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(2) technological and cultural aspects of the blogosphere, including norms of rapid correction, third - party substantiation, and hostility to legal threats in the form of public exposure and criticism.

Brookes, who was outed amid legal threats in 2013 after only 6 months, says he would «routinely write dozens of emails [to journal editors], and it was common to have no response at all.»

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President Barack Obama's plan would let up to 4.7 million of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States stay without threat of deportation, including some 4.4 million who are parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.

In his response letter, the Times» lawyer bluntly declined those requests from Trump's legal team despite the threat of a potential libel lawsuit against the newspaper.

That's the crux of the argument a lawyer for the newspaper made today in a letter sent in response to Trump's latest legal threats.

In essence, the FCC has given ISPs the legal power to blackmail any content provider that does not pay them with the threat of a slowdown in service deliverIn essence, the FCC has given ISPs the legal power to blackmail any content provider that does not pay them with the threat of a slowdown in service deliverin service delivery.

Gawker is the only one among a new generation of media companies that appears ready to stand its ground in the face of legal threats; if it loses, there may soon be no one else who is willing to do so.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said in a letter released on Sunday night that the agency's request wasn't about setting legal precedent, but rather seeking justice for the victims and investigating other possible threats.

President Trump's threat to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers could put him in a tricky legal situation.

Interesting they reject it «as a policy matter,» but aren't willing to reject military force in the United States as a legal matter, even in instances where law enforcement would better incapacitate the threat.

Labatt Breweries quickly learned a brutal lesson in social media marketing and PR after a legal threat against the Montreal Gazette, over the paper's use of a photo depicting accused killer Luka Magnotta holding a bottle of Blue, transformed into a Twitter backlash mocking the beer company.

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Legal actions launched by the government targeting reporters to demand the names of confidential sources represent gravest threat to journalistic expression in Canada, said a senior official with Reporters Without Borders amid celebrations of World Press Freedom Day on May 3.

Cain went further, addressing the prospect of Sharia, or Muslim law, being applied in the United States, which some conservatives say constitutes a growing threat to the American legal system.

The public needs to hear, in language that nonscientists can understand, the potential scientific, moral, legal, and social benefits, as well as the potential threats, posed by human cloning.

Under his new plan, parents of legal U.S. citizens or green card holders would be allowed to continue to live and work in the United States without the threat of deportation for three years.

By the way, because of the threats of litigation that these nationally - known U.S. pastors have made, I have moved in to action very quickly to contact nationally - known First Amendment litigation attorneys, legal groups, and top law schools in case their services are needed.

And the threat that this would make it difficult for the government to acquire legal advice in the future is empty.

Occasionally coercive threats compel a person to violate the law; and in such cases the individual is rightly excused from legal guilt.

The last sentence is a rather chilling reminder of why the principle in the Marriage Pledge is so important: «the need to protect the sanctity of traditional, formal religious marriages from the threat of government imposed legal requirements is no longer relevant.»

Other organizations in the electronic church establishment have faced legal indictment — or the threat of it — for financial mismanagement or misconduct, but the outcomes of these investigations have usually worked to the advantage of the accused.

National health watchdog launches legal action to eliminate the health threat to children from acrylamide in animal crackers and ginger snaps

«We believe legal cannabis poses a threat to the $ 200 billion alcoholic beverage industry in the U.S., though perhaps manageable given the rise in dual use,» Vivien Azer, a Cowen analyst who will present at the Dec. 1 Brewbound Session, noted in a recent report.

Former European champions in legal threat over status that could excise the Steaua name from the history books.

In our experience it takes pressure from campaigns such as the boycott or the threat of legal action to force changes from Nestlé.

School district officials said that they have heard the threat of legal action before and that they will proceed with the storm - water plan they presented in September.

A sports complex proposed for Thunderbird Golf Course in Barrington is little more than an architect's rendering, but it already has prompted threats of legal action.

The SRC had earlier called for the school's Independent Examinations Board, which conducted the exams and was responsible for the marking of the scripts, to be scrapped, describing it as a threat to legal education in Ghana, after only 91 of the over 500 students passed the exams.

The huge march in London at the weekend was in part a roar of deep dissatisfaction at hardline policies in the UK (cuts to legal aid, threats to scrap the Human Rights Act, etc), not just a protest at Trump's divisive rhetoric and policies.

