Sentences with phrase «opposed changes to the law»

That conversation is likely to be lively, as teacher unions and many local school boards have opposed changes to the law in the past.

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If the financial connection to China, a country whose government typically opposes transparency and political dissent, seems problematic, Hwang isn't concerned: «If anything, we are informing the public about upcoming changes in laws as well as the decision makers behind it, emboldening affected parties to act up and speak up if necessary,» he said.

Those pushing for change are dismissed as quixotic, he argues, and those who oppose new laws aren't forced to defend their positions.

and at the time of jesus moses gallileo newton charles darwin, people opposed them but ultimately the same people bowed to their eternal truth, so norm is man made not natural and it changes from time to time, the only thing which is self reliant and unchanging is mother nature, so Sikh faith is not a ritualistic dumb faith, indeed it's a lifestyle which tells to «Respect and follow The Laws of Nature and not to destroyy the beauty of nature».

In chiding Justice Kennedy he wrote: «It is one thing for a society to elect change; it is another for a court of law to impose change by adjudging those who oppose it hostis humani generis, enemies of the human race.»

While most wouldn't stretch to making meteorological predictions, many Christians were openly opposed to the change in the law.

What Brodsky was referring to was actually a series of press releases from the state DAs Association, which vehemently opposed, and lobbied to block, drug law reform both in 2004 when the first changes were signed into law by then - Gov.

Conservatism, broadly, is a way of looking at the world that favors conserving or slowly reforming existing laws and tradition as opposed to rapid or ideologically based change.

The Tory side of the Coalition will almost unanimously, apart from the uber - modernisers, oppose Lords» reform and the Liberal Democrats will oppose changes to employment law.

On same sex marriage for example, he says that he opposes it, but that he will not seek to change New York's law (engineered by Governor Cuomo) because «it was done the right way», i.e. by legislative action.

Today, however, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced his intention to oppose changing state law to allow his Lousiana citizens to qualify for the second two unemployment provisions.

However, the Conservative»» coalition partners remain fiercely opposed to any changes to the current law and Chris Huhne, the Lib Dem energy secretary, said: «If Conservative backbenchers persist in wanting to tear up the European Convention on Human Rights, then I can foresee a time when this party would be extremely uncomfortable in coalition.»

Interestingly enough, the governor pivoted from opposing any changes to his teacher evaluation law to suggesting there may be tweaks in store during the post-budget session in order to accommodate Common Core implementation concerns.

Traditionalists oppose this law, because they don't think we should change the way things are when things seem to be working just fine.

That was only the start of an ambitious list — ambitious because Senate Republicans have almost religiously sided with real estate groups that donate generously to their party's candidates; ambitious because the laws are not set to sunset and be vigorously reviewed until 2015; and ambitious because real estate interests have generally opposed these sorts of changes.

But it also came after Flanagan pledged to enact some changes to the gun control law, which is deeply opposed by gun - rights advocates, who are skeptical of the Long Islander's leadership in the chamber given his vote in favor of the SAFE Act in 2013.

In January 2006 he criticised Westminster MPs over the introduction of civil partnerships in the UK, and Holyrood members over the liberalisation of divorce laws in Scotland, [82] In July 2006 he opposed proposals to change the law which would require Catholic adoption agencies to place children with homosexuals in the same way as with heterosexuals, calling them totalitarian.

New York City's rent regulation laws expire this year and it will be up to the state, as opposed to the city, to extend and make any changes to the laws.

The debate came after a row over plans to change fox hunting laws in England and Wales, with a vote being axed after the SNP said it would oppose the move.

Both Planned Parenthood and New York State Right to Life opposed the referendum, fearing changes in abortion law that would not be to their liking.

While Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and much of the Albany establishment opposed the measure, many good - government types said a constitutional convention would be the best way to break down institutional corruption in Albany by forcing changes in campaign finance and ethics laws that state legislature would never approve.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

We also most strongly urge lawmakers to oppose changes in the PA charter law that would allow charter schools to expand without the approval of local school boards.

Only State Superintendent Torlakson can't even bring himself to a Lincoln position of saying publicly he opposes charter schools but will follow the charter laws until they change.

When they must oppose another person or group — for example, in lobbying for a change to an ordinance or state law — they do it on the merits of the issue, without resorting to name calling or righteous indignation.

In compliance with the French law dated 6th January 1978 on information technology and data protection, Members have the right to access, query, change, and oppose the use of stored personal information about them for legitimate reasons or, in particular, to oppose commercial prospection.

Those who oppose climate change regulation want to win the public relations game because without public support no climate change laws will be made.

The opponents of climate change policies have largely succeeded in opposing proposed climate change law and policy by claiming that government action on climate change should be opposed because: (1) it will impose unacceptable costs on national economics or specific industries and destroy jobs, (2) there is too much scientific uncertainty to warrant government action, or (3) it would be unfair and ineffective for nations like the United States to adopt expensive climate policies as long as China or India fail to adopt serious greenhouse gas emissions reductions policies.

The opponents of climate change policies have succeeded in opposing proposed climate change law and policy by claiming that government action on climate change should be opposed because: (1) it will impose unacceptable costs on national economics or specific industries and destroy jobs, (2) there is too much scientific uncertainty to warrant government action, or (3) it would be unfair and ineffective for nations like the United States to adopt expensive climate policies as long as China or India fail to adopt serious greenhouse gas emissions reductions policies.

Actually, the relevant «law» is not the ever rising entropic «heat death» of the universe from CO2, but instead is Le Châtelier's principle for a reaction in physical chemistry: the disturbance of the equilibrium of greenhouse gases H2O and CO2 by CO2 injections acts to oppose the change to the equilibrium, and thus to cancel out the effect on temperature from the increase in CO2.

Government leaders from Poland's conservative Law and Justice Party actively oppose the European Union's climate change targets, even as other countries are aggressively moving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.

In fact, all the Center's work to fight global warming — from petitioning and litigating for warming - threatened species to enforcing key laws like the California Environmental Quality Act to opposing too - low national fuel economy standards — have played an enormous role in putting climate change on the political map, making it that much harder for those who would deny it to suppress the truth.

While efforts are being made by some law schools to change their curriculums to graduate «practice ready» students, the great majority of «lawyer training» (as opposed to «legal education») occurs in an attorney's first few years of practice.

That said, my next Slaw contribution, unless the draft changes, will seek to argue that the idea of law publishing business, as opposed to law publishing, has run its course.

The dean and I worked together to try to bring about positive changes to the law school, however, in the end there were forces that were fiercely opposed to any change.»

On at least three different occasions during the hour and a half negotiation either I or the opposing attorney asked for language in the agreement based on nothing more than our clear expectation that the family court judges could not be expected to follow case law on what is a change of circumstances or not giving precedential value to a temporary order at the final hearing.

«The proposal to change the name of American Association of Law Libraries to the Association for Legal Information has failed by a vote of 1998 (80.11 percent) opposed, to 496 (19.89 percent) in favor.

The petition was not opposed by the Alberta Government, and Justice Paul Belzil gave the province one year to work out certain exemptions before the change becomes law.

But he says he opposes the changes to existing law, which redefine what constitutes a frivolous lawsuit and make it easier for judges to dismiss them.

However, I am not opposed to considering lesser changes such as: (1) relaxing some of the fee - sharing restrictions currently imposed on multi-disciplinary partnerships, (2) permitting law firms to use other types of corporations besides professional corporations, or (3) permitting long - time employees of a law firm to have a small ownership interest in a law firm, at least while they are employed by that firm.

To my mind, the most telling result is this: The survey asked Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) to rate how much pressure corporations are putting on law firms to change the value proposition in legal service delivery, as opposed to simply cutting costs..To my mind, the most telling result is this: The survey asked Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) to rate how much pressure corporations are putting on law firms to change the value proposition in legal service delivery, as opposed to simply cutting costs..to rate how much pressure corporations are putting on law firms to change the value proposition in legal service delivery, as opposed to simply cutting costs..to change the value proposition in legal service delivery, as opposed to simply cutting costs..to simply cutting costs....

And secondly, as a practical matter, ironically one of the ways of keeping businesses small, making it just say mom - and - pop stores as opposed to Marijuana, Inc is to not change any of the banking laws.

The judgment is also notable for a postscript by Mummery LJ (and a short concurring judgment by Thomas LJ) pointing out that there are compelling arguments of policy as to whether or not agency workers should have employment rights against the end - user, but stating that litigants should not have unrealistic expectations as to what the courts (as opposed to Parliament) can do to change the law.

This is a decision of great constitutional importance — the reiteration that Parliament is sovereign and has the power to decide upon changes in UK law, as opposed to the government using the historic royal prerogative power.

The proposed changes to the auto insurance laws are being vehemently opposed by the Michigan Democrats.

To identify elected officials who oppose changing the law.

I was at first strongly opposed to any presumptions in Canadian child custody law but over the years my views began to change as I read more and listened more.

In the Board of Directors meeting Saturday, those opposed to the change suggested both sending the proposal back to the MLS committee and changing the AVM data feed requirement so that it would only apply in states where disclosure of sales price is mandated by state law.