Sentences with phrase «protected by federal statute»

Not exact matches

The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity.

But special education, which is protected by a complex web of state and federal statutes, has been less vulnerable to reductions.

The court noted that the U.S. Supreme Court had long ago decided that the Indiana teacher tenure statute created contractual rights that are protected by the federal Impairment of Contracts Clause.

The «EPA overreach» described by the industry execs consists of nothing more than the proper and necessary enforcement of a federal statute that has long aimed to protect the health and environment of the residents of Appalachia.

You are also protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act which is the federal statute for enforcing hour and wage claims.

The human rights of Canadian residents are protected primarily by federal and provincial statutes, which are enforced through administrative systems.

General maritime law and perhaps select Federal Statutes intended to protect maritime workers will govern the liability and damage aspects of any lawsuits filed by injured workers or the estates of loved ones lost in this tragedy.

Response: To the extent a federal agency acting as a covered entity is required by federal statute to disclose protected health information, the regulation permits the disclosure as required by law under § 164.512 (a).

By analogy, when a state legislature fails to adopt a redistricting plan that complies with the constitution, which is normally a political question, this failure to act allows a federal court to craft a redistricting plan as a remedy for the failure of the legislature to act, in order to protect the constitutional rights of voters and candidates in future elections, even though no express language of the constitution or statute addresses the remedy when a state legislature fails to pass a redistricting plan.

The False Claims Act is a U.S. federal statute that protects federal government workers who allege fraud against the government by federal contractors.

Federal law (15 USC Section 1692) and Florida law (Florida Statutes 559.55 et seq) exist to protect Florida home owners who are behind on their mortgage payments, specifically to protect Florida mortgage holders from the bad acts of debt collection agencies and even attorneys hired by banks to act in the role of a debt collector.