Sentences with phrase «protect people from»

When I was an activist working to defend online privacy and protect people from digital surveillance at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, we would post our blog posts and events... yep, on Facebook.

The Passive Restraint Discount: This discount is given to drivers who have safety devices installed in their vehicles that are designed to protect people from bodily injury.

This bill is designed to protect people from coverage denials or exclusions due to pre-existing conditions.

How do we protect people from seeing who we really are?

Insurance companies sell insurance policies that protect people from losses associated with specific unplanned events.

Civil rights and unfair business practices laws may also protect people from being discriminated against because they do not speak English.

Darren Robbins ’93 has a quote from a speech his friend and mentor George Barrett ’57 made in 2005 mounted on his office door: «The first 10 amendments of the Constitution are there to protect people from the government, not the government from the people.»

Laws in Canada and in British Columbia protect people from hateful speech, protect the right to political and religious beliefs and the right to be free from sexual harassment.

Being a safe driver isn't enough to protect people from accidents.

The Fourteenth Amendment does not protect people from punishment enhancement based on their indifference and willful ignorance to the plight of their victims.

There are clearly lots of people who are very invested in making the law seem more complex and difficult than it really is, and these are often the same people who tend to infantilize the public and speak in patronizing tones about how we must protect people from poorly trained lawyers and that the best way to do that is to regulate legal education — hence, the ABA's ridiculous accreditation requirements.

• Provincial human rights legislation should protect people from unwarranted discrimination on the basis of non-conviction records.

From a scholarly perspective, I found that it's a proud part of our constitutional tradition, that it's perfectly legal and indeed was embraced by the framers as a way to protect people from too powerful law enforcement and too powerful prosecutors.

Provincial and federal human rights statutes protect people from discrimination on the basis of several grounds such as age, race, language and disability.

Federal and state laws protect people from discrimination and guarantee fair treatment in many settings.

California laws are clear about dog owners» responsibilities to protect people from being attacked, bitten, or harmed by their dogs.

Most dogs do not exhibit aggressive tendencies; nevertheless, sufficient provocation may tempt even the gentlest dog to bite.California dog laws are clear about dog owners» responsibilities to protect people from being attacked, bitten, or harmed by their dogs.

While there have been laws put in place to protect people from getting hurt around or in pools — such as mandatory baby fences to stop young children from falling into pools — accidents unfortunately still happen.

There are things that can be done and legal processes in place to protect people from marrying against their will.

The Equality Act 2006 (EA 2006), designed to protect people from being discriminated against because of their religion, contains an exemption at s 50 (1) for schools of religious character and E was forced to rely exclusively on the provisions of RRA 1976, which meant his case failed as JFS had not discriminated on the grounds of ethnicity.

CASL was intended to protect people from receiving unsolicited commercial electronic messages via email, social networking accounts and text messages, as well as to combat false representations of products and services promoted online.

A survey of SFE (Solicitors for the Elderly) lawyers, whose members specialise in advising older and vulnerable clients, found that 80 % of lawyers think there are not enough safeguards in place to protect people from financial abuse.

Lakshmi Turner, Chief Executive of Solicitors for the Elderly, said: «The message from our members to Government is clear — more needs to be done to protect people from the risks associated with creating powerful legal documents.

The bill cuts against Canada's duty not to discriminate and to protect people from discrimination.

The purpose of the statute of frauds is to protect people from being held liable on informal communications because they may be made without sufficient consideration or expressed ambiguously or because such a communication might be fraudulently alleged against the party to be charged.

The point of a corporation is to protect people from legal liability.

The inescapable fact is, we must fight climate change today to protect our people from even greater suffering tomorrow.

«Poorly constructed, badly maintained, and aging infrastructure and housing — a legacy of both the Soviet era and the transition years — are ill - suited to cope with storms, heat waves, or floods, let alone protect people from such extreme events,» said the study headed by Zeljko Bogetic, the World Bank's lead economist for Russia... Floods or other «extreme events» can cause far greater damage in Russia than would be the case in other parts of the world, the World Bank report said.

The former would protect people from power plant pollution that is liable to drift across state lines, and the later clamps down on toxic pollutants and mercury emissions.

Completed shoes will be distributed by Ahadi Trust Keyna as part of an effort to protect people from jigger (chigoe flea) infestations throughout Kenya.

If you advocate the construction and maintenance of robust infrastructure to protect people from adverse weather, then we are in agreement.

Rules intended to protect people from pollution are simultaneously saving the lives of whales by slowing down cargo ships, but researchers say more still needs to be done.

The law will no more protect the safety of the people than will the law of gravity protect people from the consequences of jumping off a cliff.

When asked whether certain government agencies or branches should do more or less to protect people from global warming - related health problems, nearly half of Americans think the following should do more: federal agencies such as the CDC, NIH, or FEMA (47 %); the U.S. Congress (46 %); and their state government (44 %).

That's what constitutions are supposed to be for — to protect people from abuse by government.

Where is the commitment to urgent action needed to avert irreversible climate change and protect people from its impacts?

Some say we must protect people from «doom and Read more about Jane Morton: Why we should mention the emergency -LSB-...]

In a letter submitted yesterday to the Dutch Prime Minister Rutte and Vice Prime Minister Asscher, renowned climate experts James Hansen, Naomi Oreskes and Michael Gerrard were among the 20 signatories urging the government to «accept a judgement which is solidly based in existing law, jurisprudence and the need to protect people from the harm associated with climate change».

Expansion of renewable, non-combustion energy resources helps protect people from air pollutants and contributes to significant savings in public health costs.

If a scientist is giving evidence that will cost billions to people around the world, then he has a duty to protect those people from fraud.

How many harmed noise affected people will it take before authorities in Australia act to protect people from wind farm modulations and noise?

These agencies are created — their mandate is to protect people, and EPA's job is to protect people from industry pollution.

Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is the best way to protect people from untold destruction.

High: Public health actions, especially preparedness and prevention, can do much to protect people from some of the impacts of climate change.

According to de Boer, the fund is intended to finance climate change projects including sea walls to guard against expanding oceans, early warning systems for extreme events, improved water supplies for drought areas, training in new agricultural techniques and the conservation and restoration of mangroves to protect people from storms.

Now, the new government is struggling to find the resources needed to help protect its people from the ravages of global warming

The purpose of the wire fraud laws seem to be to protect people from having money or property stolen.

The U.S. Environment Protection Agency finalized the Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rule today to protect people from exposure to toxic air pollution from industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers.

Indeed, their pronouncements indicate they believe it is their duty to protect people from what they consider harmful.

It also urges Europe to do more to protect people from insect - borne diseases and flooding rivers.