Sentences with phrase «protected authority of the states»

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Moyo told the civil service that the army was moving to protect them against the purge, and told the judiciary that the aim was to «ensure that as an independent arm of the state you are able to exercise your independent authority without fear of being obstructed as has been the case with this group of individuals.»

How about a candidate that very correctly holds the Consti.tution as the authority of this nation (not any religious book) because our founding fathers very deliberately separated church from state in order to protect the beliefs of everyone?

(Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community, pp. 126 - 128) Hence, the Porchers should want to move from the current system to one in which a) the habits and beliefs of certain Porcher influenced or protected communities, and b) the hard - fought - for legislative prerogatives and jurisdictions of said communities (vis - a-vis national and state authority — esp.

The consolidation of the state's authority made possible the emergence of a legally - protected sphere of action independent of itself.

HR 1599 protects the consumer from a costly and confusing 50 state patchwork of labeling laws by ensuring that the federal government retains its authority at the top of America's food safety pyramid.

We are happy to report in response to a lawsuit filed against the Commonwealth's regulatory use of priority habitat screening to protect endangered species, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled unanimously to affirm the state's authority under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA).

A New York state judge has upheld the legal authority of the Tenant Protection Unit, a key initiative of Gov. Andrew Cuomo to protect rent - regulated tenants from overcharges, harassment and intimidation by unscrupulous landlords.

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. and Senator Kenneth P. LaValle introduced state legislation last Thursday that would require the Long Island Power Authority's board of trustees «to protect the economic interests of its ratepayers and the service area» when proposing rate increases.

Two state lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require the Long Island Power Authority's board of trustees to protect the economic interests of its ratepayers when proposing rate increases.

Using executive authority, Governor Andrew Cuomo bypassed the state legislature and added transgender New Yorkers to the list of those protected under state law.

«Being the prime sponsor of legislation to ban this practice and the only openly LGBT member of the State Senate,» Hoylman said, «I am extremely grateful to Governor Cuomo for using his executive authority to cut off state support and protect LGBT children from destructive and discredited sexual orientation change efforts.&rState Senate,» Hoylman said, «I am extremely grateful to Governor Cuomo for using his executive authority to cut off state support and protect LGBT children from destructive and discredited sexual orientation change efforts.&rstate support and protect LGBT children from destructive and discredited sexual orientation change efforts.»

«The state should use its existing authority under our laws, as outlined above, to assert regulatory jurisdiction in order to protect the health and safety of New Yorkers and to protect the fragile water and lands of the Adirondack Park,» Janeway wrote.

ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio asked the State Legislature today to find $ 300 million more for the city's chronically - underfunded public housing authority, one prong of his agenda to protect the city's affordable housing stock.

The senator referred the bill to the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee in January, but in promoting his bill he made mention of a recent report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was many years behind and over-budget in its capital security program to protect the subways, buses, trains and bridges.

Addressing State House correspondents, Chairman, board of directors Nigeria Foreign Investment Authority, Babajide Zetilin said they were committed to protecting the fund for future generations.

At 11 a.m., State and local elected officials will call on Gov. Cuomo to sign legislation that would give the state broader authority to protect the Hudson River in light of the Coast Guard's recent anchorage propState and local elected officials will call on Gov. Cuomo to sign legislation that would give the state broader authority to protect the Hudson River in light of the Coast Guard's recent anchorage propstate broader authority to protect the Hudson River in light of the Coast Guard's recent anchorage proposal.

Court ruling could allow feds to seize Silver and Skelos» pensions By Kaja Whitehouse August 17, 2016 2:46 pm A federal Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday could pave the way for federal authorities to seize the state - protected pensions of corrupt... Continue reading →

The package includes laws that would protect the State's wetlands by giving the Department of Environmental Conservation authority over wetlands greater than one acre and requiring violators to repair damaged areas near wetlands.

«I have directed the Port Authority, the Department of State, and my Counsel's Office to jointly explore all legal options to assist anyone detained at New York airports, and ensure that their rights are protected,» Cuomo said.

Because the Thruway Authority has continually demonstrated itself unable to manage finances in a responsible manner, the State Legislature should explore disbanding the Thruway Authority and transferring its functions to the State Department of Transportation in order to protect motorists from continued toll hikes.

ALBANY - Reform advocates say that when he takes office as governor Saturday, Andrew Cuomo can start fixing state government without waiting for legislative support, by using executive authority to order dozens of steps to improve ethics and openness, protect consumers and help the environment.

A federal Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday could pave the way for federal authorities to seize the state - protected pensions of corrupt politicians like Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.

In a letter last Monday to Metropolitan Transportation Authority head Veronique Hakim, Public Advocate Letitia James says the gender policy «violates the spirit, if not the letter» of state and city laws meant to protect human rights.

This comes after Cuomo directed the Port Authority, the Department of State and Davis's office yesterday to jointly explore all legal options to help anyone detained at New York airports, and to ensure that the rights of refugees are protected under the law.

In 2007, then Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated, during a House of Commons debate on constitutional reform, that he believed that the House of Commons should have more authority over the selection of «public officials whose role it is to protect the public's rights and interests, and for whom there is not currently independent scrutiny.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the Port Authority, the Department of State and his counsel to make sure the legal rights of refugees and others were protected.

