Sentences with phrase «laws against illegal»

Enacting and enforcing strong laws against illegal timber and timber products trade in the United States, and other key consumer markets, reduces illegal logging and supports governance reform in forest countries.

Excerpt: «As your representative, I'll vote to strengthen state laws against illegal immigrants and work to make our state less attractive to those here illegally.»

The deployment, code named, «operation vanguard» is to enforce the country's laws against the illegal practice which has devastated the...

The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has cautioned Ghanaians to refrain from daring the joint police and military anti-galamsey task force deployed to enforce the country's laws against the illegal activity.

The law, known as the SAFE Act, expanded the state's ban on purchasing new assault weapons, established more comprehensive background checks for gun and ammunition purchases, and toughened laws against illegal gun possession.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer, meanwhile, is warning that Trump could cripple the city financially if he follows through on his threat to «cancel» federal aid for «sanctuary cities» like New York that refuse to enforce laws against illegal immigrants.

He says he will ensure a full enforcement of laws against illegal mining in the country.

Not exact matches

On a small scale, lighting a joint in Washington Square Park would still be against the law, not because of the marijuana but because smoking is illegal in New York parks.

And while that's not illegal, it is against the law to make false claims about the nature of the service or lie about being affiliated with the government's Direct Loan Program.

Taking a page from laws creating sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants, a group of lawmakers have submitted a bill that bans California law enforcement from working with federal authorities if they attempt to take action against marijuana grow facilities or dispensaries that operate legally under state law.

The CFPB in March 2013 released guidance holding lenders responsible for «unlawful, discriminatory pricing» in auto loans, outlining how to comply with a 1970s law that makes it illegal for creditors to discriminate against applications.

A law firm filed a class - action suit against Groupon for allegedly imposing illegal expiration dates on its vouchers.

Recent developments, including ongoing investigations into bribery and corruption at the Company's subsidiaries in Mexico, China, Brazil, and India; new revelations of accounting fraud at the Company's China operations; a recent ruling by a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge against the Company for its illegal discipline of employees; and, the NLRB decision to authorize a nationwide complaint against the Company for violations of the National Labor Relations Act, highlight the need for enhanced oversight of Wal - Mart's corporate culture and behavior.

RYE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, U.S.A., Monday, Feb. 8, 1999 — The Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee has formally incorporated itself in Delaware and has begun negotiating with law firms interested in undertaking its lawsuit against the Wall Street investment houses it accuses of illegal collusion to control the price and supply of gold, other commodities, and certain related financial securities.

Alabama's immigration law, still unsettled, «makes it illegal for a Catholic priest to baptize, hear the confession of, celebrate the anointing of the sick with, or preach the word of God to, an undocumented immigrant,» as the Archbishop of Mobile, Thomas Rodi, said last year when he joined a suit against the law.

The proposed law wouldn't make conversion therapy itself illegal; but, it does make profiting from it against the law, labeling it a «fraudulent business practice.»

«About 4 million people above the age of 12 in the United States used an illegal drug in 1970, before we started the war,» says Jack Cole, a retired police officer and founder of the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

When the state legislature wanted to pass a law felonizing anyone even offering food to an illegal, the Church stood toe - toe against the state and refused to obey this law.

Once criminals realize that only they have guns, what will prevent them, [the criminals], from preying on us law abiding citizens and invading our homes because we can not defend ourselves against their illegal weapons.

How can anyone who claims to be a defender of equal rights for all people regardless of gender or race, be opposed to a law which would make it illegal to discriminate against unborn babies based on their gender or race?

The separation so largely brought about by Paul was to result in Gentile Christians becoming subject to the drastic Roman laws against «illegal superstitions», often in abeyance, but always liable to be put into effect.

Alabama's immigration law, still unsettled, «makes it illegal for a Catholic priest to baptise, hear the confession of, celebrate the anointing of the sick with, or preach the word of God to, an undocumented immigrant,» as the Archbishop of Mobile, Thomas Rodi, said last year when he joined a suit against the law.

They trash us at every turn, even going so far as to use hate speech and blatant lies to scare people into bashing or even murdering us, passing laws that make our existence illegal, etc., yet when we speak up against this treatment and push back, those same Christians accuse us of intolerance and bullying.

An Indiana law explicitly laying it out that it is illegal, although I haven't tried that hard, but I know that as a general tort principle in some states knowingly infecting someone is against either statutory or common law.

