Sentences with phrase «judges in courts across»

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There was nothing about marriage in the Constitution in 1967, but the Court struck down the laws barring marriage across racial lines, and no conservative judge now is prepared to say that the Court did the wrong thing.

Wish I would have thought of doing the research or had come across this blog, had you written it in 2013 when a family court judge saw no value to my being a stay at home mom full time for 9 years and awarded ne no spousal support and a pitiful amount for child support despite my having zero income and no career to go back to once my ex left, suddenly.This is a fantastic template to argue in court for stay at home moms seeking support everywhere that sacrificed their education, career and opportunities and stayed home with the kids.May pop some people's perspective back where it should be!

Despite still not showing up for work, Judge Leticia Astacio is getting an increase in her $ 175,500 salary as part of an agreed upon raise for city court judges across New York.

Manhattan Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, who sits on the Assembly's Election Law Committee, said Trump's comments are discouraging in light of the fact that there are federal courts across the country with judges appointed by Republicans and Democrats saying that states» voter laws are unconstitutional because they target people based on their race and ethnicity.

Earlier today, Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau defended the judiciary's refusal to heed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call to join the executive branch in an across - the - board 10 percent cut, insisting the court system would have to resort to mass layoffs and shutdowns in order to meet that goal.

Glick says she's not backing any one specifically, but she says there are several openly gay judges in lower courts across the state, and at least one has been mentioned for a federal judgeship.

De Blasio today swore in a group of 26 judges — 11 new justices and 15 re-appointees — to serve in various courts across the five boroughs.

Here in Cortland County, several seats on the Cortland County Legislature will be decided, along with a County Court Judge, Cortlandville Town Court judge and Town Board members, along with many additional races across the coJudge, Cortlandville Town Court judge and Town Board members, along with many additional races across the cojudge and Town Board members, along with many additional races across the county.

And those laws will be interpreted by judges not in Luxembourg but in courts across this country.

«His service in the Appellate Division earned him the respect of his peers across the state, just as his concerned and compassionate service as an Oneida County Family Court Judge earned him the respect of the children and families who came before him during their difficult times.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, acting in a case that has been closely monitored across the nation, has upheld a federal district judge's order freezing $ 47.5 - million in Education Department funds pending the Reagan Administration's payment of desegregation aid to Chicago's schools.

Just as important as all that is the political message Judge Treu's decision sent across the country, that here is a court that views quality public education as a civil right, guaranteed, in this case, by the California constitution.

Note: In the CCJEF trial court decision, now on appeal, Judge Moukawsher, in contrast to all precedents across the country, limited the notion of adequacy to comprise only sufficient teachers, facilities and instrumentalities of learning - and he said the state is already providing adequate fundinIn the CCJEF trial court decision, now on appeal, Judge Moukawsher, in contrast to all precedents across the country, limited the notion of adequacy to comprise only sufficient teachers, facilities and instrumentalities of learning - and he said the state is already providing adequate fundinin contrast to all precedents across the country, limited the notion of adequacy to comprise only sufficient teachers, facilities and instrumentalities of learning - and he said the state is already providing adequate funding.

Judge Moukawsher set forth a very narrow vision of what is needed in public schools in order to provide an adequate education; a vision that contradicted precedent across the United States and precedent from the Connecticut Supreme Court itself.

The Court presides in 52 locations across the province, and is the largest superior trial court in the country, both in the volume of cases and the number of juCourt presides in 52 locations across the province, and is the largest superior trial court in the country, both in the volume of cases and the number of jucourt in the country, both in the volume of cases and the number of judges.

By James Cooper www.selfreplawyer.ca In the decade since the Canadian Judicial Council published its Statement of Principles on Self - Represented Litigants and Accused Persons, there has been a developing body of case law across Ontario that recognizes the obligation of trial judges to sensitize themselves to the unique needs of litigants who represent themselves at court.

Last year, a hundred new judges were appointed in courts across the province.

And those laws will be interpreted by judges not in Luxembourg but in courts across this country.

Almost anyone who regularly toils in courthouses across Ontario — judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers — would say that despite previous rulings on delays from the Supreme Court and judicial warnings from lower courts, successive federal and provincial governments have failed to properly resource the justice system in a way that would ensure its fairness and efficiency.

All across Canada, judges, law societies, courthouses, schools, and professional bodies have been imploring the modernization of the court system in order to improve the administration of justice — and by extension, improve access to justice.

Or a lawyer in the midst of a trial might tweet «Awful day in court, ridiculous ruling» that the judge might run across.

Investment dealers across the country undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief this past August when the Alberta Court of Appeal released its decision in Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. v. Soost and decisively overturned a trial judge's award of $ 1.6 million to a wrongfully dismissed investment advisor for the loss of his book of business.

I was reminded of this episode when in preparation for a discussion with some Ontario judges on innovation in the courts, I came across a treasure trove... [more]

In the decade since the Canadian Judicial Council published its Statement of Principles on Self - Represented Litigants and Accused Persons, there has been a developing body of case law across Ontario that recognizes the obligation of trial judges to sensitize themselves to the unique needs of litigants who represent themselves at court.

