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Moore, who identifies as an evangelical Christian and views homosexuality as a lifestyle that is «against nature,» said in a 2005 interview on C - SPAN2 that he believes «homosexual conduct should be illegal.»

It said it would coordinate more effectively on existing initiatives — such as a code of conduct with the main social media companies — and provide guidance on dealing with illegal content to avoid overly zealous removals.

Rettenmaier is now fighting charges of child porn possession, claiming the FBI conducted an illegal search and that Best Buy (BBY) workers acted as federal agents.

Financial services giant identified 80 advisers as engaging in conduct that was either dishonest, illegal, fraudulent, negligent, incompeten...

In a PRIVATE club with membership and a charter you may conduct yourself as you see fit, but in a place of public accomadation run by an organization that takes public monies and pays no taxes that action would be considered at best unethical and at worst illegal.

To help ensure that Rainforest Alliance, Inc. (the «Rainforest Alliance») complies with the highest standards of financial reporting and lawful and ethical behavior, the Board of Directors of the Rainforest Alliance (the «Board») has established the following procedures for the reporting of illegal or unethical conduct in connection with the Rainforest Alliance's finances, corporate policies, or other aspects of its operations, and the retention and treatment of such complaints, including confidential, anonymous submissions received from directors, officers, employees, and volunteers who provide substantial services to the Rainforest Alliance (who are referred to in this policy as «volunteers»).

Interestingly, the National Council cited the public comments of Mr. Paul Afoko on an alleged criminal conduct of two National Officers with respect to illegal use of party funds as one of the reasons for their petition.

Liberals can find many sins in Obama's conduct of the presidency: his strange reversal on matters ranging from government transparency to the deportation of illegal immigrants, his willingness to pivot so quickly to the political center, his apparent elevation of compromise as an end in itself.

Critics say if the raids ICE is conducting are in fact, «illegal» as the Governor said, then it would stand to reason that he should use any means at his disposal to deny ICE a staging area from which to conduct illegal activity.

As a male I am not affected by illegal abortions but I support criminalizing unlicensed medical personnel from conducting back - alley abortions.

Griffin said further that the government's allegation, «even as accepted at face value» was «not illegal conduct.»

«Senator Sampson allegedly stole that money to fund his own ambition to become Brooklyn's top state prosecutor, then engaged in an elaborate obstruction scheme to hide his illegal conduct, going so far as to counsel lies and the hiding of evidence,» she said.

Further eroding public trust in Congress were a series of scandals that saw Democratic Representatives Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters, as well as Republican Senator John Ensign, all accused of unethical and / or illegal conduct in the months leading up to the 2010 election.

They also urged the court to declare all moves aimed at removing, replacing or conducting fresh elections into their offices as illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void.

The US Justice Department reportedly has begun an investigation into whether the Clinton Foundation conducted «pay - to - play» politics or other illegal activities during Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.

«What we can describe, though, is deplorable conduct, some of it perfectly legal yet profoundly wrong; some of it potentially illegal — and, indeed, this Commission will make appropriate criminal referrals at such time as it deems appropriate.

The dual trials have had a tremendous impact on the workings of Albany, casting a pall over the idea of business - as - usual in the capital — which is what Mr. Silver's lawyers have maintained was going on, despite prosecutor's insistence the conduct was illegal — and slowing down negotiations over the budget late last year.

They urged the court to declare all moves aimed at removing, replacing or conducting fresh elections into their offices as illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void.

OSSIEC had announced its plan to conduct the state councils» polls on Saturday, January 27, 2018 but a human right activist, Barrister Kanmi Ajibola approached the court, urging it to declare as unconstitutional and illegal the electoral law which proposed parliamentary system for the exercise.

But the committee will recommend that the Ghana Legal Council not be allowed to conduct interviews for entrants into the Ghana School of Law as had been the case before the Supreme Court declared it illegal.

«Our hypothesis in the earlier published work was that transforming vacant lots from being overrun with weeds and filled with trash to a clean and green space may make it difficult for people to hide weapons and conduct illegal activities such as drug use in or near the space.

Companies who fail to conduct a background check or disclose information such as prior arrests can possibly be held liable for illegal acts committed through their platform, said Maureen Mapp, a lecturer at the University of Birmingham Law School in the United Kingdom.

Personal ads for homosexual activity, which was still illegal, were increasing as well — causing authorities to conduct more investigations into the content in newspapers.

