Sentences with phrase «other constitutional issues»

Well - versed in creating videos, podcasts, infographics and how - tos Helped with legal filings in [name of case] Performed significant legwork in [name of case] In top five percent of class at Achme Law School President of the Women's Law Club at Achme Law School Marketing and communications background Experience Legal Outreach Intern 6/1/2015 — 8/1/2015 Jackson Free Speech Organization — Philadelphia, PA Worked with area teachers to develop lesson plans for free speech and other constitutional issues.

He also has successfully briefed numerous 42 U.S.C. section 1942 and other constitutional issues in California and Oregon.

We shall also face other constitutional issues.

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[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

The symbolic nature of the struggle is stated succinctly in Roman's discussion of the 1917 constitutional congress: «Although other arguments were also used against the clergy, the issue returned time and again to the saving and the building of the nation and to destroying the ideological domination of the church» (italics added).55 Article 3.

(10) While this «Position paper» (and others since issued) does not hold the constitutional status of the Statement of Fundamental Truths approved by the AGs highest body, the biennial General Council in session (typically four to nine thousand voters), the paper does bear the approval of the (roughly two hundred man - no women) General and Executive Presbyteries all of whom are elected by General Council membership.

In addition to the six specified issues discussed above, the Convention was given the power to consider and report on any other relevant constitutional amendments — and has been given two further weekends in February 2014 to deal with other issues.

[1] The manifesto text does say that reform of the second chamber and consideration of the role of English MPs is scrutinising English legislation are «part of the Constitutional Convention process» (my emphasis), implying that there might be other issues for the convention to consider.

Q: Why doesn't our policy statement include broader support for all the other issues good Democrats should care about, ie, Constitutional right to choice, Constitutional right to marriage equality, Constitutional ban on guns everywhere, Constitutional right to free college, etc?

[i] «The manifesto text does say that reform of the second chamber and consideration of the role of English MPs is scrutinising English legislation are «part of the Constitutional Convention process» (my emphasis), implying that there might be other issues for the convention to consider.

DiNapoli also suggested a separate constitutional amendment to ban public authorities and other entities from issuing state - funded debt, allow bond acts to be considered by voters in the same year and require all state - funded debt to be issued by the state comptroller after it's approved by voters.

Senator George Sekibo (PDP, Rivers) in a motion said the Senate as an institution should not join issues with individuals in the other arms of government, saying the issue was a Constitutional matter.

And that «if payments have been made to the 2nd and 3rd Defendants under agreements other the two * dated 26th April 2006 *, which were terminated, issues relating to those payments would have to be determined in a forum other than this Court (Supreme Court) and in a different action, since they do not come within the issue of constitutional interpretation raised by the Plaintiff's writ».

Connecticut and 15 other states voted in support of a constitutional amendment to address this issue.

However, those behind nypeoplesconvention.org — led by the good - government group Effective NY — say there is no risk to constitutional labor protections in holding a convention, and other issues supported by unions could be addressed through the amendment process.

UFT members from Districts 13, 14 and 17 as well as high schools from those areas heard UFT President Michael Mulgrew speak about the proposed federal education budget cuts, the attack on unions by far - right privatization advocates, the dangers to hard - won benefits if a state constitutional convention is held in 2018 and other pressing issues.

Some judges side with the state on almost all criminal issues, while others consistently enforce individual rights and constitutional constraints on government power.

In the opinion of some critics, vouchers raise the constitutional issues of separation of church and state when public funds are given to parochial and other religious schools.

Characterizing its practice as a «general practice for a specialized clientele,» the firm provides legal advice and expertise to handle any and all needs of a school district, including fair dismissal personnel issues, allegations of employment discrimination and EEOC complaints, other personnel disputes, student discipline issues, student tribunal hearings, civil rights claims, personal injury actions, federal and state constitutional claims and other litigation, special education and other legal issues involving disabled students, contracts, leases and other business needs, policy and rule development, construction disputes, bond and SPLOST issues and other financial matters.

