Sentences with phrase «government enforcing federal laws»

Also on Thursday, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing that 71 % of American voters — including 55 % of Republican voters — say they oppose the government enforcing federal laws banning marijuana in states that have already legalized the drug for either medical or recreational purposes.

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The same can not be said for the Trump administration's top health officials — a substantial departure from the Obama administration's prominent public information campaigns and unusual considering the federal government is still tasked with enforcing the law.

The go - to resource for the legal requirements in your particular industry or state is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the arm of the federal government that enforces health and safety laws.

Nearly three - quarters of voters said they disapprove of the government enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized it either medically or recreationally.

The fate of the civil rights movement, its leaders recognized, lay in its ability to convince politicians and administrators in the federal government that it was in their interest to enforce the law and defend the Constitution in the South in the face of the massive resistance by politically potent segregationists.

In case you missed it, our Laws expressly forbid the use of the American Military to enforce U.S. civilian law, whether Federal, State or local, yet the Government does it with impunity at will.

The federal government could, however, decide to resume enforcing these laws any time it wanted to and the states would have little - to - no recourse to stop it from doing so, other than attempting to argue in court that federal drug laws aren't authorized under the Constitution in the first place.

This has historically been interpreted by the courts to not allow the federal government to obligate local government to enforce federal laws and regulations.

«I will fight to strengthen our immigration policy — I will ensure that our commonwealth will enforce the state law if the federal government will not.»

He said his focus would be on cleaning up Albany corruption and «working with the federal government to make sure laws are enforced.»

«I'm opposed to this act because it puts public safety at risk,» the county executive said, explaining the legislation would put the county at odds with the federal government, and would ultimately dub Westchester as a «sanctuary» county for undocumented immigrant; one that limits its cooperation with the national government's effort to enforce immigration law.

«Finally, to ensure that the preparation of the Appropriation Bill is based on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, passed by the National Assembly, signed into law by the President and implemented by the Executive arm of government Section 51 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act has specifically clothed every citizen with the necessary locus standi or legal capacity to enforce the provisions of the law by obtaining prerogative orders or other remedies at the Federal High Court, without having to show any special particular interest.»

Though the federal government has signaled it will not enforce those laws in states that have made marijuana legal, state Sen. Diane Savino said U.S. attorneys would have the law behind them in an enforcement action.

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday lifted its interim injunction restraining the Lagos State Government from enforcing the provisions of Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption Tax Law, 2015.

In addition, the federal government was quite lax in enforcing the accountability provisions that were in the law.

In the United States, the federal government enforces antitrust laws and regulations to try to maintain effective levels of competition in as many markets as possible; frequently, however, laws and regulations also have unintended effects for example reducing competition.

Regardless of the incentives contained in federal laws like the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the federal government may encourage but may not simply «commandeer» state governments to implement or enforce federal policies.

Beginning with the original supplement - not - supplant provision in 1970, the federal government has had a responsibility to enforce this requirement of the law.

The Australian Federal Government agency that enforces laws relating to companies, securities, financial services and credit, in order to protect consumers, investors and creditors.

The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign and Native American Tribal governments with their conservation efforts.

According to sources, the White House political block — a direct violation of numerous ethics regulations and possibly of federal laws — was instituted over the objections of scientists at the FDA, but with the awareness of HHS Secretary Sibelius, her senior adviser Andrea Palm and the Office of Science and Technology Policy and its director John Holdren, who is responsible for enforcing «science integrity» across government agencies...

Scott Pruitt had a bad habit as Oklahoma's attorney general: he liked to have oil lobbyists ghostwrite his official government letters calling for limits to enforcing federal pollution laws.

The landmark global warming law, which is being enforced in phases, could put the state's businesses at a competitive disadvantage unless other states and the federal government come up with similar plans, the study by the nonpartisan agency said.

«The Federal and Alberta governments either lack the capacity or are willfully ignoring the need to enforce environmental laws in the Tar Sands.

The latest attempt by the federal government to pre-empt California from enforcing its own laws to combat global warming was seen as another slap at the Schwarzenegger administration, which is dueling with the Bush administration over the state's authority to regulate tailpipe emissions.

The Tenth Amendment of United States limits the federal government's ability to mandate that states take a particular action including in the area of federal immigration law enforcement investigations in order to enforce a federal statutory or regulatory scheme.

Data protection and security for attorneys With stricter federal and state government - enforced regulations, including Sarbanes - Oxley and the Gramm - Leach Bliley Act, law firms today face an unprecedented amount of regulatory scrutiny — and steep repercussions if found in violation of one of these mandates.

In the case of a criminal or regulatory law enforced by only one government (e.g. legislative boundaries enforced by the Secretary of State) that is a party to a federal lawsuit, no separate action would be needed to settle the issue.

A recent government audit blames Medicare for failure to enforce a federal law that requires immediate notification of nursing home abuse and neglect to police.

So the legal battle stems from the US federal government's right and responsibility to enact and enforce immigration law.

In addition, states can enter into compacts which are agreements between two or more states on matters of law that the Federal Government can not enforce (the most famous being that a drivers license issued by any state is valid as another state's license.

This installment addresses a broad variety of public law litigation, including private rights of action to enforce federal statutes and constitutional litigation against federal and state governments and their officials.

The EPA was administered and enforced by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and signed into law by President John F. Kennedy, and it regulates the conduct of local, state, and federal governments and most private employers and covers virtually all workers.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Government agency that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, and how criminal background checks could be a discriminatory hiring barrier.

When asked about the 2012 list, Rosen said he expects the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)-- the agency of the U.S. Government that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination — to give extra scrutiny to the use of criminal background checks.

This includes enforcing complex state and federal government laws and policies.

In addition to enforcing local and federal fair housing laws, it conducts annual education campaigns and outreach events, including the annual Fair Housing Symposium in partnership with District government agencies and community partners.

Up until this point the federal government has taken the position that it will not enforce federal law in those states that permit recreational marijuana usage.