Masters and district judges need to make an example in a few high - profile cases, one of which might perhaps reach the Court of Appeal, which can modify practice across the board by repeating the kind of expectations it articulated in Cowl v Plymouth City Council; Dunnett v Railtrack; Halsey v Milton Keynes NHST; and Burchell v Bullard.

Prior thereto, David served on active duty in the United States Navy as a Judge Advocate where he tried misdemeanor and felony level criminal cases as a prosecutor and defended the Department of the Navy in complex civil cases in trial and appellate courts across the country.

Then, on November 9, 2016, Justice Bernd Zabel of the Ontario Court of Justice in Hamilton strode into his courtroom wearing a scarlet Donald Trump MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN baseball cap and I thought I felt a collective wince from judges» chambers across the country.

In Ontario family law, «Parenting Coordinators» are an increasingly - popular concept; a quick search for that term on CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute's website containing court judgments from across Canada, shows almost 150 Ontario instances in which a judge has referenced that term, almost all within the past 5 yearIn Ontario family law, «Parenting Coordinators» are an increasingly - popular concept; a quick search for that term on CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute's website containing court judgments from across Canada, shows almost 150 Ontario instances in which a judge has referenced that term, almost all within the past 5 yearin which a judge has referenced that term, almost all within the past 5 years.

Travel, as well as workload, is another issue for Federal Court of Canada judges, who are required to live in the National Capital Region yet have sittings in a number of cities across the country.

Metcalf interviewed immigration judges across the country in writing «Courting Disaster: Absent attendance and absent enforcement in America's immigration courts ``: «They described a system plunged into turmoil by appointees at the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security who ignored statutes, precedent, and regulation and imposed policies that dramatically increased backlogs and nearly halted adjudication.

In what has to be one of the more unusual cases I have come across, a Superior Court judge has set aside a default judgment after being satisfied that the process server hired by the plaintiff to serve its claim swore «untruthful» affidavits of service which were subsequently relied on by the plaintiff to obtain default judgment.

While jury trials are the ultimate trial - court challenge, this is in fact a book that at its core is about shattering your view of yourself as an attorney and getting you to realize how you really come across (to a jury but also to the judge and everyone else).

In a decision that could strike fear into the hearts of property owners across the province, a Superior Court judge refused to dismiss a claim by a first - time woodcutter who suffered serious injuries when one of the trees he was cutting down landed on him.

However, it has also overseen a remarkable expansion in continuing education that has benefitted not only the Court itself but also affected the quality of education available to provincial court judges across Canada — as a consequence of having shared many of its resources with other provincial courts over the yCourt itself but also affected the quality of education available to provincial court judges across Canada — as a consequence of having shared many of its resources with other provincial courts over the ycourt judges across Canada — as a consequence of having shared many of its resources with other provincial courts over the years.

Largely because of the administrative and financial control that the Court had over its resources (under its MOU with the Attorney General), the Ontario Court of Justice has been able over the years to leverage its expertise in judicial education to benefit not only the NJI but also judges and courts across Canada.

recalled Lennox of the December 1995 meeting when he and Roberts were advised by the Assistant Deputy Minister (in the absence of the Chief Judge, who was on holiday) that the government was making budget cuts in the order of 30 per cent across the whole of government, including the Court.

An «as needed» course that has since become a staple for provincial courts across Canada is the Newly Appointed Provincial and Territorial Judges Skills Seminar, originally developed by the Court in partnership with the NJI and CAPCJ.

Across these programs, lawyers and judges have recognized that the amendments — and particularly the inclusion of proportionality in the scope of discovery — have impacted discussions between counsel and the way in which courts are conducting their initial case management conferences.

We ran across an excellent example of such a competition on C - SPAN of all places, who televised George Washington's Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition in which non other than Justice Antonin Scalia hear the arguments in the finals along with Judge Marsha Berzon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

As part of her overall initiatives to modernize the court system, Chief Justice Lee described the top - to - bottom review of the judiciary with particular emphasis on a review of the technology division that serves judges in 31 judicial districts and the appellate courts across the state.

I was one of 100 ppl from across Canada invited to Justice Cromwell's Access to Justice summit in TO a few years ago and the thing that stood out most for me was that although the discussion was mostly about needing to support ppl w services outside court (mediation, negotiation support / skills, legal education, parenting coordination, etc) 85 % of the ppl invited were lawyers / judges.

State court judges across the country report that more people like Williams are acting as their own attorneys in civil matters.

He said judges, defence counsel, court staff and prosecutors across the country are «now going into high gear to ensure that trials are done in an expeditious time.»

Our Government regularly complains about activist out - of - touch judges meddling into Parliament's bailiwick by tossing out mandatory minimum sentences or invalidating Criminal Code amendments, yet over a decade in power it is that same Conservative Government that has appointed every Superior Court judge across the country.

I can see this film being used in family courts across the country as an orientation video for separating and divorcing parents prior to beginning mediation, and as an orientation to the reality of divorce for judges taking on a family law calendar, and in law schools» family law classes.

«I also have great hope that this initiative will pave the way for courts across Australia to question what part they can play in reconciliation,» said Chief Judge Pascoe.

It appears that now that times have changed, that CREA feels that the «dominant position» scenario and alleged abuse thereof will be judged in a different light, by a court of law if need be, due to the recent relative birth of alternative models now at play, in addition to those continuing to come onto the scene across Canada.