Providing a general law practice for a specialized clientele, Harben, Hartley & Hawkins meets all of the legal needs of school districts including: fair dismissal personnel issues, allegations of employment discrimination and EEOC complaints, other personnel disputes, student discipline issues, student tribunal hearings, civil rights claims, personal injury actions, federal and state constitutional claims and other litigation, special education and other legal issues involving disabled students, contracts, leases and other business needs, policy and rule development, construction disputes, bond and SPLOST issues and other financial matters.

Courts in Colorado and Florida have struck down voucher programs on other state constitutional grounds, frustrating the hopes of voucher proponents to frame the issue as one of religious intolerance.]

But creating such divisions will raise, among other issues, difficult constitutional issues as to mandatory provincial representation by designated numbers of justices on the Supreme Court of Canada.

As Justice Stratas put it to the attendees, should Canada ever be gripped by some form of threat or disorder, leading the government to abridge the civil liberties of many Canadians, do we want the judge deciding the constitutionality of the government's action to be able to turn to a body of constitutional law «based on fundamental principles, consistently applied over decades» — in other words, «settled legal doctrine» — or do we want the judge deciding the issue based upon «her or his own worldview?»

The district court's decision runs contrary to decisions in other parts of the country, and raises serious constitutional issues.

The Litigation Center also regularly participates in cases that present important constitutional questions regarding the separation of powers, due process rights, unreasonable searches and seizures, property rights, federal preemption under the Supremacy Clause, free speech, and many other issues.

Committee members asked tough questions about whether legislative changes are needed, deference to decisions made by other law societies, national mobility issues and constitutional issues about freedom of religion and equality.

I have already said that agreement on a process whereby a Bill of Rights would be entrenched in the constitution will raise other basic constitutional issues.

Studies on other major constitutional issues, such as treaty - making powers and related international matters, are very well advanced.

Other Issues pertaining to EU Law: Recognising the Constitutional nature of the EU legal order?

I agree with Simon C on the constitutional issue — but there are provinces, including Ontario, with big enough populations that if there was a solution to the issue, they could do it on their own, or with informal or even formal collaboration with others.

For instance, the Venice Commission, an organ of the Council of Europe whose purpose is to provide legal advice in the field on constitutional law, issued an Opinion no. 523/2009 on the retroactivity of statutes of limitations, making clear that other approaches were possible.

He has also written numerous other articles and delivered speeches, primarily on international law and constitutional issues.

Despite these issues, it has to be said that the court managed to maintain the delicate balance between the necessity of keeping the crisis containment measures functional for the sake of the currency union on the one hand and constitutional limits and democratic requirements on the other hand.

«He is much more an Anti-federalist where state and national authority clash, more libertarian on issues such as gun control, and much tighter on some matters as the rights of the criminally accused than I... «We, however, agree on other important issues, such as finding no constitutional barrier to bans on late term abortions and requiring spousal and parental notification of impending abortions.»

It does, however, leave the door ajar to certain other challenges, ranging from constitutional due process issues associated with the AIA and PTAB procedures, to jurisdictional issues.

Robert's focus is serving the needs of First Nations, aboriginal organizations and individuals and assisting others who have difficult constitutional or public law issues.

Professor Magnet is featured prominently in the recently - released Federalism for the Future: Essential Reforms along with other well - regarded experts on constitutional law and federalism issues, including G.A. Beaudoin, Benoit Pelletier, Gordon Robertson, and John Trent.

Finally, the district courts have been granted constitutional authority to issue the extraordinary writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, quo warranto, and habeas corpus, as well as all other writs necessary to the complete exercise of their jurisdiction.

On recent redistricting fireworks in Pennsylvania — which are being decided under that state's constitution, and thus do not directly affect the federal constitutional issue or the situation in other states — see Nate Cohn, Matthew Bloch and Kevin Quealy, New York Times and Dave Wasserman, Cook Political Report.

BLAG's zealous advocacy in support of Section 3, along with the myriad other cases winding their way through the federal courts challenging that section, convinced a majority of the Supreme Court to address the constitutional issue.

Henry tries cases before judges, juries and arbitrators and successfully conducts mediations on a variety of construction projects and issues, as well as on other commercial disputes including public procurement cases addressing constitutional issues.

