Sentences with phrase «political purposes rule»

So you pick and choose how the no use of public resources for political purposes rule is followed?

Not exact matches

Fortune will go on a limb to predict he will cast the deciding vote in a 5 - 4 ruling in Gill v. Whitford that will declare the redrawing of election districts for political purposes to be unconstitutional.

All IRC section 501 (c)(3) organizations, including churches and religious organizations, must abide by certain rules: ■ their net earnings may not inure to any private shareholder or individual, ■ they must not provide a substantial benefit to private interests, ■ they must not devote a substantial part of their activities to attempting to influence legislation, ■ they must not participate in, or intervene in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, and ■ the organization's purposes and activities may

Space does not permit elucidation of the specific principles on which they worked, but it may suffice for our purpose to note that the law, the shari`a, as built up by the founders and generations of commentators, embraces all the rules of God's prescription for the conduct of men — domestic life, political and social activities, religious and ritual duties.

Unlike Okudzeto Ablakwa who conveys the impression in his articles that constitutionalism, democracy and the rule of law mandate that I should have protected the crimes and graft I exposed simply because of membership of a political party, I take the right and correct view that the constitution enjoins every citizen to uphold and defend it by exposing any activity of any person or group of persons who abuse Article 55 on political parties for criminal purposes.

She says the committee, which is formed as a not - for - profit 501c4, is using rules intended to protect givers to charitable and civil rights concerns as a «cloak» to «shield from disclosure» names of donors who give money for more purely political purposes.

But the conversion of the excellent report of the Sole Judgment Debt Commissioner into a political White Paper for electioneering purposes to be published under the supervision of the office of the Attorney - General demonstrates how low we have come in this country in terms of the only constitutionally established office within the executive branch which by hallowed tradition and practice is to defend and uphold the liberty of every individual and the rule of law in its quasi-judicial decision making process.

They say that it was carried out by the book and to the rules — but also that its purpose was blatantly party political.

She says the Committee, which is formed as a not for profit 501 C 4, is using rules intended to protect givers to charitable and civil rights concerns as a «cloak» to «shield from disclosure» names of donors who give money for more purely political purposes.

Foster equity and comity through the fair allocation of resources between the majority and minority conferences by ensuring that funding for central staff is proportionate to a conference's size and tightening rules prohibiting the use of resources for political purposes.

In real terms, these rules which exist in virtually every jurisdiction, include laws and regulations which forbid the unauthorized use of state resources for political purposes, contributions from dubious sources, violation of campaign funding limits as prescribed by enabling laws, the use of money to influence voters and election outcomes, non-disclosure of campaign spending, abuse of media, broadcasting and political advertising rules, and rules on declaration of assets, academic qualifications, health and other disclosures and internal party guidelines and rules.

In the 1977 Abood decision, the Supreme Court ruled that agency fees were constitutional — so long as those fees were not used by unions for political purposes.

Crucially, the Court declined the plaintiffs» request to overturn a 1977 ruling in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education that allowed teachers unions to collect agency fees from nonmembers for costs related to «collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment purposes» but forbid them to use such funds for political or ideological purposes.

To be sure, every rule has some higher public purpose — for example, protecting schools from political patronage or ensuring that teachers are treated equitably.

This month, Mark Zuckerberg admits that his social network made mistakes that led to the exploitation of data by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica; China passes a law to allow current president Xi Jinping to rule for life; damning book by «secret barrister» tells of courts plagued by daily errors leaving them unfit for purpose; and a court has ruled parents do not need to lie about the Easter bunny.

Trillium claims «Ontario unlawfully deprived it of a lucrative offshore wind - powered electric generation project, for an improper political purpose, specifically an electoral purpose,» according to the appeal court's Nov. 12 ruling in Trillium Power Wind Corp. v. Ontario (Natural Resources).

It is pointless to introduce rules that no one will follow or understands, just as it defeats the purpose to propose rules that generate the exact opposite of the political aims.