Sentences with phrase «individual interests of the citizens»

Not exact matches

America would remain free not because of any quality in its citizens of spartan self - sacrifice to some nebulous public good, but in the last analysis because of the concern each individual would have in his own self - interest and personal freedom40

Since pastors are free to make political endorsements as individual citizens, just not in their official capacities as leaders of the church, supporters of the Johnson Amendment contend that rather than restricting political speech, the rules protect nonprofits from lobbying interests.

Christians, as citizens, have an obligation to exert whatever influence they can to ensure that the mass media in our society operate to serve the public good rather than merely commercial interests or those of individuals.

But with so many different interests to keep in mind, with everyone from governmental agencies and non-profit groups to individual citizens of Washington state potentially getting a say, the process can be complicated, to say the least.

My forthcoming book, Oser la liberté: l'individu comme objectif, le collectif comme moyen («Daring Freedom: the individual as objective, the collective as a means»), further develops an original version of individual liberty as a key concept in articulating the interests of individual citizens from the perspective of progressive change.

A new progressive political project should convincingly explain how its propositions match the individual interest of the majority of citizens.

Neglecting these «output» and «input» aspects of legitimacy and giving priority instead to a euronationalist justification of a European sovereignty in the making could also turn out to be detrimental to individual freedoms: the illusion of homogeneity it would produce could incite European citizens to support policies sold by political leaders as being in the interest of the European «community» or «people», but actually only serving a tiny minority.

Whereas the role of the individual qua world citizen has hitherto been a weak and intermittent strand in Western cosmopolitan political thought, recent concentrated interest in both the theory of democracy and citizenship in the context of the state is starting to spill over to the global plane.

«The 2018 elections are critical in electing individuals who will not put the special interests of a select few ahead of the most important functions of government — education, safety and protecting our most vulnerable citizens.»

«Today both of these variables are under close scrutiny from many quarters, from myriad interest groups, the media, individual citizens, and the Congress, to name but a few,» she said.

(A) An individual who is a citizen of the United States; (B) A partnership each of whose partners is an individual who is a citizen of the United States; or (C) A corporation or association organized under the laws of the United States or a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States, of which the president and at least two - thirds of the board of directors and other managing officers are citizens of the United States, which is under the actual control of citizens of the United States, and in which at least 75 percent of the voting interest is owned or controlled by persons that are citizens of the United States.

In the PEN / TWUC release, Charlie Foran, President of PEN Canada said, «The government of Canada has no right to determine what is an acceptable opinion for an individual citizen, on climate change or any matter of public interest.

Most of its 40 national member organisations aim to bring together interested citizens, regulators and academics on an individual basis, but many have primarily corporate members (most notably local authorities) and some are government departments or agencies.

For instance, most cultures and religions support variations of the golden rule that holds that individuals should not be able to severely harm others because of economic self - interest, polluters should pay for harm that they caused, and nations should prevent their citizens from harming others beyond their boarders.

In my opinion the ECJ's decision in Taricco I that national courts must disapply the rules of statutes of limitations if they prevent Member States from fulfilling their obligations under Article 325 TFEU (in the present case, the relevant Italian legislation) leads to perceiving serious fraud as a crime against the rights and interests of citizens, i.e., against fundamental social human rights guaranteed under Articles 2 and 3 of the Italian Constitution, and hence calls for resolving the conflict within the Italian Constitution by balancing the rights under these articles and the accused's individual rights guaranteed by the legality principle (Art. 25 (2) Const.).

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

Once powers are in place to remove material deemed by the State to be adverse to the public interest, our society and individual citizens become extremely vulnerable to the gross abuse of these powers, regardless of how well - meaning our current leadership may be now.

In my opinion, the «freedom» which an individual may have to communicate in a place owned by the government must necessarily be circumscribed by the interests of the latter and of the citizens as a whole: the individual will only be free to communicate in a place owned by the state if the form of expression he uses is compatible with the principal function or intended purpose of that place.

The ECJ's decision that national courts must disapply the rules of statutes of limitations if they prevent Member States from fulfilling their obligations under Article 325 TFEU (in the present case, the relevant Italian legislation) leads to perceiving serious fraud as a crime against the rights and interests of citizens, i.e., against fundamental social human rights guaranteed under Arts. 2 and 3 Const., and hence calls for resolving the conflict within the Italian Constitution by balancing the rights under these articles and the accused's individual rights guaranteed by the legality principle (Art. 25 Const.)

Because some of the rights oblige the State to respect the interests of citizens by imposing positive obligations on governments, this sometimes has the effect of enabling individuals to claim Convention rights in relation to each other.

The Fourth Amendment denounces only such searches or seizures as are unreasonable, and it is to be construed in the light of what was deemed an unreasonable search and seizure when it was adopted, and in a manner which will conserve public interests as well as the interests and rights of individual citizens.

• Assist the teacher in classroom activities while catering for emotional, psychological, social and cognitive needs of physically or mentally disabled students • Provide one to one tutoring and reinforce daily lessons in small groups • Identify weak areas of students and develop individualized lesson plans accordingly • Supervise the children during play and lunchtime • Inculcate strong moral and social values among the students to make them responsible citizens • Facilitate the teacher in conducting various classroom activities • Maintain all teaching aids in an organized manner • Devise need - based AV aids to facilitate teaching process • Assess multiple instructional strategies for effectiveness and change the teaching methodology as per requirement • Carefully record and gauge each student's progress and discuss the same regularly with teachers and parents • Encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities and boost their confidence in all possible ways • Communicate home assignments clearly, mark homework and test papers • Assist students in completing classroom assignments • Maintain daily attendance and early departure records • Discuss individual cases of individual needs and interests with teachers and parents of the student • Develop and implement targeted instructional strategies to cater for particular needs of each student • Observe students» behavior at playtime and chalk out a behavioral intervention plan to address any inappropriate, violent or disruptive behavior • Operate adaptive technological equipment single - handedly • Maintain complete confidentiality of student data • Aid physical, speech and rehabilitative therapists in their sessions and encourage the student to cooperate with them