lower class from
gaining equality, representation in government, decent working conditions, the right to union organization, suffrage, and acceptable living standards until the end of the nineteenth century.
I am hoping that the court «s role in this case will strike at the very existence of an absolute immunity
under two guiding principles:
equality under the
law (especially when the alleged wrong has been committed by a person who should be held to the highest standards of conduct in exercising a public trust; and any infringement of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms constitutes «improper purpose» aimed at
gaining a private collateral advantage.