Sentences with phrase «meaning of the law as»

Gorsuch observed that discovery of the original meaning of the law as enacted — and of the Constitution — is not an «ideological thing,» and that all judges and justices are originalists and literalists of a sort, employing and deferring to original textual meanings, whether of a statute or of the Constitution itself.

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Termination with cause is a harsher measure, often referred to as the «capital punishment of employment law» and means employees aren't entitled to any notice or payment in lieu of notice.

The new EEOC guidelines are intended to bring to bear the weight of anti-discrimination law to prevent such practices, even when the actions are based on benevolent reasons, such as assuming that a working mother wouldn't want to move to another city, even if it would mean a promotion.

The laws of science are the same at Virginia Tech as they are at University of California, Los Angeles, which means the content in chemistry classes is usually the same as well.

According to Karen Elliot, an employment law attorney at Sands Anderson, if you have more than 20 employees and use Twitter as the primary means of job postings, you could be hit with a claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.

As a policy matter moreover, we reject the use of military force where well - established law enforcement authorities in this country provide the best means for incapacitating a terrorist threat.»

The District of Columbia has a «one - party consent» law, meaning it is not a crime to tape a phone call or conversation as long as one person in the conversation is aware that he or she is being recorded.

A draft law submitted to Russian parliament would designate the yet - to - be-issued cryptoruble as a legal means of payment in the country.

While the new laws won't affect how we file our 2017 tax returns, the IRS says new tax brackets could be ready as early as February, meaning many of us could see changes in our take - home pay very soon.

No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and otherwise in accordance with applicable law.

This law passed the responsibility of retirement savings from the employer to the employee, meaning you have the right to use your retirement savings as you see fit — within reason.

(As an aside, equilibrium means «no tendency to change,» fiat means deriving its value from law rather than some underlying commodity backing, and fractional reserve means that banks hold only a fraction of deposits on reserve, loaning the rest out.).

One possibility is broader legislation dealing with bots, perhaps modeled on the Better Online Ticket Sales Act (better known as the BOTS Act), a 2016 law meant to clamp down on ticket scalping and computer programs that sweep up large numbers of tickets in online sales.

Since trade done using cryptocurrencies means that cryptocurrencies behave as a source of value similar to that of the US Dollar, they are also taxable according to the rule of law just like any other privately owned property is in the US.

Effective January 1, 2013, Insurance Law § 2612 also requires a health insurer, as defined in that section, to accommodate a reasonable request made by a person covered by an insurance policy or contract to receive communications of claim - related information by alternative means or at alternative locations if the person clearly states that disclosure of the information could endanger the person.

These statements are made as of May 3, 2012 and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward - looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.: This press release and accompanying schedules contain «forward - looking statements» within the meaning of federal securities laws, including statements about earnings trends, estimates, and assumptions, and similar statements concerning anticipated future events and expectations that are not historical facts.

Alternative investments, such as hedge funds, private equity, private debt and private real estate funds are not suitable for all investors and are only open to «accredited» or «qualified» investors within the meaning of U.S. securities laws.

Alternative investments, such as hedge funds and private equity funds are only available to persons who are «accredited investors» or «qualified purchasers» within the meaning of U.S. securities laws.

Can you see why equality under the law and equal rights for everyone means throwing out the bias of religion, as none of them agree with the others on anything.

Biblical law offers a means for limiting the ravages of the disease of avarice, and as a result it is the Church, not economists, that must lead in offering the corrective.

Wail away all you like, about the const - itution and how it is being mis - read, the true meaning of the separation of / from church and state, but it all does not matter — the law as currently interpreted and enforced says events of this nature are not legal!

the problem is that ppl read the bible thats been translated, if you realy want to know what was said youll need to study hebrew... every letter has a meaning... every word isnt a perfect fit for english,, theres nuances and cultural differences that youll find,,, its a whole new thing to go back and look at the bible through hebrew eyes,,, they arent required to look like us,,, were supposed to look more like them,,, yashua was a jew,,,, all the apostles were jews, yashua was sent to the lost sheep of the house of israel, not the gentiles, paul took it to the gentiles, and he never stopped being and living as a jew, the laws are very viable today, but they do nt give salvation, thats what yashua did...

These hate mongers and people putting meaning into things themselves and preaching that interpretation an meaning as law and edict are the exact reason i stopped believing in the concept of organized religion.

This «moral reading» of the Constitution calls on judges to act as moral philosophers: «equal protection of the laws» should mean what best promotes «equal concern and respect» for all humans; «liberty» in the «due process» clause should mean autonomy in matters important to personal development, and so forth.

What will it mean for both sides in this debate — at least as it takes place among believers, in and for the church — to move beyond political ideologies and culture wars and stand together under God's word of law and gospel?

The Law can be used in either way, and while many religious leaders used it to destroy life, Jesus wanted to show how to use the Law as means of giving life.

With the widespread loss of belief in God as law - giver, the idea of being morally bound or obliged — as if this or that verdict on your action hangs in the balance — loses its basic meaning, however much it might retain its compelling psychological effect.

Humanae Vitae (1968) talked of the procreative and unitive meanings of the marital act as governed by «two divine laws» which were in harmony, and the relevant teaching of the Church is often presented in terms of these two equal «polarities» and their inseparability.

It is the living fact of their place within the laws and layers of meaning embedded and embodied in creation as set out in God's great purpose which is to be fulfilled in Christ.