The class action seeks damages «for the purchase of e-books, an injunction against pricing e-books with the agency model and forfeiture of the illegal profits received by the defendants as a result of their anti-competitive conduct which could total tens of millions of dollars.»

As a regulated broker, NSFX must comply with legal requirements to ensure that client monies are protected and that all parts of its business comply with regulations that were implemented to safeguard the client from illegal or unethical conduct.

The CFPB has received a number of complaints from private student loan borrowers, indicating that market participants may not always have adequate proof that they own a loan that is allegedly in default, as well as complaints of improper — and potentially illegal — conduct when active - duty servicemembers seek their legal right to an interest rate cap on their student loans.

Anyone can use it to anonymously buy illicit products or services, as most illegal transactions are conducted using cash.

Hill noted that the EC has been investigating the oneworld Alliance which includes American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia as well as the Star Alliance for possible illegal conduct.

Police conduct random drug testing for illegal substances, such as marijuana, ecstasy, speed and ice.

She becomes embroiled in the Galactic Federation's mission to investigate the Bottle Ship, as the facility is suspected of conducting illegal bioweapon experiments.

In May 2015, EIA conducted a survey of 23 fish maw retailers in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China, as well as online research to ascertain the availability of illegal totoaba products on the market.

«Our theory is that transforming vacant lots from a space overgrown with vegetation and filled with trash to a clean and green space may make it difficult for people to hide illegal guns and conduct other illegal activities such as drug use in or near the space.

Malpractice was defined as: «Any professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of skill or fidelity in professional or fiduciary duties, evil practices or illegal or immoral conduct.

Todd & Weld filed suit on behalf of Judge Kendall in federal court challenging the removal proceedings as unconstitutional on separation of powers grounds as an illegal encroachment by the legislative and executive branches of government on the inherent right of the judicial branch of government to monitor and review judicial conduct.

«Defense counsel repeatedly missed deadlines, ignored rules, engaged in litigation over conduct that was plainly illegal (namely, the right to tape counsel and the Court without consent), and even went so far as to post the illegal recordings on the web...»

«[Douglas is] in trouble because she participated in things that were not illegal in any way, and conduct that I don't think is incompatible with her position as a judge.»

Exceptions to the Open Container Law include: storing open containers of alcohol in a trunk, possession occurring in a hired vehicle such as a party bus, taxi, or limousine, the police discovering the open container after stopping you without probably cause, or the police discovering an open container while in the process of conducting an illegal search or seizure.

As it is rarely part of a business plan to engage in illegal and unethical conduct, you are doubtfully operating in any official capacity, but rather, perhaps, leveraging that capacity to effectuate personal wrongdoing.

Amend the Education Act to include the requirement to discourage the use of alcohol, illegal drugs and, except by a medical cannabis user, cannabis as one of the purposes of a code of conduct established by the Minister, among other things.

It is not necessary to delve into the conduct of the parties — as Tinsley and subsequent cases showed, a claimant's illegal conduct is sidestepped.

If so, the bigger issue will be how the Court draws the line as to when courts may look behing the plain meaning of statutory terms when determining the scope of conduct made illegal by a federal criminal statute.

Bar and nightclub owners have a duty to protect customers from violent acts, including assaults, batteries and all other illegal conduct by their employees, including bartenders, bouncers and wait staff, as well as third parties, like patrons and vendors.

Criminal acts in which a defendant physically crosses state lines, when the conduct crosses state lines such as in illegal Internet crimes;

The takeaway flowing from Canadian privacy legislation and the Jones v. Tsige and Cole decisions is that employers should only access personal data on work devices where the employer does so for legitimate reasons, such as addressing safety or performance issues or investigating complaints or incidents of prohibited or illegal conduct in the workplace.

