Sentences with phrase «of federal rights»

However, although they comprise a relatively small subset of § 1983 cases, claims under § 1983 can, under certain circumstances, be based upon violations of federal rights derived from federal statutes, not from the U.S. Constitution.

Undoubtedly the Selma incident was instrumental in speeding up the passage of a Federal right - to - vote law that was signed by President Johnson in August, 1965.

Yet advocates of a federal right to education continue their efforts to overturn or reinterpret Rodriguez.

Proponents of a federal right to education presume that federal judges would succeed where local policymakers have supposedly failed.

DPI legislative liaison Jennifer Kammerud concurred with Spitzer - Resnick, agreeing that the proposal would strip children with special needs of their federal right at public schools to a «free and appropriate education,» with no guarantees they will get anything approaching what they need in private schools.

The civil rights conspiracy statute requires proof of both an identifiable Constitutional or federal statutory right, and specific intent of the conspirators to deprive the victim of his federal right.

Or, to put it differently, the individual suit that was considered adequate to assure «effective vindication» of a federal right before adoption of class - action procedures did not suddenly become «ineffective vindication» upon their adoption.

Not exact matches

The Department of Education has seen the surge in waiver applications because its Office for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.

Stengel is joined on stage by Doug Ellenoff, a corporate and securities attorney with a specialty in business transactions and corporate financing who has been actively involved in working with federal government agencies as the rules are being rewritten, and Pelli Wang (on the right end of the couch), the venture director at SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform and early - stage VC fund.

These civil rights abuses show the potential costs of state and local law enforcement assistance in federal immigration enforcement efforts.

Federal Court Judge Michael Phelan ruled that forcing patients to buy marijuana through the mail from a licensed producer was an «arbitrary and overbroad» violation of patients» charter rights.

The suits by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign, filed in federal courts in Baltimore and Seattle, claim Trump's plan violates the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution.

He has received recognition for his commitment to pro bono legal services, including his work as one of the lead attorneys in a successful federal civil rights lawsuit protecting the voting rights of Georgia citizens.

Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, attends an open meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve with Stanley Fischer, vice chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, right, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015.

«To be candid, for those of us in the United States, there's an absence of leadership in the federal government right now and so it's incumbent on us to work together and step up and show what we can do between our various governments,» he said.

There have been just two questions on income inequality asked so far during the debates — one of which was directed at Sen. Rand Paul right before a commercial break (he focused on Federal Reserve policy), and the other which was for Gov. Mike Huckabee (who bemoaned general government incompetence).

In this milestone week, with rulings that gutted the Voting Rights Act and overturned the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the court also made decisions that favored businesses.

But a Wharton - professor - turned - mortgage - consultant is now putting a more upbeat spin on that idea: If you play your cards right, your house could produce a bigger retirement income than a lot of other investment alternatives, with a federal guarantee behind it, to boot.

Landing the right to serve as one of just 20 New York Federal Reserve Bank counterparties was an official vote of confidence in the company.

The findings of racially motivated mapmaking satisfied Democrats and minority rights groups, who are now pushing a separate federal court in Texas to determine that the voter ID law was also crafted with discriminatory intent.

Zzyym's lawsuit, filed last year by the LGBT rights legal firm Lambda Legal Defense Fund in federal court in Denver, argued that the policy of requiring either a male or female designation on passport applications violated due process and equal protection rights for intersex people.

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

I thought I did everything right: I submitted my Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as early as possible, I completed the required documents, and I compared financial aid packages from different colleges to find the perfect balance of affordability, quality, and potential for career advancement.

Among the reasons for America's low ranking, according to the organization, were its lack of a federal «shield law» guaranteeing reporters» right to protect their sources, the arrests of journalists covering protests around the country, and attacks on the media and the press lobbed by President Donald Trump.

That amendment, the last of the Bill of Rights, is central to the debate over whether state's can make marijuana legal if federal law declares it illegal.

The Montreal Economic Institute, a right - leaning think tank, also points out that the total annual pay to the top 100 CEOs, at slightly under $ 1 billion total, is tiny compared to the size of the economy overall and in comparison to the size of the federal government.

