Sentences with phrase «right to free speech by»

The man, Erik Estavillo, claims Sony has violated his right to free speech by removing his only form of socialization.

Some of you may think that we are giving up our right to free speech by giving in to the extremists.

The plaintiffs will essentially be asking the court to overturn a 1977 ruling in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, in part by arguing that unions have gone too far in recent years allowing their collective bargaining efforts to become intertwined with political activism, which then violates the plaintiffs rights to free speech by forcing them to fund political actions they are often opposed to.

Not exact matches

For precisely the same reasons that I found your statement to be laughable, the government must insure that mechanisms are put in place to insure that the actual persons granted free speech rights by the Supreme Court (the owners of the corporations) are the ones actually exercising their new rights instead of having those rights stolen by fat - cat executives and self - appointed boards.

This year's shareholder proposals filed or coordinated by NCPPR ask companies «to protect political free speech rights, but all those that have been challenged at the SEC have been omitted,» Proxy Preview elaborates.

I agree with his right to free speech but he will never gain «converts» by being aggressive, insulting and condescending.

The issue is that free speech was provided for anti choice proponents, but an alternative plate giving the same right to free speech to pro choice proponents was voted down by the legislature.

Laycock's hypothesis ripened into full - blown suspicion by June 2000 when Justice Stevens took the position that the free speech rights of the Boy Scouts were not violated by a state law requiring them to employ an avowed homosexual as an assistant scoutmaster.

Thu - mping bible babble anywhere is part of our right to free speech guaranteed by the Const - itution.

While this is usually spun as a victory against intrusive moralists, in expanding the free speech right the Court nonetheless threw under the bus those people particularly susceptible to becoming consumed by obscenity.

But that freedom is just one of many that we enjoy in the United States — and religious tolerance is no more, or less, valuable than are rights to free speech, to bear arms, to be free from search and seizure, to be presumed innocent until proven otherwise, to be tried by our peers, to have our day in court, to not be imprisoned or fined without cause, to ensure State's rights, to be free from slavery and involuntary servitude, and on, and on, and on.

«We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.»

Spelled out in a lengthy lead editorial entitled «Evangelicals in the Social Struggle,» as well as in books such as Aspects of Christian Social Ethics, Henry's understanding of Christian social responsibility stressed (a) society's need for the spiritual regeneration of all men and women, (b) an interim social program of humanitarian care, ethical proclamation, and personal, structural application, and (c) a theory of limited government centering on certain «freedom rights,» e. g., the rights to public property, free speech, and so on.18 Though the shape of this social ethic thus closely parallels that of the present editorial position of Moody Monthly, it must be distinguished from its counterpart by the time period involved (it pushed others like Moody Monthly into a more active involvement in the social arena), by the intensity of its commitment to social responsibility, by the sophistication of its insight into political theory and practice, and by its willingness to offer structural critique on the American political system.

F forcing them along these lines violates their right to free speech because it mandates a behavior, by the Greens, which they conscientiously object to.

James Madison, that staunch advocate of free speech, insisted that the right of people to speak and to listen is not an end in itself, but is a means of achieving «popular government,» by which he meant the democratic process whereby people have the opportunity to take a real part in the decisions which affect their lives.

Informational self - determination (encompassing free speech, freedom to receive and seek information, the right to control person - related information, the right to confidentiality of communication, and the right to refuse information) is threatened by the fashionable Information Superhighway project.

And then we can get pepper - sprayed and tazed to death by the thugs wearing uniforms for using our free speech rights!

«So, I didn't stand locked in arms, I knelt today, because I wanted to make it clear that our rights to free speech and protest in America can not be muted by the president.»

Going by what is happening at the global stage, there is again, a telling proof that «for democracy to succeed, a relative level of literacy, a growing middle class, and political institutions that support free speech and human rights is desirable.

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has indefinitely suspended one of its officers in the Ashanti Region, for exercising his rights to free speech, saying he had breached the Civil Service Law — PNDC Law 327 by mocking the first two gentlemen of the land.

But there will be a couple of modifications: firstly, on British troops serving abroad during a conflict, and secondly to tilt the balance of rights more towards a British legal tradition, for instance by emphasising free speech over privacy.

Elsewhere in the speech, May promised control of laws, by leaving the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice (ECJ); control of immigration, by leaving the single market; rights of EU nationals, despite failing to guarantee at that point that they would not be deported; new trade deals, by leaving the customs union; and free trade with European markets, by pretending that nothing had happened.

The California law, adopted first, faced two court challenges from SOCE practitioners on the grounds that it violated their free speech rights, but last August a federal appeals court upheld the statute, distinguishing between the rights practitioners enjoy to advocate for the practice in public debate and the limitations on the therapeutic practices they can employ in their professional conduct governed by state licensing.

«My client feels very strongly that his constitutional rights, including his right to free speech have been violated by the actions of the majority members of the Board, the Board of Education and the school district as a result of a resolution that was passed seeking to remove my client from elected office,» Vacco said.

This section specifically was found to violate the rights of free speech, as protected by the First Amendment, for a collection of individuals gathered via contractual agreement.

This is just as the party said it believes that the reported moves to arrest the media adviser to former military President Ibrahim Babangida, Mr. Kassim Afegbua over General Babangida's declaration that President Muhammadu Buhari should not be voted to continue in office by 2019, is a ploy to set the table for a vicious muzzling of constitutionally guaranteed free speech and right to opinion of citizens in the country.

