Sentences with phrase «same legal power»

The irony is painful, though, that the same legal power to defend the rights of former slaves in an attempt to rectify the sin is being used today to justify killing children in their mothers» wombs.

Not exact matches

Toshiba wants to sell its share to offset massive losses in its Westinghouse nuclear power business, and Western Digital is leading a consortium that's bidding for that share, while at the same time engaging in a legal fight to stop the sale from going ahead unless it gets first refusal.

Where Trump's critics see a legal investigation into foreign influence, he (and presumably his supporters) see a «McCarthyist» abuse of power of the same criminal stripe as the Watergate break - in.

And while she writes that, it's revolutionary to be «fighting for marriage to be about love and companionship — and not about a strictly gendered economic or social power construct,» she misses the point that same - sex couples already had love and companionship — what they wanted, and needed, were the legal and financial perks and protections marriage grants them.

The British Humanist Association has long campaigned for legal humanist marriages, and a hard - won amendment during the passage of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 compelled the Government to hold a consultation on the issue and awarded them Order - making powers to introduce it.

Akinsanya also averred that same was supported by a statement of her net worth, legal mortgage of two properties worth N135 bn, and a power of Attorney of the tanker vessel in favour of Sterling Bank.

During the passage of the Same - Sex Marriage Act through Parliament, the BHA secured a section that gives the Government the power to give legal recognition to humanist marriages without requiring a new Act of Parliament to be passed.

All the same, as in Salvatore Giuliano and Il caso Mattei, Rosi's interest is not so much in exploring the charismatic individual per se but more in attempting to uncover the social, political, legal and illegal networks within which these individuals both exercise their power and within which they are, in a sense, imprisoned and by which they are, ultimately, crushed.

Ram subjects every new part on the Power Wagon to its usual tests, including hot - and cold - weather trips, as well as the same legal and crash - test requirements as any other pickup truck.

As for wills, CIBC found 68 % of those with 65 - year old parent or older do have a will in place, but only 23 % of the same group have a financial plan for their senior years, 43 % have a legal power of attorney and 39 % a health - care power of attorney.

by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and Tom Tanton, E&E Legal's Director of Science and Technology Assessment As Appearing in Flash Report The announcement last week from PG&E that it was closing Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, rudely came on the same day there were rolling blackouts in Los Angeles amidst sweltering temperatures.

[xii] The path to a liberalised power market is long — another round of voting is held in 2018 before a legal framework for a deregulated electricity market is implemented by 1 July 2023 — but this vote is hugely significant in demonstrating the desire of consumers in this region for a fair marketplace that enables the same access to renewables as well as incumbent fossil fuels.

Most — if not all — of the changes will face legal challenges from the same environmentalists who already are fighting to defend Obama's Clean Power Plan in federal court.

What powers social media and what powers legal marketing is really the same thing: the trustworthy recommendation.

With this corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) model, we are bringing the same high - level of technical and development standards, as well as brand - new legal documentation and legal structures.

Maybe the bigger trend here is that clients are getting some power back and that will force lawyers to shape up and honestly that would be pretty disruptive if the average consumer of legal services has the same sort of clout as the average Fortune 500 company when it comes to choosing a lawyer, that would be pretty huge.

When a non-profit organization is incorporated it becomes a legal entity with virtually the same powers as an individual.

That secretive state of affairs took a 180 - degree turn today as ROSS unveiled a free service — available to any legal professional — that takes advantage of some of the same AI that powers ROSS's commercial product.

In my view, a meaningful presumption resulting in a form of «creeping monism» is only slightly less troubling than a de jure monist system in the Canadian context, and for the same reasons: it would effectively permit the federal executive, in executing its power to adhere Canada to international legal obligations, to unilaterally modify, expand or contract the meaning of Charter guarantees.

Because when your client's legal issue involves the federal government and immigration and national security in the same sentence, it is reasonable to assume the federal government's considerable surveillance powers are focused on you.

The time and money you'll put into it is not going to offer you the same return as partnering with new media legal publishers and harnessing the power of user generated content to complement your existing publications and reports.

In Rules for a Flat World, she argues the legal sector can harness the same ingenuity, diversity, and investment that is powering global innovation.

The following provisions shall apply to States Parties which have a federal or non-unitary constitutional system: (a) with regard to the provisions of this Convention, the implementation of which comes under the legal jurisdiction of the federal or central legislative power, the obligations of the federal or central government shall be the same as for those States Parties which are not federal States; (b) with regard to the provisions of this Convention, the implementation of which comes under the jurisdiction of individual constituent States, countries, provinces or cantons which are not obliged by the constitutional system of the federation to take legislative measures, the federal government shall inform the competent authorities of such States, countries, provinces or cantons of the said provisions, with its recommendation for their adoption.

«Attorney» in Power of Attorney comes from the same root as «legal attorney», but does not have the same meaning.

For example, if the legal team spent the same on external counsel this year, but received only 90 % of the total legal services, then it could be facing an erosion in purchasing power.

One other issue that has to be addressed at the same time as applying for life insurance is getting a legal medical power of attorney.

The real puppet - masters of our governments are called deputy ministers, unelected civil servants of long standing who are relied upon by ministers and prime ministers alike for guidance re policy intitatives... they hold much influence from a mercenary point of view within the maleable minds of the coming and going elected officials, The same situation exists with CREA vis a vis (I couldn't resist Alberta Legal) the revolving door of «leaders» without real power.