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The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which intervened in the case on behalf of the Knights of Columbus and other parties, has a press release about the case here.

The Institute for Justice intervened in that case on behalf of parents who wished to take advantage of the vouchers.

The Institute for Justice, the nation's leading legal advocate for school choice, intervened in the case on behalf of three parents and their children and successfully defended the Empowerment Scholarship program.

IJ quickly mobilized to represent parents who have applied for scholarships for their children and filed a motion to intervene in the case on their behalf, as well as on behalf of the only scholarship - granting organization so far approved by the state to award scholarships.

The Law Society, which intervened in the case on the issue of legal professional privilege, also welcomed the judgment.

«This was was enough of a concern that the IP professionals association intervened in the case on this issue,» says Courage.

Not exact matches

At one point, according to testimony in Lehman's bankruptcy case, Lehman Chief Executive Officer Richard Fuld considered asking Bush to have his brother, President George W. Bush, intervene on the company's behalf with the British government, which was blocking a potential merger with a British bank.

«We think it will be slow to act on rate cuts, but stands ready to intervene in case of disruptive market developments, especially in the currency and bond markets,» says Nell.

Against this background, Asian authorities have continued to intervene in foreign exchange markets, though less strenuously than was the case in mid 2004 when upward pressures on regional exchange rates were also very strong.

There is also a presumption in the case of one person murdering another that the one murdered would have gone on living but for the intervening cause of homicide.

Duddington also provides discussion of the issue of conscience in contemporary society, citing a number of high - proile cases in which the state has intervened on issues of religious conscience and human rights.

In this case, the grandparent is obligated to intervene with the parent on behalf of the child, but the intervention need not involve the authorities.

Fortunately, in my case, my church intervened, scheduling a «Mother's Retreat» on the Saturday before Mother's Day.

If it is the case that not intervening would have led to a significant massacre within this week / fortnight, there is a pragmatic lesser evil case for on balance supporting a not very well thought through intervention (the US has clearly not spent a long time doing this), and a stalemate, and then looking to the Arab League to mediate a political settlement over time in which the government can't win by massacre.

In a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schoolIn a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schoolin a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schoolin religious schools.

In addition to attacks on Howe's credibility, defense filings argue that there was no illegal «quid pro quo» in the case — that all the matters Percoco is accused of intervening in were resolved on their virtues, not because of bribeIn addition to attacks on Howe's credibility, defense filings argue that there was no illegal «quid pro quo» in the case — that all the matters Percoco is accused of intervening in were resolved on their virtues, not because of bribein the case — that all the matters Percoco is accused of intervening in were resolved on their virtues, not because of bribein were resolved on their virtues, not because of bribes.

So far, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has declined to intervene in Barker's suit on behalf of New York taxpayers, but his spokeswoman told The Post, «We're continuing to monitor the case.»

Schneiderman and 17 other state attorneys general on Aug. 2 won the right to intervene in the case in a ruling by the D.C. Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.

The charities Rethink Mental Illness, Mind and the National Autistic Society intervened in the case to provide evidence based on the experiences of their members and supporters.

In recent years we have intervened in support of Tony and Jane Nicklinson's and Paul Lamb's attempts to overhaul the law on assisted dying for the terminally ill and incurably suffering by taking human rights cases through the courts, as well as supported parliamentary attempts to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ilIn recent years we have intervened in support of Tony and Jane Nicklinson's and Paul Lamb's attempts to overhaul the law on assisted dying for the terminally ill and incurably suffering by taking human rights cases through the courts, as well as supported parliamentary attempts to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ilin support of Tony and Jane Nicklinson's and Paul Lamb's attempts to overhaul the law on assisted dying for the terminally ill and incurably suffering by taking human rights cases through the courts, as well as supported parliamentary attempts to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill.

«As the Chairman Committee on Diaspora in the House of Representatives in the Seventh Assembly, we intervened in the case of 24 Nigerians about to be killed in Libya.

Steve Richard's observations on this intervention in this morning's Independent: «The Tory backbencher Edward Leigh intervened during Hague's speech, suggesting that the Conservatives only voted for the war because they had been sold the case on a false premise.

Abelove contends an assistant attorney general, Paul Clyne, who is a former Albany County district attorney, told Abelove on the day of the shooting that the state office would likely not intervene in the case.

As noted earlier, on October 7, the Ohio legislature asked to intervene in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, the ballot access case.

The Presidency on Wednesday intervened in the reported cases of poor conditions of Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Borno State.

