Sentences with phrase «ruling federal party»

It is a fact of life that if one has aspirations of appointment to a superior or appeal court, one has to have the support of the ruling federal party.

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On March 28, Congress voted along party lines to kill a set of rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in October that would've forced your internet service provider, or ISP, to ask you before it collected certain personal information.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape.

It told the pro-statehood ruling party to change the language of the ballot if they wanted federal funds to hold the election.

Referring to a draft article co-authored by Gallagher which suggests that proposals drafted by Harvard Law School's Shareholder Rights Project may constitute a violation of SEC rules, Minow quotes Columbia law professor Robert Jackson, who wrote, «It is wildly inappropriate for a sitting SEC commissioner to issue a law review paper accusing a private party of violating federal securities law without any investigation or due process of any kind.

Typically, if a party to litigation is successful in such a transfer, a case would proceed in the federal court system under federal procedural rules.

In December 2014, the Federal High Court had ruled that it was only the constitutionally recognized state party leadership led by Ejike Oguebego that could organize the party primaries.

Political parties are the product of the rules of the respective houses of Congress, the rules of private associations, custom and tradition, and some state and federal statutes.

The silence by President Buhari's administration has raised suspicion among the Ogonis that the federal government in collaboration with SHELL has opted for their usual strategy of divide and rule to set the Ogoni leaders and the people against themselves and also employing gradual frustration of the oil clean - up programme to force the collective loyalty of the Ogoni nation to join the ruling party in the country,» the statement said.

Also Dickson community to community meet the people tour may turn out to be the game changer for the ruling party as the tour afforded the governor the opportunity to interface with the communities in all the nooks and crannies of the council to sell his agenda to the locals The APC may have captured power at the federal level but the PDP remains a formidable party in the state where money, to a large extent, plays a major role in swaying the vote.

Trivia aside, a federal cabinet today, without Fashola and Amaechi would have been inconceivable, except they were not members of the ruling party.

The impression a dispassionate observer would have from the failure of security and law enforcement during the Bayelsa election (which was conducted in Nigeria's smallest state with the lowest number of registered voters) would be that the federal government permitted or condoned the strong - arm tactics of the ruling party's candidate in his ultimately vain effort to secure that state's rulership by force.

Federal rules bar states from awarding bond work to parties who have donated to gubernatorial campaigns within the last two years (more than $ 86,000 of the campaign cash from the firms flowed to Cuomo in the last two years).

The appellate ruling is part of a multipronged court battle between Tinari forces and dissidents who say the party is still under the control of ex-Conservative chairman Edward Walsh, who is in federal prison after his conviction on corruption charges.

Others include members of the Federal Executive Council, presidential media team, lawmakers and party chieftains of the ruling APC.

The rule states that any «substantial proposal which could affect the Party's independence of political action» will need the consent of a majority of Lib Dem MPs and of the party's federal execuParty's independence of political action» will need the consent of a majority of Lib Dem MPs and of the party's federal execuparty's federal executive.

The Jan. 27 ruling that New York must hold its non-presidential federal primary on June 26 set up the potential of having three party primaries this year: One on Sept. 11 for state elections and a third on April 24 for the GOP presidential primary, a costly consideration for local Boards of Election.

Penalties for Frivolous Lawsuits — Vote Passed (230 - 188, 11 Not Voting) The bill would modify federal rules governing civil lawsuits to require federal courts to impose sanctions on parties that violate the existing prohibition on the filing of frivolous lawsuits, with such sanctions to include monetary penalties to cover the other party's attorneys» fees and other costs.

«In addition, at my request the party president and the federal executive established a review into our procedures for handling cases such as this to ensure that the party's rules are fit for purpose in the future.

The announcement of the new party line comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court, citing religious rights, ruled that requiring family - owned corporations to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act violated a federal law protecting religious freedom.

Readers may like to know that the Australian Labor Party - a sister Party of British Labour with a very similar history and values to our own - has rules which insist on mandatory re-selection for all Federal MPs before each Federal Parliamentary election.

While describing the persistent claim by the Federal Government that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) destroyed Nigeria for 16 years as hypocritical, Governor Fayose said Nigerians must begin to ask which party majority of those presently ruling the country under the APC government were between 1999 and Party (PDP) destroyed Nigeria for 16 years as hypocritical, Governor Fayose said Nigerians must begin to ask which party majority of those presently ruling the country under the APC government were between 1999 and party majority of those presently ruling the country under the APC government were between 1999 and 2014.

Last year, federal judges in Wisconsin ruled that in 2011 the state's Republican Party unconstitutionally drew district lines against Democrats.