«I have directed the Port Authority, the Department of State, and my Counsel's Office to jointly explore all legal options to assist anyone detained at New York airports, and ensure that their rights are protected.

There's a constant sense of danger as Heineman spends time shadowing Mexican doctor José Mireles, head of the heavily armed Autodefensas, around his state of Michoacán as his group engages in firefights with the cartels, protecting their own neighborhoods as the local authorities stand idly by.

The preemption provisions upset the historical federal - state balance in financial regulation, wrongfully interfere with traditional state enforcement authority, and frustrate the ability of state regulators to protect student borrowers who rely on federal student loan programs.

The HSUS is calling on authorities to more closely monitor these and the thousands of other facilities across the country and is also urging state legislators to pass stronger laws to protect dogs in puppy mills.

States 394.21 gives counties the authority «to protect the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community.»

[1] A controversial investor rights clause could give foreign companies the right to sue governments, threatening the ability of states and local authorities to take preventative action to protect public health and the environment.

What we have asked Gov. Inslee for is a Climate Recovery Rule for the state of Washington, detailing and describing how Washington will use its existing authority to cap and draw down GHG emissions in a manner consistent with the best current scientific understanding of what it will take to protect not just these eight brave youths, but all of us, present and future generations alike.

The dark irony here is that, while very general risk - induced doubts in the benevolence of the promises of governments to protect their citizens lead to criticisms of the inefficiency of scholarly and state authorities, critics are blind to the possibilities of erecting (or expanding) the authoritarian state on this very inefficiency... Central, however, are not, as with Huntington, traditional religiously grounded «civilizations», but opposing risk belief religions.

Clark Public Utility District in the State of Washington funds a voluntary watershed restoration program, and New Jersey's Morris County Utility Authority purchases open space to protect its water sources.

A Global Witness investigation uncovered that just a few months later the state forest authority effectively legalised mahogany that had been illegally logged in Río Plátano, the country's largest protected area, as part of a plan to launder «abandoned» timber.

In a nutshell, the AG found that, when third country nationals apply for a visa with limited territorial validity («LTV») under Article 25 of the Visa Code with the aim of applying for international protection once they have arrived in a Member State's territory, the Member State's immigration authority should take the circumstances of the applicant into account and assess whether a refusal would lead to an infringement of the applicant's rights as protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Nursing home residents and their families may be protected from this type of abuse if there was greater collaboration between families, nursing home staff, federal agencies, banks, and state authorities so that signs of possible financial abuse could be recognized and investigated early.

This requires a State, at a minimum, to establish the following to a Competent Judicial Authority, prior to conducting Communications Surveillance for the purposes of enforcing law, protecting national security, or gathering intelligence:

coerced confessions, [Footnote 16] by the use of perjured testimony known by the prosecution to be such, [Footnote 17] or without the effective assistance of counsel, [Footnote 18] have also been held to be exertions of state authority in conflict with the fundamental rights protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.

-- Whenever a work protected under this title is published in the United States or elsewhere by authority of the copyright owner, a notice of copyright as provided by this section may be placed on publicly distributed copies from which the work can be visually perceived, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.

No balancing exercise can, therefore, be carried out between the third applicant's concrete right to conscientious objection, which is one of the most fundamental rights inherent in the human person — a right which is not given by the Convention but is recognised and protected by it — and a legitimate State or public authority policy which seeks to protect rights in the abstract.

Since Florida received the dubious honor of being the third worst state in the nation when it comes to wrong - way crash fatalities, authorities have been trying to find new ways to protect the citizens in Florida and keep drivers heading in the right direction.

In a series of cases of first impression under the state wetlands statute, defined the limited scope of statutory exceptions, established the authority of courts to protect and restore wetlands with injunctions, as well as the right of private parties to recover attorneys fees.

Law enforcement and national security authorities should state the shortcomings they identify in the court warrant system so they can be addressed to adapt the system to the new challenges of the Internet age rather than sacrifice the principles that underpin the very society we seek to protect.

Nothing in this regulation limits the ability of states and other governmental authorities to impose stricter requirements on law enforcement access to protected health information.

In the final rule, we eliminate this proposed section of the notice, and we state that health plans and covered health care providers may use and disclose protected health information of Armed Forces personnel for activities considered necessary by appropriate military command authorities to assure the proper execution of a military mission, where the appropriate military authority has published a Federal Register notice identifying: (1) The appropriate military command authorities; and (2) the purposes for Start Printed Page 82705which protected health information may be used or disclosed.

Foreign military authorities need access to protected health information for the same reason as must United States military authorities: to ensure that members of the armed services are medically qualified to perform their assigned duties.

Even though regulating decentralized virtual currencies seems to go against one of the main benefits of crypto, which is that it is not answerable to any authority, regulators have stated that they are going ahead with legislation in an apparent bid to protect investors from scams and fraud.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the city - state's de facto central bank, is reportedly looking at whether new rules are needed to protect cryptocurrency investors.