Sentences with phrase «pass petitions against»

More Than a Score members will also pass petitions against the misuse and overuse of testing in CPS at the event and later in the day at local schools.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A University of Memphis law professor has banned laptop computers from her classroom and her students are passing a petition against it.

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Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights asking him to «use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act which if passed into law would seriously weaken the act, undermine the fight against corruption in the country, exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.»
Hogan, a Democratic city councilor, passed nominating petitions to force a Democratic primary against Miner and another candidate, Alfonso Davis.
In a move described as a pre-emptive strike against the detainee bill passed by Congress last week, the Center for Consitutional Rights yesterday filed habeas corpus petitions on behalf of 25 men being held in Afghanistan.
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