Sentences with phrase «justice challenges as»

The program may serve as a model for other rural areas, which face serious access - to - justice challenges as older lawyers retire.

The Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters launched the #justiceforall campaign designed to raise public understanding of accessible justice challenges as a component of a healthy democracy.

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But, the president's oft - stated animus toward CNN and its reporting could also be seen as an obstacle to the deal's completion should the Trump administration's Justice Department ultimately opt to challenge the acquisition.

This week, as it celebrates the 70th anniversary of its establishment, the women of Barnard have ignored the challenges it has faced, the threats to its existence that it has overcome, and most importantly, the legacy of equality and justice that it has bequeathed to the modern Middle East.

As part of Verizon's settlement it is also paying about $ 355,000 to the U.S. Treasury and withdrawing a challenge to the FCC - New York City agreement while the Justice Department will end a False Claims Act investigation.

The Justice Department could file a lawsuit as early as this month to challenge the deal, sources familiar with the negotiations told Reuters.

We focus our approach to diversity not just from a social justice perspective, but as a business opportunity which, in my view, is the best way to overcome the systemic challenges.

One official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said that Mr. Trump was sympathetic to the plight of the young immigrants, known as Dreamers — many have known life only in the United States and have few connections to the countries of their birth — but had been told by Justice Department lawyers that his predecessor's program would not survive a court challenge.

As a social justice - minded person, I try to especially keep track of films that challenge me and my way of life.

«I sat on the edge of my seat as this preacher challenged us to participate in the cause of justice, not to slumber while the world changed around us.

But as much as John Paul appreciated the United States, he kept his independence and issued a series of declarations about social justice and peace that challenged many Americans — both on the domestic front and in foreign affairs.

He raises three issues, mainly involving justice, as a challenge for process theology.

«In addition, as the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change works with the state government to deliver democratic dividends, we urge it to also assist in addressing the challenges to rule of law posed by these arrests and prosecutions, encouraging respect for press freedom and advocating for protection and justice for targeted communities in southern Kaduna.»

Christianity was necessary as well as true because in Niebuhr's eyes it was the only available faith that challenged men and women to struggle for justice while chastising them for their sins.

Stressing the endeavor for social justice as a complement to the task of evangelism, recognizing the inadequacy of benevolences to meet the challenge, and therefore seeking concrete, structural, political involvement based on a Biblically informed concept of «social justice,» editor Smedes argues that the church's action will «find its way on the ridge between harmless generalities and divisive particularities.

Sarah Bessey's reflections on faith and feminism and Osheta Moore's practical guidance on justice and peace challenged me to live as a more faithful follower of Jesus in those quiet, unpublicized moments when faithfulness really matters.

In them we find clearly articulated such themes as the importance of the communidades de base («grass - roots «Christian groups); Jesus as the liberator from hunger, misery, oppression and ignorance; the refusal to separate Christian sanctification from «temporal» tasks; challenges to capitalism (as well as to Marxism); the theory of «dependency» on inhuman economic systems; the need for liberation from neocolonialism; the need for «conscienticization»; the need for the church to support the downtrodden; the correlation of peace and justice; and the reality of «institutionalized violence.»

With religious organizations focusing their efforts on individual spirituality, on meaningful worship experiences, on music, youth pro grams and small groups, is it likely that reli gious commitment is going to challenge people to be con cerned about economic justice as well?

They challenge us to live by plurality of culture, demand justice as a prerequisite for meaningful human solidarity, urge for commitment to communitarian values, etc..

It becomes clear in their asking that these questions pose an unmistakable challenge to the churches to wrestle seriously with the question of the justice of the entire economic system as it is presently evolving.

What is God challenging us to do as agents of racial justice and reconciliation?

The ringing challenge of the shepherd from Tekoa; Amos, reverberates through all history as a passionate plea for justice for the poor.

Without taking a strong stand on the controversial question of whether inter-species relationships ought to be governed by justice — in other words, the question of whether we owe anything to animals as such — the author establishes all sorts of interesting parallels between evolutionary biology and traditional theology in this area, as well as challenges from one to the other.

But since, as it seems, white churchmen can not deal boldly with the issue of integration, they can hardly be expected to take on the more challenging issue of justice.

Stackhouse reviews John Cobb, Sustainability: Economics, Ecology, and Justice, and challenges Cobb's activist pro-ecological stance as overly naturalistic, pessimistic, nostalgic and anti-development.

1Two recent articles, one by George V. Pixley, «Justice and Class Struggle: A Challenge for Process Theology» (PS 4:159 - 75) and another by Clark M. Williamson, «Whitehead as Counterrevolutionary?

A week earlier, on Dec. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court announced the justices will be hearing Windsor's challenge to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), as well as a challenge to California's Proposition 8 marriage amendment.

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has called on stakeholders in the administration of justice to take the issue of delay more seriously and shun all forms of delay tactics which he identified as a major challenge that must be jointly tackled by all.

