Sentences with phrase «protect courts of law»

In order to protect courts of law and administrative tribunals, a principle of deliberative secrecy applies to shield those decision - makers from having to make transparent or provide information in regards to the intellectual or other process by which they may have arrived at their decision except as may stand on the record within their reasons for judgment or opinion.

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According to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), a firm has to procure a court order before repossessing a vehicle belonging to a member of the military, a law that was established to protect soldiers and other military personnel from having to deal with legal issues while they're actively serving.

Part of the reason, and what's up for review before SCOTUS in Octane Fitness v. Icon Health & Fitness, is that patent law was originally written to protect the patent holder, making it easier for the patent holder to prevail in court.

But now, in an appeal filed with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, plaintiffs argue that the law does not protect companies that «manipulate reviews for their own profit.»

While there may ultimately be court challenges, the EEOC also has the authority to interpret new laws not only by adding protected groups, but also through enforcement of existing guidelines.

For the most part, the courts have sided with them, enshrining free speech as one of the country's most protected laws along the way.

«In concluding that Aetna's acquisition of Humana would violate federal antitrust laws, the court has protected consumers and the competition on which they rely.

Rights have limits: The First Amendment prohibits laws abridging freedom of speech, but courts have not protected falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater or inciting to riot.

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A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Philadelphia Taxi Association v. Uber Technologies) reinforces the longstanding principle that antitrust laws protect competition, not competitors.

You will want to discuss all of your options with your attorney or tax advisor before taking action, especially if creditor protection is a concern for you, as the Supreme Court has ruled that Inherited IRAs are not protected under federal bankruptcy laws (although state law creditor protection of inherited IRAs still varies).

We reserve the right to use or disclose your Personal Information if required by law or if we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or comply with a law, court order, or legal process.

We reserve the right to provide information to law enforcement personnel and other third parties to answer inquiries; to respond to legal process; to respond to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction and those exercising the court's authority; and, to protect us and our users.

Lively, with representation by Liberty Counsel (an evangelical legal organization), responded that in both the U.S. and Uganda he exercised constitutionally protected speech rights; that he opposes violence and neither committed nor plotted any; that Uganda did not in fact pass a proposed draconian anti-gay law, and that in any case Uganda's political institutions, instead of himself, are responsible for its political decisions; and that the court lacks jurisdiction and the plaintiffs lack standing.

The Court rightly concluded that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) protects certain kinds of corporations from federal laws that substantially burden the exercise of religion.

'» As a legal organization, CRLP's mission is to establish and protect the rule of law by advancing women's reproductive rights in the U.S. and around the world, whether at the UN, with governments, or in the courts.

«Both the statute and case law surrounding private prosecutions are adamant that courts must protect the right of access to these private prosecutions, by not assessing punitive costs against the person seeking justice - unless the case is frivolous, and never should have been brought.

As for pro-life lawyers, most of them did not foresee how far the Supreme Court would extend Roe and Doe over the years — even to the point of striking down laws designed to protect late - term, healthy, viable babies.

A «liberalization» of existing law was expected by most; the abolition of all law protecting the unborn was expected by almost nobody outside the Court itself.

By going to the state through the courts and the legal law - system, we undermine the very thing we are trying to protect, namely, our desire to worship God apart from the interference of the state!

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed in response to the Supreme Court's ruling — the law that protected Hobby Lobby from forced coverage of abortifacient contraceptives — is now opposed energetically by previously strong progressive supporters like the ACLU.

This is what James Eadie QC, Cameron's Government's expensive barrister, told the court (on his behalf): that the refusal to allow an NHS nurse and a British Airways worker to visibly wear a crucifix at work «did not prevent either of them practising religion in private», which would be protected by human rights law.

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What sent them was the understanding that over time, American schools from middle school up had institutionalized and venerated a game capable of seriously harming those who played it — and even protected it in law and beyond in the form of societal and cultural protections no court order could budge from good standing.

«What they describe as discrimination and marginalisation of Christians is in fact the proper upholding of human rights and equalities law and principles — principles which protect all people against unfair treatment — and we are pleased that the court has recognised this.

A federal appeals court ruled for the first time that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53 - year - oldcourt ruled for the first time that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53 - year - oldCourt as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53 - year - old law.

Also at 1 p.m., the New York Civil Liberties Union presents oral arguments in the Albany County Supreme Court challenging the exclusion of farmworkers from the state labor law that protects employees who organize, Albany County Courthouse, 16 Eagle St., Albany.

As Avi pointed out the Supreme Court has ruled against discrimination based on race but racial discrimination is protected by federal law and would have been illegal even outside of the primaries.

