Sentences with phrase «seeking public justice»

Not exact matches

The judge in Chicago on Friday barred the Justice Department from withholding public safety grants to cities unless they allowed U.S. immigration authorities unlimited access to local jails and provided 48 hours» notice before releasing individuals sought for deportation.

Hours before Cobb's departure was made public, Trump suggested he might use his executive authority to intervene in a fight over Justice Department documents sought by House Republican critics of the probe.

If religions thus eschew separate «communal power» and seek justice in society, there is no reason why for this purpose, they should not bring their specific faith - insights regarding public morality into dialogue and common action through secular multi-religious groups open for faith - interaction among themselves as well as with secular ideologies.

This allows us to face the challenges of our time soberly, neither despairing of the possibilities of justice in public life and thus withdrawing, nor seeking to take command of history by embarking on grandiose ideological projects that encourage us to assume godlike powers over human affairs.

Nevertheless, moving from a situation where regular people had little opportunity to tell their story to a wider public, the diffusion of ICTs in China has spurred the development of new opportunities for those seeking justice.

By making a Public Comment on the case, Justice Dotse has compromised public confidence in his capacity to sit on and determine any further suit by the parties in the recent Abu Ramadan case seeking an interpretation of the judPublic Comment on the case, Justice Dotse has compromised public confidence in his capacity to sit on and determine any further suit by the parties in the recent Abu Ramadan case seeking an interpretation of the judpublic confidence in his capacity to sit on and determine any further suit by the parties in the recent Abu Ramadan case seeking an interpretation of the judgment.

Gary Greenberg, an outspoken child sex abuse survivor, has purchased a digital ad urging the public to pressure state leaders into passing a law making it easier for victims to seek justice as adults.

The order, by Justice Rosalyn H. Richter of the Appellate Division in Manhattan, had been sought by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the city's largest police union, which this month lost its lawsuit seeking to have the videos classified as personnel records that state law exempts from public disclosure without a court order.

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.»

«The Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice wishes to express his displeasure over the unfortunate and unbecoming innuendo by certain persons and agencies which sought to accuse his office of leaking what was termed as classified information to the public.

If the abuse took place in a public institution, like a school, it's even harder to seek justice in civil court since a victim would have to file a notice of claim to sue the entity within 90 days of the attack.

Javid, who appears never to have spoken in public about Lord Justice Leveson's report, will be aware that he has no power to compel Ipso to seek charter recognition.

Meg Hillier, the chair of the public accounts committee, said: «The Ministry of Justice is seeking to modernise our justice system but needs to be clear about which of the promised benefits it will actually be able to deliver.Justice is seeking to modernise our justice system but needs to be clear about which of the promised benefits it will actually be able to deliver.justice system but needs to be clear about which of the promised benefits it will actually be able to deliver.»

Michael Jacobson, President and Director of the Vera Institute of Justice, said, «State leaders everywhere facing major budget shortfalls are looking at corrections spending, seeking strategies that save money and increase public safety.

At 9:15 a.m., the Parkash Tenant Coalition, a coalition of tenants from 15 of landlord Ved Parkash's buildings, publicly announces its formation, holds a press conference, and rallies with the support of NYC Public Advocate Tish James to seek justice, after they claim 2,369 violations in 11 of his 43 buildings, Bronx Housing Court, 1118 Grand Concourse, the Bronx.

The plaintiff also sought an order of mandamus compelling President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack both ministers in public interest and public morality based on the allegations of attempts to influence court decisions recently levelled against them by two Justices of the Supreme Court.

The Brooklyn - based state appellate panel on Wednesday denied an appeal from Public Advocate Letitia James and several other groups seeking to overturn Justice William Garnett's decision to keep the testimony and minutes from the grand jury proceedings sealed.

In fact, radicalization scholars have found that some extremist groups actively seek out harsh penalties from criminal justice agencies and governments, in an effort to exploit perceived overreactions for a public relations advantage that also aids their recruitment efforts.

Researchers and leaders for social justice, then, seek to define the theories and practices of leadership that are vital to creating greater freedom, opportunity, and justice for all citizens — citizens who, through public education, are better able to participate in and sustain a free, civil, multicultural, and democratic society.

EduColor seeks to elevate the voices of public school advocates of color on educational equity and justice.

We promote practices that seek to achieve social justice and equity in public schools.

By providing parents, students and teachers with a way to engage in the process, set districts priorities and lift up our democratically elected School Board, we are giving education justice a fighting chance against education «reformers» who seek to privatize and profit off our public schools.

Gov. Scott Walker is blocking the state Department of Public Instruction from seeking outside counsel in a lawsuit filed in federal court — a move that comes after the state Department of Justice dropped the education agency as a client in the suit.

The Justice Department is seeking to bar the awarding of these scholarships, also called vouchers, in public school systems that are under federal desegregation orders, unless the vouchers first are approved by a federal judge.

LRAP Minnesota helps reduce the education debt burden experienced by dedicated public interest lawyers who represent low income clients seeking legal services to secure essential needs like food, shelter and safety, and fundamental rights like equal access to justice.

John R. Justice (JRJ) FY 2017 Competitive Grant Program Application Deadline: 07/18/2017, 11:59 PM BJA is seeking applications for the John R. Justice (JRJ) Grant Program, which provides loan repayment assistance for local, state, and federal public defenders and local and state prosecutors who commit to continued employment as public defenders and prosecutors.