The purpose of the Faith Movement, in harmony with the Trust Deed of the Faith - Keyway Trust (registered charity # 278314 in English Law) made on July 13th 1979, is to advance the Catholic Faith in the modern world, by working together to attract many to discipleship of Jesus Christ in a living, sacramental practice of their faith, and above all, through this same activity and as the means to achieve it, humbly to offer within the Church a new development of, and further insight into, the Catholic Faith which she herself teaches us through Scripture and Tradition.

We should not try to downplay or deny this, especially since the very unity of the laws of Nature can point the modern mind so powerfully towards recognition of God as Creator, the Supreme Mind that frames the vast Unity of Meaning and Finality that is the material universe.

Again, I am not advocating living under the law as a means of salvation, which is what Paul was addressing in Galatians.

Does not the New Creation (Eternal Recurrence) of Zarathustra parallel the New Creation of Jesus (the Kingdom of God) insofar as it shatters history, dissolves all rational meaning, and brings to an end the rule of Law?

John Calvin managed to invert the lesson of the passage almost entirely: The young ruler, he claimed, had asked an inept question, supposing that one could secure eternal life through works, and thus Christ's metaphor was meant as an illustration of the impossibility of anyone fulfilling the requirements of the law, and of the need therefore for a total reliance upon faith.

II, pp. 14 - 15) Christian ideas, however, soon moved too far away from either the practice or the perusal of sacrificial laws as a means of reconciliation with God for the early Christian to be content with such a solution.

It is a new kind of Erastianism: the church being slowly but surely co-opted as a means of social control, subordinated to the whims of the political lobbyists as they press their commitments to creating a society of Psychological Men, Women, and all points in between through the law courts.

The sacrifices stood in the Law as the command of Yahweh, ordained by his grace as a means of approach to his favor.

We can sense something of the early Christian understanding of the eschatological meaning of the new covenant by noting the words of Paul, who, while speaking of the old covenant as a law of death and condemnation, rejoices that the glory of the new covenant so surpasses the glory of the old that the old covenant now has no glory at all:

It is only when one loves life and the earth so much that without them everything seems to be over that one may believe in the resurrection and a new world; it is only when one submits to God's law that one may speak of grace; and it is only when God's wrath and vengeance are hanging as grim realities over the heads of one's enemies that something of what it means to love and forgive them can touch our hearts.

The perception of Christ should never have been that of a man, but simply the word of God made physical as a means of fulfillment of the law.

The Law society, in other words, has given «guidance» to its members as to how to draft wills in a way which circumvents English legal principles as they have always been accepted: and it envisages that this might even mean taking on the English law in court to see if their wily little legal tricks have been successful: a perfect example of an attempt to make the letter of the law prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life&raquLaw society, in other words, has given «guidance» to its members as to how to draft wills in a way which circumvents English legal principles as they have always been accepted: and it envisages that this might even mean taking on the English law in court to see if their wily little legal tricks have been successful: a perfect example of an attempt to make the letter of the law prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life&raqulaw in court to see if their wily little legal tricks have been successful: a perfect example of an attempt to make the letter of the law prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life&raqulaw prevail over its spirit: Christians will remember that, according to St Paul (2 Corinthians 3:6), «the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life».

As enough to leave no possibility of doubting the terrible meaning of this ancient law, it is reproduced in another passage — first, the original, absolute requirement, «All that openeth the womb is mine,» and, appended, the merciful codicil, «All the first - born of thy sons thou shalt redeem.»

In the Summa Theologiae, Aquinas does not mean to say that natural law is shared by all animals including human beings» the natural law, as the «participation of the eternal law in the rational creature,» pertains only to human beings (I - II, 91.2)» but that natural law includes natural inclinations shared by other animals, «such as sexual intercourse, education of offspring, and so forth.»

ops sorry i meant Amniculi... blah blah blah about Poe's Law,, its hypocrisy!!!!!! talk trash about Christianity should be able to do the same about Islam, not encourging it just saying do nt be scare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do it will its not a felony yet, cause soon you wont be able too... Let me be clear, I meant express your opinions, comments about any religion as you do about Christianity, plus Im not religious, i just believe in jesus christ son of god and the word of the bible which is difference religion is made by people...

Well, one thing we can say with certainty (and in full agreement with Paul), is that the Law was never given as a way to gain eternal life, or a means of pleasing and appeasing God.

But gradually the concept of profession took on a more limited meaning and came to be used primarily to refer to the knowledge and skills possessed by practitioners of specialized traditions such as law, medicine and divinity.

@Howard — As a republic, which is a version of representative democracy, it means we do not have a true or direct democracy where each law would be voted on by each citizen, but an elected representative for larger groups of people that gets to cast the vote, which may or may not at times represent the will of the voters who elected the representative.

The categorical imperative to «treat humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of any other, in every case as an end withal, never as means only» (46) was, for Kant, the «universal law of nature» (38) and his understanding of it is the most radical conception of natural law in its modern sense.

One guiding principle is what Tillich calls «theonomy,» which means a situation where the divine ground of being shines through the finite conditions of historical existence and where man sees the orders of truth and right as the law of his own being.

Building on the Catholic emphasis on the importance of free marital consent, Luther and Calvin developed further the covenantal understanding of marital commitment, elevated the status of women, emphasized the freedom of young adults to choose their partners, helped make marriage more compassionate and established marriage as a civic institution regulated by secular law yet also blessed and given meaning by the church.