«The Human Rights Act and the European convention on human rights have been instrumental in preventing local authorities from snooping on law - abiding families, in removing innocent people from the national DNA database, in preventing rapists from cross-examining their victims in court, in defending the rights of parents to have a say in the medical treatment of their children, in holding local authorities to account where they have failed to protect children from abuse, in protecting the anonymity of journalists» sources, and in upholding the rights of elderly married couples to be cared for together in care homes.»

According to him, since his arrest and subsequent prosecution after the state had paid him GH cents 51.2 million in judgement debt, he had become a frequent patron of the law courts, all in an effort to protect his rights.

This legislation would give loved ones and law enforcement an effective tool through the courts to protect themselves and members of our communities.»

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), the driving force behind passage of the landmark Buster's felony animal cruelty law to protect people and pets, today is blasting the shocking decision by Nassau County Supreme Court Judge Angelo Delligatti to free a convicted animal torturer potentially putting public safety and the well being of companion animals at risk.

Senators Diane Savino, Jose Peralta, Tony Avella, Jessie Hamilton, David Carlucci, Marisol Alcantara and David Valesky discuss adding the protections for a woman's right to choose abortion in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision into state law, enacting the Dream Act, which would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to receive college aid, a law to protect the rights of transgender New Yorkers, and putting limits on the amount of money donors can give to campaigns, among other items.

The announcement of the new party line comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court, citing religious rights, ruled that requiring family - owned corporations to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act violated a federal law protecting religious freedom.

His proposals include extending equal protection of women, ethnic minorities and gender identity groups as well as protecting abortion rights now provided by federal law that could be struck down by the Supreme Court.

To arrogate to itself the powers to simply dump people in jail indefinitely is, to say the least, uncivilized and barbaric; to hang serious allegations against a person without proof of evidence, as the judge noted in the case of Senator Bala Mohammed, is malicious, callous and unacceptable; and to constrain citizens with brazen impunity, in defiance of court orders, is to send a wrong signal to Diaspora Nigerians and other foreign investors who, paradoxically, our President and his ministers, have been courting assiduously, that the law can not protect both they and their investments.

Due Process properly includes all substantial rights protected by the Procedures of English Courts of Law or Equity when the federal Bill of Rights was adopted.

«Who wants to tell the 80 % of music businesses that employ fewer than five people, and the thousands of artists who self - finance the production of their own albums, that to enjoy the protection of the law, all they need now is to have millions of pounds and spend years in court to protect their work?»

This is protected by the European Court of Human Rights, and the Human Rights Act, which incorporates it into domestic law and allows courts in the UK to make sure local authorities and central government act in ways that protect people's rights.

«Ever since then, the Supreme Court has made it impossible for the American people to pass the type of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws we need to protect our democracy,» Teachout said.

Former Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Ferebee ultimately denied Kosmider's request, arguing the records were protected under Election Law and renewed the call for a court order.

Mitchell Kane, a professor of tax policy at NYU Law School, said courts have basically shut down constitutional challenges to federal tax legislation on grounds of differential treatment across citizens, absent discrimination based on some protected class.

Senators Diane Savino, Jose Peralta, Tony Avella, Jessie Hamilton, David Carlucci, Marisol Alcantara and David Valesky discuss adding the protections for a woman's right to choose abortion in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision into state law, enacting the Dream Act - which would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to receive college aid, a law to protect the rights of transgender New Yorkers, and putting limits on the amount of money donors can give to campaigns, among other items.

The motion itself asks that the court allow LPO candidates be allowed on the ballot and that the LPO remain a legal political party in order to protect the its First and Fourteenth Amendment rights to freedom of political speech and equal protection under the law.

In a video, Sens. Diane Savino, Jose Peralta, Tony Avella, Jesse Hamilton, David Carlucci, Marisol Alcantara and David Valesky discuss adding the protections for a woman's right to choose abortion in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision into state law; enacting the Dream Act, which would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to receive college aid; a law to protect the rights of transgender New Yorkers; and putting limits on the amount of money that donors can give to campaigns, among other items.

He said the police had consecutively invaded the residence of the two claimants, humiliated, extorted, and publicly embarrassed them over civil matter in contempt of the court and called on the Inspector General of Police to urgently intervene to protect sanctity of the judiciary and the rule of law.

ClientEarth, a group of lawyers focused on using existing laws to protect the environment, first took the UK to court in 2011.

On Tuesday, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that the state's hate crime law does not cover anti-gay assaults or any crime Facebook's leaked rules on censoring hate speech protect «white men» but not «black children»

Based on the true story that led to the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision overturning laws prohibiting interracial marriage, this beautiful drama helmed by Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Midnight Special) follows Richard and Mildred Loving as they endure the legal battle of a lifetime to protect their love.