Sentences with phrase «raises issues of justice»

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Former Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr said the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election raises «difficult and serious» issues that need to be evaluated by the Justice Department.

El Puente, a Latino organization based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that focuses on social justice, education and climate change issues, has raised enough money to purchase thousands of lanterns — which Puerto Ricans on the island view as a glimmer of hope to help guide them through the dark.

A purchase of the Orange County Register and other newspapers by the parent company of the Los Angeles Times could raise antitrust issues by depriving readers and advertisers of competition, the U.S. Department of Justice has said.The department's...

Simultaneously, denominational offices and social - justice groups have worked to raise churches» awareness of children's issues.

For like the practice of slavery, and like the Jim Crow laws of the not - so - distant past, the abortion issue raises the most fundamental questions of justice — questions that can not be avoided, and that can not be be resolved by judicial fiat.

Those who are involved in small groups often claim that these groups have influenced how they think on political and economic issues — for example, raising their interest in questions of peace and social justice or, in the case of conservative religious groups, generating ire about abortion and gay rights.

CSW's Chief Executive, Mervyn Thomas, said: «CSW is urging the US government to raise the issue of widespread hate campaigns by state and non-state actors against religious minorities in talks with Prime Minister Modi, and to insist that justice is done for the victim - survivors of violence against religious minorities.»

He added: «One of the big issues raised by the campaign has been the issue of social justice and poverty which of course all Christians care about and are interested in.

When gospel - related themes about justice, peace, and equality are raised in the various elements of culture, the church may suspect that these issues did not rise solely out of the hearts and minds of unregenerate people, but were created by the gentle breezes of the Spirit upon all people in our society.

Labour MP Toby Perkins later told the justice secretary he would raise the issue as a point of order if he did not correct the record.

If we let Obama lose, then Dems will fire up United For Peace and Justice and their fake antiwar candidates, and make lots of noise about our privacy rights, so those issues will be raised.

Rejecting the contention of Ajibola that the preliminary Objection raised by Governor Aregbesola had no foundation, Justice Ayoola held that the Supreme Court had long classified the issue of locus standi and which must reveal that the interest of the Plaintiff surpass that of other members of the society.

Among other criminal justice issues raised by Hawkins and the Green Party candidates were: establishment of a statewide Public Defenders Office; legalization of marijuana; Broken Windows policy; justice for Eric Garner; raising the age of adult criminal responsibility to 18; banning solitary confinement; educational opportunities for prisoners; assistance to help ex-offenders find employment and housing; and alternatives to incarceration.

At the same time, raising the age of criminal responsibility was especially thorny topic for Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers, making a compromise on the complex criminal justice issue difficult.

The raise the age issue was a key policy concern for Heastie to have accomplished in the state budget, and Cuomo last week indicated he was satisfied with the passage of a budget extender bill that funded the government until May 31, but did not include the juvenile justice reform.

Glyn Fullelove added: «Nevertheless, this is a thoughtful paper that clearly reflects the responses to the earlier round of consultation from the CIOT and others and does justice to the practical issues raised.

While the Sanders campaign in recent months has emphasized criminal justice issues that have been raised by the Black Lives Matter movement — as well as the candidate's own record during the civil rights movement of the 1960s — Rangel said being a representative of Vermont doesn't help the resume.

The Sanders campaign in New York City has raised the issues of criminal justice and police reform, concerns that resonate with voters of color who the senator has struggled to gain the support of early on in the campaign.

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.

The issues raised in the Department of Justice report go well beyond the confines of state operations — they involve the enormous challenges faced in our inner city schools, communities and families.

Number of issues Mr Afoko raised a number issues in the petition, which include Professor Mike Oquaye and Madam Ama Busia being members of the National Council of Elders of the NPP who sat and heard their own petition as a clear and egregious breach of the rules of natural justice and of the provisions of Article 4 (5)(b) the source pointed out.

ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie reiterated his commitment to longtime Democratic issues, and said as he began the annual legislative session on Wednesday that he would push to raise taxes on millionaires and enact a slew of criminal justice reforms.

We're talking about criminal justice reform, I risked my political life raising the issue of criminal justice reform when I ran for the Senate in Virginia in 2006.

Calling it an issue of «economic justice,» de Blasio said he would raise income tax rates on the wealthy from 3.9 percent to 4.4 percent for five years, an amount he likened to the daily cost of a «small soy latte from Starbucks.»

The Appellate court in its judgment delivered by Justice H.A.O Abiru upheld the decision of the lower court and resolved all issues raised against the appellant.

