Sentences with phrase «on public grounds»

Finally, Justice Alito disagreed with the majority's focus on the speech having taken place on public property, noting that Courts have often condemned defamatory speech or «fighting words» even when they occur on public grounds.

Report your accident to the supervisor of a public building if your accident took place on public grounds.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After - school religious clubs appear to be the next venture of a national group that sought to install a statue of Satan outside two state capitols to protest Christian monuments on public grounds.

A commission appointed by the mayor is examining whether controversial historical figures honored with monuments on public grounds are «oppressive and inconsistent with the values of New York City» — and subject to possible removal or alteration.

Established in 1978, the Southold tree committee works to keep trees along streets and on public grounds to «preserve and enhance the beauty of the environment for the benefit of its citizens and future generations.»

They are boycotting to protest the mayor's 18 - member panel charged with identifying monuments on public grounds deemed «oppressive and inconsistent with the values of New York City.»

If 100 years ago America had built an amusement park on public grounds and paid for its operation with tax dollars called «Bible Land» that featured all the bible stories and exemplified Christs teachings we could say that amusement park was founded on Christian principles, It is a Christian amusement park.

They will sue to block a religious symbol from being put up on public grounds (the WTC is owned by the Port Authority of NY and NJ, therefore, public grounds).

One should not display symbols of a single religion on public grounds.

Along with the «peace - bond» came the rider that he was not permitted - on public grounds - near the mosque, or on the mosque grounds proper, for three years, unless he had the - specific - approval of the mosque imam (even to be on otherwise PUBLIC grounds.)

The head of the Church of Satan has told CNN he does not approve of the idea of a Satanist statue on public grounds.

Not exact matches

The specific legal grounds for the Texas coalition's challenge to the remaining DACA program are that it violates the Constitution's direction for the president to execute the nation's laws, that it was adopted without allowing the public an advance chance to comment on it, and that it exceeds presidential power under federal immigration laws and is thus illegal.

 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).

My former colleague Ryan T. Anderson has a piece today on The Public Discourse in which he outlines how Princeton's Anscombe Society has had success in responding to the hook - up culture on college campuses: by arguing for chastity, marriage, and the family on rational grounds.

Catharine Beecher, sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, argued against women's suffrage on the grounds that «women could influence public affairs very satisfactorily without recourse to the ballot box, by the simple expedient of influencing the opinions and outlook of those who did have the vote — their husbands and sons» (Reay Tannahill, Sex in History, [Stein & Day], 1980, p. 389).

He also came to oppose the long - established practice of employing chaplains at public expense in the House of Representatives and Senate on the grounds that it violated the separation of church and state and the principles of religious freedom **.

Now it takes little reflection to see that most major problems of ecclesial and political controversy have always been and will continue to be divergent and not convergent ones; accordingly, there is an especially vexing irony in the fact that those who want to find a «mainstream» position on the Big Issues are almost always those who are committed on other grounds to a pluralist or relativist stance in matters of public debate.

I think that public policy in a pluralistic system (which can not be based on the mere belief of a citizen, since by definition it can not give precedence to any belief) must be justified only on utilitarian grounds.

My first encounter with the «backlash» you mentioned took place in the mid-90's when John Piper launched a public crusade to get me fired from Bethel University and to have my church kicked out of the Baptist General Conference on the grounds that I was a «heretic.»

By striking down religious exercises in the public schools on the grounds that they were an establishment of religion and therefore in violation of the First Amendment.

He would also come to oppose the long - established practice of employing chaplains at public expense in the House of Representatives and Senate on the grounds that it violated the separation of church and state and the principles of religious freedom.

Like posting religious edicts on state public grounds?

If not disqualified on grounds of religion, legislation and other forms of public business may be disqualified on grounds of insufficiently «secular» motivation.

Virtually every Christian public ethic that justifies behavior that runs counter to the example and teaching of Jesus does it on the grounds of «responsibility.»

The authorities denied access to this forum on the grounds that allowing the Klan to use the public square in this way would implicate the government in the hatred and violence symbolically associated with the Klan's cross «burnings.

At the time, a Home Office spokesman said: «The Home Secretary has the power to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good or if their exclusion is justified on public policy grounds.