Are you tired of reporting illegal formula marketing in the UK and seeing no prosecutions brought against the law breakers by the responsible authorities?

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Israel, under whose law the Golan Heights are part of the sovereign territory of Israel following a legal annexation, not only considers the Iranian strikes to be acts of war against it, but does not consider its control of the Golan Heights to be an illegal occupation.

A victory for the rule of law as the Fifth Circuit rules against President Obama's illegal and unconstitutional executive amnesty!

«As an institution committed to the Rule of Law, we are prepared to lend our support to this renewed fight against illegal mining to stamp out the menace and thereby protect the country's natural resources, particularly our water bodies, for the current and future generations,» the statement said.

New York's existing law protects affordable housing and public safety against illegal hotel operators, and that's not up for debate,»

Constitutional Republics (especially those that used the U.S. Constitution in part or wholesale as a Constitution model) are governments where the highest law of the land are laws that restrict the government (in the U.S. the government is the only legal entity that can commit illegal offenses against the constitution).

As Avi pointed out the Supreme Court has ruled against discrimination based on race but racial discrimination is protected by federal law and would have been illegal even outside of the primaries.

The 2nd illegal thing she did was let personal employees go through her e-mails which she may have done for convenience, but letting non government employees read to her and delete read e-mails was against the law too.

Any illegal and indiscriminate picking and dropping of passengers is against the law.

So, for our friends in the media who continually report it as illegal, it is not against the law,» Bratton said.

Emails obtained by the investigator show the campaign rejected two attempts, first because the corporation attempted to purchase the ticket, which is illegal in New York, and the second time because the company's founder, a Canadian national, tried to personally buy it — that's against federal law.

Leah Gunn Barrett, of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, said New York has strong gun laws, but illegal firearms still make their way in via Virginia and elsewhere like «pollution or cockroaches.»

In two separate posts on his personal Twitter handle on Friday, Saraki expressed concern and stated that the National Assembly would work to strengthen Nigeria's laws to mitigate against the widespread misuse of illegal substances as well as engage with stakeholders to tackle the menace.

The Convenor of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Kenneth Ashigbey, has hinted of plans to petition the Chief Justice and Attorney Genera, l to consider empowering the law courts to hand out harsh sentences to persons who engage in illegal mining in the country.

Dick Dadey, head of the watchdog group Citizens Union, said that while it wasn't against the law for de Blasio to assist his bundlers and other supporters — unless he engaged in an illegal quid pro quo — «they shouldn't have any more access to him than the average New Yorker.»

At noon, Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, Goodard Riverside Law Project, local elected officials, affordable housing advocates and tenants holds a press conference to announce the filing of a temporary restraining order against illegal hotel operator Michael Edelstein, owner of the Imperial Court, a single room occupancy building on the Upper West Side, 230 West 72nd St., Manhattan.

The mayor, who has been crusading against illegal guns for years now, said the videos reveal a «dangerous gap in our existing federal gun laws.»

And despite Mr. Cuomo's assurance the behavior is illegal, going topless in New York City isn't against the law — for men or women.

They said the law, which makes it illegal to discriminate against gay applicants, went against their beliefs.

Charging that automaker Volkswagen AG showed «total disregard for the rule of law,» state Eric Schneiderman announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against the company over its sale of cars outfitted with illegal «defeat devices» to beat emissions test and its alleged attempted cover - up of its actions.

Against the backdrop of the nation's largest Veterans Day parade, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this month he'd sign legislation making New York the latest in a fast - rising tide of states to OK therapeutic pot as a PTSD treatment, though it's illegal under federal law and doesn't boast extensive, conclusive medical research.

Those pressing for an inquiry argue that the war may have been illegal under international law and that Tony Blair made a wholly inadequate case for war by overblowing the case against Saddam Hussein, based on dubious intelligence.

«We think it is very important that any operation against illegal mining should be carried out in line with Ghanaian laws and international recognized norms, the mass arrest and media hype should be minimized, the cases should be dealt with on individual base and the legitimate rights of the miners should be respected,» it said.

«As the jury found, Jia Hou and Oliver Pan stuck a knife into the heart of New York City's campaign finance law by violating the prohibition against illegal campaign contributions, all to corruptly advantage the campaign of a candidate for citywide office,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a press release.

Rev. Dr. Nii Amoo - Darku, a governing Board Member of the National Peace Council, has called on law enforcement, especially members of Operation Vanguard Taskforce, to approach the fight against illegal mining with restraint.