They would crow that the tactical AD routing of 2003 (no thanks to Olusegun Obasanjo's well reported electoral double - cross of the then AD South West governors) is, in 2016, resulting in a strategic triumph, with the Ondo AD vanquishing both APC and PDP — one, the current federal ruling party, the other, the former one.

I was shocked that Chief Oyegum, a very senior former bureaucrat who occupied the position of federal permanent secretary and who now chairs the ruling political party, could seek to impugn the judgments of the nation's highest court simply because their judgments did not align with his political interests and expectations.

As of 2014, a lawsuit by the Green Party and Constitution Party for ballot access is still pending in federal court and has received an initial favorable ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals

The Eddy Olafeso - led faction of the party in the zone had appealed a November 8 ruling by the Federal High Court, Ado - Ekiti, which declared the Ogundipe - led executive as the authentic leadership of the party in the zone and forbade the Olafeso - led group from parading itself as members of the South West zonal exco and from participating in the forthcoming national convention as representatives of the zonal exco.

Elected officials earning a «thumbs up» designation included U.S. Reps. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) and John Faso (R - Kinderhook) for bucking their party and voting against the Republican - backed Ozone Standards Implementation Act, legislation that would delay federal rules designed to curb smog.

«The Lib Dem leader is meeting this afternoon with his ruling federal executive - an elected committee of 35 senior activists, MPs and party officials - to discuss his next move.»

Kalu, a businessman and political party promoter, was welcomed into the ruling party not like some sort of hero, with National Chairman John Odigie - Oyegun leading the honours at the APC headquarters in the federal capital.

Much as I like his effect on the internal manouvres of Labour I suspect that Corbyn's idea of a Federal republic is one where the Labour party rules the roost in every province.

Also, FDA clears the party drug ecstasy for post-traumatic stress disorder clinical trials, and U.S. courts rule that the federal government must consider the impacts of major energy projects on climate change.

UC announced yesterday that it is the first research institution to seek to «intervene,» or become a party in the case, in which the government is appealing a lower court's ruling that National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to study human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) violates federal law.

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The 7th Circuit upheld a trial judge's ruling dismissing the case, holding that the federal Communications Decency Act doesn't permit people to «sue the messenger just because the message reveals a third party's plan to engage in unlawful discrimination».

The parties agree that any and all controversies, disputes or claims arising out of or under this Agreement, shall be exclusively governed and decided by binding arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act in conformity with the Rules and Procedures as established by the American Arbitration Association, and the determination of the arbitrator shall be final and binding (except to the extent there exist grounds for vacation of an award under applicable arbitration statutes).

In a party - line 50 - 48 vote Thursday, senators approved a resolution to undo sweeping privacy rules adopted by the Obama - era Federal Communications Commission.

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Bankruptcy and Civil Rules published a set of proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure this summer that could modify how parties to a bankruptcy give notice of an adversary proceeding, how debtors give notice of a Chapter 13 plan, and how creditors make objections.

Under federal rules, to obtain an HECM loan, consumers must first undergo financial counseling with an independent third party approved by HUD.

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The Dec. 1 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure underscore the obligation of parties in litigation to provide electronic data in discovery.

Under Rule 706 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, a court may «appoint any expert witnesses agreed upon by the parties, and may appoint expert witnesses of its own selection.»

Both agree that lawyers must pay closer attention to the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2, which prohibits parties from filing information such as a social security numbers and taxpayer ids (except last four digits) or birth dates.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c)(1) allows a district judge issuing a subpoena to award appropriate sanctions, including lost earnings and reasonable attorney's fees, against a party or attorney responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena that imposes «undue burden or expense» on a person subject to the subpoena.

In addition to tools such as Rule 37 (b)(2), federal judges can sanction parties under their so - called «inherent authority.»

Another potential consideration is that the Federal Circuit is already hearing the parties» cross-appeal of Judge Posner's ruling.

The latest procedural dispute between Apple and Google (Motorola) is over which U.S. appeals court — the Federal Circuit or the Seventh Circuit — should hear the parties» cross-appeal of a FRAND contract ruling handed down in November 2012 by the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

This panel featured a discussion of hot issues in class action litigation, including: employment litigation, Dukes v. Wal - Mart Stores and the use of federal rule 23 (b)(2) in class certification; cy pres; and third party financing.

But the Eighth Circuit said nothing in the CAFA or the federal rules prohibited the parties from agreeing to dismiss and re-file in state court.

Regardless of which party wins the federal election on October 19, it seems unlikely, given the time constraints, that the February 6, 2016 deadline for implementing the legislative changes required by the Supreme Court's ruling will be met.