A former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, raised the issue but many people dismissed his argument.

In reaction to moves by the British Olympic Association to restrict British athletes from raising concerns about human rights in China, Michael Wills, Minister of State for Justice, indicated that the government was continuing with its dialogue with the Chinese about human rights issues.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino today announced an agreement with the Department of Justice that addresses issues raised regarding conditions of confinement at the county's jail and penitentiary complex that arose during the administration of former County Executive Andrew Spano.

Indeed, limiting the effects of climate change raise issues of equity, justice, and fairness and is necessary to achieve sustainable development and poverty eradication.

Contaminants affect the ability of tribes to live and raise children in their traditional ways, said Elizabeth Hoover, an assistant professor of ethnic and American studies at Brown University who has worked with the Anishinaabe and other tribes on environmental justice issues.

At the time, I also was earning my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on Social Justice in Urban Education that raised my awareness of equity issues and made me want to be even more of an advocate for others whose voices may not always be heard.

When I first began teaching justice issues raised during the civil rights movement, I gave my students an assignment to create a civil rights documentary after viewing segments of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954 - 1965.2 While this assignment was adequate, I struggled with its impact.

Their concurring in part and dissenting in part opinion argued: (1) the court should not have reached the issue because: «n reaching the merits of the Section 10 challenge, the court ignores the fact that the Duncan complaint (which raised the Section 10 challenge) was dismissed by the district court for failure to state a claim under NRCP 12 (b)(5);» and (2) the issue is one of first impression, which the justices, in dissent, said is «not as well - defined and easily resolved as my colleagues suggest,... the proper action here, had a majority of this court not determined that SB 302's funding is unconstitutional, would be to remand this matter to the district court for further proceedings and factual development as to this claim.»

Consumer Reports has issued a call for the U.S. Department of Justice to raise the compensation amounts for owners of diesel Volkswagens that fall under the settlement reached between the automaker...

For the upcoming ALDF week of action to raise awareness of criminal animal law issues, National Justice for Animals Week, they have many events planned.

Jenny Holzer is known for making work that addresses social justice and political issues, most commonly raising awareness to incidents of human rights abuse.

The Warsaw agenda includes numerous topics that raise profound ethical and justice issues which not only must be faced to achieve a global climate change solution but which are also increasingly at the center of the most contentious issues in the international climate negotiations.

There is an urgent need in most nations to raise public awareness of the ethical and justice issues entailed by climate change policymaking in general and ghg emissions commitments in particular.

The issue of climate justice has been repeatedly raised at international level by campaigners, by religious leaders and by academics.

She is interested in the issues of global justice and intergenerational justice raised by climate change.

Notably, it provides climate - savvy political leaders like in California an opportunity to raise the issue of international solidarity and global justice in the context of state - level debates.

I would be interested to know whether any of the panelists raised the issue of access to justice.

But creating such divisions will raise, among other issues, difficult constitutional issues as to mandatory provincial representation by designated numbers of justices on the Supreme Court of Canada.

The state Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the superior court, holding that the plaintiff's expert's affidavit, combined with the documents that were available to the hearing justice, raised a material issue of fact as to whether Arden Engineering was responsible for Limoges's injury.

The judge who granted leave to appeal acknowledged the decision's «importance to the profession, as well as to the administration of justice generally», and described the core issue raised by the decision to be whether «pre-approval to use discovery evidence under one of the exceptions contained in [Rule 30.1] is or is not required»: S.C. v. N.S., 2017 ONSC 2601 at para. 8.

... Chief Justice Scott finds that the issues you raise do not relate to any conduct which is incompatible with the due execution of Chief Justice McLachlin's office as a judge, but rather express your disagreement with the recommendations of the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada.

«However, investors continue to lack trust in the Albanian judiciary, hence I think that the successful completion of justice system reform that is currently under way, will be an enormous step towards improvement of the business climate and that obviously goes hand to hand with addressing other issues raised by investors such as transparency of public procurement and PPP processes, frequency of changes to legislation etc.».

As can be seen in this appeal, the creation of national classes also raises the issue of relations between equal but different superior courts in a federal system in which civil procedure and the administration of justice are under provincial jurisdiction.

Judges of the Superior Court of Justice have expressed differing views on this and other interpretative issues raised by the amendments.

After taking the matter under advisement, Collings issued his opinion yesterday, which he began with this statement: «It sometimes happens that small cases raise issues of fundamental importance in our system of justice; this case happens to be an example.»