Sentences with phrase «n't access the justice»

Washington, like other states, does not have enough legal services for its citizens as 80 percent can not access justice for a variety of reasons.

If some can not access justice because it is beyond their means, then the rule of law everywhere suffers.»

Reach 20 is a bold and ambitious initiative that calls on our generous community to make a significant commitment to people who can not access the justice system.

Not exact matches

In the words of the chief justice in the Chaoulli v. Quebec case, in which the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the prohibition against private health insurance in the province in 2005, «Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.&Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.&access to health care.»

For now a Department of Justice internal bulletin has instructed that, unless border officers have a search warrant, they need to take protective measures to limit intrusions, and make sure their searches do not access travelers» digital cloud data.

Taplin argues, for example, that if the Justice Department hadn't forced Microsoft to open up access to its browser Google wouldn't have existed.

Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron, however, said Pai has «never met a mega-merger he didn't like or a public safeguard he didn't try to undermine,» calling him «an inveterate opponent of net neutrality, expanded broadband access for low - income families, broadband privacy, prison - phone justice, media diversity and more.»

«The difference between selling a vote and selling access is a matter of degree, not kind,» Justice Stevens wrote.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times (for this was the king's manner toward all who knew law and justice, those closest to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who had access to the king's presence, and who ranked highest in the kingdom): «What shall we do to Queen Vashti, according to law, because she did not obey the command of King Ahasuerus brought to her by the eunuchs?»

«Both the statute and case law surrounding private prosecutions are adamant that courts must protect the right of access to these private prosecutions, by not assessing punitive costs against the person seeking justice - unless the case is frivolous, and never should have been brought.

Justice Thomas, in dissent, wrote, «The practices and beliefs of the founding generation establish that «the freedom of speech,» as originally understood, does not include a right to speak to minors (or a right of minors to access speech) without going through the minors» parents or guardians.»

In the beginning I did not have access to pomegranate molasses so I subbed a reduction of pomegranate juice, which doesn't do the cake justice!

They found that the rules to access legal aid for victims of domestic abuse were so restrictive that 40 % of women didn't meet the requirements to get the support they needed to access justice.

«Without the case being reported it will not appear on the free legal databases, which seriously limits access to justice for those affected.

The pronouncement of Justice Baba Yusuf followed a complaint by Dasuki's lawyer Mr Adeola Adedipe that the legal team for Dasuki had not been allowed to have direct access to him in spite of a court order made on April 6.

Still, we should not discount the significance of what Citizens United meant for independent expenditures, something that Justice John Paul Stevens argued comes close to direct contributions: «The difference between selling a vote and selling access is a matter of degree, not kind and selling access is not qualitatively different from giving special preference to those who spent money on one's behalf.»

Governor Ambode said experience over the years has shown that societies with equal and unhindered access to justice have a better environment for economic growth and poverty alleviation than those that do not.

«We are all shocked that the governor vetoed a bill that would have reduced racial disparities in the criminal justice system, helped ensure equal access to justice for all New Yorkers, provided improved public defense programs for those who can not afford an attorney, and much - needed mandate relief for counties,» Gradess said.

«NYCHA has requested addresses on sex offenders from the State Division of Criminal Justice Services as required by state law, but has not been given access to that information,» the spokesperson said.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has begged Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the Federal High Court in Lagos not to give Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) access to his account in Guaranty Trust Bank which has a balance of N75m.

The report itself acknowledges that access to justice is likely to be impaired if the small claims limit is changed significantly, particularly for people who do not feel confident to represent themselves or lack the tools to present a case in court.

The report acknowledges that whiplash can be a debilitating condition and that genuine claimants must not be demonised or denied access to justice.

We sincerely hope that the secretary of state and his colleagues will read this report and will act on the committee's recommendation so that the government's reforms do not deny the most vulnerable people in society access to justice.

The Justice Department says it won't give cities some law enforcement grant money unless they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and alert them when someone facing deportation will be released from local custody.

Monday 11 March 2013 2.30 pm Oral Questions Plans to tackle inequality in income and wealth in the UK - Lord Dubs Consequences for access to justice for those who will not be able to receive free legal advice on social welfare law matters from 1 April - Lord Bach Future railway re-openings - Lord Faulkner of Worcester Progress towards achieving the projected increase in the size of the UK's reserve forces - Lord Rosser Legislation Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Report stage (Day 4)- Viscount Younger of Leckie Short Debate Recommendations of the Francis Report into the Mid-Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Lord Patel Short Debate Impact of NHS innovation and research strategies on health improvement and wealth creation - Lord Kakkar

«Disabled people should not have delayed access to justice of sometimes several months in order to first pursue an often futile mandatory reconsideration request to the DWP.

