Sentences with phrase «official responsibilities»

Outrageously, some State Police officers told investigators that such joy rides were a longstanding practice and don't interfere with official responsibilities — suggesting this type of risky violation of rules could have been going on across the state for years, the source said.

The vice president has no official responsibilities in government, aside from casting a vote to break a tie in the senate.

Okorocha also expressed regret over the role of Senator Osita Izunaso, whom he said was not able to separate his local and personal political interests from his official responsibilities.

The Supreme Court ruled that while the First Amendment protects the speech of public employees when they are acting «as citizens,» they don't have the same protection for speech when it is spoken «pursuant to... official responsibilities.»

Government employees are eligible only for work outside the scope of their official responsibilities

If jurors only had the official responsibility set out by the trial judge in Stanley, their ethical duties would be straightforward, and very similar to those of a judge — to be impartial, diligent, principled, respectful of equality, and fair in their assessment of the evidence in light of the law set out by the trial judge.