Sentences with phrase «over an executive order»

Meanwhile, the court fight over the executive order — and resulting nationwide temporary restraining order against its enforcement — has allowed more than 900 Christian refugees to make it to America.

Schneiderman has sued Trump over his executive orders barring entry to people from Muslim - majority countries, his attempts to repeal former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act and his decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for undocumented youth brought to the United States in their early childhood, among other issues.

Ummm, actually, I think the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over executive orders.

The Democratic attorney general spent last week going back and forth with the state's district attorneys over an executive order that Schneiderman investigate instances in which an unarmed civilian dies at the hands of police, essentially supplanting the local prosecutor.

Scene after scene is stuffed to the breaking point: In a single lunch with Bush (Josh Brolin), Dick Cheney previews his theory of the «dark side,» recommends the invasion of Iraq, hands over an executive order authorizing torture («Only three pages, good,» the prez replies), and listens to his boss describe himself as the «decider.»

It says something (though I'm not sure what) that we're just days from the Super Bowl, and yet that overhyped colossus is barely on the radar screen — swamped by fights over executive orders, the Supreme Court, Cabinet appointees, Trump's tweets, and all the rest.

I offered my thoughts on the story «S.C. Battle over Executive Orders Far From Finished,» which was published today:

Not exact matches

Trump on Monday night fired acting US Attorney General Sally Yates over her refusal to enforce his executive order on immigrants and refugees.

The firestorm sparked by President Donald Trump's executive order on Friday to ban immigration and travel to the U.S. by people from seven predominantly Muslim countries proved a boon to the American Civil Liberties Union, which reportedly collected more than $ 24 million in contributions over the weekend.

Tens of thousands of people rallied in U.S. cities and at airports on Sunday to voice outrage over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting entry into the country for travelers from seven Muslim - majority nations.

Trump defended the executive order in a statement on Sunday, saying the United States would resume issuing visas to all countries once secure policies were put in place over the next 90 days.

Uber came under renewed pressure over the weekend for a Tweet promoting surge - free pricing during a taxi worker strike in support of immigrants impacted by Trump's Executive Order, which has been widely interpreted as a Muslim ban.

Those tensions are flaring again over President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration, and Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is also demanding tough crackdowns on so - called sanctuary cities.

Solyndra was a disastrous investment for the U.S. government, pushed through by executive order over the reservations of bureaucrats.

«Globally, there's been an explosion in ship - ordering and shipbuilding over the past 10 years or so,» says Erik Seither, executive director of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Over the past 18 months, increasingly in the past few weeks, we've seen small businesses, Fortune 500 organizations and everyone in between buck conventional wisdom by using social media to oppose President Donald Trump's controversial executive orders and policies.

The problem, she said, «can not be bandaged over at the presidential level through another executive order that can be rescinded by a subsequent administration.»

Over the weekend, San Francisco and Seattle mayors announced executive orders banning the use of city funds for employee travel to Indiana.

Meanwhile, the governors of several other states have issued executive orders mandating net neutrality, and a couple dozen state attorneys general are suing the FCC over its December decision.

Behind the scenes, though, he has fretted over the «evil» things Trump might do in areas like immigration, while Pichai has publicly criticized the White House for its executive orders targeting majority - Muslim countries.

Obama's executive order comes over two months after the US intelligence community first accused the Russian government of orchestrating a series of cyberattacks on US citizens and political organizations, stating that «only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.»

Amid a bubbling trade dispute over softwood lumber and dairy with Canada, the Trump administration is now considering an Executive Order on withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement, two White House officials confirmed to CBS News.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order weakening an IRS rule known as the Johnson Amendment, declaring that a «financial threat against the faith community is over.»

At the same time, some New Yorkers have deleted Uber over concerns that the company tried to profit during airport protests last month against President Trump's immigration order, as well as the ties the company's chief executive, Travis Kalanick, had to Mr. Trump.

Uber has officially asked Anthony Levandowski — the former head of the company's self - driving efforts and the executive at the center of the Alphabet lawsuit — to waive his Fifth Amendment rights and cooperate with a court's order to turn over any files he may have downloaded, including those on his personal device.