Access to safe family planning options not only allows women to become more economically productive but would also result in a 75 % decline in unintended pregnancies, unplanned births and induced abortions in developing regions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive justice and sexual health research institution.

«While the Lord Chancellor is regularly wheeled out to defend the prime minister or the flawed Human Rights Act, shouldn't he be concentrating on getting his own house in order at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, so that it delivers access to justice for all?»

The justice secretary says the potential accession of five more countries, including Turkey, will lead to an immigration «free - for - all» which means politicians could not guarantee «the same access» to health and housing as at present.

The Justice Party is also qualified in Mississippi, but Mississippi doesn't require petitions for party ballot access, just organization.

Governments that don't work with ICE would lose access to $ 4 billion in Justice Department grants.

«Is this then not a President (with the Executive Authority including all policing powers) who is intimidating me simply for exercising my constitutional right to access to justice before the Supreme Court?»

«The CCRB is not entitled to obtain access to the comptroller's internal documents that were used to settle the subject wrongful death claim,» Manhattan Supreme Court Justice James d'Auguste wrote in his ruling released Wednesday.

In contrast, nonprofits tied to SUNY Polytechnic Institute have not had their access to state subsidies suspended, even though they were involved in questionable dealings that are the focus of wide - reaching criminal investigations — that have yielded significant arrests — by the state attorney general and U.S. Justice Department.

The same violence that has subjected women and girls to «double victimisation» should not be let to take away or prevent their access to justice and protection.

For this not to happen, and for there to be sustainable peace as well as credible progress against poverty before 2030, then what needs to be in place are «responsive and legitimate institutions» that «encourage the rule of law, property rights, freedom of speech and the media, open political choice, access to justice, and accountable government and public institutions» (UN-High-Level-Panel, 2013: 9).

Kids who complete the Pre-K program are far less likely to drop out of high school or encounter the criminal justice system than their counterparts who don't have access.

As a young lawyer defending poor inmates on Alabama's death row, Stevenson uncovers unconscionable flaws in the criminal justice system — racial bias, abuse of power, excessive punishment, denied access to legal counsel — concluding that «the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.»

One such school, Judith Kaye High School, exclusively supports students within the legal justice system where students are given access to free mental health services and the ability to obtain not only a high school diploma, but trade certificates as well (Zimmer & Weaver, 2017).

Providing access to social work support and integrating restorative justice practices into the school day, or offering high - quality after - school opportunities (like drama or sports) from primary through high school are not options that all students across Chicago are offered.

Switzerland is also a signatory of the 1998 Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision - making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, though does not seem to have ratified it

Aside from the merits of the decision, which puts the cost of the courts not just on the users but on all the taxpayers (which may be the appropriate place for them), it is amusing to see high - priced lawyers say that access to justice is greatly improved because of the abolition of hearng fees that are less per day than the lawyers charge per hour.

Not only the financial difficulties being faced by law firms large, medium, and small but also the growing number of unrepresented litigants in the courts and a serious deficit in access to justice across the country are driving the inevitable.

Whether one is selling beans or access to justice, a simple picture of the product is not good enough — if indeed it ever was.

All that has been written and said in relation to the «access to justice» problem — that is, the fact that the majority of the population can not obtain legal services at reasonable cost — fails to contain the necessary solution.

Access to justice does not, says the court, displace the need for judicial oversight and restraint.

Bridging the digital divide should obviously remain a priority, and stakeholders within the justice system should not forget that not all Canadians can and do know how to use a computer or even have access to one.

And therefore devices such as the following are used by law societies: (1) methods to control an alleged over-supply of lawyers; (2) «alternative legal services,» which are charity, simplistic services, and without the benefit of the solicitor - client relationship (pro bono services being but a very small exception, and possibly targeted legal services); and, (3) the sponsoring of «apps,» (the application of electronic technology to legal services), the effect of which upon the problem is unknown and unanalyzed, and can not solve any such access to justice problem.

I think a key problem at the root of the articling crisis and ongoing access to justice concerns is that law school, as wonderful as it is (I loved it), simply does not adequately train students with skills that can be applied in a constructive way to benefit clients.