Sentences with phrase «liberty issues»

It demonstrates that more than anything immigration is a civil liberties issue.

You'll also receive the latest updates on federal and state religious liberty issues affecting students and teachers.

The work involves legal and policy - based research and analysis, as well as monitoring human rights and civil liberties issues.

My job tonight is to give an overview of religious liberty issues: the problems we currently have, and the ones we'll face in the years ahead.

In an executive order on religious liberty issued in May, Trump pledged that «the federal government will never ever penalize any person for their protected religious beliefs.»

The issue of control orders, under which terror suspects are placed under «virtual house arrest», is the one of the most sensitive civil liberties issues for ministers as opposition to Labour's authoritarian counter-terror policy was seen as part of the glue that made the coalition possible.

Even though religious liberty issues involved have been addressed, it is a «war» those critics want and it is a «war» they will continue to wage.

In the 216 - page proposal released today, the department said the changes came in direct response to Trump's executive order on religious liberty issued last May and Attorney General Jeff Sessions's guidance on religious liberty released in October:

Marcia Hofmann is now in private practice and was a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where she worked on a broad range of civil liberties issues including computer security, electronic privacy, free expression, and copyright.

In addition to the civil - liberties issues raised, businesses in U.S. increasingly are fretting about the financial impact on government surveillance.

The nonprofit organization provides legal counsel and litigates cases involving freedom and liberty issues around the world.

Some may see civil liberties issues in these checks but any such attacks from Labour will be blunted by the fact that the Brown government had also started to enlist Experian but the Coalition is determined to make wider use of their services.

Throughout law school she volunteered weekly at a local immigration clinic and, in her final year, blogged about social justice and civil liberty issues for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

The White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative will serve as a watchdog for government overreach on religious liberty issues, according to a White House statement.

Davis has taken more conservative stances on some other civil liberties issues, having repeatedly voted to restrict abortion, fertility treatment, embryo research and LGBT rights.

To me, it's a liberty issue.»

Although Paul's filibuster was technically against Brennan's nomination, his remarks focused primarily on civil liberties issues, offering a scathing critique of the Obama's administration's use of unmanned drones, and refusal to rule out military strikes against American citizens on U.S. soil.

Prior to joining Calvert in 2005, Ms. Lasdon served as Deputy Director of Research for People for the American Way Foundation, where she published research on civil rights and civil liberties issues.

Can't say much about the produce counting you speculate on, but how about this for a civil liberties issue — currently if you drive in CT, you are likely to have your license plate scanned by the CT State Police.

Many pastors are concerned about the religious liberty issues they see in the new health care bill, yet the White House seems to think this is a not a religious liberty issue.

In 2001, in a decision that side - stepped the religious liberties issue, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that he did not need to perform the ceremony because there were other civil servants who would.

I would have thought, in the current climate where the traditional loose Lib - Lab alliance has broken down over civil liberties issues, the greens would get quite a lot of second - preference votes.

Colm: I fear you are allowing your (and my) disagreements with the classical liberal / libertarian right on social and economic policy to get in the way of the possibility of useful discussion of civil liberties issues.

In my case, I turn out to agree with 1) Dennis Kucinich, 2) Mike Gravel and 3) Bill Richardson, who must have strong positions on environmental and civil liberties issues, both of which I listed high.

«When Labour refused, the focus shifted countrywide,» he replies, citing recent polls showing public opinion turning on civil liberties issues.

«If we go into the trenches in order to try to defend this then it would be seen as part of a lamentable history on civil liberties issues and it would do us terrible damage at this stage.»

There are some arguments we've won, big arguments, on civil liberties issues and questions over Europe, where they have a different style, and didn't want to be distracted.

«This new agreement balances the homeland security and civil liberties issues that have surrounded the Secure Communities initiative.

Labour overstepped the mark on civil liberty issues, leadership candidate Ed Miliband has admitted.

David Davis, the former shadow home secretary who quit the Tory frontbench to fight campaigns on civil liberties issues, welcomed news of the review.

«There's a legitimate civil liberty issue.

And whilst it is welcome to have Liberal Democrat support on spending cuts and on certain civil liberties issues, and whilst we could well have compromised with the Liberal Democrats on a number of other issues, we didn't need a coalition and if a referendum on AV was the price of formal coalition we should never have agreed to it.

«So, we should push back and fight back, and I fundamentally believe this is a civil liberties issue.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing last week on religious - liberty issues, including religion in public schools, hearing from several people involved in school - related disputes.

The foundation focuses on civil liberties issues.

The civil liberties issue is clear enough: If Amazon can withdraw a purchased ebook without consent from its owners» Kindles, what could a ruthless government or censor do to remove material causing offence for other reasons?

Steyn's followers should hold him to it, because this is now an important civil - liberties issue.

This blawg focuses on constitutional, First Amendment and civil liberties issues.

Turning next to the liberty issue at stake, Rouleau J.A. found two infringements: freedom of expression under the Charter and the common law right to travel unimpeded down a public highway.

The work may include monitoring human rights and civil liberties issues, legal and policy - based research and analysis, engaging with and responding to public enquiries, developing materials for the public on ongoing advocacy campaigns and current issues, organizing events, and assisting in the development of advocacy letters, legislative briefs and litigation materials.

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Here, ACLRC's lawyers and educators seek to provide insight on the human rights and civil liberties issues that are important to Albertans today.