Sentences with phrase «liberal activist teachout»

Senator Obama would appoint liberal activist judges and supply them with greater sentencing discretion.

Although Judge Sotomayor's dissent in Cavera was pro-defendant, it is ridiculous to assert that Judge Sotomayor is a «liberal activist» in criminal cases.

Ally Ed Whelan, the very Voldemort to «liberal activist» judges and a former Scalia clerk, tossed his whole breadbasket in the National Review Online, to wit: «Richard A. Posner's Badly Confused Attack on Scalia / Garner» Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.

The 20 - part request is quite sweeping in its scope and names a specific liberal activist (Philippe Sands QC) who may have exerted inappropriate influence of a judge (Robert Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill).

Bertha Lewis, a liberal activist and proud Moskowitz critic, predicted she would run for mayor anyway.

He's long been an outspoken, liberal activist, both in front of and behind the camera.

Marcia Gay Harden portrays the self - righteous liberal activist Veronica, who runs the parent meeting, and James Gandolfini, aka Tony Soprano, is her vulgar, hotheaded husband.

The Working Families Party, a coalition of activists and labor unions, faced an identity crisis last year when it endorsed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election over liberal activist Zephyr Teachout, who went on to mount a surprisingly strong though unsuccessful challenge to Cuomo in the Democratic primary.

The fund - raiser, held at the home of Kate Linker, a board member for the liberal activist group Greater NYC For Change, brought in an undisclosed amount of cash for State Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk, an upstate Democrat facing a stiff challenge from Republican George Amedore.

Bertha Lewis, a liberal activist and proud Moskowitz critic, predicted she would run for mayor anyway.

Attorney Elizabeth Beacham White, legal counsel for the PAC, called the filing «a frivolous complaint filed by a liberal activist group that harasses conservative leaders.»

Actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon is also being floated as a potential candidate for the governorship.

In Ulster County, the liberal activist group Citizen Action of the Hudson Valley invited Faso to a town hall meeting at George Washington Elementary School, 67 Wall St., scheduled for Friday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. Faso declined the invitation citing a previously scheduled event in another part of the district.

Kingofzouk is obviously the Stephen Colbert - like avatar of a liberal activist attempting to advance his / her views by portraying conservatives as ridiculous.

But a source said a deep - pocketed liberal activist is willing to set up an independent PAC to spend millions in ads to bludgeon Cuomo in an attempt to damage his viability as a possible presidential contender in 2020 as much as in the Democratic primary for governor.

«The tragedy of the Klein accusation is that Albany is woefully ill equipped to deal with sexual harassment accusations,» liberal activist Zephyr Teachout wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

Nixon, 51, has reinvented herself as a liberal activist, campaigning in 2013 for de Blasio, and attacking Cuomo's policies on «The View» television show.

Washington's (New) Media Ecosystem: Bob Fertik, a longtime liberal activist, drew more than 23,000 votes on Change.gov for his question on investigating the Bush Administration.

The liberal activist, whose club recently snubbed Mr. Cuomo for his Green Party opponent Howie Hawkins, also fumed about Mr. Cuomo's lack of clemency granted to prisoners since he was elected.

It's a left - flank strategy that has had success against Cuomo in the past — nearly unknown liberal activist and law professor Zephyr Teachout garnered a surprising 34 percent of the vote in the 2014 Democratic primary.

Mainline Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and liberal activist and Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout will headline an anti-Independent Democratic Conference event on Nov. 12.

She is a well - known liberal activist who has campaigned for Mayor Bill de Blasio and criticized Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Upstate New Yorkers are skeptical of Nixon's Democratic primary challenge against Gov. Cuomo — if they even know who the actress and liberal activist is at all.

Olivencia said that Citizens Action, a liberal activist group, had made the reservation at Pucho Olivencia without mentioning that Nixon would be part of the event.

It sets up an intriguing September Democratic primary race pitting an actor and liberal activist against a two - term incumbent with a $ 30 million war chest and possible presidential ambitions.

Sliwa and party official Frank Morano already interviewed former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra, who is also seeking the Republican nomination, and liberal activist Bill Samuels, who has not made a decision to run but wanted to gauge the possibility of getting the Reform Party line if he does.

Teachout, 42, liberal activist who worked on Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's presidential campaign and moved to New York in 2009, was the only other contender for the Working Families Party nod.

A liberal activist critical of Democratic Gov. Cuomo has launched a campaign website in a bid to run against him on the Working Families Party line.

State Senator Gustavo Rivera and Assemblyman Michael Blake joined liberal activist groups outside One Police Plaza today to object to the NYPD's handling of demonstrations last night.

The fellow Brooklynites, in addition to sharing similar political beliefs, rose to power with the aid of the Working Families Party, the labor and liberal activist - backed organization that swung the city's political zeitgeist leftward.

He's a bully,» said Bill Samuels, a prominent liberal activist and fundraiser.

Many conservatives would gladly revisit the 2nd amendment but they won't because they can't trust liberal activist judges.

A longtime liberal activist and ally to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Nixon has recently hinted at a primary run to Cuomo's left.

I'm not going with that guy,» said Lewis, the founder and president of The Black Institute and the former head of the defunct liberal activist group ACORN.

By this time he was a Liberal activist and became a public affairs consultant, among other things advising emergent democracies in Bosnia, Lithuania and Albania and also becoming director of an internet company.

Alan Dershowitz tore into actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon on Twitter as an anti-Israel bigot, before and after she officially launched her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New York.

Liberal activist and filmmaker Michael Moore believes President Trump is on track to win reelection in 2020 despite his low approval poll ratings.

Attorney and commentator Alan Dershowitz tore into actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon on Twitter as an anti-Israel bigot, before and after she officially launched her bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New York.

Hundreds turned out for a town hall meeting organized by a liberal activist group last week.

In April 2015, Blake and State Senator Gustavo Rivera, along with liberal activist Groups, blasted the police for shoving and arresting activists in demonstrations seeking to express solidarity with protests in Baltimore, Md. over the mysterious death of black civilian Freddie Gray while in police custody.

Liberal activist groups last week called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return thousands of dollars he has received in campaign contributions from Daniel Loeb, a billionaire who has come under criticism for racially charged remarks directed at Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

It sets up a longshot bid pitting an openly gay liberal activist who has never held political office against a two - term incumbent with a $ 30 million war chest and possible presidential ambitions.

Actor and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon has made Cuomo's ties to the IDC a major part of her primary challenge to the two - term governor.

at a prominent liberal activist.

The now - defunct Progressive Media USA, a liberal activist group, had done polling on the potential line of attack and concluded that it alone would have little impact against McCain, whose «brand» as a maverick Republican has proved difficult to crack.

Liberal activist and filmmaker Michael Moore believes Trump is on track to win reelection in 2020 despite his low approval poll ratings, and he encouraged Democrats to back a movement to award Electoral College votes to the national popular vote winner.

Filmmaker Michael Moore, a liberal activist and avowed supporter of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, says he'll support Hillary Clinton if she's the Democratic presidential nominee.

I'll post what I can of the 21st century manifesto below (don't want to detract from the wonderful liberal activist hate video below... remember they aren't going to discuss Mitt's religion (they're just going to lie about it)

This time the pen was wielded by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, a sharp» tongued liberal activist only too happy to discover new rights in the penumbras, emanations, and hitherto undiscovered corners of the Constitution.

NEW YORK, March 19 - Actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon, one of the stars of the «Sex and the City» television series and movies, announced on Monday she would run for governor of New York, challenging incumbent Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination.