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But Comey said the intense public interest in the matter — and permission from the Justice Department — made it appropriate to do so.

In a legal filing joined by other public interest groups and the consumer electronics trade association, the group said the justices should not become regulators of technology and «the court should not attempt to predict the future of television.»

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in her opinion that the law «shelters employees of private contractors that serve public companies, just as it shelters the public companies» own employees.»

Its public relations machine seemed to run completely off the rails in May, when the European Court of Justice enshrined the «right to be forgotten» — a concept Google had said amounted to censorship and which it had fought to undermine.

«The determination of the PSD - led government to charge ahead with the contentious criminal justice reform in disregard of widespread public discontent and political opposition sets a scene for tumultuous period ahead, highlighting a risk of further deteriorating operating environment,» Andrius Tursa, advisor on central and eastern European issues at Teneo Intelligence said in a note last week.

Larson said he was contacted a week ago by the Justice Department and local prosecutors about representing the victims, prior to the dispute becoming public.

Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron, however, said Pai has «never met a mega-merger he didn't like or a public safeguard he didn't try to undermine,» calling him «an inveterate opponent of net neutrality, expanded broadband access for low - income families, broadband privacy, prison - phone justice, media diversity and more.»

This summer, the Justice Department took the first public steps toward seizing $ 1 billion in assets that it says were moved to the United States after being taken from 1MDB by family and friends of Mr. Najib, the prime minister.

20.02.18... The Estonian state needs to understand the necessity of a state reform that would cut the number of officials exercising public authority by half, prominent lawyer and former Minister of Justice Jüri Raidla said in a speech at a meeting dedicated to the centennial of the Republic of Estonia on Monday.

Grondin said his public appeal «likely helped» Vallée convince her cabinet colleagues on the need to make major investments in the justice system.

Rashad Robinson, executive director of online racial justice organization Color of Change, said in a statement late Tuesday that while he applauded Uber's newfound transparency, «the onus is now on Kalanick and Uber's leadership team to prove that all this public soul - searching isn't just a public relations ploy and to work with advocates and experts to meaningfully increase diversity at the company.»

«Tobin was a person who really impressed me, because he had a passion for social justice and for public policy,» she said.

Yet our government would have us agree to sweeping economic agreements like CETA and the TPP without providing us any facts at all, just empty slogans about how wonderful things will be after we sign on,» says Larry Brown, national secretary - treasurer of the National Union of Public and General Employees and co-chair of the Trade Justice Network.

The justices, by an 8 - 1 vote, said Wednesday that members of Westboro Baptist Church had a right to promote what they call a broad - based message on public matters such as wars.

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.

«The Const - itution does not oblige government to avoid any public acknowledgment of religion's role in society,» Justice Kennedy said in his opinion.

This is the kind of censorship necessary for television, he says, «and, whatever the justice of [Rooney's] punishment, he can take comfort in having served as a sacrifice to the cause of public tranquility.»

one may say that Open Secularism and Renascent Religion are allies and need to reinforce each other in public life to redeem the new human values of freedom, equality and justice and enhance the quality of national fraternity in a situation of religious and ideological pluralism.

On the contrary, it is quite legitimate to say that for Smith the economic order is part of a larger social order in which there is a prominent role for the public authority and that social order itself is situated in a moral order where sympathy and justice are the cardinal principles.

«These are not just political conflicts or economic choices; they are moral choices with enormous human dimensions,» Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, California, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops» Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, said in a public letter last week.

This effort, like that of the NCBCPS, relies heavily on the distinction made by Justice Thomas Clark in the 1963 Supreme Court decision forbidding devotional reading of the Bible in public schools: «Nothing we have said here indicates that such study of the Bible or of religion, when presented objectively as part of a secular program of education, may not be effected consistently with the First Amendment.»

President Barack Obama said in a public statement that the U.S. «will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act — and make no mistake, justice will be done.»

Lord Justice Laws, sitting with Mr Justice Mitting, said it was unjustifiable that an individual could be kept in jail without an assessment of the danger they represent to the public.

The former President, who was called to the Ghana Bar Association in 1962 after being called to the British Bar in 1961, says the recent development has dealt a heavy blow to public confidence in the justice delivery system.

A statement issued by the Judicial Secretary, Justice Alex B. Poku - Acheampong said the move is in furtherance of «the recent groundswell of public revulsion and media and civil society advocacy against the menace of illegal mining, commonly referred to as «galamsey».

