Sentences with phrase «questions from the justices»

And if you heard the skeptical questions from the justices during oral arguments, today's conclusion comes as no surprise.

The arguments and questions from the justices focused primarily on school funding, supervisory authority, local accountability, and the ability for charter school teachers to collectively bargain.

... we strongly repudiate the line of questioning from Justice Antonin Scalia based on the discredited Mismatch Theory.

A son or daughter of a lawyer makes that inevitable statement, «Daddy (or Mommy), I think I want to be a lawyer», as the parent inevitably nuzzles their chin and looks to the heavens for wisdom and inspiration, much like answering a question from justice so - and - so.

But Enrich did face several skeptical policy - related questions from Justices Antonin Scalia, who asked whether taxes are political issues that should be decided by legislators, not courts, and David Souter, who questioned whether tax incentives such as Ohio's are truly discriminatory.

Not exact matches

So, the studio's biggest question mark of the year will be November's Justice League, which will bring together several superheroes from that universe of films, including Wonder Woman as well as Batman and Superman.

The Democratic senator questioned his accountability and the stock gains he profited from during the time millions of unauthorized accounts were opened at the bank, ultimately recommending he resign, return the money he earned during that time and be criminally investigated by the SEC and the Department of Justice.

Many of the questions focus on potential obstruction of justice, including the president's firing of FBI chief James Comey and Trump's reaction to Attorney General Jeff Sessions» recusal from the Russia investigation, a decision Trump has angrily criticized.

A spokeswoman declined to answer a series of direct questions from CNBC about his case, instead providing a statement from Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department's Tax Division: «Bradley Birkenfeld was afforded due process of law and sentenced by a federal district court after full consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, including his admission that he advised wealthy UBS clients on how to conceal their assets from the U.S. government,» she said.

The extraordinary criticism raised questions about whether Trump was seeking to drive his top Justice official from office as a way to wrest control of the investigation from Mueller, who was appointed after Sessions» recusal for failing to immediately disclose his meetings with Kislyak.

Here's Leondra Kruger, Assistant to the Solicitor General, responding to a question from Chief Justice John Roberts: The government's....

When the post-modernist argues that justice is a game we play; a set of rules two or more people agree upon as the frame within which to carry on their social intercourse (see, for instance, JG), the discussion shifts from a celebration of various uniqueness to the difficult question of how they interact.

Yeah, it makes me feel better denouncing baptist cause of my family's involvement with the KKK to become a catholic and the hate by socialism and such from conservative uncompassionant individuals on the moral question of social justice issues.

Pastors and mentors will of course feel compelled to offer guidance and prayer as young adults navigate the tricky terrain of sexuality, but they should not be deceived into thinking that the all the questions about faith, science, technology, religious pluralism, politics, justice, equality, and ethics emerging from the Millennial generation are related to sex and can be solved by abstaining from it.

Justice divorced from truth becomes a question of whose justice, and invites a Hobbesian war of all againJustice divorced from truth becomes a question of whose justice, and invites a Hobbesian war of all againjustice, and invites a Hobbesian war of all against all.

Ezekiel's extreme doctrine of individualism, therefore, far from settling the question, started a controversy which Judaism never finished, as is plain in Job's unconquerable doubt of divine justice to individuals, and Ecclesiastes» scornful denial of it.

Finally, apart from being a matter of justice, it is also of course a question of faith and trust in God - always tests of the Christian life.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

Of special interest are statements by Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore on Catholic understandings of the American constitutional order, and several documents from the hand of Bishop («Dagger John») Hughes of New York on sundry questions, including an illuminating exchange with Bishop Patrick Lynch of Charleston on the justice of the Union cause in the Civil War.

It reminds us that our most pressing constitutional questions (on slavery and secession) were settled out of court; that it took more than a wiser judge to reverse our most villainous chief justice (Roger Taney); and that our Constitution's most consequential interpreter wasn't a robed philosopher - king but a self - taught lawyer from Kentucky by way of Illinois.

Certainly a partial answer to this question comes from common sense: that the notion of «theology» has come to have academic and specialized meanings from which a general practitioner, with some justice, excludes himself.

Looking at this side of the ambiguity, we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that lives without question or resistance in a state founded on violence and made prosperous by the exploitation of less fortunate nations; a church that accepts various perquisites from that state as its due; a church where changing jobs for the sake of peace and justice is seldom considered; a church that constantly speaks in the language of war; a church given to eloquent invective in its internal disputes and against outside opponents; a church quite sure that God will punish the wicked.

But with them there is no question of doing justice to human being as a part of nature — as Heidegger articulates the point, from their perspective human beings are «thrown» into an alien world.

In this way, I should like to signal what I myself sense to be a significant shift in my recent thinking: from being preoccupied for the most part with theoretical questions of belief and truth to giving greater attention to the practical issues of action and justice that likewise have their basis in the underlying concern for freedom.

The separate individual to whom personally, apart from all questions of collective reward and retribution, justice was due but was not done, rose into Hebrew thinking with disturbing effect.

