Sentences with phrase «objectors from»

On the other hand, it is a mark of mature democracy when provisions are made for exempting conscientious objectors from military conscription.

The Montreal Gazette today published a letter of mine objecting to this «ethical cleansing» of conscientious objectors from the medical community.

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From the colonial period through the twenty - first century, federal, state, and territorial governments have an unbroken tradition of protecting conscientious objectors who can not abide the government's mandate to kill, cut, or medicate another human being.

I'm sure I'll be verbally abused for this, but why should conscientious objectors be excused from defense of their country?

When Harold Gray, the conscientious - objector son of Philip Gray, an attorney for the Ford Motor Company, was transferred from Leavenworth to Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, Morrison got Judge Henry of Cleveland to intercede with Newton Baker, formerly of Cleveland but then secretary of war, in the young man's behalf.

In this way, Paul's collection of quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures in Romans 3:10 - 18 is intended to show his objector that despite being the chosen people of God and having the Law and the Prophets, the Jewish people are just as guilty as the Gentiles.

So eager is the Liberal Party of Canada to become the Party of Death that its majority on the Special Committee on Physician - Assisted Dying (PDAM) has recommended to Parliament a euthanasia regime open even to mature minors and to the mentally ill, and requiring effective referral from conscientious objectors.

those involving «duties superior to those arising from any human relation» (Chief Justice Hughes dissenting in U.S. v. MacIntosh, 283 U.S. 605 1931, an opinion which has become a keystone of the conscientious - objector exemption from Selective Service requirements).

Again, the crisis of the religious right does not stem from the differences between the reluctant «lesser of two evils» voters and the «do not do evil that good may result» conscientious objectors.

The first Christian conscientious objectors were from Mennonite and southern German Anabaptist churches.

Arguments from evil take us beyond the position of our objector who claimed only that a Godless world is also possible.

May Day kicked off in Manhattan with police arresting 12 activists protesting against major corporations the objectors accused of supporting and profiting from Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement agenda, in front of the JP Morgan Chase Tower on Park Avenue.

either fails to provide evidence of eligibility to be on the roll or notifies the Electoral Commission that he or she consents to the removal from the roll of the name of the person objected to, the Electoral Commission must, unless the objection has been withdrawn by the objector, remove from the roll the name of the person objected to and must notify the parties accordingly.

But the objectors are also fighting to protect two semi-official rackets that are as much a part of the Capitol's culture as the pledge of allegiance: outside compensation from firms who soak up their government stature and the ability to accept unlimited campaign money and spend it however they please.

Objectors often claim unfair benefits are given to the worst polluters, and that trading schemes obfuscate from the real problem — the excess of greenhouse gas emissions that continue to perpetuate global warming.

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As someone who has been a conscientious objector of high stakes standardized tests and is actively involved in the opt out campaign in our state, the decoupling of standardized tests scores from the teacher evaluation does not get at the root of the issues.

Many wise consumers buy from independent books stores, and many of them do so as conscientious objectors to Amazon's methods for gaining market share.

His chronic asthma would have excluded him from military service, but he insisted on registering as a conscientious objector and worked as an agricultural labourer for three years until doctors ordered him to desist.

And even when talking to the more scientifically literate objectors, it is often then difficult to separate the genuine sceptics from the cynics who will never be convinced no matter what.

Having said that, the term deliberate irrational objector can be manipulated to lead thoughts away from the intended description of the person, to make it seem disparaging or unfair.

The IWC meeting in Morocco may have seen the failure of plans to compromise on commercial whaling, to bring Japan and other international law objectors back into the fold, but there is some more interesting news coming from Agadir: More whales are being killed by pollution, getting caught in nets and other threats than by commercial whaling; and, Russian oil exploration in the Pacific is threatening critically endangered grey whales.

Objectors often claim unfair benefits are given to the worst polluters, and that trading schemes obfuscate from the real problem — the excess of greenhouse gas emissions that continue to perpetuate global warming.

LSUC benchers turned down a motion Friday afternoon that would have given conscientious objectors an exemption from the requirement.

The WWII era conscious objector cases held that the CO exception to military service is not limited to governmentally - approved religions, but as a general rule, the courts have not ruled that you can simply claim to have a religious belief which is being infringed on and thereby be excempt from the law.

She has acted on behalf of applicants, objectors, responsible authorities and licensing authorities across the whole spectrum of licensing applications, from new applications to reviews and appeals in the Magistrates» Courts, and judicial review applications.

Plaintiff in a more recent class action says class members should receive refunds from Massage Envy, while a Denver attorney, labeled a «serial objector» by lawyers seeking millions, says their fee request is too high.

The state's high court, in its Oct. 20 opinion, also sided with objectors» arguments that they were entitled to more information from class counsel about the time spent on the case, to allow them to «properly articulate their objections.»

After Convocation decided not to adopt a «conscientious objector» exception, there was an interesting series of tweets on Twitter about an six page letter from a London Ontario lawyer published by the Middlesex Law Association.

The members were not told or advised by David Michael (principal solicitor and deputy monitoring officer) that they could not participate in the meeting nor that they were disqualified from voting by reason of attendance at a public meeting in February 2006 including objectors to the development in question or by non-attendance at a site visit conducted by the committee.

The objector wished to challenge the amount of fees awarded to class counsel from the $ 36 million common fund created when the jury entered its verdict in favor of the class.

The Court of Appeal said yes, and dismissed, for lack of jurisdiction, an objector's appeal from a post-trial judgment in a class action.

In this regard, I agree with the general sentiment of the objectors to the Settlement that the Settlement Agreement brings the administration of justice and class actions into disrepute because: (a) the Settlement is more beneficial to Class Counsel than it is to the Class Members; and (b) in its practical effect, the Settlement expropriates the Class Members» property rights in exchange for a charitable donation from Thomson.