Chris Amato, a staff attorney for Earth Justice and former official with the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, said his organization has experienced delays at that agency and the Public Service Commission that have made it difficult to weigh in on policy proposals.

«We applaud Governor Cuomo and the Legislature for enacting these sensible criminal justice measures that will enhance the fairness of and public trust in our criminal justice system,» Gutekunst said.

Public Advocate Letitia James said Tuesday that legalizing recreational marijuana for adults would help achieve critical criminal justice reforms, and the increase in tax revenue could be funneled to education and support programs in communities that have been negatively and disproportionately impacted by its prohibition.

A spokesman for the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC) said they hope meeting Rudd would «reinforce the case for a public inquiry into the brutality of the policing of pickets».

Criminal justice reforms that were left out of the state budget should be passed by lawmakers before the end of the legislative session in June, the city's five primary public defender organizations say.

John Edwards, also said the ruling «has real serious implications for the Department of Justice's approach» to public corruption cases.

«The rules of law apply regardless of who is investigating a case, but our concern is that there will be pressure on a special prosecutor to indict an officer for the sake of public perception and that does not serve the ends of justice,» Lynch said.

«The Board of Elections was just ensuring that everyone that spends money on our elections, whether it's a super PAC, a 501 (c) 4 or a wealthy individual, discloses information about its donors to public,» said David Earley of N.Y.U.'s Brennan Center for Justice.

The Ministry of Justice's decision to outsource public service interpreting is leading to unqualified people being used as interpreters in court, campaigners said today.

The Public Integrity Commission has refused to heed a call to investigate whether four members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Medicaid Redesign Team violated the Public Officers Law, saying a complaint filed by the Center for Justice and Democracy «failed to establish a basis» for the probe.

«We are all shocked that the governor vetoed a bill that would have reduced racial disparities in the criminal justice system, helped ensure equal access to justice for all New Yorkers, provided improved public defense programs for those who can not afford an attorney, and much - needed mandate relief for counties,» Gradess said.

«The government has ignored the CJEU's [court of justice at the European Union] ruling and denied the public a proper parliamentary debate about a law that will violate our human rights,» executive director Jim Killock said.

However, the attorney general said: «I have always made decisions in the public interest, in the interests of justice and absolutely independently out of apolitical interest.

«The strict secrecy of grand jury proceedings — originating in medieval England and mandated in New York by statute — can be detrimental to access to justice and public debate over issues of compelling public interest,» Lippman said in his annual address, known as the State of the Judiciary.

«As Massachusetts and Vermont recently legalized recreational marijuana, as well as other states across the nation, the governor has directed DOH to undertake a study to understand the potential impacts on the criminal justice system, economy and public health,» Fashouer said in a statement.

«We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America,» she said during a speech Wednesday at the David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum.

Andy Reynolds, spokesperson for the Coalition for Economic Justice, an association of local labor and community groups, said: «The cost per job is so high that it is extremely unlikely that the public will really see a return on its investment.»

«When public dollars are spent, the jobs that are created should be stable, pay decently, and have benefits — they should have the things people need to live,» said Kirk Laubenstein, executive director of the Coalition for Economic Justice, a local labor group.

«We plan on informing the public of how poor a record Sen. DeFrancisco has on bringing justice for victims of child sex abuse,» Greenberg said.

In his legal opinion, County Attorney Robert Meehan said the law would qualify Westchester as a «Sanctuary County» as defined by the United States Department of Justice and jeopardize nearly $ 13 million in federal public safety grants and reimbursements.

«New Yorkers need an Attorney General who will demand accountability from the powerful special interests and deliver justice for the working families of this state,» Schneiderman said in a public statement.

In fact, Brooklyn Defender Services, a public defense group, said in a letter to Cuomo that each year the agency represents thousands of legitimate working people who get caught up in the criminal justice system for possession of a tool they need for work.

In a statement following Tuesday's ruling, federal prosecutors in New York's Southern District said they will seek a second trial «where we will have another opportunity to present overwhelming evidence of Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos's guilt and again give the public the justice it deserves.»

«I was privileged to work with Ken, first in his capacity as a gifted courtroom advocate, and subsequently during his too - brief tenure as a public servant committed to advancing public safety and justice reform for the People of Kings County,» said Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance.