Sentences with phrase «rule as an assault»

Sen. Brad Hoylman (D - Manhattan) took the new rule as an assault on civil liberties.

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As many of you know, the current Liberal government is very concerned about sexual harassment and sexual assault on campus, and has devoted no small amount of time and political capital to getting institutions to adopt new rules and regulations around said... [Read More]

Whenever somebody suggested tougher rules on home loans, the mortgage industry painted it as an assault on homeownership and equal opportunity.

He took it public and basically target Vilma by name as having not only broken the rules but committed essentially assault for hire.

Sober, industrious and otherwise well - adjusted men have been known to fall into gargling, sputtering rages as, sitting helplessly before their TV sets, they feel themselves assaulted by Allen's tedious, drawn - out explanations («For the benefit of those not so familiar with the game, the infield fly rule states that, with first and second base or first, second and third occupied and less than two out, a ball which in the judgment of the umpire,» etc..

A state judge has ruled New York must disclose how many guns are registered as assault weapons, a victory for gun owners critical of the NY Safe Act.

His statement follows series of attacks on journalists reporting from the headquarters of the ruling party, with the most recent being the slaps received by Multimedia Adom FM journalist who was assaulted by famous NPP one - woman vigilante Hajia Fati in a case of «mistaken identity», as according to Hajia Fati, she mistook the journalist for an onion seller and gave her a sound slap for taking pictures of her without permission.

David Cameron's pledges in the election, No. 10 feels, rule out the full - scale assault on the principle of universality that the Lib Dems argued for, such as means testing benefits like child benefit to cut them back for better off families.

In addition, I have a rule never to take a failure as a personal assault, even when it may be.

Now, a Brevard County animal control officer has ruled correctly that the animals must be destroyed or used as guard dogs in a prison.The fact that the dogs never attacked anyone before May 24 is not a strong defense for allowing them to return to a residential neighborhood, as the owner requested.How many times must such a vicious assault be repeated before the animals are destroyed or removed?

Up to his untimely death in 2006 at age 41, Jason Rhoades carried out a continuous assault on aesthetic conventions and the rules governing the art world — wryly subverting those very conditions by using them as materials for his work.

The bills represent what is certain to be a concerted effort by the new House majority to address what they consider to be burdensome environmental rules, part of a broader assault on what Republicans characterize as job - killing regulations from the executive branch.

Despite the trial judge's ruling that Vander Wier had brutally assaulted T and violated his Charter rights, Crown counsel invited Officer Vander Wier to sit at the counsel table as assisting officer.

In a display of Parliamentary deference I can only describe as bizarre, a 6 - 3 majority of the SCC ruled that although «the concept of consent Parliament has adopted may seem unrealistic», the court was bound to strictly apply the statutory definition of sexual assault which requires that an individual be capable of revoking consent at any time during the course of the sexual activity.

A Canadian appellate court ruled that the defendant, described as the victim's «on - again, off - again partner of seven years,» did not commit sexual assault, overturning his conviction.

In the Alberta Court of Appeal ruling reported as R v Wagar, 2015 ABCA 327 Justice Brian K. O'Ferrall, speaking for a unanimous court, made short shrift of Justice Camp's judgment, at p. 1: ``... [W] e are satisfied that the trial judge's comments throughout the proceedings and in his reasons gave rise to doubts about the trial judge's understanding of the law governing sexual assaults and in particular, the meaning of consent and restrictions on evidence of the complainant's sexual activity... We are also persuaded that sexual stereotypes and stereotypical myths, which have long since been discredited, may have found their way into the trial judge's judgment.»

Second, the majority rejected the argument that advance consent to medical treatment while unconscious (and other scenarios involving touching during unconsciousness) should be seen as analogous to the case at hand, noting that Parliament had chosen to establish specific rules of consent for sexual assault (at para. 55).

This came on the heels of Brexit, the U.S. three - ring circus, the reemergence of the far right as a political force throughout Europe — ominous reminders that the rule of law is fragile and under assault.

Fittingly, to start the year, January 2008 saw the decision in A v Hoare (2008) UK HL 6, [2008] All ER (D) 251 (Jan) and its joined cases where the House of Lords overturned its earlier decision in Stubbings v Webb (1993) AC 498 HL, [1993] 1 All ER 322 and held that, where the injury had been caused by an assault, the rules for limitation should be the same as for injury caused by negligence or breach of statutory duty.

Offenders found guilty of heinous crimes like murder or child sexual assault can have, and recently have had, their convictions totally erased and can roam Canada's streets with impunity as a direct result of court rulings that their trials took too long to complete.

This archaic rule, which ignores the recognised fact that many victims of sexual assault do not have the psychological resources to commence litigation within six years, has long been condemned as unjust and nonsensical.

Speeding trials in Texas are governed by the same Rules of Evidence and Code of Criminal Procedure that govern trials for offenses such as assault and theft.