In a bid to head off Ukip's threat, David Cameron yesterday promised legal safeguards before the end of the current parliament to guarantee a referendum on the EU after the general election.

First, it will lift the threat of possible by - elections that could be triggered by the ongoing police investigation into allegations that the Conservative Party systematically over-spent in the 2015 election and far exceeded legal restrictions on election expenses in more than 10 seats.

The legal scholar Julie E. Cohen points out the parallels with the era of industrialisation where transformations in technology and the accompanying social upheavals brought with them new threats to human freedom.

So my post was not an unqualified defence of Blears» position ahead of the legal threat against her - but rather noted that, in my view, Abdullah's threat of legal action is both daft and might well be subject to the advice «stop digging».

According to the white paper, the president has authority to respond, through targeted killings, to the threat posed by al - Qaeda in light of a variety of legal sources:

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

The ad is funded by the group New Yorkers United Together, a nonprofit that says in the ad that it will provide legal aid to immigrants facing threats of deportation from the federal government.

Dissenting justice campaigners, legal aid lawyers and those who've witnessed the rot setting in (from swingeing legal aid cuts, curbs to judicial review, an interpreting service in freefall, probation chaos and threats to withdraw Britain from the Human Rights Act) will be highlighting the urgent need to halt the destruction of our justice system and abide by the principles of the medieval charter.

Though the City Council overrode the veto, financial woes and legal threats from Bloomberg resulted in a compromise to add more trips during rush hour and another boat late at night.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

Enck also called Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a «legal firewall» for spearheading several multi-state legal challenges to Trump, including threats to sue the President over his attempted roll - back of the Obama'administration's Clean Power Plan aimed at controlling power plant emissions in the U.S.

The first key argument of this commentary, therefore, after the legal, cultural and socio - political, context described above, is that corrupt campaign finance is a big problem in Nigerian politics, and that money poses the biggest threat to our democracy.

Olokun, a legal practitioner, who filed the application at the Federal High Court in Abuja, alleged that the senator was making murderous threats to his life through phone calls.

READ MORE Tear gas fired at Nairobi polling station amid Kenya election tensions As Kenya goes to the polls, voters fear post-election violence Kenya deports US expert who was supporting opposition candidate Threat of another violent Kenyan election looms A similar situation with a systems failure in the 2013 election led to Odinga's legal challenge at the time, though Kenya's Supreme Court ruled in favour of Kenyatta by validating the results.

There were various attempts to change these rules, but with the help of Alex Carlile, I was able only with the threat of legal action to say that the inquiry should begin as prescribed in the rules.

«This is the third time in a year that Michael Gove has had to U-turn under the threat of legal action,» shadow education secretary Andy Burnham said.

In the face of reports that Cuomo might have meddled in the Moreland Commission's dealings, possibly to quash legal probes into his own finances, or that Cuomo was using the threat of the commission to force closed - door negotiations for an elusive ethics - reform package, Fitzpatrick has vowed that the commission's reporting will be straight, and its work independenIn the face of reports that Cuomo might have meddled in the Moreland Commission's dealings, possibly to quash legal probes into his own finances, or that Cuomo was using the threat of the commission to force closed - door negotiations for an elusive ethics - reform package, Fitzpatrick has vowed that the commission's reporting will be straight, and its work independenin the Moreland Commission's dealings, possibly to quash legal probes into his own finances, or that Cuomo was using the threat of the commission to force closed - door negotiations for an elusive ethics - reform package, Fitzpatrick has vowed that the commission's reporting will be straight, and its work independent.

The records, we feel, are very pertinent and important to governmental purposes and this act in fact would violate FOIL and the public officer's law,» said Castorina at a press conference outside the Richmond County Courthouse, recalling Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's defiant response to the threat of legal action last week.

Despite Galloway's threats to contest the result, he neither launched a legal challenge nor stood again in 2017, where Shah surpassed his record by winning a majority of 48.1 %, the largest margin for a Bradford West MP in any incarnation of the seat.

Ms Rudd sought to stress the distinction between the government's illegal immigration clampdown and treatment of legal British citizens in the Windrush generation, who came to the UK decades ago but who have have faced threats of deportation and loss of access to public services.

Sir Alistair Graham, the former Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life said that naming her sister's spare bedroom as her main home was «near fraudulent» — which elicited a threat of legal action from Ms Smith for «malicious falsehood» — unsurprisingly, she didn't actually take such action.