Sentences with phrase «of state bans»

The court said that supporters of the state ban on same - sex marriages, 2008's Proposition 8, couldn't challenge a lower court's decision striking it down.

Question topics included whether there are similarities between past defenses of states banning interracial marriage and current defenses of states banning same - sex marriages, his reaction to NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks's resignation, whether campaign contribution limits are too high and what Cuomo intends to seek as campaign finance reforms if reelected, whether he's going to the Somo el Futuro conference in Puerto Rico next week, whether he's worried that «minorities» will not turn out on election day and how his recent references to recent New York Republicans as being «moderates» reconciles with his past statements about «ultraconservatives» in the state senate.

Well, the science and policy of a state ban on hydraulic fracturing is easy compared to the complexities of understanding the global climate system.

A handful of states ban incentives to entice someone to buy a particular property, says Mike Thiel, associate counsel for the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®.

Not exact matches

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision at the beginning of 2015 to accept the case in which a court majority ruled in June that state gay marriage bans are unconstitutional was a likely trigger, Warbelow said.

To truly bring more foreign talent into Canadian tech hubs — whether they're from the United States, one of the countries affected by the travel ban, or elsewhere — requires sweeping policy changes.

At this writing, peer - to - peer car sharing is still banned in the state; Getaround's competitor, RelayRides (now called Turo), was fined $ 200,000 in 2013 by the New York Department of Financial Services for noncompliance with insurance regulations.

In the south, Illinois became the first U.S. state to ban the manufacture and sale of products containing microbeads, which will be enacted in 2018.

Le Monde reported comments from protestors in U.S. airports that the ban wasn't «worthy» of the United States.

The company is just starting the matching process on the new platform, but the end goal is the same one stated by CEO Brian Chesky in January, in the wake of Trump's travel ban: Airbnb aims to provide housing for 100,000 people in need over five years.

Late last year, officials in Utah moved to ban Zenefits; the state's insurance commissioner, Todd Kiser, sent a letter to the company calling its business model a violation of state laws.

The ban on backyard fireworks stands (which are illegal in most parts of the state) is constantly being lifted and then reinstated in Galveston, due to varying dryness conditions, and personal fireworks can not be set off on the beach.

Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School traveled to the state Capitol in Tallahassee this week to push lawmakers to ban the sale of all military - style guns like the AR - 15.

It even got banned in the state of Utah after insurance brokers lobbied the Department of Insurance.

The now - repealed U.S. oil export ban dated back to an era of feared fuel shortages after Arab members of OPEC imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for U.S. support of the Israeli military.

Just four states — California, Nevada, Florida and Michigan — and Washington, D.C., have formally opened public streets to testing of self - driving cars, though testing is probably legal nearly everywhere (because it is not expressly banned).

As of January 1, FanDuel is banned in 10 states, including Nevada and Texas, according to Legal Sports Report.

Responding to the ban, Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Sulaiman Al - Jarallah expressed «the keenness of the State of Kuwait to protect the rights of all residents, including the Filipino community, within the framework of the labor laws in force in the State of Kuwait,» according to a government statement translated from Arabic.

It is the latest successful legislative push targeting union power following a Republican sweep of statehouses in 2010, and if Gov. Mitch Daniels signs the bill as expected it will make Indiana the first Rust Belt state to ban contracts that require workers to pay mandatory union fees for representation.

«Belarus is on a special «International Traffic in Arms Regulations» list published by the U.S. State Department, of countries with bans or special restrictions,» Roston writes.

A Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ruled that a challenge to the state's 145 - year - old ban on prostitution may proceed, saying a 2003 Supreme Court ruling opened the door for closer scrutiny of the law.

The presidential order imposed a temporary ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, but a federal judge has barred enforcement of the order while the court considers a challenge brought by Washington state.

A U.S. judge on Thursday granted the state of Hawaii's bid to exempt grandparents and other relatives from President Trump's travel ban.

Syria's President Bashar al - Assad said President Donald Trump's ban on Syrians entering the United States targeted terrorists, not the Syrian people, appearing to defend the logic of the measure in an interview broadcast on Thursday.