Justice Scalia is hoping that one day we will be as removed from the abortion controversy as we are today removed from past controversies over slavery and the internment of Japanese «Americans, and that this distance will be the consequence of having clearly and definitively rejected the injustice in question.

Without taking a strong stand on the controversial question of whether inter-species relationships ought to be governed by justice — in other words, the question of whether we owe anything to animals as such — the author establishes all sorts of interesting parallels between evolutionary biology and traditional theology in this area, as well as challenges from one to the other.

Says the chief justice: «It conflicts with our whole history and tradition to permit questions of the Religion Clauses to assume such importance in our legislatures and in our elections that they could divert attention from the myriad issues and problems which confront every level of government» (ibid., 622).

Stunting yeah perhaps the young ladies in question could remain clothed and take some inspiration from another group campaigning for justice.

The other uses religious belief to provide freedom from oppression, seeks justice as restoration, strives to improve human relations and the quality of life, and welcomes questions, discussions, debates, and increased knowledge.

A third and final facet of the question relates to the possible forms that distributive justice can take in Catholic confessional states, which Dignitatis Humanae admits may differ legitimately from the shape that distributive justice typically assumes in liberal regimes.

What a beautiful story and how incredibly real — it is crazy how children can go from asking the most profound questions we adults at times struggle to answer or struggle to answer in a way that gives justice to the question and yet, a mere 30 seconds later the same kid can turn to the most seemingly profane distraction.

Perhaps the search for justice would have been swifter and easier; and the national question, maybe resolved by productive federalism, wrought from hard compromise.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's attorney general take over from local district attorneys, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.

Not just New Labour's overwhelming desire to amass all sorts of information about the individual and New Labour's managerial model of how to govern but also, in particular, a steady shift away from «justice» and towards «control»: towards the arbitrary, unconstrained use of power through the regular invocation of states of exception (terror legislation and Iceland is in this category); the creation of catch - all legislation whose operational interpretation is at the whim of the police (photography, questioning individual police officers); government attempts to constrain the judiciary through tick - the - box sentencing guidelines, and at an individual level examples such as David Milliband's quite disgraceful prevarication over torture allegations.

The Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bach): Ministers have received two letters and one Parliamentary Question from the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, answered by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 29 September 2008 (Official Report, col. WA416) specifically about the presence of Law Lords in the House of Lords since the passing of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.»

It's calling into question Labour's choice of Justice spokesman, using one example from Khan's history of dubious associations (including others with people who were not his clients), and seemingly inconsistent accounts relating to them.

Wednesday Questions — Implementation of the recommendations from the farming regulation task force report; harmonising British time with that of the UK's main European trading partners; health of carers Legislation — Justice and security bill Debate — The economic viability, value for money and benefit - cost ratio of the high speed 2 London to Birmingham and London to Leeds and Manchester lines

While the number of calls from David to JCOPE is not overwhelming, the timing of several calls made 16 months ago raises questions about the frequency of contact between the governor's office and the state's independent ethics panel, especially at a time when former aides and supporters of Cuomo were in the crosshairs of a U.S. Justice Department investigation.

With questions still swirling over President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims that he was wiretapped on orders of President Barack Obama, the Justice Department declined to confirm statements a day earlier from the White House that Trump was not the target of a counterintelligence investigation.

Monday 11 March 2013 2.30 pm Oral Questions Plans to tackle inequality in income and wealth in the UK - Lord Dubs Consequences for access to justice for those who will not be able to receive free legal advice on social welfare law matters from 1 April - Lord Bach Future railway re-openings - Lord Faulkner of Worcester Progress towards achieving the projected increase in the size of the UK's reserve forces - Lord Rosser Legislation Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Report stage (Day 4)- Viscount Younger of Leckie Short Debate Recommendations of the Francis Report into the Mid-Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Lord Patel Short Debate Impact of NHS innovation and research strategies on health improvement and wealth creation - Lord Kakkar

A loyal former assistant to state Sen. John Sampson testified Wednesday at his obstruction - of - justice trial — and faced tough questions from the judge about her honesty, and from prosecutors about...

Question: Eighteen months ago, the Town Board authorized spending $ 36,000 on an audit of its Justice Court system after it was learned that a now - former clerk had stolen more than $ 230,000 from the town's bail fund.

The Justice Secretary is in the news for other reasons - his Department plans to halve rapists» sentences under some circumstances - but it's worth reading in full what he said yesterday about superinjunctions, in reply to a question from John Whittingdale, the Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.

During Justice Questions yesterday, the issue of votes for prisoners was raised on the back of the recent judgment from the European Court of Human Rights.

He also questioned if justice would be served by having today's institutional leaders trying to defend the actions of those from generations ago.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- A leading Senate Democrat predicts Eric Holder will be confirmed as the nation's next attorney general, despite tough questions expected from some Republicans about his Justice Department stint during the Clinton administration.

The extent of the retreat from Michael Howard's «prison works» policy was evident during Justice questions on Tuesday.

Cuomo, saying there is a «crisis of confidence» in the criminal justice system, signed an executive order to have the state's Attorney General take over from the local District Attorney, anytime a unarmed civilian is killed in an encounter with police, and there are questions about what happened.