Sentences with phrase «not official acts»

«All you have to do is get the jury instructions right and then describe the evidence appropriately and not call things official acts that are not official acts.»

The Supreme Court held that these acts were not official acts for purposes of proving bribery because they did not constitute some formal exercise of government power.

Not exact matches

In fact, Palestinian officials have acknowledged providing payments to the families of Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks on Israelis or convicted of terrorist acts and imprisoned in Israel; that is not a conspiracy theory.»

We don't know whether officials who lather slavish praise on Xi actually believe anything of what they say or are acting out purely out of fear and greed.

Emails obtained by Judicial Watch from the State Department through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit show that MacManus forwarded the news of Ambassador Christopher Stevens's death to the official in the State Department Legislative Affairs Office with instructions not to «forward to anyone at this point.»

Several people have asked me why the federal conflicts of interest law, which bars every lowly executive branch official from acting on matters that affect their personal financial interests, won't apply to President Donald Trump.

Jones was elevated to serve as acting assistant secretary of state responsible for the Middle East and had neither been offered the job on a permanent basis not told that he would not get it, said the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The memo stipulates that the federal government would not stand in the way of states that legalize marijuana so long as officials acted to keep it from migrating to places where it remained outlawed, and out of the hands of criminal gangs and children.

That's why officials adjudicating personnel - security cases must act in a mature, objective and nonpartisan fashion... But when it comes to vetting Trump appointees, they often aren't.»

I'll go with Jacques - René here: if you don't think the Official Languages Act is good policy, why just not call for its repeal instead of tip - toeing around the issue and making excuses about English Canada's failure to adapt?

If anyone doubted that he was serious about imposing this new level of federal oversight on top of the already crowded provincial regulatory scene, signals coming from Flaherty's top officials this past summer suggested, not just a readiness to act alone, but a growing enthusiasm for that option.

The New York Times reported in December that acting ATF Director Thomas Brandon and other officials have indicated they don't believe the agency can act alone, both publicly and privately.

It's not just high - ranking officials who will possess the ability to act in a manner that benefits the president's pocketbook — it's ordinary civil servants as well.

Company officials say that attorney, Jill Martin, acted in her personal capacity and that the Trump Organization is not representing any party in the Daniels» dispute.

Second, I haven't read the BNA Act recently, but I'm almost positive that the people who comprise «official Ottawa» report to and take their marching orders from certain men and women who just so happen to be in charge.

Mr. Anglin has a habit of saying what he thinks — which, despite the claims of the Wildrose Party and other right - wing Western Canadian political groups that's how elected officials should act, doesn't really go over that well in the real world of politics.

An administration official added that the Treasury has been acting quickly on all of its rescue programs, not just the small - business initiative.

Democrats also say that the dossier was not the only evidence that federal officials used to obtain the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant on Page.

You can do it in public, you just can't put up a permenant structure in a government building endorsing a religion or endorse it while acting in a capacity as a government official.

When we refer to the Church, make a demand on it or deplore its failure to act, we very often do not mean the Church at all but the official ministry and its representatives.

If there is a «treasury of the Church» (D 550 - 2,757,1541; Paul VI, Indulgentiarum Doctrina) which consists actually in the active union with God of all justified Christians, then this, too, makes it clear that all acts of those justified in the Holy Spirit constitute the very life of the Church, hence that the action of the Church is not the same as the action of her official representatives or what is done explicitly in their name.

If we make a demand on the Church, we must always examine precisely whether it is really addressed to the hierarchy and its members as such, or to the Church, that is, to all of us Christians, and precisely in the sphere where the official Church does not teach and act authoritatively.

Welcome anyone who acts in my name, Jesus says, even though he is not an official disciple.

I can not but voice my concern at the increasing marginalisation of religion, particularly of Christianity... relegating it] to the purely private sphere... [such] that Christians in public roles should be required at times to act against their conscience... and the official teaching of the Church.

But precisely for this reason all Christians do not only receive a complete and supposedly concrete natural law which is communicated to them by the official representatives of the Church, they also find out for them - selves the actual requirements of public life, so that all may have as much freedom as possible, a freedom that can act with God in view and thus create that personal finality which receives God himself as its eternal meaning.

Of course a philosopher can not in his official capacity speak of an act of God, for he never speaks of concrete events such as transactions between persons.

You don't get to stop acting like adults just because this very, very good news is finally official, but the compulsion to run...

So issues where the local government can't get their head out of their asses when its there responsibility to act and then blame the federal government, it leaves you and I the citizens to fend for ourselves, possibly for weeks at a time while the officials blame one another.

Some of our elected officials may be religious, but we expect them to act as Humanists, not religionists.

... [But] School officials started looking into the matter... after an unusual number of girls began filing into the school clinic to find out if they were pregnant» with many of the girls repeatedly returning for multiple tests, and acting disappointed when they found out they were not pregnant.

«The people of God want pastors,» Francis continued, «not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.»

So the recommendations of Luther's Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church were being realised; if the officials of the Myth, the Christian bishops and priests, would not themselves reform the Church then secular officials would do it, as Christians with the responsibility to act in society.

Documents released under the Official Information Act show the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) went to some lengths to ensure the Chinese Government did not feel insulted by the way it made its January public announcement of the finding.

The official claimed he was struck so hard in the chest that he couldn't breath, and even considered abandoning the game all together if another object was thrown — but surely this must have been play - acting.

Diego Costa has been charged for an alleged act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video.

if people would act assertively and be responsible for themselves we don't need millions of rules and official interventions (sorry my comment got cut off before)... I for one like to use my own personal power to make changes I need for myself rather than to rely on some outside source

A flagrant foul will be defined as a foul that may or may not involve physical contact, but involves such acts as fighting, contacting a game official, fouls so severe as to place an opponent at risk, persistent or extreme abusive conduct and the use of vulgar language or gestures.

REAL Change is a star - studded, emotional TV special (airing onCBS 4/23) featuring top musical acts, highlighting the heroic role of education and teachers and I am sure Office Depot is proud to admit that they are a «presenting sponsor» of the REAL Change broadcast and official retail partner, I mean who would not be?

Village officials said the equipment will replace older structures that have become unsafe or do not meet the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Although park officials might consider accepting use of the city's youth center, they noted that the center does not meet some requirements of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act.

Wheaton Park District officials Monday welcomed an announcement by the Du Page County state «s attorney «s office that it would not take legal action against the district for alleged violations of the state Open Meetings Act.

«Though this play does not happen often, we must ensure that our coaches and officials understand the importance of penalizing this act.»

A Chicago Park District attorney reiterated Tuesday that park district officials have not violated the state «s Open Meeting Act but said he will cooperate with the Cook County state «s attorney «s investigation of an alleged violation.

It was not a surprise when Parliament officials announced that Queen Elizabeth II had signed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act today — the process of «royal assent» is just a formality in Britain's modern monarchy.

«You look at why people are upset; you look at the way some people act, and it's certainly not becoming of them as an elected official and not becoming of them in the job that they're supposed to doing.

So, merely discussing or «simply telling a Latin American official» something doesn't violate the act.

In both instances, the court took exception to the definition of an «official act» in the conviction «which we can not conclude is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt» leading to the case being vacated.

«The officials failed to remove him until the end of the speech and when I raised the matter it was not treated with sufficient seriousness by the acting chair.»

State officials across the nation are worried about the «woodwork effect» of the Affordable Care Act — when big parts of the health law go into force in 2014 and million already eligible for Medicaid but aren't already enrolled emerge to sign up for the program.

If no public official performed an official act in exchange for the money, then crimes of bribery or extortion can not be charged.