Sentences with phrase «of equal treatment under the law»

Further, the concept of equal treatment under the law doesn't allow for qualifiers; it either exists, or you are violating individual liberties of a disfavored majority.

It's time for him to take a stand on the basic civil right of equal treatment under the law.

It is a matter of equal treatment under the law.

A majority of U.S. states have localities with breed - specific legislation, a shocking violation of equal treatment under the law for pet owners.

In the narrower legal context, this Hayekian - Rawlsian debate usually manifests itself in arguments about whether the law should protect «negative rights,» that is, protect persons from government encroachment on their inalienable rights — like private property and free exercise of religion, or whether the law should foster «positive rights,» that is, promote the rights of people to receive tangible things like free health care or housing under the auspices of equal treatment under the law.

I suspect that Garner and I differ quite a bit politically, but I like to think we agree that the ideal of equal treatment under the law is best served when legal writing strives to be democratic (note the lower - case «d' there) rather than exclusionary, and, legal terms of art aside, understandable by any literate person.

Today's vote is a major step forward for the American principle of equal treatment under the law,» said PPFA President Cecile Richards.

Not exact matches

Are you equating someone offering a discount on an oil change for spouting off a Bible verse... vs. allowing people who happen to be of the same gender, who love and care for each other and want... and... are deserving of equal civil rights and equal treatment under the law... as = to being the «same thing»...?

Through a series of brief questions at the end of his book, Sigmund invites liberation theologians to seek ways of fusing capitalist market «efficiency» with the «preferential love for the poor,» to consider how private property is not always oppression but may in fact free people from it, to develop liberalism's ideal of «equal treatment under the law,» to nurture the «fragile new democracies» in Latin America, and, finally, to develop «a spirituality of socially concerned democracy, whether capitalist or socialist in its economic form,» rather than «denouncing dependency, imperialism, and capitalist exploitation.»

Muslim countries, please take note!!!! Especially with regards to # 2, democracy is impossible without equal treatment of ALL faiths under the rule of law.

But when they attempt to marginalize and oppose the equal treatment, under the law, of those minorities, then that's when it crosses the line.

I have come to the realization that you can not call yourself a follower of Christ, or Christian, and actively discriminate against a whole segment of the population that is hurting no one and just looking for equal treatment under the law.

atomD21 I have come to the realization that you can not call yourself a follower of Christ, or Christian, and actively discriminate against a whole segment of the population that is hurting no one and just looking for equal treatment under the law.

Referring to those who were detained at the airports, Cuomo reiterated what he said Sunday — that individuals have rights to due process and equal treatment under the law and vowed that the state will help enforce the rights of anyone detained and «victimized» by any policy of «that administration.»

«They want it to be equal treatment under the law in all parts of the city.»

He has also gone out of his way to condemn court rulings (New Jersey's, for example) that called for equal treatment under the law for same - sex couples.

«That piece of paper says that individuals have rights, the right to due process, the right to equal treatment under the laws,» Mr. Cuomo said.

In her career as a prosecutor, Madeline has always made the safety and equal treatment of women and special victims a top priority and I know she will stop at nothing to make sure all are treated equally under the law.»

Citizens (student loan ratingors) are guaranteed by the federal Constitution of fair and equal treatment under the law.

The Fund for Women's Equality, a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization, promotes legal and lived equality in the United States by increasing public understanding of the need for comprehensive, fair and equal treatment of women and girls under the law and the need to end sex inequality in all its forms.

Not enough money to provide equal treatment under the law to all emitters and not much chance of winning the inevitable 14th amendment lawsuits if they don't.

78 However, the absence of such an autonomous and uniform definition under European Union law of the concepts of social security, social assistance and social protection and the reference to national law in Article 11 (1)(d) of Directive 2003/109 concerning those concepts do not mean that the Member States may undermine the effectiveness of Directive 2003/109 when applying the principle of equal treatment provided for in that provision.

On other issues: Both Democrats support the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), hate crimes legislation, coverage for domestic partners under the Family and Medical Leave Act, equal treatment of gay couples under tax laws, and repeal of the military's «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» policy.

Service (s) include: defense of the rights of women and minorities, workers, students, immigrants, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people; promote civil liberties including the freedom of speech, the right to privacy, reproductive freedom, and equal treatment under the law.

The landmark judgment, P v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2017] UKSC 65, concerns the directly eff ective right of police offi cers under EU law to have the principle of equal treatment in relation to employment and working conditions applied to their circumstances.

He has recently been involved in matters raising a wide variety of EU law issues, including the implementation of the common agricultural policy; the compatibility with EU law of a residency requirement for entitlement to tuition fee support, a minimum price for alcohol, and plain - packaging for tobacco products; the designation of special areas of conservation under the Habitats Directive; and the compatibility of religious further education colleges with the Equal Treatment Directive.

The Appellant claimed that the position under domestic law was discriminatory and in breach of EU law (Directive 79/7 on Equal Treatment in Social Security).

[2] The question on this appeal is whether the criminal prohibition that puts a person to this choice violates her Charter rights to life, liberty and security of the person (s. 7) and to equal treatment by and under the law (s. 15).

Importantly, the meaning of equality under international law is not limited to equal treatment before the law.

Finally, respect for human rights obligations, especially the right of indigenous communities «to practice and revitalise their cultural traditions and customs» [74] and to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice [75], calls for the development of principles which address the unique evidentiary issues involved in native title litigation, including the reality of claims based substantially upon orally - transmitted traditions, the lack of written records of indigenous laws and customs, the «unsceptical» receipt of uncorroborated historical evidence incapable of being tested under cross-examination, and the epistemological, ideological and cultural limitations of historical assessments of traditional laws and customs by non-indigenous commentators.

Since then there have been many cases brought against many different levels of government, most of which insisted upon equal treatment under the law.

The suspension decision potentially limits the right of Sri Lankan and Afghan nationals to equality before the law including equal treatment before tribunals and other organs administering justice (protected under article 5 of ICERD), and the right to freedom from arbitrary detention (protected under article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights).