Sentences with phrase «other civil issues»

The ADR section of the Boulder Bar is a group of Colorado attorneys committed to non-adversarial alternatives to litigation, including mediation, for out - of - court settlement of Colorado divorce, family, neighborhood, community or other civil issues.

While in Georgia, John volunteered with Georgia Legal Services, where he provided advice and legal help with wills, estates and other civil issues for individuals who could not afford legal representation.

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The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

According to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), a firm has to procure a court order before repossessing a vehicle belonging to a member of the military, a law that was established to protect soldiers and other military personnel from having to deal with legal issues while they're actively serving.

Some of the demonstrations, which are also celebrated under the International Workers» Day banner, reflected cultural traditions, and many others were a rallying cry for equal rights, equal pay, and a renewed focus on social, environmental and civil - rights issues.

Cook has long been known for his advocacy for LGBT rights and other civil rights issues.

Advocates have portrayed the District of Columbia measure as a civil rights issue, saying studies have shown that African Americans are disproportionately more likely to be arrested on marijuana charges than are people of other races.

When two people live in a committed relationship for decades and some hospital functionary bars one from visiting the other in the hospital because they can't marry and hence are technically unrelated in the eyes of the law, that is a civil rights issue.

They were wrong on slavery, voting rights, civil rights and a slew of other issues.

While glad to see the change of attitude among conservative Christians with respect to gay civil rights and acceptance of gays as human beings, some persons were troubled over other aspects of the issue.

It is identical to racial issues: civil and church laws need to protect the truth about the equal dignity of all races because that truth allows us to treat others as persons.

On some Israeli causes they will find their best allies in dispensational premillennial fundamentalism, while on issues of civil liberties and other causes they will coalesce with moderate - to - liberal Protestants.

Tony... you forgot so many others... U.S. civil war (slavery), War of 1812 (left over issues form A.R.), Korea (communist expansion), Vietnam (communist expansion), Mexican - American war (imperialism — texas too good to pass up), and the list goes on.

tradition hard to break.the tradition of marriage is older and more meaningful than any other we know it crosses all religions and non religions, and races and cultures.it won't change easy.calling it something else for some people may make it easier to change.but what about those people who want that time tested tradition for themselves for their own self worth.it is a civil right give it to them today.this issues has divided my community as much as any other, but as we have fought to gain right after right, we have lost sight that all deserve the right of freedom of happiness.No gayness here, just can't fight the battle to keep someone down after being held down

In 2001, in a decision that side - stepped the religious liberties issue, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that he did not need to perform the ceremony because there were other civil servants who would.

In 2015, the Congressional - Executive Commission on China (CECC) documented a that the Chinese government continues to «silence dissent, suppress human rights advocacy, and control civil society,» resulting in oppression that's «broader in scope than any other period documented since the Commission started issuing Annual Reports in 2002.»

The NFL Players» Union issued a statement defending its members right to free speech, saying «It is a source of enormous pride that some of the best conversations about these issues have taken place in our locker rooms in a respectful, civil and thoughtful way that should serve as a model for how all of us can communicate with each other.

They were killed because they supported the liberating theology and dignity of the base Christian communities; they named social injustice, not communism or outside subversive influence, as the root cause of the crisis (revolution in their view was inevitable unless issues of poverty and social inequality were adequately addressed); they promoted a negotiated settlement to Salvador's civil war, including a significant role for the FMLN and other popular organizations; and, they named U.S. policy as a fundamental obstacle to peace in El Salvador.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

It is our hope that the present comparative treatment will deepen the understanding of American civil religion at the same time it opens up issues that can be explored in many other societies.

Baby Milk Action refused to do this on the basis that it and other civil society organisations were already campaigning on the issues and Nestlé had published its own responses on websites and elsewhere.

He aims to inform the public, liaise with other members of the academic community, work with civil society actors engaged in arms control and partner with governments to discuss the moral issues introduced by new technology and collaborate on design proposals.

The Government responded by temporarily detaining one civil society leader and issuing arrest warrants for other activists.

Davis has taken more conservative stances on some other civil liberties issues, having repeatedly voted to restrict abortion, fertility treatment, embryo research and LGBT rights.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and other Republicans say they take issue with the look - back window included in the Assembly bill, which creates a one - year period during which survivors of past abuse can bring civil suits for decades - old allegations.

Overall, it seems to me that the LD defence of «achieving what we could with the power we had» is probably quite defensible on civil liberties, on green issues, on political reform; on libel reform, perhaps the EU for now, and perhaps other issues.

«Isn't this part of a much bigger issue which is there is growing anger in what she calls the court of public opinion not just about the pension and renumeration of what are now public sector employees but about other public sector fat cats including senior civil servants and dare I say it ministers about their very lavish and generous pension?»

The rejected newsletters come as residents in the state's other main facility, the Central New York Psychiatric Center in Marcy, are saying that they've been banned from participating in monthly conference calls where civil commitment issues are discussed with Bowers and other prison reform advocates.

He's a natural Lib Dem, committed to winning over the «urban intelligentsia» and chasing the government on civil liberties, the Iraq war and other classic orange issues.

His reputation is not solid with respect to support of the Democratic Party nor our issues, nor other civil rights issues we care about.

Members of the union will join firefighters, civil servants and local government staff in the protest on Thursday, part of a dispute over pay and other issues.

He defended his vote when asked about it at debates and other appearances, saying same - sex marriage was an issue of civil rights.

NEW YORK, NY (04/04/2018)(readMedia)-- ICYMI: last week as lawmakers negotiated the final NYS budget, which ultimately exculded early voting and other election reforms, civil rights leaders issued the following statements:

The Scottish National party issued its own ultimatum to other parties by publishing in full the recommendations made by former civil servant Sir Thomas.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his Election Day hotline, 800-771-7755, will help people facing language issues, polling place barriers and other potential civil rights problems.

And whilst it is welcome to have Liberal Democrat support on spending cuts and on certain civil liberties issues, and whilst we could well have compromised with the Liberal Democrats on a number of other issues, we didn't need a coalition and if a referendum on AV was the price of formal coalition we should never have agreed to it.

At a June 17th hearing exploring our current bail system, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued these, among other findings, to the NYC Council Committee on Courts and Legal Services:

«It's one of the things we're investigating, where other municipalities are treating these issues as civil and not criminal.»

The first aerial assessment of the impact of South Sudan's current civil war on the country's wildlife and other natural resources shows that significant wildlife populations have so far survived, but poaching and commercial wildlife trafficking are increasing, as well as illegal mining, timber harvesting and charcoal production, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said in a report issued today.

This stands in contrast to the U.S. Congress, where from the 1930s through the 1960s, many Southern legislators voted for progressive - minded economic legislation such as Social Security and other New Deal laws that expanded the role of government, while maintaining a much more conservative outlook on social issues, most prominently civil rights.

Like other weeklies of the time, the Scientific American covered the Civil War extensively, with a lengthy section of each issue devoted to reports of the latest skirmishes and assessments of the situation — including naval activities along the coast.

Being an international conference dedicated to science and knowledge, World Science Forum shall give participants the possibility to exchange their views regarding - among others - the relationship between science and society, the importance and relevance of science for Society, its future, the related financing issues as well as its relationship to political and civil institutions.

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The issue arises fairly often for school administrators and other government officials sued under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1871, a Reconstruction - era law that is frequently the basis for suits alleging that government officials have deprived someone of...

«This is a civil rights and a human rights issue,» Kamras said pointing out that education shouldn't have to do with a student's zip code, skin color, gender, status, or any other label.

In a «Dear Colleague» letter released last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) issued guidance for schools on avoiding discrimination against students on the basis of race when administering school disciplinary policies, and warned that if minority students are subject to disciplinary actions at a higher rate than other students, schools could be faulted for civil - rights violations.

Professor Gary Orfield is Professor of Education and Social Policy and founding Co-Director of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University is the author of many books and articles on school desegregation and other civil rights issues and his work was cited by the Supreme Court in its recent decision on affirmative acCivil Rights Project at Harvard University is the author of many books and articles on school desegregation and other civil rights issues and his work was cited by the Supreme Court in its recent decision on affirmative accivil rights issues and his work was cited by the Supreme Court in its recent decision on affirmative action.

For nearly a half - century in the U.S. Senate, Mr. Kennedy was a steadfast champion of the working class and the poor, and a powerful liberal voice on health care, civil rights, and other issues, as well as education.

The launch of edweek.org in 1996 ushered EPE into the Digital Age and created a platform for the evolution of its Education Week flagship publication into an integrated print - digital news organization that provides distinctive staff - written original reporting, a forum for a lively but civil exchange of opinion on education issues, an unequaled online archive of 30 - plus years of education coverage, high - quality content from news and information partners, interactive databases, and a host of video, multimedia, and other features that clarify complex points of policy and bring the stories of American schools, educators, students, and parents to life.

The issues they commonly support are quite controversial with criticism of the NEA coming from some other education and civil rights groups, but the organization's spirit is the right one — to attempt to reach across the ideological divide.