Sentences with phrase «law over the citizen»

If it is not then the essential edifice which asserts the primacy of the law over the citizen is lost — that essential ingredient is respect.

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The Republican lawmaker has been feuding with local media over his seven - year efforts to repeal Indiana laws that require citizens to have a permit to carry a handgun.

It is forbidden by law to kill citizens of lands taken over.

«When both the logic of the market and the logic of the State come to an agreement that each will continue to exercise a monopoly over its respective area of influence, in the long term much is lost: solidarity in relations between citizens, participation and adherence, actions of gratuitousness, all of which stand in contrast with giving in order to acquire (the logic of exchange) and giving through duty (the logic of public obligation, imposed by State law).

Lets just say there are 3 million to stay on the low side; what you suggest is to ban a weapon owned by over 3 million law abiding citizens, because it is used by criminals.008 % of the time??? Also, no civilian without a CLASS III federal license owns a real «assault weapon».

Just as there are laws within a nation that forbid a person to misuse his liberty, so there should be laws under which the irresponsible use of a nation's powers over its own citizens could be judged; that is to say, the rights of self - determination by the nation should be subordinate to the fundamental rights of man.

One had to be either a Roman citizen, as in the case of Paul, or else guilty of a crime against the empire rather than an infraction of a provincial or racial law over which the recognized authorities among the conquered people had the right of judgment.

The Center, funded by donations from over 300,000 citizens across the nation, quickly grew into one of America's most successful and innovative public interest law firms.

And by governance on a daily basis, mean from the how from kings, aristocrats, down through every layer of bureaucracy till you get to your local tax collector, what / why / how these people ran the government administration on a day to day basis, from dealing with a rival city who recently stole one of your citizens crops, to pirates interfering with trade on the Mediterranean, to drought, city administration, what to do with tax money, neighborly disputes, superstition, weather, crime, theft, laws and battles of ideology, to political rivalries and infighting, to a foreigner spreading strange religious ideas in the city (or dealing with somebody accused of a crime they claim they did not commit), I mean everything and everything these officials may have dealt with, daily, and how they changed over time.

Citizens Union is currently suing the governor over a 2016 law to make not for profits disclosure their donors» names and addresses on an open website.

The strict application of the principles of the rule of law and strong popular control over the legislative and the executive are indispensable for the subordination of a sovereign power to citizens» interests and preferences.

«If the governor is going to hire people for his political operation, he should be much more transparent and not bury them in corners of state government so as to avoid scrutiny,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of the government reform group Citizens Union, which is currently in litigation with the Cuomo administration over a 2016 nonprofit lobbying law.

«Is it not correct to suggest that your administration acted on the basis that it was essentially unrestrained by international or Nigerian law in engaging in or encouraging the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers in order to protect them against attacks from Boko Haram and to enhance their ability to defend the territorial integrity of the country and provide security for its citizens?»

Katko said the bill is flawed because the no - fly list has mistakenly included law - abiding citizens over the years, and the ban would violate the due process rights of Americans.

He also said that he did not think that those who have broken the law in riots over the past few days «should be in the way of a law abiding citizen who could probably use that house in a much better way.»

Dadey, with Citizens Union, says that over one year since the commission was signed into law, the probe of the Assembly speaker's actions, if it is indeed occurring, is the first true test of the new ethics commission.

If they have identified those who blew up pipelines, and who are taking refuge in their communities, as good citizens, they should hand them over to law enforcement agents.

Seems like a pretty ambiguous law, any foreign national that discusses politics with a US citizen is going to have an influence over the person they are talking to, I don't see why campaign donations should be some sort of separate category in this regard, seems absurd to me.

The High Court in Accra, Human Rights Division, presided over by His Lordship Justice Anthony K. Yeboah, will today [Monday] deliver judgment on the case filed by five citizens over the delayed implementation of the Representation of the People Amendment Act also known as the ROPAA law, 2006 [Act 699].

Dadey, with Citizens Union says that over one year since the commission was signed into law, the probe of the Assembly Speaker's actions, if it is indeed occurring, is the first true test of the new ethics commission.

Cutting off over $ 9 million in benifits to Ilegal Aliens, passing a law that would make it illegal to educate children of Illegal Alien parents and refuse them FREE health care at our hospitals would begin to take a bite out of our deficit and see a decline in NY states Illegal Alein population that would open up jobs for American citizens as well.

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

It is about the right of law abiding citizens to defend themselves and is the last line of defense against an over reaching and tyrannical government.

Over the course of that tenure, the legendary G - Man singlehandedly built the agency into an intimidating espionage and crime - fighting operation feared by gangsters and law - abiding citizens alike.

The 2009 amendments were resisted by MDE since they were intended and seen as shifting authority control over the the sponsor / authorizer and charter schools away from MDE — all as originally intended in the law as known to all of us who worked on the concept at the Citizens» League and participated in drafting the law that was passed in 1991.

China may be able to run roughshod over its citizens, but where rule of law exists, there is necessary delay for most projects.

> > > Should the citizens of Wood County and the State be concerned that animal > activists groups that have no legal authority were rallied from around the > country to shut down a WV small business that was in complete compliance with > state laws and agencies for over 45 years?

