Sentences with phrase «liberties advocates for»

She has also faced criticism from some activists after she refused to support extension of public housing opportunities to all people living with HIV, as opposed to only those with an AIDS diagnosis; from civil liberties advocates for supporting a requirement than any outdoor demonstration of at least 50 people obtain a police permit; and from Lower Manhattan residents angry that more was not done to save St. Vincent's Hospital.

Not exact matches

It also would create an advocate to the FISA court, where surveillance requests are made, to ensure civil liberties and allow for faster appeals of decisions by that secret court.

Over at Mirror of Justice, though, Thomas Berg sounds a bit more worried: «a possible lesson here for religious - liberty advocates (applicable in other contexts too) is to beware of pushing the envelope too much.»

Still, several prominent religious liberty advocates — including the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention — that opposed the Utah compromise model aren't on board with Fairness for All either.

I look forward to Judge Gorsuch's voice on the court for decades to come and pray that he will be an articulate and stalwart advocate for religious liberty and human dignity at all its stages.

Thus some advocates of abortion on demand are now admitting that the fetus might very well be more than a part of the body of its mother but, nevertheless, because it is dependent on its mother for its life, she has the right to end that life if it interferes with the exercise of her own personal liberty.

On Tuesday, a non-profit organization that advocates for the complete separation of church and state, as well as civil liberties for atheists in the U.S., announced that they are suspending president David Silverman.

Christen News Agency: Iranian pastor's Christmas arrest worries religious liberty advocates A Christian pastor who spent nearly three years in an Iranian prison for his religious conversion was reportedly arrested again on Christmas Day, contrary to a previous agreement.

But either way, convictional Christians will increasingly see they are not the moral majority and will advocate less for the legislation or traditional values and be more focused on protecting religious liberty.»

He is vocally pro-Israel and advocated for recent religious liberty legislation in his home state of Georgia.

The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) regrets the ruling but «calls on evangelicals to be gracious and compassionate to those who do not share their views on marriage and to also advocate for liberty for all who desire to live out their faith.»

In the recent book, Civil Liberties Under Attack, one of the authors mentions the case of a government official with an impeccable record who was placed under charges because unidentified informers asserted he «advocated the Communist Party line, such as favoring peace and civil liberties,» and «his convictions concerning equal rights for all races and classes extend slightly beyond the normal feelings of the average individual «1

Thirdly, I argue for a model for understanding religious liberty that moves away from the conquering propensity of the unitary one, in order to advocate for remembering pluriformity.

Speaking at the Indianapolis coloquium, Dean M. Kelley, the National Council of Churches» executive for religious and civil liberty, criticized advocates of school prayer.

From supporting taxpayer funding of abortion - inducing drugs under the HHS mandate, to advocating for abortion on - demand for any reason, Senator Gillibrand is part of the all - out assault on Life, conscience, and religious liberty.»

Civil liberties advocates raised alarm over the arrest however, coming so soon after the «Twitter joke trial», where Paul Chambers was convicted for jokingly tweeting he would blow Robin Hood airport «sky high».

Meanwhile, gun advocates and libertarians say the bill would infringe on people's civil liberties and right to due process, by making it possible for the Attorney General to refuse someone a gun and deny certain information about why they'd been refused — without indicting that person or convicting them of a crime.

Civil liberties advocates responded angrily to a Home Office decision to extend 28 - day detention for another six months today, despite clear signs from the government that it would soon shorten the period.

The Green Party advocates for civil rights and liberties, participatory political and economic democracy, demilitarization and the abolition of war, and a sustainable environment.

In a further sign of European rumbles, the former cabinet member Kenneth Clarke, whose departure was announced on Monday, said it would be unthinkable for the Conservative party to advocate pulling out of the European convention on human rights, saying it was the basis of British values of liberty and justice for which Britain had fought the second world war.

Last year he drew howls of protest from civil liberties groups and advocates for the poor when he instituted routine warrant checks at a security post manned by deputies inside Ulster County's Department of Social Services.

Since 1993, when Singer and Italian philosopher Paola Cavalieri established the group, its members have advocated for a United Nations declaration that great apes, like humans, are entitled to life, liberty, and protection from torture.

The dispute has been percolating for months, as union leaders, pro-charter groups, civil liberties advocates, parent leaders, students, teachers and principals have re-framed their ongoing debate about the quality of the city's schools around the safety of the 1,800 schools run by the Department of Education.

Civil liberties advocates have been among the loudest voices pushing for restorative justice, and were sharp critics of Bloomberg's discipline policy, which they said helped create a «school to prison pipeline» of minority students across the city.

Law enforcement will presumably push for greater surveillance powers, and civil liberty advocates will resist.

Second, as I discuss this week on National Journal's energy blog, there are only two defensible reasons for economic liberty / limited government advocates to consider a carbon tax proposal such as the MCP.

My point of talking about the linkage about civil liberties and freedom, and economic growth, is to advocate for less civil rights and freedom.

Civil liberties advocates argue the increased usage of cellular surveillance and tracking raises certain constitutional questions as the legal standards for obtaining this cell phone data are generally lower and less clear than the traditional standards applied in circumstances where law enforcement attempts to wiretap or monitor traditional phone lines and conversations.

The lawyer will then advocate for a low settlement or may allow ICBC to take liberties regarding the discovery process, medical assessments, etc...

The firm also undertakes pro bono matters advocating for civil rights, human rights, civil liberties and public rights.