Sentences with phrase «recent public cases»

Not exact matches

One case in point is a recent flap over the public diss of a million - dollar investment in NaturallyCurly.com, an online community for people with curly and kinky hair.

Before Comey tapped him to lead the Richmond office in 2014, he was section chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, investigating some of the highest profile cases against government officials and civil rights violations in recent years.

The Simpson trial set the stage for the Casey Anthony trial, the Oscar Pistorius trial, and any other recent case that played out in public (and on television) almost as much as it played out in the courtroom.

In recent decades, child sex abuse cases have notably arisen from, and elicited, public hysteria.

The petition, to the Justice Secretary, says: «Several recent high profile cases have evidenced how the general public has fixed preconceived ideas of what constitutes rape, a victim and a perpetrator of sexual violence.

In consideration of recent public exposure concerning ped - ophiles (in most cases these are pederasts, i.e., active ho - mo - se - x-uals practicing an - al (or oral) i - nterc - ourse with teenagers) in the Church the following passages from Scripture are referenced.

One of the strongest arguments in recent years for abolishing the death penalty has arisen, not from the moral prohibition against the taking of life, but from the fact that with rare exceptions those who are executed are people who lack the means to secure good legal assistance, or lack the educational background to make full use of such assistance, or lack the social status which brings the case to public attention.11

A Search for Personal Fulfillment (Westminster, 1980), points out that in more recent times, a higher percentage of clergy wives has been employed outside the home than is the case for the general public.

Justice David Souter, for example, observed in one of the Supreme Court's recent Ten Commandments cases that «we are centuries away from the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and the treatment of heretics in early Massachusetts, but the divisiveness of religion in current public life is inescapable.»

With the recent Supreme Court ruling in the case of Allegheny County v. ACLU, I believe a new and exciting chapter in the church - state debate may be evolving around Jewish attempts in Pittsburgh and other places to legitimate the display of Jewish religious symbols in the public square.

Traversing the Trials of Wine Trademark Protection Two recent North Coast wine trademark cases dragged the legal battles over branding back into the public eye...

Typically we're able to take advantage of artificially inflated lines based on public overreaction to recent events, but that's not the case for WNBA betting.

The public attention given to the landmark High Court case taken by Aja Teehan and the coverage of the recent Coroner's inquest in the tragic death of baby Kai David Heneghan in Mayo have dominated the debate and have detracted from the real issues of: (i) Ireland's maternity care system being almost solely obstetric led and (ii) a woman's right to make responsible, informed choices in pregnancy and childbirth.

Initially scheduled to report to prison on July 1, Silver's appeal has gained some ground in recent weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell that narrowed the definition of an official quid pro quo in public corruption cases.

By making a Public Comment on the case, Justice Dotse has compromised public confidence in his capacity to sit on and determine any further suit by the parties in the recent Abu Ramadan case seeking an interpretation of the judPublic Comment on the case, Justice Dotse has compromised public confidence in his capacity to sit on and determine any further suit by the parties in the recent Abu Ramadan case seeking an interpretation of the judpublic confidence in his capacity to sit on and determine any further suit by the parties in the recent Abu Ramadan case seeking an interpretation of the judgment.

Nonunion members and opponents of public sector unions have criticized the fees and the 1977 case, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, broadly in recent years.

«Is not it true that the recent case of Greens and M.T. v. the United Kingdom specifically allows the Government to proceed with a range of policy options, which, like the consultation in 2009, could be put out for public discussion?

Cuomo's $ 152 billion budget proposal does include a plan that would expand a recent state settlement that includes public defender case cap loads.

With a now former county department head, ex-Social Services Commissioner Dirschberger, facing rape and criminal sex act counts in an Albany case involving a subordinate, members of the Legislature's minority caucus want to know how many harassment or discrimination cases have involved county employees in recent years, how many were settled and whether public dollars were used to fund those settlements.

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

Lordina Mahama, who has in recent public statements, especially on social media made a strong case for the former President, defended him, and described him as a great leader who genuinely cares about the country.

Supporters contend an adoption of a New York City - style system will help curb public corruption cases that have hit Albany in recent weeks.

Catherine Duncan is the Public Health Director in Saratoga County, where three recent cases of Powassan have been documented.

The BHA's Head of Public Affairs Naomi Phillips commented, «Recent years have seen some of the most compelling challenges to the law and policy on assisted dying in the UK and, if successful, this case could be key in affecting some change in this area.

Governor Cuomo and the state's district attorneys are pushing for laws to make it easier to prosecute bribery and public corruption cases, in the wake of recent scandals in Albany.

