Sentences with phrase «legitimate federal interest»

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The federal government has a legitimate interest in ensuring that its investment in for - profit schools through loan programs is paying off and that the schools actually help students in the long run.

There could be unseen dangers in admitting that the Federal Government has a legitimate role to play in balancing competing water - consuming and resource - protecting interests across state lines.

While states may not pass regulations affecting aliens that directly conflict with federal laws or the U.S. Constitution, states may pass other regulations if they bear some rational relationship to a legitimate state interest.

«Judges Press C.I.A. Lawyer Over Withheld Documents»: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, «A federal appeals court panel in Manhattan questioned a lawyer for the federal government yesterday as to whether the Central Intelligence Agency had a legitimate national security interest in refusing to confirm or deny the existence of documents authorizing it to detain and interrogate terrorism suspects overseas.»

In Iggillis Holdings Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue), 2018 FCA 51 (CanLII), a highly anticipated decision released earlier this month, the Federal Court of Appeal overturned a Federal Court decision which found that common interest privilege «is not a legitimate or acceptable application of solicitor - client privilege».