Sentences with phrase «policies come under attack»

The hard question is, quite simply, why do zero - tolerance policies come under attack under the civil rights laws?

The government's criminal justice policy came under attack from all sides today as it faced numerous reports criticising its priorities, and objections to Jack Straw's decision to prevent Ronnie Biggs» parole.

Not exact matches

With the club, thus, going without any silverware for the second successive season, the recruitment policy of the club President Florentino Perez has come under attack from the club's fan base across the world, the Spanish press and Madridians.

These days I am amused rather than offended when I come under attack from some Conservative backwoodsmen — one recently identified me as a member of the Socialist Workers Party: that, for advocating policies which would be considered mainstream in successful Scandinavian countries or Germany or France or even, in that socialist paradise, the United States.

«Our state is under attack like never before and the radical policies coming from Washington are threatening nearly every aspect of our lives,» he said.

It's privately run, and in recent years has come under attack because it has a policy that precludes participants from marching under banners that identify themselves as gay.

Last month Japan was host to the Inter-tional Whaling Commission and came under attack for its policy on whaling.

As related in my sidebar, Stepping Outside the Fortress, scientists can come under criticism or attack by speaking out publicly on a science - related policy issue.

Yet, the professions have come under attack from dual fronts: from government, which often fails to consider professional expertise in relevant policy areas; and from the general public, which has come to view professionals suspiciously in an era of declining deference to authority.