April 6 (Reuters)- A civil rights group and some consumer groups said on Friday they would file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Facebook Inc's use of facial recognition techniques threaten users» privacy.

On Ash Whitaker's second to last day of high school, he learned that he had won a major civil rights case at a federal appeals court.

British politicians aren't exactly known as paragons of good decision - making right now, so Canadian regulators and the federal government may want to do the opposite of anything that's happening over there.

Shannon Minter, a transgender man who is legal director of the San Francisco - based National Center for Lesbian Rights, said many transgender civil - rights gains of recent years are based on federal statutes and court precedents that can not be quickly uRights, said many transgender civil - rights gains of recent years are based on federal statutes and court precedents that can not be quickly urights gains of recent years are based on federal statutes and court precedents that can not be quickly undone.

The act attempted to restore some of the rights of religious practitioners that had been limited by a 1990 Supreme Court Decision, but a 1997 decision by the Supreme Court kept the Act from being applied to the federal government.

Unions say right - to - work laws infringe on workers» collective bargaining rights, and proponents call for a federal law as opposed to the current patchwork of state statutes.

Plenty of places will explain how to file for a patent or a trademark registration, and it's true that a federal registration can help enforce your company's rights.

The Justice Department argued that it violated the Civil Rights Act, putting the state at risk of losing more than $ 1 billion in federal funding.

Right - to - work proponents have called for a federal law as opposed to the current patchwork of state statutes.

There is a fascinating battle under way over states» rights and taxation, with federal Treasurer Peter Costello wielding his new - found power as chieftain of the biggest pot of gold the nation has ever seen — the GST.

The Federal Communications Commission's new rules eliminating its net - neutrality protections are set to take effect next month, but supporters of an open internet aren't giving up hope they can be restored — possibly even right away.

In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case, the Supreme Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as well.

This decision probably shouldn't have been a surprise, because it basically said that the court's 2010 decision in the Citizens United case, upholding the right of corporations to spend money in federal elections, applies to the states as well.

But these local proponents are at least talking in terms the residents of B.C. — who, whatever the federal government may decide, have certain legal rights and physical occupancy on their side — might actually accept.

Meanwhile, France, Germany, and the Netherlands will hold federal elections in 2017, and some argue that the surprise victory of President - elect Donald Trump in the U.S. could signal a similar win for far - right candidates abroad, including Marine Le Pen of France and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands.

Sessions» early words and actions are consistent with the tough - on - crime reputation the former federal prosecutor cultivated as an Alabama senator, and they foreshadow an unmistakable pivot in critical areas of civil rights, criminal justice and drug policy.

I answered the door and was surprised to meet a well - dressed man and woman who introduced themselves as agents of a well - known American federal agency that investigates terrorism, counterintelligence, cybercrime, public corruption, civil rights, organised crime, white - collar crime, violent crime and weapons of mass destruction (and which shall remain unnamed here).

In this case, markets reacted to then - Chairman Bernanke's musing that the Federal Reserve was beginning to evaluate when the time would be right to begin the tapering of the Fed's asset purchase program.

These days, Albertans are in the middle of a prolonged interjurisdictional peacetime, and not just because Notley has opted to be less confrontational with fellow premiers and the federal Liberals (she does get into spats with her right - leaning neighbour, Saskatchewan's Brad Wall, but he's been goading).

The judge said in a 91 - page decision that, while the Army Corps substantially complied with the National Environmental Policy Act, federal permits issued for the pipeline violated the law in some respects, saying in a court order the Corps did not «adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice.»

Last week: Finally, after 150 years, a federal judge has ordered an end to Florida's «fatally flawed» system for the restoration of voting rights and to develop one that has clear standards.

Quite the opposite; in fact, it should be taken more seriously than the reports of the C.D. Howe and Fraser Institutes because it represents alternative to the Harper Government on the role of the federal government in the economy, something that is clearly lacking right now.

Even if you keep income needs the same i only pay an average federal rate of 14 % right now which is much less then my margin.

As former Conservative Senator Hugh Segal said when the bill was first debated in the Upper Chamber in 2013, Bill C - 377 is «an expression of statutory contempt for the working men and women in our trade unions and for the trade unions themselves and their right under federal and provincial law to organize.»