Before you scream too loudly over this move by President Obama, keep in mind that the prohibition for using federal funds under the executive order by President Bush did not stop the practice of harvesting stem cells from unused embryos in fertility clinics.

To compound the problem of questionable legal authority, only recently did Congress become fully aware that a «secret charter» existed for the nation's cloak - and - daggering — the accumulated classified executive orders issued over the years.

These twin attributes enjoy a fundamental ascendancy over all other attributes of the political and social order, and consequently, the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary are more sensitive to them than to the other attributes of daily existence».

Reports circulated over a draft of an executive order designed to expand protections for individuals, organizations, and corporations» religious convictions — including traditional beliefs on gender, sexuality, and marriage.

Over the weekend, Vice President Mike Pence dodged a question about the administration's plans for an executive order on religious liberty (instead focusing on the President's pledge to repeal the Johnson Amendment).

According to experts, Trump's executive order would strengthen religious exemptions under federal laws and programs, but it wouldn't have the reach to quell debates over Christian - owned businesses refusing to serve same - sex weddings.

It is sad irony that the executive order was signed on on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to remember what can happen when hate triumphs over love.

Over the past 72 hours, I've been engaged in various debates about the contents of our newly minted - health care system and the effects of the executive order that was issued to appease Bart Stupak and his ilk.

In his fourth full day of office, Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would allow construction to continue on the Keystone and Dakota Access Pipeline — two things that former President Barack Obama halted over concerns that included climate change.

While federal judges and lawyers argue over whether President Donald Trump's revised executive order on travel amounts to a «Muslim ban,» evangelical experts on Muslim missions express concerns over how popular the proposal is in America's pews.

For example, how do you explain Obama's use of Executive Orders (to the tune of over 900 in 3.5 years) when the next closest is Bush II who issued just over 60 Executive Orders during his 8 years.

Obama has already signed over 900 Executive Orders that pretty focus on greater government control over our lives.

Schneiderman, first elected in 2011, has over the last year or so staked out a claim as a blue state bulwark against the policies of President Donald Trump's administration, filing legal challenges to federal laws, executive orders and regulations.

Specifically, these modern tribunes would be entitled to veto one piece of congressional legislation, one executive order and one Supreme Court decision; to call one national referendum, over any issue they wish (only two - thirds votes of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives may render the statute unconstitutional); and to initiate impeachment proceedings against one Federal official from each of the three branches of government during their term of office.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order creating a new independent monitor who will oversee the spending of the $ 550 million he has steered to NYCHA over the last three years.

Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's attorney general take over from local district attorneys, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.

U.S. universities in both Democratic - and Republican - led states said over the weekend they were unnerved by the executive order.

· Provide The Attorney General's Office With Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Public Corruption Crimes: Through a «standing» order from the Governor, under Executive Law § 63, the Attorney General should be empowered to investigate and prosecute public corruption crimes.

The Nanumba North District Chief Executive, Abdaulai Yaquob, has explained to Citi News that he personally ordered managers of the water treatment plant at Binbcheratanga to hand over keys to the facility to allow for some investigations into their activities.

He also signed his eighteenth Executive Order in September, mandating that county construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers include requirements to employ local and disadvantaged workers, including workers from high - poverty zip codes in the county.

ERIE COUNTY, NY - Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined today by elected officials and members of the business community as he signed his 18th Executive Order, mandating that Erie County construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers shall include requirements to employ local and disadvantaged workers.

The governor also expanded the executive order to give the attorney general prosecutorial power over «any and all unlawful acts or omissions or alleged unlawful acts or omissions by any law enforcement officer relating to the death of Delrawn Small.»

As such, I was recently joined by elected officials and members of the business and labor community to sign my eighteenth Executive Order, mandating that Erie County construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers must include requirements to employ local workers.

This renewed offensive was as a result of the recent Supreme court ruling placing his own faction at a disadvantage and ending the reign of his control over the State Executive committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun state, which were all secured through various controversial court orders without any democratic process whatsoever.

«There's some very open - ended language in the executive order, which could result in the city having to recur a substantial additional cost that will not go through our budget process, that the Council doesn't get to vote on, that I as mayor have no control over,» de Blasio said.