Sentences with phrase «influenced by court decisions»

The way the Constitution is understood is influenced by court decisions, especially those of the Supreme Court.

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Dauman, backed by the company's independent directors, has already gone to court to assert Redstone lacks mental capacity to make business decisions and is being unduly influenced by Shari.

What, then, should Supreme Court Justices do if they are convinced that the decisions of one or more of their colleagues are being influenced by disapproval of religion?

It turned out that the decision was not so much rooted in the Constitution as in the doctrine of precedent and» ironies begin to pile up at this point» in the Justices» perception that a contrary decision would undermine the Court's legitimacy by making it appear to be an institution influenced by politics.

The child's preference, if the child is mature enough to make a reasonable decision (usually age 12 or older); the court will also consider whether the child's preference was influenced by anyone else

Assemblyman Nojay says the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision prohibits limits on campaign spending by outside groups, so he believes there's no way to totally eliminate the influence of money in politics.

Silver was convicted of using his political influence for political favors; the conviction was tossed last summer, when appellate judges in the 2nd Circuit ruled that the definition of «official acts» had been changed by a previous Supreme Court decision in the public corruption case of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.

He says the influence of money in politics is much greater now, especially since the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision made it harder for government to regulate spending by independent expenditure groups.

Brian Paddick, a former deputy assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard who is also taking the police to court, suggested that his former colleagues» decision to cut short their original investigation may have been influenced by their links with the News of the World.

The plaintiff also sought an order of mandamus compelling President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack both ministers in public interest and public morality based on the allegations of attempts to influence court decisions recently levelled against them by two Justices of the Supreme Ccourt decisions recently levelled against them by two Justices of the Supreme CourtCourt.

The institute dropped the lawsuit after EPA attorneys argued that the group lacked legal standing to bring the litigation; the agency also pointed to a 1999 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that concluded that receipt of grant money didn't mean that advisory committee members were «susceptible to improper influence.»

What does it mean when institutional decisions (for example, court cases, school policies, employment opportunities, housing) are influenced by this kind of pre - judging / stereotyping?

Students examine how the Supreme Court's landmark decision regarding forced sterilization was influenced by the American Eugenics Movement.

«This decision by the court in Germany in no way influences other legal proceedings filed with the courts in Europe and elsewhere.»

That influence has been exerted by the direct effect of assorted Treaty Articles (primarily equal pay), decisions of the European Court (such as Barber, Coloroll etc) and the impact of relevant EU Directives which have been translated into English law.

Certain types of court - martials can only be adjudicated by a military judge that is separate from the military command structure and therefore can not be influenced in their decisions.

18 Nevertheless, because most of the appeal decisions on the standard in summary judgment have involved concerns of a lack of procedural fairness rather than a lack of efficiency, this asymmetry could have a conservative influence on the overall approach recommended by the Court of Appeal.

According to a 2011 survey conducted by Justice at Stake, a non-partisan organization whose mission is to ensure an impartial court system, 83 percent of the public believe that judicial campaign contributions influence judges» decisions to some degree (National Registered Voters Frequency Questionnaire, October 2011).

By not making the decisions of the First Nations Court available it limits the influence of the court's decisions for those being sentenced elsewCourt available it limits the influence of the court's decisions for those being sentenced elsewcourt's decisions for those being sentenced elsewhere.

The accident report is considered to be the legal truth of the matter and influences decisions made by insurance companies, traffic and civil court judges, and attorneys.

However, because it was decided by an appellate court, it is likely to influence decisions made under human rights legislation in all Canadian jurisdictions, particularly those involving employer drug use policies in safety sensitive workplaces.

In this article published by Law360, Donald Steinberg, Heather Petruzzi and Margareta Sorenson consider district court decisions on enhanced damages issued within the first six months after Halo, particularly focusing on the factors that influence whether enhanced damages are ultimately awarded.

If you think that the Rule of Law requires legal rules to have a single meaning, and that it further requires courts, rather than decision - makers influenced by politics, to have the last word about this meaning, you will think that judicial review has considerable benefits.

Court decisions from England and other Commonwealth countries are not binding in the Singapore legal system, although Singapore is heavily influenced by English common law in several key areas, such as Contract, Tort and Restitution.

The Court of Appeal's decision was also influenced by the uncertainty surrounding the professional regulation of accountants.

Finally the Court was influenced by the decision of the International Court of Justice in its Advisory Opinion of Western Sahara (1975) ICJR that rejected terra nullius as the basis for Spanish sovereignty in Western Sahara.

Although the Mabo decision (50) was influenced by contemporary international human rights instruments and standards, especially in respect of the norm of non-discrimination, (51) and by the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice in respect of the doctrine of terra nullius, (52) it is the interweaving of international law and United States law (especially the Marshall US Supreme Court decisions in respect of Indigenous rights) that is more deeply embedded in the Mabo decision.

Courts have too long ignored laws calling for custody decisions to be made in children's best interests, they say, and judges are overly influenced by notions about the mother - child bond.