Sentences with phrase «peoples under the amendments»

In my Native Title Report 2007, I voiced my concerns over the impacts on the human rights of Indigenous peoples under the amendments to the native title system as enacted in 2007.

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Under the People's Rights Amendment, any corporation you've invested in, or where you work, could effectively be seized and shut down without cause, without trial, without explanation.

None of them would, under the People's Rights Amendment, retain these rights against the state, and all would be enormously vulnerable.

Effective on June 16, 2015, the Corporate Governance Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company amended and restated the Code to, among other things, reflect the following amendments: (1) added a new Whistleblower Exception provision under the Confidentiality section; (2) modified the provision regarding Protection of Covered Persons to clarify that such protections apply to any Covered Person who provides information or makes other disclosures that are protected under whistleblower provisions; and (3) updated the policy reference to the Franklin Templeton Investments Social Media Guidelines Policy.

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, and each of them singly, his true and lawful attorneys - in - fact with full power to sign on behalf of such person, in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to this registration statement and any subsequent related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 (b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and generally to do all such things in the name and on behalf of such person, in the capacities indicated below, to enable the Registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming the signature of such person as it may be signed by said attorneys - in - fact, or any of them, on any and all amendments to this registration statement or any such subsequent related registration statement.

«Imprecatory prayers,» which ask God to harm another person, have been affirmed as acceptable speech under the First Amendment, according to a story from Religion News Service:

That is why Isaac Peebles in the 19th century thought it was wrong for people to sing during a train ride; and why it is wrong to race our cars through the streets, stereos cranked high enough to be sure that everyone we pass has the opportunity to enjoy the music we happen to like; and why it was wrong for Cohn to wear his jacket; and why it is wrong for racists to burn crosses (another harmful act of self - expression that the courts have protected under the First Amendment).

Indeed, under the First Amendment, we are generally free to want what we like, and say that we want it, as long as we do not illegally take it, or — if what we covet is a person — resort to stalking or sexual harassment.

This private's first amendment right to freedom of religion (or atheism) was assured by the VERY PEOPLE HE IS THROWING UNDER THE BUS!

The people under the most pressure are the Senate Republicans, all of whom signed Koch's three - pronged pledge (it also included budget and ethics reform), only to turn around and pass a constitutional amendment that would overhaul the process in time for the 2022 elections but leave it in all it's partisan and un-independent glory this year.

Finally, if 1/20/09 comes and goes with a usurper in the Whitehouse (that is, Obama is definitely NOT an Article II «natural born citizen» — dad Kenyan / British citizen at BHO's birth — albeit he MAY be a 14th Amendment «citizen») with usurper enablers in Congress and the Supreme Court... God help us because many of the people will — rightfully and under our Constitution and Declaration of Independence — endeavor through other means to take back the Government from what is nothing less than a non-constitutional coup d'etat.

Work and pensions secretary James Purnell proposed an amendment to the pensions bill which will allow people to buy up to an additional six years of voluntary national insurance contributions, over and above those permitted under the current time limits, in order to enjoy a higher state pension.

Sarah Teather, the Lib Dem former minister, asks if his amendment would prevent people avoiding deportation under other aspects of the European convention on human rights, such as right to religious freedom.

The troubling issue for many people regarding Artvoice is that while I too have a first amendment right to print whatever I want I'm under no legal obligation to print what Carl Paladino sent to me, therefore, it's under my discretion whether to release Paladino's comments or to censor them and hide them from the public.

(8) Not more than one person from the staff of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner when that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has an amendment under consideration (subject to clause 5).

It seems that under the tenth amendment citizens, or the people, should be able to exert their will in a matter like this.

BBC News reported that, while the Registration of Political Parties (Prohibited Words and Expressions)(Amendment) Order 2005 stipulates that no political party can be registered in the UK under the name «None of the Above», there is no legislation against a person changing their name by deed poll and appearing on the ballot paper as «None Of the Above».

In fact, they saw it as a foundational responsibility of any government and determined that it was best left to the states under the Tenth Amendment, which says, «The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.»

Such conduct shall include, but is not limited to, threats, intimidation or abuse based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender, or sex; provided that nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit a denial of admission into, or exclusion from, a course of instruction based on a person's gender that would be permissible under Education Law sections 3201 - a or 2854 (2)(a) and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. section 1681, et seq.), or to prohibit, as discrimination based on disability, actions that would be permissible under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

The U.S. Constitution lays out a federal approach in which specific powers are enumerated for the national government with all remaining powers — under the Tenth Amendment — reserved to the states or the people.

(A) In order to secure increased flexibility to respond to the varying needs and local conditions within the State, and in order to permit more effective and interrelated planning and operation of its REHABILITATION programs, the State may submit a consolidated REHABILITATION plan which includes the State's plan under section 101 (A) of this ACT and its program for persons with developmental disabilities under the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Amendments of 1970: Provided.

During six years working with the Commission, Sharon played key roles in the development of regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; the development of the Commission's Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues, and the Commission's work on Title VII's sex discrimination provision as it pertains to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons.

In January 2009, the stockholder rights plan was amended to allow Coghill Capital Management LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively «Coghill») to hold up to 8,118,410 shares without becoming an acquiring person under the stockholders rights, subject to various conditions set forth in the amendment, including Coghill's execution of and compliance with a standstill agreement.

In the U.S., federal protection against housing discrimination is afforded to mentally disabled persons under two federal statutes: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA) of 1988.

Misleading policymakers does not necessarily mean the person is dishonest, just misinformed or uninformed, but that is protected under first amendment rights.

The Supreme Court decided in Miranda v. Arizona that people had to be told their rights under the 5th and 6th Amendments, since if people don't know that they have those rights, they don't really protect them.

To challenge a search and / or seizure under the Fourth Amendment, a person must have standing - the right to sue (that is, you must have had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the place where the search happened; if you didn't, no standing - can't claim your privacy was...

If adopted, the proposed amendments would create an exemption for resales of shares of non-reporting issuers if, among other things, the trade is made to a person or on a market outside Canada and if at the time of the original distribution the issuer was a «foreign issuer» (essentially an entity organized under foreign laws that does not have its head office or a majority of its assets in Canada or for which Canadian residents are a majority of the board or the executive suite).

While the courts have not yet recognized that rights of people with disabilities are fully protected under the 14th Amendment, the American Bar Association supports legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities akin to existing prohibitions on discrimination based on race, sex, national origin and religion.

The amendments extend employment protection for foreign persons working in Ontario under the Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live - in Caregivers and Others), 2009 (EPFNA).

I am voting against the petition for rehearing because the views of the American people on the death penalty for child rape were, to tell the truth, irrelevant to the majority's decision in this case.The majority opinion, after an unpersuasive attempt to show that a consensus against the penalty existed, in the end came down to this:» [T] he Constitution contemplates that in the end our own judgment will be brought to bear on the question of the acceptability of the death penalty under the Eighth Amendment.»

Indeed, the status of this topic as free speech that is supposed to be guaranteed under the First Amendment has been upheld by courts more than once: ● in Florida, where a judge affirmed that handing out FIJA brochures regarding jury nullification is legal based on principles of free speech ● in New York, where a federal judge dismissed false jury tampering charges against someone handing out brochures that advocated jury nullification ● in Colorado, where a judge dismissed false jury tampering charges against two people handing out FIJA's educational material on jury nullification

Section 13 of the Revised Statutes, providing that penalties and liabilities incurred under a statute are not to be extinguished by its repeal unless the repealing act shall so expressly provide, etc., is inapplicable where the statute imposing the penalties is rendered inoperative by the power of the people exercised through a constitutional amendment.

Prior to this amendment, the law regarding discrimination against transgender persons was somewhat uncertain, although in practice the BC Human Rights Tribunal generally accepted claims by transgender people under the grounds of «sex» and «sexual orientation.»

A person asserting a right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment must exhibit an actual, subjective expectation of privacy and show that the subjective expectation of privacy is one that society is prepared to recognize as reasonable.

This case is significant because under the Act Section 268 (2) there has been no amendments and the rules are still the same as to who is responsible to pay statutory accident benefits to insured and uninsured persons.

(1.1) A person who is licensed under this Act on the day section 5 of Schedule C to the Justice Statute Law Amendment Act, 2002 comes into force shall be deemed to have been licensed under subsection (1) on the day the original licence was granted or renewed.

The Commission for Racial Equality has expressed concern over the programme, and is writing to Channel 4 «to remind them of their legal responsibilities as a public broadcaster, under the terms of the Race Relations Amendment Act, to eliminate racial discrimination, promote racial equality and to promote good relations between people from different racial groups».

Amendments to the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (Ontario Regulation 191/11) to address barriers impeding access to outdoor public spaces by persons with disabilities also include proposed minor technical amendments under the Integrated Accessibility Standards RAmendments to the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (Ontario Regulation 191/11) to address barriers impeding access to outdoor public spaces by persons with disabilities also include proposed minor technical amendments under the Integrated Accessibility Standards Ramendments under the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation.

In Matal v Tam, the Supreme Court of the United States (the Court) unanimously found that section 2 (a) of the Lanham Act was unconstitutional for violating a person's First Amendment rights under the US Constitution.

The second person is not the «individual» with regard to that protected health information, and under this rule thus does not have the individual's rights (e.g., access and amendment) with regard to that information.

For example, one student discusses in detail recent arguments on the power of the states under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments «to cut off the right of suffrage of any person for certain reasons.»

I actually read the recent question you referenced, and thought I was asking a slightly different question, to wit, can a person be compelled to answer the citizenship question (under pain of fine) by invoking 5th amendment privilege.

In Atkins v. Virginia, the Court ruled that the execution of persons with mental disabilities constituted «cruel and unusual punishment» under the Eighth Amendment.

Article IV of chapter 1 of Part the Second of the Constitution is hereby amended by inserting after the words «and to impose and levy proportional and reasonable assessments, rates and taxes, upon all the inhabitants of, and persons resident, and estates lying, within said Commonwealth» the words: -, except that, in addition to the powers conferred under Articles XLI and XCIX of the Amendments, the general court may classify real property according to its use in no more than four classes and to assess, rate and tax such property differently in the classes so established, but proportionately in the same class, and except that reasonable exemptions may be granted.

In states that didn't seek a waiver under the MacArthur Amendment, the AHCA would have included a premium surcharge for people who didn't maintain continuous coverage.

In order to incentivize people to maintain coverage, in states that didn't seek a waiver under the MacArthur Amendment, the AHCA would have instead relied on a premium surcharge for people who didn't maintain continuous coverage.

(18) They urged the Government to immediately suspend implementation of the amendments to the NTA and re-open discussions with Indigenous representatives «with a view to finding solutions acceptable to the indigenous peoples and which would comply with Australia's obligations under the Convention».

the State party to suspend implementation of the 1998 amendments and re-open discussions with the representatives of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with a view to finding solutions acceptable to the indigenous peoples and which would comply with Australia's obligations under the Convention.18

However, if a constitutional amendment were to be implemented to continue to make laws regarding Indigenous people, as suggested by the insertion ofs51A, such an amendment, if implemented, may provide that laws passed under such an amendment provide protection against discrimination based upon race.