The pharmaceutical industry is on the case, and a spate of projects is under way around the world to map the exact circuits that allow the nervous system to intervene when things go wrong in the body.

And in the case of a district that has had a half dozen superintendents in a dozen years, and dismal academic outcomes all the way along, and on top of that has a new Superintendent in his first six months of superintendency, the board must intervene.

The Institute for Justice, which coordinated the defense of Cleveland's school voucher program in the landmark 2002 Zelman case, intervened on behalf of program beneficiaries in each case.

After DOJ mounted its first attack on the voucher program in 2013, a group of black parents and the Louisiana Black Alliance for Educational Options requested to intervene in the case.

The State Evaluation of Principal Preparation Programs Toolkit — or SEP3 Toolkit — provides essential guidance on implementing a more in - depth and rigorous principal preparation evaluation process, thereby enabling states to accurately assess quality, promote improvement, and intervene in the case of performance that raises concerns.

Whenever an action has been commenced in any court of the United States seeking relief from the denial of equal protection of the laws under the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution on account of race, color, religion, or national origin, the Attorney General for or in the name of the United States may intervene in such action upon timely application if the Attorney General certifies that the case is of general public importance.

In this case, the car intervenes by gently braking the wheels on the opposite side of the car, helping the driver to stay in the lanIn this case, the car intervenes by gently braking the wheels on the opposite side of the car, helping the driver to stay in the lanin the lane.

«There are a lot of cases where we're able to assist in the elimination of questionable items from client credit reports because of the way that we're able to intervene through the letters and the communications that we send on our client's behalf,» he added.

It is never a good thing to intervene in any dog - on - dog fight (as George Jonas learned the hard way), but especially dangerous to put your hand anywhere near the mouth of a fighting dog, in case he redirects his murderous ferocity onto you.

But in every case, if we hadn't intervened, the dogs would have had a far worse experience, dying on a cold steel table at the end of a needle in an overworked shelter putting down dozens of animals every day, or alone, frightened, and sick on the streets.

On a local level, the ASPCA intervenes in hoarding cases to assist both the animal victims and the hoarders.

Although the CCCI can not assume responsibility for censorship of content on the internet, any member has the right to lodge a complaint against another member, per the rules of our constitution and by - laws, in which case the CCCI may intervene, and may find it necessary to suspend or expel members who author content with malicious intent, misrepresentation or defamation on ANY publicly available media (including but not limited to internet communications of any kind).

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) on Wednesday filed a motion for leave to intervene in a case brought by several Democratic attorneys general looking to reverse the FCC's December decisions to overturn the rules.

So on the other side, a broad array of states, environmental and health groups (including NRDC), forward - looking power companies, and clean energy and high - tech firms have intervened in the case to help the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice defend the Plan.

The project's latest opponents also argued they have a right to intervene in the case and rejected the idea that litigation was the sole reason construction has not yet begun on the combined wind farm.

Media Legal Defence Initiative, the Open Society Justice Initiative, Index on Censorship, English PEN, Global Witness and Human Rights Watch jointly intervened in the case to express serious concern about the costs of defending libel and privacy claims in the UK.

Baughman feels that it's one thing for a court to intervene and take over as legal guardian in a case where a child's life is truly at risk, but quite another thing when psychotropic drugs are forced on children who don't fit into the mold....

While the Canadian Bar Association is usually busy intervening in court cases, making submissions to government, commenting on proposed legislation and supporting members, it's not every day that the CBA is called upon to help the public understand the nuances of a pressing national issue which raises concerns about the rule of law.

On August 27, 1983, the Executive Committee of the Association passed a resolution authorizing the Association to seek leave from the Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in this case and to instruct counsel accordingly.

On August 13, 1983 the National Council of Representatives passed a resolution authorizing the Association to seek leave from the Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in this case and to instruct counsel accordingly.

West Coast LEAF intervened in the distinct matter of «public interest standing» being denied to these women through their representative organization — to argue that such organizations ought to be able to bring forward important constitutional cases on behalf of the many women who do not have effective access to the justice system on their own.

CCLA intervened in the case to argue that an absolute prohibition on assisted suicide restricts personal autonomy in a way that unreasonably limits the rights to life, liberty and security -LSB-...]

We will intervene early on in the criminal proceedings and fight to get the charges in your case reduced or dismissed.

CCD and CACL were actively considering intervening in a contemporaneous case on a comparable issue before the Quebec courts called Leblanc.

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