Julian undertakes advisory and judicial review work in the field of public and constitutional law for central and local government, other public authorities, and individuals, and has been instructed for and against government on issues of major public importance.

Four of the seven SCC judges reached the decision which was released July 31, while the other three declined to deal with the issue, ruling the constitutional argument shouldn't be considered because Julie Guindon, the lawyer who launched the appeal, failed to give proper notice to federal and provincial authorities.

Other legal issues trickled in over time, with constitutional law cases at the end.

Constitutionalism, for instance, means that the province can not prevent litigants from asserting constitutional claims (the very issue decided in Amax Potash and Air Canada), which the hearing fees will do in some cases, or for that matter from asserting their claims under federal law, which they will do in others.

The conference will take up such issues as the nature of domestic and international crimes committed; which high - level Bush officials, including Federal judges and Members of Congress, are chargeable with war crimes; which foreign and domestic tribunals can be used to prosecute them; and the setting up of an umbrella coordinating committee with representatives of legal groups concerned about the war crimes such as the Center for Constitutional Rights, ACLU, among others.

In addition to our nationwide litigation experience representing businesses in sophisticated contract, construction and employment matters, we have successfully represented municipalities, other public entities, insurance carriers, their insureds, and private clients in many other areas of law, including legal and accounting professional liability, medical malpractice, construction defects and related surety and performance bond issues, commercial litigation, employment discrimination (L.A.D. and A.D.A.), products liability, Civil Rights § § 1983 and 1985 and other Constitutional claims, environmental and general insurance coverage, E.R.I.S.A., first party C.E.R.C.L.A. and I.S.R.A. actions and general negligence.

1) we agree to disagree:) 2) supremacy of EU law for the EU system is the equivalent of the hard core of constitutional values that some national Courts defend against EU (and ECHR)- it is not a matter of «legitimacy» or «patriotism» but of using a «lower rank» instrument (accession treaty) to interfere with a treaty rule: the identical issue is for States who have a «rigid» constitution (alike the Treaty binds the CIEU): the accession treaty to ECHR or EU has a «lower rank» than the Constitution itself, so that the national Constitutional Court can not accept it can derogate to a higher ranking rule - usually they will find a way to reconcile the «construction» of the two set of rules, but if they are requested of an opinion on the point of principle, they will always say that in the very end, if all other paths have been explored to avoid the conflict, eventually it is the Constitution and neither ECHR nor EUwconstitutional values that some national Courts defend against EU (and ECHR)- it is not a matter of «legitimacy» or «patriotism» but of using a «lower rank» instrument (accession treaty) to interfere with a treaty rule: the identical issue is for States who have a «rigid» constitution (alike the Treaty binds the CIEU): the accession treaty to ECHR or EU has a «lower rank» than the Constitution itself, so that the national Constitutional Court can not accept it can derogate to a higher ranking rule - usually they will find a way to reconcile the «construction» of the two set of rules, but if they are requested of an opinion on the point of principle, they will always say that in the very end, if all other paths have been explored to avoid the conflict, eventually it is the Constitution and neither ECHR nor EUwConstitutional Court can not accept it can derogate to a higher ranking rule - usually they will find a way to reconcile the «construction» of the two set of rules, but if they are requested of an opinion on the point of principle, they will always say that in the very end, if all other paths have been explored to avoid the conflict, eventually it is the Constitution and neither ECHR nor EUwhich prevails.

Bank of Montreal v. Marcotte et al. 2014 SCC 55 Banks and Banking — Constitutional Law — Consumer Law — Creditors and Debtors — Damage Awards — Damages — Practice — Quebec Procedure Summary: This class action and two others were launched, seeking repayment of the conversion charges imposed by several credit card issuing financial institutions (banks) on credit card purchases made in foreign currencies primarily on the basis that the conversion charges violated Quebec's Consumer Protection Act (CPA).

The suit will almost surely raise constitutional issues concerning state power and patents but, for now, businesses will welcome a big new ally in the fight against patent trolls; others include Google (s goog) and patent scholars like Mark Lemley and Brian Love.