Located on the front picnic grounds at the beautiful Maurice Car» rie Winery are craft vendors with wares that are handmade such as jewelry, paintings, and ceramics along with fun items like great handbags and designer - style sunglasses Open to the public, free admission

In Australia it is possible for parties to apply to have a merger «authorised» on public benefit grounds, notwithstanding it might otherwise contravene the prohibition in s 50 of the Act.

The ACCC's warning shot prompted Murray Goulburn to test 2007 merger authorisation legislation for the first time by going straight to the tribunal for merger approval on public benefits grounds.

Briefly the Tribunal has the power to authorise a proposed merger / acquisition (s 95AT) on public benefit grounds, provided satisfied that the «proposed acquisition would...

Secondary reductions in consumption may occur from the negative publicity surrounding sugar sweetened drinks, resulting from either the continuing debate about legislation or the stigma attached to public awareness of a special tax on health grounds.

The ACCC dismissed the complaint on the grounds that the advertisement did not contain inaccuracies and the public would be aware that the product was not healthy.

These grounds had been built for a generation of fans that didn't drive, or even rely on public transport overly much, and so they were placed carefully in the middle of residential areas full of narrow streets and terraced houses.

On the lee slope of Mauna Kea, where the grasslands burnished by the sun are interspersed with brush and clumps of mamani trees, public hunting grounds stretch from 6,000 feet elevation up over the volcanic rubble that caps Mauna Kea at 13,800 feet.

The developers will unveil their latest plans to the public during an open house from 4 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, at the Pre-Emption House on the grounds of Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St.

While California banned smoking near playgrounds and on beaches years ago, Deerfield made the first such foray in Illinois in 2005, restricting smoking in parks, open space, school grounds and public sidewalks within 25 feet of an entrance.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is threatening to sue McDonald's on the grounds that the use of Happy Meals toys lures children into consuming unhealthful food.

Each public school that is a member of the Florida High School Athletic Association must have an operational automated external defibrillator on the school grounds.

Article 11 (2) In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures: (a) To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave and discrimination in dismissals on the basis of marital status; (b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances; (c) To encourage the provision of necessary supporting social services to enable parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities and participation in public life

In the context of limited health budgets, on epidemiological and ethical grounds treatment approaches are in most situations a less rational public health investment than approaches that prevent SAM and other types of malnutrition.

As Pastor MacArthur has said: «It appears rather obvious on biblical grounds that Mr. Ezzo's refusal to heed his own church's discipline disqualifies him from Christian leadership or public ministry in any context.

Theresa May already had the power to revoke British citizenship if someone's presence is not «conducive to the public good» or if they have obtained British nationality by fraudulent means, but she was not able to remove citizenship on conducive grounds if it left someone stateless.

MPs are due to debate the second reading of the EU amendment bill, in which Mr Davidson planned to insert an amendment calling for the bill to be thrown out on the grounds of lack of public consent.

It was mostly the fact that Khodorkovsky had retained his moral stance and did not «break» by appealing for clemency on the grounds of admission of guilt, that attracted public sympathy.

The Ministerial veto, however, only applies to «public interest» notices - it does not apply in cases where the Information Commissioner has ordered disclosure on the grounds of misapplication of the exemptions or the prejudice test.

The government hopes to hand control of many public services to religious groups, while at the same time allowing them to discriminate on religious grounds against staff and service users.

There have been suggestions ministers could scupper the takeover on the grounds that it is not in the UK's public interest to allow Pfizer to take control of the British - Swedish firm.

The EEA agreement already contains clauses (28 (3) and 33) allowing for limitations to be placed on the free movement of workers and self - employed persons «on grounds of public policy, public security or public health».

He wrote to the Smith Commission: «The argument some use to justify our exclusion on the grounds that we currently have no «parliamentary representation» fails to appreciate that the referendum was not a parliamentary process, but an unprecedented public debate that resulted in an extraordinary level of engagement from all sections of society.»

We find it very bizarre that the Hon. Attorney - General, Ms Gloria Akufo, who assured the entire citizenry of her commitment to fairness and strict adherence to ethical principles at her vetting not too long ago, will claim that she exercised the said constitutional discretion on grounds merely that there was a lack of evidence to prosecute the case in question when indeed, the Siting Judge, Court Clerks, Court Bailiffs, Court Warrant Officers (CWOs), Journalists as well as notable public figures in whose presence the said court was physically attacked and the accused persons freed, are alive and available to be interviewed and evidence taken from same.