NEC members praised his conference speech and drew attention to Tory attacks on employment rights including access to tribunals, the paradox under which British railways can be run by states as long as they are foreign states, the need for good jobs not just any jobs, further cuts in public service pay, the threat of a new European / United States trade agreement, excessive warmth towards free schools, and expansion of food banks and payday loans into mainstream society.

Entrepreneurs are our true Leaders right now, so support him (and Dr. Greger) whenever your needs, intelligent investigation, and conscience leads you to, and share in the responsibility for closing the information and free speech gap while we can, by talking to one another through sites like nutritionfacts.org.

Kimmel, who promised the evening's nominee a free Jet Ski (presented a la «Price is Right» by Helen Mirren) for the shortest acceptance speech, also dutifully saluted the Time's Up moment, pointing out the Oscar statuette's ability to keep its hands to itself, as well as its notable lack of a penis.

Too many children don't fully learn what it means to have the constitutional right of free speech — which means that they also don't learn how to communicate with a peer when they are offended by what she says.

This assertion is being challenged by the Friedrichs plaintiffs, who counter that the agency - fee system is an infringement of the First Amendment rights to both free speech and free association.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert O'Brien issued the order in response to a class - action lawsuit filed against the Compton Unified School District by parents at McKinley Elementary School alleging that the verification process violated their constitutional rights to free speech and equal opportunity.

As per a related announcement released by the ASBA, this «could have a chilling effect on the free speech rights of school and district officials» throughout the state but also (likely) beyond if this continues to catch on.

The justices said they were split on a challenge brought by a group of California teachers who claim their free - speech rights are violated when they are forced to pay dues to the state's teachers union.

Americans of all political preferences would rise up against such tyranny if their rights were squelched by corporations, yet teachers unions have been legally trampling the free - speech rights of teachers throughout our nation for decades through forced dues used to fund their one - sided political agendas.

Legal Simon Jones has commentary on the defeat this week of a controversial bill in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly to tighten regulations on the sexual depictions of minors in manga, anime and video games: «This is a social battle waged in legislature, and the ultimate goal is to once again push adult content back into the darkest recesses of society, by getting people accustomed to the idea of granting rights to fictional characters, and eroding the rights of real people to have free and unpleasant speech.

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Herbert The Animal Legal Defense Fund, along with PETA, filed the nation's first lawsuit against ag gag legislation, taking Utah to court for infringing on the free speech rights of activists, investigators, and journalists by criminalizing undercover investigations at factory farms.

According to the group, Sony has committed an «offense against free speech and internet freedom» by «deny [ing] consumers the right to use products they have paid for, and rightfully own, in the manner of their choosing,» essentially «renting [their] products.»

Congressman Clay has stated that the removal of the work, painted by Missouri student David Pulphus, violates Pulphus's right to free speech, adding that «[t] his case is truly about something much bigger than a student's painting.

Founded in New York City in 2001 by Eli Sudbrack (b. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1968) and joined by Christophe Hamaide - Pierson (b. Paris, France, 1973) in 2005, assume vivid astro focus collaborates with musicians, designers, dancers, and other artists to create a sense of exuberance and optimism, while critically exploring the politics of free speech, equal rights, and freedom of expression.

«We support the right of free speech by the protesters to Omer Fast's exhibition at the gallery,» the gallery said in an email.

By this evening, a total of 19 Democrats, led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, will have taken to the floor of the United States Senate to attack the free speech rights of individual and organizations that disagree with the government dogma on the causes and consequences of global warminBy this evening, a total of 19 Democrats, led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, will have taken to the floor of the United States Senate to attack the free speech rights of individual and organizations that disagree with the government dogma on the causes and consequences of global warminby Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, will have taken to the floor of the United States Senate to attack the free speech rights of individual and organizations that disagree with the government dogma on the causes and consequences of global warming.

Because most meteorologists are employed directly or indirectly by governement and academia, they are all to often intimidated with retaliation and denied the right to exercise free speech to combat the hijacking fof the profession, their professional associations, and the science by a minority of political activists inside and outside their profession, who have promoted their likeminded collaborationists into positions of leadership.

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She seems to think that free speech and becoming a political activist are something that she or Lennart Bengtsson are not just entitled to, which they are of course, but that this also includes the right to not be critisized and counteracted by the political decisions by other then in response.

At his blog Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer, Michael Fox points to two interesting recent posts that underscore this simple proposition: When at work, you have no right of free speech.

In that decision — which has been criticized by some as hostile to free speech rights and humanitarian efforts — the justices found that a Patriot Act provision that prohibits providing «material support» to designated foreign terrorist organizations could be applied to conflict - resolution advice and legal services provided by human rights organizations to groups such as Turkey's Kurdistan Workers» Party and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Courts have found that people still have free - speech rights when it comes to publishing information over the internet, but that they're not protected from being sued by their comments.

To demand that employees must subjugate their political preferences by keeping them in line with their employers» — or — deprive themselves of the right to free speech, is a violation of basic human rightTo demand that employees must subjugate their political preferences by keeping them in line with their employers» — or — deprive themselves of the right to free speech, is a violation of basic human rightto free speech, is a violation of basic human rights.

Oh, and by the way, the first amendment right to free speech does not give you a right to anonymous free speech.