Over the past couple of years, Vandalia, MO's police department has been tasked with addressing citizen's concerns over loose dogs — and apparently enforcing the city's «pit bull» ordinance (I am not aware of the specifics of the lOver the past couple of years, Vandalia, MO's police department has been tasked with addressing citizen's concerns over loose dogs — and apparently enforcing the city's «pit bull» ordinance (I am not aware of the specifics of the lover loose dogs — and apparently enforcing the city's «pit bull» ordinance (I am not aware of the specifics of the law).

Having four dogs means you're one over the... er suggested limit by city ordinance so you'd better be a quiet, law abiding citizen.

There are 2 options for completing your PADI Divemaster training with Splash Dive Center, Option A) Practical training over 12 days, or Option B) The Internship over 4 weeks (only available to Belizean citizens and residents due to local labor laws).

Every day, citizens around the country sue or otherwise challenge the government over alleged violations of the law or the Constitution, and they do it without a rifle in their hand.

Over the last decade, the wind industry has ridden roughshod over the rights of law - abiding citizens to live peacefully in their very own hoOver the last decade, the wind industry has ridden roughshod over the rights of law - abiding citizens to live peacefully in their very own hoover the rights of law - abiding citizens to live peacefully in their very own homes.

Over the years, the International Program has set many important precedents that have strengthened international environmental law and made it a tool for citizen action.

This approach offers states the choices either to regulate their own agencies and citizens according to laws passed by Congress, or to step aside and have the feds take over and regulate directly.

Alright, just for the sake of discussion, could Italy have challenged Article VII 3 (a)'s jurisdiction under International law over public safety of its citizens.

The Bill will prepare the UK's laws for the digital age and give citizens more control over their privacy.

... Drawing on over 20 years of research, extensive surveys and interviews, the authors explore the impact the tort reform movement in Texas has had on the ability of plaintiffs to obtain judgments — in short on private citizens» meaningful access to the full power of the law.

It presages a law captured by the rhetoric of the right to freedom of expression without due regard to the value underlying the particular exercise of that right; a law in which, under the guise of the right to freedom of expression, the «right» to offend can be exercised without responsibility or restraint providing it does not cause a disruption or disturbance in the nature of public disorder; a law in which an impoverished amoral concept of «public order» is judicially ordained; a law in which the right to freedom of expression trumps — or tramples upon — other rights and values which are the vital rights and properties of a free and democratic society; a law to which any number of vulnerable individuals and minorities may be exposed to uncivil, and even odious, ethnic, sexist, homophobic, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, and anti-Islamic taunts providing no public disorder results; a law in which good and decent people can be used as fodder to promote a cause or promote an action for which they are not responsible and over which they have no direct control; a law which demeans the dignity of the persons adversely affected by those asserting their right to freedom of expression in a disorderly or offensive manner; a law in which the mores or standards of society are set without regard to the reasonable expectations of citizens in a free and democratic society; and a law marked by a lack of empathy by the sensibilities, feelings and emotional frailties of people who can be deeply and genuinely affronted by language and behaviour that is beyond the pale in a civil and civilised society.

At Goldman & Associates law firm, our legal staff members have over 25 years of experience in assisting local citizens with filing various Michigan court forms.

A lawyer who couldn't win a case sued himself for incompetence; a highway patrolman who realized that the vehicle swerving all over the road was the one he was driving, gave himself a DUI ticket; a death — row inmate was outwitting his executioners by being in the third - year of his «last meal;» and due to an anti-discrimination lawsuit, a judge ordered the Mafia to admit «law - abiding citizens.»

In the Canadian legal system, Aboriginal title is recognized as sui generis, meaning it is the unique collective right to use of, and jurisdiction over, ancestral territory and is separate from the rights of non-Aboriginal Canadian citizens under common law.

This is done to make it economically viable for private citizens to sue over violations of the consumer protection law that would otherwise involve actual damages too small to be worth suing over, without having to bring a class action.

Habeas corpus has a symbolically central place in the law because it was the primary means by which a private individual could contest government authority over a person in a court of law where the citizen was in theory at least on an equal footing with the state.

All citizens are legally presumed to know the law, so claiming copyright over it might seem like an odd position for a state to take; wouldn't massive copying be a goal rather than a problem?

At the Law offices of Altman and Altman, LLP, we have been representing citizens of Quincy and surrounding towns for over thirty years.

The Carter majority thus concluded at para. 315 that the Rodriguez court's articulation of the legislative objective of the existing law was not restricted to the narrow purpose of only protecting the «vulnerable», but also with the «societal concern with preserving life» in general, and therefore that concerns over the fundamental shift in societal values that would arise if the state permits some citizens to kill others in certain circumstances, can not be simply brushed aside.

Indeed, the European Commission has already taken the UK Government to court over alleged breaches of EU anti-discrimination laws when Labour introduced the right to reside test back in 2004; a test that led to citizens of other EU states being refused social benefits on the grounds that they did not have a right of residence in the UK.

It is the unique collective right to use of, and jurisdiction over, ancestral territory and is separate from the rights of non-Aboriginal Canadian citizens under common law.

Even a law abiding citizen feels a little nervous when he is she is pulled over by the police.

The Tlicho Government will have a wide range of law - making powers on Tlicho lands and over Tlicho Citizens off Tlicho lands.