Sentences with phrase «provide public reasons»

In the theory of minimal secularism, only officials are under an obligation to provide public reasons: secularism is a constraint on state action and justification, not a duty on the part of citizens.

Not exact matches

For some reason the Minister seems more intent with not providing the public with information, rather than engaging Canadians in discussion on critical policy issues.

Most recently, he was unwilling to provide reasons as to why $ 3.1 billion of funds, identified by the Auditor General of Canada, allocated to public security and anti-terrorism initiatives, was not spent.

While there are reasons Trump may want to skip an interview — «there is no point in walking in and providing more information to the special counsel and risk the possibility of making false statements» — the president and his team must also take public reaction into account, Ray said.

For all that the neoconservatives have said publicly about their vision of American power, a coherent narrative of the development of their policy has been needed, and Dorrien provides that account impressively He reveals that the purported reasons for the Iraq invasion (defending America from weapons of mass destruction and spreading democracy and freedom) were a mere gloss intended for public consumption.

FCC Smedes, justice involves the right for all persons to share in the; common goods.36 To be able to provide for your family, to live where you can afford a house, to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanity.

I was especially dismayed by his reading of my assessment of the real contributions of evangelicals and Roman Catholics in U.S. public culture; my point (more an aside, really) was simply that, for various reasons, they can not replace the kind of service to civil society that the mainline provides — not that they do no service at all.

The judges said «closed material», which had not been made public for national security reasons, «provides valuable additional support for the conclusion that the decisions taken by the secretary of state not to suspend or cancel arms sales to Saudi Arabia were rational».

Keller particularly came to public attention for his breakthrough book The Reason for God (Hodder & Stoughton), which provided an accessible case for Christianity at a time when Richard Dawkins and his fellow atheists were riding high in the best - seller charts.

For that reason, the imperative of disenchantment and pattern of weakening can never provide a satisfactory basis for public life.

I believe the reason provided of there being no better players available on the market was simply meant to serve as a public vote of confidence for the squad - to boost confidence and morale, a smart strategy for the impending new season just kicking off.

According to Dr Rutherford, the reasons for this difference in volunteering activity could be due to the higher costs associated with running public services in the countryside, meaning that there is an incentive for communities to cooperate locally through voluntary organisations in order to provide essential services.

To help him and the Commission in their task I suggest the following ten reasons for judging that any religious organization fails to provide a public benefit and should therefore be excluded from charitable status:

Whenever the Chairperson of the County Committee by reason of the Rules of the Democratic Party of the State of New York is a member of a District Committee of a political subdivision lying partly within and partly without New York County which is required to make a Party nomination for public office, he or she shall convene a meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County, to be held no later than five days before the last day provided by law for filing a certificate of such Party nomination; he or she shall consult with such District Committee and in carrying out his or her duties as a member of the District Committee for such political subdivision, he or she shall, to the extent feasible, be guided by the advice of a majority of those present and voting at the meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County.

«A casual reading of the reasons provided by the Commissioner in that document leaves an ordinary reasonable person with the conclusion that the decision to disqualify each of the presidential candidates was premised upon an alleged non-compliance with regulation 7 of the Public Elections Regulation, 2016 (C.I. 94).

His strongly worded statement said: «A casual reading of the reasons provided by the Commissioner in that document leaves an ordinary reasonable person with the conclusion that the decision to disqualify each of the presidential candidates was premised upon an alleged non-compliance with regulation 7 of the Public Elections Regulation, 2016 (C.I. 94).

«The reason why people should vote for me is to enable to me to continue my efforts to maximize the efficiency and communication between all departments to provide the best services possible to the public,» Ms. Neville said.

The anonymity exemption, which requires gun owners to provide a reason they wish to remain out of the public record, is a response to the controversy that followed the Journal News» publication last month of the names and addresses of over 33 thousand hand gun permit holders in Rockland and Westchester counties, north of New York City.

The law provides two main reasons a gun owner can appeal to exempt themselves from public disclosure.

Maffei said it's one reason why he is supporting the two bills that would put dollar limits on donations, provide public financing of campaigns and amplify the impact of grassroots donations from average citizens.

«There are many reasons why policymakers may or may not engage with science and we are not under any illusions that our project will provide a magic bullet,» said Emily Cloyd, who heads the AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology and is one of the project leaders.

