Sentences with phrase «over constitutionality»

San Francisco - CREDO Mobile representatives confirmed today that their company was at the center of the long - running legal battle over the constitutionality of national security letters (NSLs), and published the letters the government sent three years ago.

Kenyan court suspends anti-terrorism measures signed into law over constitutionality issues, Reuters

It struck down a federal law that made it a crime to lie about receiving military decorations, and it cast doubt over the constitutionality of the Ohio law and similar ones in 15 other states.

The poll echoes concerns in the legal community over the constitutionality of a system in which police would not have to justify ordering a test.

The Federal Minister of Justice announced earlier this year that she intends to refer the Act to the Supreme Court of Canada over its constitutionality.

Towards the end of the CCF talk I raise concerns about baiting and misleading information about minority groups being used to influence public policy in the area, and arguments raised by Beverly Baines and Susan Drummond over the constitutionality of the Criminal Code provisions.

That's the case with the recent federal appellate argument over the constitutionality (under the Fourth Amendment) of New York's policy of random searches of bags belonging to passengers traveling on the New York subway system.

He also led Sierra Club's work on judicial nominations, including the filibusters of 2003 — 2006 and litigation over the constitutionality of recess appointments for federal judges, and was counsel in In re Cheney.

Palm Beach school district lawsuit over the constitutionality of the HB 7069 requirement to share low district facility revenue with charters will be heard in circuit court.

To have standing to sue over the constitutionality of a law, it is generally required to show that the law has personally and concretely harmed you in some way.

Washington — Two rival local teachers» groups from Indiana argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last week over the constitutionality of collective - bargaining provisions that give one and not the other the privilege of using the school system's internal mail facilities.

Support has declined by 10 percentage points since 2013, suggesting that opinion has shifted in response to the media attention the issue has received during the ongoing Vergara v. California litigation over the constitutionality of tenure (see «Reaping the Whirlwind,» legal beat, Fall 2016).

Just last month, Mr. Sharpton called for the suspension of a deputy inspector whose racially tinged comments on stop - and - frisk practices, secretly recorded by a subordinate officer, were prominently presented during a federal trial over the constitutionality of the tactic.

It is possible that the Legislature may take up additions to the exchange once the dust settles on the Supreme Court case, which was in its second day of arguments over the constitutionality of the 2010 federal health care overhaul, a key piece of President Obama's first term legislative victories.

Not exact matches

Her over 20 years of practice as an attorney includes serving as litigation coordinator for the Women Against Abuse Legal Center in Philadelphia, and on Planned Parenthood's trial team in its challenge to the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act.

When the Saxbe fix was used for Hillary Clinton, who had the same problem, there was some debate over whether it would be valid, due to the timing of when the raise by the Executive Branch took effect compared to exactly when Clinton resigned from the Senate and when her term of service began at the State Dept.. The Constitutionality has nothing whatsoever to do with Clinton's personal actions and these particulars would hold for others too if the timing was similar.

In response to having been denied an exemption, 14 districts led by Duval County challenged the constitutionality of the commission and thus sought to preserve their exclusive authority over chartering.

In April, the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court's ruling in Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)

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?»

Canada Ontario court rules that condo common areas subject to privacy rights, Canadian Press Canadian law firm Gowlings merging with U.K. firm Wragge Lawrence Graham to form Gowling WLG, Canadian Press Quebec government seeks ruling on constitutionality of creation of national securities regulator, Canadian Press United States Former MF Global Holdings Ltd. officials reach lawsuit settlement, Reuters Civil rights activists sue Chicago suburbs over gun - control issues, Reuters International Myanmar men accused of murder of British tourists on trial, Reuters Iraqi court sentences people to death over killing of hundreds of Shi'ite soldiers, Reuters

«There is no question that the Court has required either a concern for officer safety or a concern over the preservation of evidence to support the constitutionality of a warrantless search of the area where the defendant was arrested or a search of items near the defendant,» Chief justice Lori Gildea wrote in today's opinion (pdf).

The House Intel page also largely glosses over the core question of constitutionality.

I submitted a couple of true stories herein over that last few years with the principal actor therein, being me, known as «Crazy Guy», because when I told people, in the first instance, what I was going to do, namely fight city hall (Oshawa) on a point of constitutionality, I was told that I was crazy.