Sentences with phrase «overturn state»

Washington: «Balance of Powers Restoration Act» introduced, statute would let legislature overturn state appellate courts by simple majority vote

on Washington: «Balance of Powers Restoration Act» introduced, statute would let legislature overturn state appellate courts by simple majority vote

We talk a lot about medical malpractice caps (see here here and here) and late last month we noticed that some in South Dakota are trying to overturn the state's cruel 32 - year - old cap on compensation for patients hurt by gross medical negligence.

«If affirmed, the... holding would bar the courthouse doors to private parties seeking to overturn state action on preemption grounds.»

With no more legal options, Midwest City could still lobby state lawmakers to overturn state law.

Citing the constitutional rights of its public school student plaintiffs, the suit seeks to overturn state laws that schedule tenure consideration after two years of teaching, dictate the use of seniority when budget cuts force layoffs, and impose due process rules on teachers» terminations.

In Georgia, you can throw in the very vocal association for state superintendents that fought furiously to overturn the state law.

A group of California teachers belonging to a local chapter of the National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the country, are suing to overturn state laws that allow school districts to force public sector workers to join unions as a condition of employment.

In Colorado, several districts have filed a class - action suit to overturn that state's method of financing school construction.

George Leef, Director of research at the Martin Center, wrote recently about a lawsuit in West Virginia, where the AFL - CIO desperately tried to overturn the state's new right - to - work law.

In Boston, three prominent lawyers are filing a lawsuit to overturn the state's cap on charter schools.

Lane plans to sign a petition, expected to begin circulating in South Dakota this week, which will give voters in the 2010 election the chance to overturn a state ban on embryonic stem cell research.

Onetime domestic terrorist Judith Clark is suing to overturn the state Board of Parole's decision keeping her behind bars for her role in the deadly 1981 Rockland County Brink's heist...

The suit was an attempt to overturn a state law that limits the length of the airport's main runway to 5,600 feet.

Cuomo proposed a series of reform proposals that would have been anathema for the unions, and a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state's teacher tenure protections was working its way through the courts.

Among Ganim's reported expenses in the last three months were $ 10,000 for the Simsbury law firm that unsuccessfully represented him in his effort to overturn a state law that barred him from participating in the public campaign financing system because of his felony conviction and more than $ 3,400 to reimburse the city of Bridgeport for the mileage driven by the city police detective who chauffeurs him to political events as well as events in his official capacity as mayor.

Astorino is pro-life but has said he would not act to overturn the state's 1970 laws legalizing abortion in New York, should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.

He also proposed eliminating holiday bonuses for future uniformed retirees and called on Albany to overturn a State law that prohibits the city from negotiating pensions as part of its collective bargaining process.

Schneiderman filed papers with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, two days after gay marriage became legal in New York State and a day after he was named among the defendants in a lawsuit by a conservative group seeking to overturn the state's gay marriage law.

Pileggi and other GOP leaders have reportedly sued to overturn the state Supreme Court's decision in federal court.

While the Committee may lack the authority to overturn state party abortion restrictions itself, its «comments» are used by state courts to justify such liberalizations.

The company has separately petitioned FERC to overturn the state agency's decision.

Ride - hailing platforms Uber and Lyft are both expected to return to operations in Austin on Monday, when Texas Governor Gregg Abbott will likely sign a bill overturning the state capital's strict driver screening rules.

Last month, Maine voters overturned the state legislature's passage of a same - sex marriage law.

As you probably know, Californians recently voted in support of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that overturns a state Supreme Court decision that legalized same - sex unions.

Mitt Romney overturned the state's first attempt to institute a ban.

PRESS RELEASE — May 15 — The California Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on gay marriage, making California the second state in the country to allow same - sex marriage.

By a 2 - to - 1 vote, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the state agency's decision, holding that it «facially discriminates on the basis of religion.»

The Texas supreme court has twice overturned the state's $ 14 - billion school - finance system, ruling that its...

But behind the students stand a Silicon Valley technology magnate [David Welch] who is financing the case and an all - star cast of lawyers that includes Theodore B. Olson, the former solicitor general of the United States [and George W. Bush's former Solicitor General], who recently won the Supreme Court case that effectively overturned the state's ban on same - sex marriage.»

New York City, Portland, Houston and Washington D.C. have expanded dual immersion offerings in recent years, and districts across California are now poised to take advantage of the model after voters overturned the state's bilingual education ban late last year.

Take the Vergara v. California trial, which in June overturned state's laws governing teacher tenure, seniority and dismissal.

The study estimates the impact of overturning a state's school finance system and finds that, seven years after reform, a state's highest poverty quartile experienced a 4 to 12 percent increase in per pupil spending and a 5 to 8 percentage point increase in graduation rates.

In the weeks since a California judge overturned the state's rules governing teacher tenure, the political noise has only grown louder.

Overturning the state's ban on gay marriage «takes two consecutive sessions of the Legislature and a vote of the people to change,» he said.

In 2012, state lawmakers followed suit, overturning the state law that defined pit bulls as «dangerous and vicious.»

The 1967 ruling overturning state laws prohibiting interracial marriage, serves as a reminder that laws criminalizing miscegenation are just two generations removed.

The bill (H.R. 1599) overturns state - level laws that require foods containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, to be labeled.

More than $ 31 million was raised to oppose Proposition 23, which would have overturned state efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition toward a low carbon economy.

The best climate and clean energy news to come out of yesterday's election is that California voters roundly rejected Proposition 23, a ballot initiative sponsored by out - of - state oil companies that would have overturned the state's 2006 climate law.

Approved by the state's voters in November 2008, Prop 8 overturned a state supreme court ruling that resulted in the legalization of same - sex marriage.

In this first - impression case construing regulations governing the Medicaid funds a nursing home chain may claim in the aggregate for uninsured losses, a Roanoke County Circuit Court overturns the state agency decision disallowing plaintiff nursing home chain's nearly $ 1 million...

Suing under the Commerce Clause, Brown, Goldstein & Levy overturned a state tax on interstate truckers.

Update 5.17.05: In Legal Times, Tony Mauro writes, «The 5 - 4 decision caps a 20 - year campaign by the wine industry to overturn states» protective laws, which the Court's majority found violate the commerce clause of the Constitution.

Lawyers in Mississippi want conviction for death - row inmate overturned stating recent trial was unfair, Reuters

The article argues that Caperton is a model of judicial restraint and that, paradoxically for a decision overturning a state justice ‟ s non-recusal, the majority ‟ s approach is a model of cooperative federalism.

The Maryland Court of Appeals recently overturned the state appellate court's Duffy v. CBS Corp. decision.

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the state's buffer zone law in 2014, I worked quickly to ensure Planned Parenthood patients in Boston could continue to access care safely.

Earlier this year, the Oregon legislature overturned the state's 17 - year - old ban on inclusionary zoning with strong backing from Portland officials.

Not exact matches

The state of Florida passed a separate, and more strident, physician gag rule (known as the «Docs vs. Glocks» law) in 2011 — but a federal appeals court overturned that this past February.