Our findings provide strong reasons to re-examine policies that make it difficult to access a public health measure that we know can help treat and prevent sexually transmitted diseases.»

«Our findings provide strong reasons to re-examine policies that make it difficult to access a public health measure that we know can help treat and prevent sexually transmitted diseases,» Mmeje said.

We're sorry but for confidential reasons, we do not provide these Certificates to the general public.

Whenever you do decide to meet face to face, make sure to pick a public place and provide your own transportation just for safety reasons.

NYT was about to provide good and just reasons for taxpayer wrath, leavened, of course, by responses from those representing teacher and other public sector unions.

Taken together, these results give no reason to suspect that private schools do a worse job of providing a civic education than assigned public schools and some reason to think they do a better job.

More broadly, Harvard University professor Robert Putnam's research on civic participation provides reason to think that private schools should be better able to deliver civic education than are public schools.

These results support our basic reasoning that as long as Catholics could not be sure that the emerging public school systems of the 19th century would provide education in line with their church's demands, they tended to resist state schooling and establish their own private schools alongside the state sector.

Nevertheless, the experience in Washington, DC public schools provides reason for hope.

Those on the left, such as notable historian and public education advocate Diane Ravitch, oppose Common Core for its corporate backing and believes that the guidelines essentially set up students to fail, providing another reason for parents to abandon public schools for private alternatives

The report provides the reason why we need more focus on public school consumers» perspectives (overwhelmingly black).

One of the most important reasons for charter school success in Arizona and all across America is the ability to innovate, make decisions and provide quality education free of the regulatory burdens common in traditional public schools.

... Few ardent supporters of public education really understand what it takes to provide high - quality learning opportunities for children in a public school classroom, and for that reason few are aware of the vast chasm between public school systems that are well provisioned to do so and those that aren't.

And although such savings are only a small percentage of overall public education spending, the evidence provides yet another reason for states to consider, create, and expand vouchers.

Should the public charter school choose the supplemental funding, the public charter school may only expel a student for a reason expressly allowed in law and must provide a disciplinary alternative education program or juvenile justice alternative education program, as applicable.

I'm sure there are a number of reasons why this solution may not be feasible, but it sure would provide a disincentive to charters to NOT cull the cream of the crop from public schools then push the more challenging cases out of their schools and into neighborhood public schools, at least not midway through the academic year when the negative consequences of such outcomes are compounded because of the disruption this transience evidently brings to the student and her new schoolmates.

Education and Youth indicators may not be directly comparable to data provided by either the Baltimore City Public School System or the Maryland Department ofEducation due to several reasons including differences in methodology used to create indicators, excluding students who can not be matched between data filesprovided by BCPSS, and excluding students whose home address can not be geocoded.

These facts and figures provide insight into one of many reasons why public education is a worthwhile investment.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.

The basic reason behind the creation and practicing laws is to provide security to the public from powerful and fraud entities.

Animal Welfare League provides a relinquishment service to the public for pet owners who are unable to keep their pets for whatever reason.

The Shelter Access bill has always required shelters to make the list of rescues public and provide in writing the specific reasons, including a description of any act or omissions, as to why the rescue is not eligible for the list.

For this reason, a European project was estaqblished in 2011, COST - action TOSCA (Towards a more complete assessment of the impact of solar variability on the Earth's climate), whose objective is to provide a better understanding of the «hotly debated role of the Sun in climate change» (not really in the scientific fora, but more in the general public discourse).

One of the reasons why we started this site was to provide some of the context missing in the public perception of the issue, and I hope we are succeeding in some small way.

You are asked to suggest 5 reviewers, and any reviewers that you don't want (you need to provide a reason; simple disagreement won't work; not i can legitimately claim that Mann shouldn't review my papers because of public statements he has made about me)

This post examines the thesis that motivated reasoning by climate scientists is adversely impacting the public trust in climate science and provides a reason for people to reject the consensus on climate change science.

But in that one statement Mann provides reason enough for the records about his work and the company he keeps to be made public.

Clearly the majority of the public won't have the foggiest idea of what these e-mails refer to, even when context is provided, which is undoubtedly the reason why they are trotted out to a scientifically naive audience.

[Response: The main reason for this blog was to provide context for the public discussion of climate change.