New York Governor Cuomo and the state's district attorneys are pushing for laws to make it easier to prosecute bribery and public corruption cases, in the wake of recent scandals in Albany.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it would disproportionately harm New Yorkers, where property taxes are among the highest in the nation, and he's taken opportunities at recent public events to make the case against the plan.

The CDC says it's tough to gauge the true incidence of dengue in the U.S. because most recent cases appear to have been diagnosed at private labs and were not reported to public health authorities.

More than a year since the start of one of the worst public health crises in recent history, Ebola cases have been tumbling in West Africa.

As a case study, they consider recent public health efforts in Thailand, using everything from village - wide presentations to children's comics, to elaborate traditional song - and - dance routines to try to stamp out infections caused by the parasitic liver fluke.

Despite a recent dramatic rise in cases, a World Health Organization panel stopped short of declaring the deadly new virus Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) a public health emergency of international concern.

But many projects come under public and federal scrutiny — the recent fracas over gene therapy trials is a case in point (Science, 24 March, p. 2163), often because the manner in which they were conducted led to concerns over the safety of the recruited participants or the protection of their confidentiality.

Outbreaks of measles in the UK and many other European countries have been increasing over recent years, with around 3,207 laboratory - confirmed cases reported by Public Health England from January 2012 to the end of June 2013.

The recent spikes in mumps cases have researchers and public health officials asking several questions: Why is mumps spreading among vaccinated individuals?

In light of recent cases, pressures are mounting on the online dating industry to ensure the safety of both their users and their families, as the press and law enforcement sectors continue to voice public concerns about internet dating.

But in a way that calls to mind the recent Jon McGregor novel Reservoir 13, it is pricklingly attuned to the bleak commonalities of all high - profile British crime cases: the tearful press conferences in village halls, the straggly lines of volunteers scouring scrubland for clues, the bouquets of dead flowers sellotaped to telegraph poles and fence posts, and most of all the public hunger for answers.

New York — On a recent Friday morning, while legislators and other state officials were making financial decisions that would make the difference between retaining and immediately laying off 1,000 of New York City's public - school teachers, Frank J. Macchiarola did what, in almost any other case, would be described as switching hats a few times.

Coming in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision to uphold race - conscious admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin — a case in which Garces authored briefs on behalf of 444 social science researchers — the Schuette case will rule on changes to the admission system at public postsecondary institutions in the state of Michigan.

The Supreme Court's recent decision in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, which authorizes educators to supervise the content of official high - school newspapers, is the Court's most significant ruling in a free - speech case involving public - school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 years ago.

Recent trends in cases on fiscal equity and education adequacy, however, effectively counter this pessimism, and confirm the strong connection between public education and a flourishing democracy.

The readings in this section address the history of the veil and the role of religion in public schools using the case study of a recent debate in France over students wearing headscarves.

Alexandria, Va. (February 1, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) applauds the recent Nevada District Court decision granting a preliminary injunction in the case of Lopez v. Schwartz, halting the state's Education Savings Account Program (ESAP), that would divert general funds appropriated for public schools to fund private school tuition.

In a recent edition of Bridge, Brooks makes the case that we must help prepare all Michigan public school students for college and careers.

As cataloged in the Public Schooling Battle Map, government schools have forced parents into conflict over issues like freedom of expression, religion, morality, creationism, evolution, multiculturalism, sexuality, and numerous other issues in hundreds of reported cases in recent years.

In a recent visit to Clarendon County, South Carolina, the location of one of the Brown v. Board of Education cases, I found virtually no white students attending the local public schools.

Evidence from recent years suggests that this is not the case and that the decision to pass Act 10 may have hurt not only teachers and other public servants, but Wisconsin's students as well.

A recent public opinion poll showed Andrew Cuomo skating to victory unless the Working Families Party put up a candidate who offered voters a better choice, in which case much of Cuomo's lead was projected to disappear.

His most recent 13D amendment filed Wednesday annexes a letter setting out a (huge) case study of DVD «partly as a contribution to public education but also to obtain a clearly objective review of the Dover Motorsports situation for our own investment purposes:»

The recent case in Ceredigion, Wales of convicted illegal dog breeder, Richard Samuel Morgan Jones whose dogs were «close to death» has ignited a blaze of concern among members of the public.

A recent, slight decrease in the popularity of breeds more affected by inherited disorders may indicate that the public is increasingly concerned with the ethical and / or financial implications of this burden (the average cost of owning a medium - sized dog is estimated at USD 8,000, which can increase considerably in the case of illness [20]-RRB-.