Sentences with phrase «on constitutionality»

The Supreme Court of Vermont has ruled on the constitutionality of the state's tax on lobbying expenses that exceed $ 2,500.

A New York federal court has ruled on the constitutionality of the state's antisolicitation law.

On Thursday, June 28th, the Supreme Court issued its decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The bulk of the oral arguments focused on the constitutionality argument, rather than the RESPA concerns.

The Manitoba Court of Appeal has now ruled on the constitutionality of the Truth in Sentencing provisions.

Advised winery and vintners» association on constitutionality of bill being considered by the California legislature regarding wine labeling that includes brand names indicative of the wine's geographic origin.

There has been a recent spate of court challenges to MMS, particularly those established within the past 10 years, leading to a massive increase in the number of judgments weighing in on the constitutionality of MMS.

The U.S. Supreme Court has recently delivered rulings on the constitutionality of same - sex marriage and funding for the new national Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

The much awaited decision from the Court of Appeal for Ontario in the Bedford case on the constitutionality of various prostitution related sections of the Criminal Code has finally been released.

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I was hoping to get your input on the constitutionality of the bill, in response to your statement that:

The Supreme Court has wrapped up its two - day hearing into the federal government's request that the Court rule on the constitutionality of proposed legislation to create a national securities regulator.

In 2006, the Senate failed to pass Bill S - 4: An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867, requesting reference from the Supreme Court of Canada on its constitutionality.

The U.S. Supreme Court had decided at around 10 am that morning to accept a case from Kentucky (Baze v Rees) in order to rule on the constitutionality of the method of lethal injection as a means of carrying out executions.

Then the Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the scheduled execution of convicted murderer Heliberto Chi, effectively signaling a halt to death by injection in the state until the high court rules on its constitutionality.

In the past, doubts had been expressed by the Privy Council in the 1981 case of Société United Docks & others v Government of Mauritius (Privy Council Appeal Nos 29 of 1983 and 34 of 1982) on the constitutionality of Article 1026 - 9 if it could have the effect of depriving a person of property (i.e. the benefit of an arbitral award) without compensation.

After Ms. Windsor prevailed in District Court, the Obama administration refused to defend the constitutionality of DOMA but also refused to refund Ms. Windsor these funds until there was a definitive court ruling on the constitutionality of Section 3.

The Board refused to consider respondent's constitutional challenge on the ground that, as a quasi-judicial body, it had no authority to pass on the constitutionality of state law.

Recent judicial public funding litigation has centered on the constitutionality of matching fund public financing programs.

Justice Moldaver was of the view that the court should focus on the constitutionality of the Crown's election to proceed by indictment rather than summarily and not on the law itself, at para. 150:

Reference on the constitutionality of proposed federal legislation governing same sex marriage rights.

She represented the plaintiffs in a U.S. Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of legislative prayer in local government bodies and drafted briefs on healthcare issues in the federal courts of appeals.

Back in pre-history (2003 or thereabouts), the federal «Wise Persons» Committee» commissioned not one, but three separate opinions from Bay Street firms on the constitutionality of a proposed federal Canadian Securities Act.

@DaleM There are all sorts of ways that SCOTUS can reverse itself on the constitutionality of statutes previously declared unconstitutional.

Call for papers: «Conference on Constitutionality, powers and legitimacy of EU agencies or agency - like bodies»

On the 12th September 2012, the German Constitutional Court issued its much - expected third judgment on the constitutionality of measures that have been taken at the level of European and international law in response to the ongoing sovereign debt crises in the Eurozone and the crisis of the currency union that resulted thereof.

The Government has stated that it may refer the Act to the Supreme Court of Canada for its opinion on its constitutionality.

Other speakers on the agenda include Utah Attorney General (and 2010 Senate candidate) Mark Shurtleff, whose topic is vaguely described as «Utah's Approach»; Kirk Torgenson, Utah's chief deputy attorney general, speaking on criminal prosecution of polygamy; Utah Legal Clinic attorney Brian M. Barnard on the constitutionality of laws banning polygamy; Salt Lake City criminal - defense lawyer Grant W.P. Morrison on family law and polygamy; and Ken D. Driggs, an Atlanta lawyer and polygamy historian, on legal case histories involving polygamy.

Nevertheless, the trial judge stayed V's obligation and invited submissions on the constitutionality of court hearing fees.

The Supreme Court is also ruling this month on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, which bans same - sex marriage.

However, the court was divided on the constitutionality of s. 213 (1)(c) of the Criminal Code, which prohibits public communication for the purpose of prostitution.

Dr Schuster instituted proceedings on behalf of Ms Oliari and his partner before the courts of Trento (north of Italy) and the Court of Appeal referred the matter on the constitutionality of opposite - sex only marriage to the Constitutional Court in 2009.

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(WSJ Law Blog, Court Rules on Constitutionality of a Mustache)

When judges refer a constitutional question to the SCC, among other requirements, they must explain why their ruling depends on the constitutionality of the provision.

When the Supreme Court was deliberating on the constitutionality of health care reform, I wrote about how successful the Republicans were in creating the reality that led to that moment.

In this instance, Lincoln engages in a debate between himself and his Southern critics on the constitutionality of slavery, a contest that he wins handily.

Oral arguments in the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the earlier ban were scheduled to be heard next month.

Nearly a dozen federal U.S. district courts have also weighed in favorably on the constitutionality of breed - specific laws.

On Thursday morning, the State Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of charter schools in Washington State.

EdChoice Vice President of Programs Leslie Hiner presented findings on the constitutionality of school choice and related issues as part of an EdChoice Research Symposium at the 5th Annual International School Choice and Reform Conference, which this year was part of the 15th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education.

An appellate court in Austin on Thursday, September 24, heard arguments from three open - enrollment charter schools on the constitutionality of Texas Education Code Section 12.115 (c - 1), an automatic revocation provision in Senate Bill 2 passed by the Legislature in 2013.

In an unusual step, the high court did not allow the mid-level Indiana Court of Appeals to review the program and rule on its constitutionality as it almost always does before taking an appeal.

* In the summer of 2016, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of Education Savings Accounts.

The Justices announced their 4 - 4 split on the constitutionality of the statute in a one - sentence decision handed down on March 26.

It is not often that so much is written about so little, but scholars are jostling to have the final word on what we know about vouchers as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on their constitutionality.

Tax credit - funded scholarships, of the sort employed in Georgia, where the state Supreme Court recently ruled on their constitutionality, were favored by 55 percent of respondents.

The justices do not announce in advance which decisions they will release on a given day, so Mr. Bolick hoped each time that a ruling would come on the constitutionality of the Cleveland voucher program.

While voucher opponents emphasized that the high court's refusal to review the case was not a ruling on the constitutionality of vouchers for students in religious schools, some supporters said they were free to interpret the court's action as a «green light» to push for Milwaukee - style plans elsewhere.

Though New Hampshire's supreme court has never ruled on the constitutionality of a school choice program, there have been several, sometimes conflicting, non-binding advisory opinions.