The Forum (which has its own Facebook page even though Facebook is banned in China) invites luminaries from around the world — economists, business leaders, former heads of state, and even the occasional journalist — to share their thoughts about the global economy and China's position in it.

Travelers are trying to figure out how to deal with new government rules placing an indefinite ban on electronic devices larger than smartphones from the cabins of commercial aircraft flying to both the United States and the United Kingdom from certain countries.

In Washington state, a group of plaintiffs applying for immigrant visas asked U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle — who suspended the first ban — to stop the new order.

Taking a page from laws creating sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants, a group of lawmakers have submitted a bill that bans California law enforcement from working with federal authorities if they attempt to take action against marijuana grow facilities or dispensaries that operate legally under state law.

Analysts said last week's reversal of a ban on greyhound racing in New South Wales state may have been another motivating factor behind the talks.

«This court should read Section 135 as enforcing a near - absolute civil ban on the use of names belonging to charitable organization or names that are confusingly similar,» Schiller writes in the brief supporting his state court petition.

After openly supporting same - sex marriage and striking down the military's «don't ask, don't tell» policy, the President of the United States also hopes to ban workplace discrimination based on employees» sexual orientation and gender identity.

A Dubai real estate firm building a $ 6 billion golf complex with Donald Trump on Thursday stripped the property of his name and image amid a backlash over the U.S. presidential candidate's proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States.

Republican presidential front - runner Donald Trump said on Wednesday that women who end pregnancies should face punishment if the United States bans abortion, triggering a torrent of criticism from both sides of the abortion debate, including from his White House rivals.

The ban «may not be enforced against foreign nationals who have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.»

The ban comes at a time of heightened tensions between the United States and North Korea, which has been working to develop a nuclear - tipped missile capable of hitting the United States.

Though thick, lavishly illustrated Sunday papers became popular in the United States during the late 19th century as a form of weekend leisure, religious pressure to ban labour and trade on Sundays assured that Saturday papers remained the more popular weekend reading in Canada — something cemented by the passing of the federal Lord's Day Act in 1906.

But the transformation had been in the making since March 2011 when Colbeck and a fellow freshman, state Representative Mike Shirkey, first seriously considered legislation to ban mandatory collection of union dues as a condition of employment in Michigan.

Challengers, including the state of Hawaii and immigrant advocacy organizations, have argued the ban is discriminatory and violates the U.S. Constitution.

Because of the lasting toll it takes on prisoners, President Barack Obama has called on state correction centers to reduce punishment by isolation and banned solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons.

Federal appeals courts in the states of Washington and Virginia are set to hear arguments this week on the legality of President Donald Trump's most recent travel ban, which sharply limits visitors and immigrants from eight countries, six of them Muslim - majority.

Without executive action, the chances of closing the prison would hinge on convincing a resistant Congress to overturn a long - standing ban on bringing possibly dozens of remaining prisoners to maximum - security prisons in the United States.

The co-founder of another platform said they were re-thinking their strategy outside China, and «will shift our focus to markets which are not banning ICOs, but rather trying to put in place higher standards and regulatory supervision» — such as the United States, Canada and Singapore.

In the ensuing months, however, the central reasoning of the case was cited time and again as judges in several states found gay marriage bans unlawful.

This week that threat manifested itself in the form of a regulatory fight: Utah has moved to ban Zenefits from offering its software for free in the state.

Opponents — including the state of Hawaii and civil rights groups — say that both the first ban and the revised ban discriminate against Muslims.

Beyond American borders, only the Australian state of Victoria explicitly bans appearance - based bias.

Well, although a number of states have stringent concealed carry laws, Illinois was the only state in the nation with such a sweeping ban, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

The State Department has published a comprehensive list of Cuban entities now banned from doing business with US citizens.

Also on Thursday, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing that 71 % of American voters — including 55 % of Republican voters — say they oppose the government enforcing federal laws banning marijuana in states that have already legalized the drug for either medical or recreational purposes.

Neither of those convictions would have kept the driver from working for Uber since the company only bans drivers for felonies that have taken place within the past seven years, a stricter criteria than the one used to grant a taxi license in the state of Illinois.