Sentences with phrase «modern court»

It is the leading modern Court of Appeal case on good faith in commercial contracts.

ALBANY, NY (12/10/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson today was joined by Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals Jonathon Lippman; Assembly Speaker Silver; President of the New York State Bar Association Steve Younger; Chair of the Fund for Modern Courts Victor Kovner; and distinguished members of the New York State judiciary as he signed legislation establishing a special Commission on Judicial Compensation.

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In a statement, the Moreland Commission's co-chairs — Fund for Modern Courts chairman Milton Williams as well as Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick — reiterated their authority.

As Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts celebrates its 25th year, supporters of moving from partisan elections to commission - based appointment of the state's appellate judges are optimistic that the time is finally right.

He has published many articles and essays on these and other topics and received numerous awards and honors, including the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence from the National Center for State Courts and the Cyrus R. Vance Tribute of the Fund for Modern Courts.

Not a shred of it would hold up in a modern court of law.

A modern court could easily convict such a being for human rights abuses, and more.

This approach — keeping the process open to unpopular groups and viewpoints — explains many of the modern court's rulings supporting racial equality, voting rights and free speech.

Ergo, Christian god would be an ass hole if he existed, and a human rights abuser according to any modern court.

And yet, the very grounds on which these controversies have been fought — arguing for the «scientific» basis of creationism, making use of the «rational - legal» procedures supplied by the modern court system, and drawing on social scientists for «expert testimony» — all point to the considerable degree to which even religious conservatives have accommodated to the norms of secular rationality.

If anything, he inclines toward a rather too aggressive populist understanding of the Founding, in part, one is led to suspect, because that sentiment allows him to connect the Founders to the authors of the Fourteenth Amendment and both of them, in turn, to the work of the modern Court.

We are looking at everything,» said a joint statemeent from the commission's three co-chairs, which include district attorneys Kathleen Rice and William Fitzpatrick, and Milton Williams Jr., the chair of the Fund for Modern Courts.

Victor A. Kovner, Chair of the Fund for Modern Courts, said: «The signing of the Quadrennial Commission legislation rights a wrong that has existed for more than a decade which has left the judiciary, upon whom we depend to protect our fundamental rights and liberties, unprotected in terms of their basic compensation.»

«We hear concern that the current Court of Appeals lacks someone with a background in commercial issues,» said Dennis Hawkins, executive director at the Fund for Modern Courts, an organization that works to improve the state court system.

John Siegal: Partner and Litigation Coordinator, Baker Hostetler; Member, Board of Directors, the Fund for Modern Courts; former Chief Speechwriter, New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins.

Too much of the state's election process for judges revolves around raising money, said Dennis R. Hawkins, executive director of the Fund for Modern Courts, a New York City - based group that favors reform of the judicial selection process.

The commission will be co-chaired by Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice, Milton Williams Jr., who helms the Fund for Modern Courts, and Syracuse DA William Fitzpatrick.

On September 18, the schedules show Cuomo met in the afternoon with Rice, Fitzpatrick and Milton Williams, chairman of the Fund For Modern Courts and the third commission co-chair.

These modern courts are well - lit, allowing a great game of tennis in the cooler evening hours.

Bishakh has also contributed artwork and comics to organizations such as the Immigration Defense Project, Modern Courts, Feminist Frequency and for Trans Day of Remembrance 2016 and 2017.

The modern courts are meanwhile staffed with well educated, experienced and service orientated judges and clerks.

A set of legal scholars polled for their predictions on SCOTUS outcomes came in with an accuracy of 59 %, 4 but it is well known that in the modern Court most cases are reversed.

The changes to the Rules are a welcome move towards a more electronic and modern court.

The committee's response to its consultation is awaited for a modern court procedure for hearing mature children, their evidence and their views in family courts.

Ms. Birnbaum has received the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award from the American Bar Association, the John L. McCloy Memorial Award from the Fund for Modern Courts, and the Law and Society Award from the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.

From my perspective, and to borrow a line from Patrick Cormier offered at the Modern Courts conference, the courts have exhausted the potential of Web 1.0 (publishing) and, individually if not collectively, judges others in the system are pushing to move forward to 2.0 (interactivity) or even 3.0 (personalization and seamless online / offline integration).

Using digital technologies to achieve internal efficiencies is a major focus on the courts, and as the Modern Courts conference offered significant insight into gaps and challenges, objectives and best practices for implementation, I won't dwell on this area.

While not a major focus of the docket of the modern court, the early court elaborated a number of important legal concepts through the lens of these admiralty decisions.