A bag of wind (1878) · A blatherskite (1890) · A cowardly slanderer and a bully (1907) · A dim - witted saboteur (1956) · A parliamentary babe and suckling (1890) · A parliamentary pugilist and political bully (1875) · A servile follower of the government (1878) · A trickster (1919) · Above the truth (1962) · Abusing his position in the House (1877) · Ass (1970) · Attempted to misrepresent (1961) · Attempting to distort the facts as he had in the past (1956) · B and B gang (1964) · Bullshit (1973) · Canadian Mussolini (1964) · Cheap political way (1960) · Coming into the world by accident (1886) · Crook (1971) · Deceive (1977) · Deceived (1960) · Deliberate distortion (1968) · Deliberate falsehood (1961) · Deliberate malignity (1962) · Deliberately deceived (1960) · Deliberately distorted (1972) · Deliberately misleading (1977) · Deliberately misled (1959) · Deliberately misstated the truth (1960) · Deliberately trying to pervert (1960) · Demagogue (1963) · Devoid of honour (1960) · Dictatorial attitude (1961) · Disgracing the House (1896) · Dishonest (1959) · Dishonest answers (1968) · Dishonest insinuations (1960) · Dishonest performance (1960) · Does not have a spine (1971) · Evil genius (1962) · Fabricated a statement (1961) · Fabrication (1959) · False (1961) · False representations (1975) · False statement (1961) · Falsehood (1976) · Falsify (1964) · Fraud (1960) · Fraudulent character (1962) · Grovelling in the dirt in order to get an office (1900) · Has not got the guts (1959) · Honourable only by courtesy (1880) · Hypocrites (1961) · Hypocritical (1961) · Hysterical (1943) · Idiot (1962) · Ignoramus (1961) · Illegal (1977) · Illegal (actions)(1976) · Insolent and impertinent (1890) · Insolent and irresponsible reply (1962) · Inspired by forty - rod whiskey (1881) · Intentional deceit (1961) · Irresponsible Members (1969) · Irresponsible reply (1962) · Joker in this House (1960) · Kangaroo court (1960) · Lacking in intelligence (1934) · Lie (1959) · Lies (1976) · Living politically by deceit (1899) · Members have aligned themselves with the murderers in Quebec (1970) · Mislead (1958) · Misleading the public (1960) · Misrepresenting his constituency (1909) · Nazi (1962) · Nefarious (1960) · Not telling the complete truth (1964) · Not telling the truth (1960) · Obstruct the operation of government (1957) · Obstructionist (1961) · Offensive (1964) · Pompous Ass (1967) · Reneged promises (1962) · Scarcely entitled to be called gentlemen (1876) · Scurrilous (1961) · Seeking cheap notoriety (1919) · Shameful conduct (1960) · Sick animal (1966) · Silly reason (1961) · Sitting for his constituency by the grace of the leader of the Government (1884) · Slanderous accusations (1960) · Small and cheap (1960) · Stealing (1960) · Stooping to pretty low motives (1956) · Talking twaddle (1898) · The political sewer pipe from Carleton County (1917) · Theft (1960) · To hell with Parliament attitude (1961) · Trained seal (1961) · Treason (1957) · Trickery (1959) · Underhanded (1961) · Untrue statement (1961) · Violated his oath (1967) · Wilfully misled (1970)

It has clearly not acted in the public interest as we would expect it to act; it has manipulated and schemed to the point where the high court labels its conduct as unfair and illegal.»

Announcing the charges on Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said that over the past two weeks, authorities in Australia, Canada and the U.S. have collectively deployed more than 250 agents to conduct searches of 25 homes and offices, resulting in the seizure of multiple servers, computers and mobile phones, as well as weapons and illegal narcotics.

For example, the statutory body is worried that bitcoins and cryptocurrencies could be used by the corrupt to conduct illegal activities such as money laundering and terror funding.

In 2015 alone, BMW Manufacturing Co.; Chuck E. Cheese, also known as CEC Entertainment; Food Lion; Home Depot Inc.; and Whole Foods Market Inc. paid substantial Fair Credit Reporting Act class - action lawsuit settlements ranging from $ 716,400 to $ 3 million for conducting illegal background checks, failing to disclose background checks to applicants and breaking other FCRA rules.

Special Agent, Criminal Investigator AFOSI Detachment 611 — Osan AB, ROK (8/2003 — 8/2004) • Held integral role in the handling of 40 + criminal, fraud, and CI investigations, the largest caseload for AFOSI / Pacific Air Force Command, bringing unit to the highest pro-active rate in 8 years • Collaborated with the Department of Homeland Security and Customs Division in an international fraud case, the first joint effort between these departments and the result of mutual interest coordination avenues between numerous entities • Protected valuable DOD resources and assets by conducting major counterintelligence, criminal, and fraud investigations, including close support through crime scene searches, evidence preservation, and laboratory analysis requests • Testified in court - martials, interviewed key witnesses, and performed interrogations of persons suspected of committing major violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice • Managed and utilized human informants to detect illegal activities as well as conducting undercover investigations • Investigated AFOSI applicant backgrounds to determine suitability for positions in department, also serving as a point of contact for counterintelligence, anti-terrorism, and local criminal awareness briefings on base