Hanna joins former Utah governor and presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, HP CEO Meg Whitman and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney in signing the amicus, which is being filed with the Supreme Court as justices prepare to take on several court cases challenging same - sex marriage laws, including the controversial Proposition 8 measure in California and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

At 11:30 a.m., clergy, faith leaders and criminal justice advocates will deliver a letter to legislative leaders supporting the Prioritized Platform for Challenging Incarceration in New York as part of a statewide day of action for prison and parole justice, War Room, state Capitol, Albany.

De Piero, who was shadow minister for women and equalities in Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet but quit as a shadow junior minister before the leadership challenge to Corbyn last summer, has a new role as shadow justice minister.

The Canadian government's criminal justice bill would abolish what are known as peremptory challenges.

for the right web address); and later she had recanted her testimony and falsely accused me at somewhere unknown to me (even till today) in the judicial system, which brought into our lives miscarriage of justice, with the collusive help of some cowardice and malicious judicial officers ZZZ / YYY / VVV who hided their real identities from us till today, though I as a victim have challenged them to clarify the case with CONFRONTATION all the time;

Democrats who back the Affordable Care Act — known as Obamacare pejoratively — point to the multiple tests the law has withstood: It was approved legislatively in 2010 when Democrats controlled both chambers, withstood a Supreme Court challenge (which, in simplistic terms, Chief Justice John Roberts determined the individual mandate is a «tax») and then it survived the ultimate referendum, President Obama's re-election.

The appeal is challenging the orders made by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja on June 29 and October 14, 2016, which the Independent National Electoral Commission acted on by dropping Jegede and replacing him with Ibrahim as the party's standard bearer in the forthcoming election in the state.

Then at 2 p.m., state Supreme Court Justice Robert Seewald will hear appeals, as well as separate legal challenges.

As the Gambian Bar Association describes, the court is comprised of Justices handpicked by Jammeh to hear his legal challenge to the election — an election which Jammeh vows not to concede unless he is declared the winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Chairman, I thank you all for prioritizing to share your time with me as I attempt to do justice to the topic of today — to tell you what I think are the challenges of democracy and development in Africa.

First, states that more recently adopted laws with medical marijuana dispensaries more tightly regulated them, in response to a U.S. Justice Department memo saying it would not challenge state - level medical marijuana laws so long as dispensary sales were in full compliance with state regulations.

Britz discusses social justice as a moral norm for addressing ethical challenges in the global information society, seen as a continuation of relationships altered by information and communication technologies (ICT).

«The challenge of socia justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.»

I look forward to styling the denim vest more in this challenge as I bought it last year and have not done it justice.

Denzel Washington balances the scales of justice — and challenges Liam Neeson for a slice of the middle - aged action - hero pie — in «The Equalizer,» an ultraviolent update of the 1985 - 89 CBS drama series that featured Edward Woodward as a former government agent turned pro-bono avenging angel.

Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock, the «consulting detective» called upon for challenging police cases, is a tetchy, borderline Asperger syndrome genius more interested in a challenge than dispensing justice while Martin Freeman's Watson, an army surgeon home from Afghanistan, is a warm, loyal and often critical assistant to his eccentric roommate as he slips into his role as assistant.

Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock is still a tetchy, borderline Asperger syndrome genius more interested in a challenge than justice and Martin Freeman's Watson holds his own as a witty, warm, loyal and often critical assistant to his eccentric roommate.

Release Date: Since her excellent 2010 debut I Will Follow, DuVernay has become an impressive force to be reckoned with, challenging herself across a dizzying number of projects and platforms (including the short film The Door, which went to Venice 2013, television projects such as a compelling portrait of Venus Williams with Venus Vs. for ESPN's «Nine for IX» series, and «Scandal,» plus she unveiled a surprise documentary project this year with The 13th, an excellent portrait of the troubling history of racial injustice within the criminal justice system — and also the first documentary to open the New York Film Festival).

Up to the challenge, he proves to be an easy underdog to root for as he doles out a bloody brand of vigilante justice in search of his imperiled spouse.

That the cast is played by actual teenagers (centered on the dramatically challenged Justice) and some barely in their twenties instead of older actors who only pass as teens to those years removed from high school underscores the film's target and its limited appeal for adult audiences, who can easily enjoy films like Mean Girls and Superbad.

Although Age of Ultron is at times awkwardly shoehorned into the timeline of the larger Marvel film universe, Whedon is able to build upon the strong foundation he's already put in place, laying down a challenge to DC's upcoming Justice League films as well as his successors in the Avengers franchise moving forward....

Transmedia storytelling — telling a single story across multiple media platforms — as a means to help students engage with challenging cultural issues of civic responsibility, diversity, and social justice can be an important tool in the classroom, especially in an age where students are finding it increasingly difficult to see over the wall between their school lives and their «real» lives.