As a mother, she sought to bring the Quaker principles of social justice and peace into public education and defend the value of the arts as among the most basic of «basics».

In written reasons, the Court of Appeal agreed the appellant was a vexatious litigant; had caused a public nuisance; that the AG had standing to seek an injunction to prevent the public nuisance from continuing; that the court had inherent jurisdiction to control its own process; and that the activities of the appellant interfered with the administration of justice.

Specifically, the AG sought declarations that the appellant was vexatious; had caused a public nuisance; had abused the court process; and had compromised the administration of justice.

In that case, two police officers had sought to use the power to search a person provided for in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, ss 60 (4) and (5).

«As a result of repeated cuts, our justice system has deteriorated over many years to breaking point, and we are now seeing the cumulative impact on practitioners seeking to operate within it — particularly the criminal and family Bar — on all others working within it, and on members of the public passing through it.

One point made by equity seeking groups to the Working Group was that not only is access to justice impeded by the systematic exclusion of racialized licensees in the province, but it also runs contrary to the public interest.

Andrew Caplen, president of the Law Society, described the fee rise as «a flat tax on those seeking justice» which will «price the public out of the courts and leave small businesses saddled with debts they are due but unable to afford to recover».

Ontario and the Law Society are now seeking public feedback on Justice Bonkalo's recommendations.

In addition to the benefits that unbundling provides for attorneys, it also increases access to justice by making affordable legal services available to a larger segment of the public who are actively seeking such assistance online.

First, the Court's order seeking input from the solicitor made public that both Chief Justice Roberts and Alito have recused themselves from the case.

Mr. Justice Eady held that a breach of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 could affect the members of a union so that remedies could be sought through publiPublic Contracts Regulations 2006 could affect the members of a union so that remedies could be sought through publicpublic law.

A «perfect storm» is about to hit, the report claims, because public bodies and large corporate are seeking to reduce their advocacy spend; solicitor - advocates are increasing in number, and will soak up more advocacy work; 2,000 instructing law firms may close this year, and larger firms may seek to do more in - house; family law legal aid firms are closing shop following the introduction of new contracting rules, and the Ministry of Justice is seeking to cull criminal legal aid firms, perhaps to a level of 70 %, reducing the pool of referral law firms; and tenancies will continue to decrease as chambers merge to consolidate their business position.

We seek justice for our clients and aim to use litigation to ensure safety for the public and to improve working conditions for employees.

The High Court judge, Mr Justice Francis, said that Parliament can not have intended for legal aid not to be available in such cases: «However, it does seem to me that when Parliament changed the law in relation to legal aid and significantly restricted the availability of legal aid, yet continued to make legal aid available in care cases where the state is seeking orders against parents, it can not have intended that parents in the position that these parents have been in should have no access to legal advice or representation... I am aware that there are many parents around the country in similar positions where their cases have been less public and where they have had to struggle to represent themselves.

In 2015, Julie Matthews won on merit; she was highly respected in the justice and non-profit sectors and was involved in many projects that allowed individuals to seek legal aid and educated legal professionals and the public on the law and the resources that were available to the powerless and poor.

Under the lex loci delicti approach to tort conflicts used today in Canada and a minority of U.S. states, courts have often sought to avoid rigid application of the law of the «place of the wrong» through various escape devices implicating procedural, public policy or justice concerns.

«The claim asserted seeks to recover solely for wrongs done to a public corporation, the thrust of the relief sought is solely for the benefit of that corporation, and there is no allegation that the complainant's individualized personal interests have been affected by the wrongful conduct,» wrote Justice Robert Blair on the court's behalf.

In seeking justice for Mr. Perrot, these lawyers defended all of us from the misuse of forensic evidence, the abuse of governmental power, and an undermining of the public trust in our court system.

«Feds seek extra redactions in drone memo»: Josh Gerstein of Poliico.com has a blog post that begins, «The Justice Department plans to ask a federal appeals court to delete additional material from a drone - related legal opinion before it's made public — redactions that would go beyond those the court approved last month, a government lawyer said in a legal filing Tuesday night.»

This was the last of four public hearings around the state that sought to identify and propose solutions to existing barriers to the public's access to justice.

The mandate of the new Commission was to seek input from the public and the legal profession to learn their vision for more efficient and effective ways to deliver legal services, to analyze and synthesize the insights gained, and, on that basis, to «propose new approaches that are not constrained by traditional models for delivering legal services and are rooted in the essential values of protecting the public, enhancing diversity and inclusion, and pursuing justice for all.»

If you are in need of legal advice, seek individual attorney advice and DO NOT rely on Public Justice.

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) is seeking applications for a staff attorney position in its Disability Justice (DJ) Program.

If the parties can not agree, the Crown will let the presiding Judge or Justice of the Peace know that he or she is seeking the detention of the accused person on one of the three grounds in the Criminal Code: i) the primary ground (that the accused will not attend for court and could flee the jurisdiction), ii) the secondary ground (that the accused is a public safety risk and there is a substantial likelihood he or she will reoffend while out on bail), and iii) the tertiary ground (that the public will lose confidence in the administration of justice should the accused person be relJustice of the Peace know that he or she is seeking the detention of the accused person on one of the three grounds in the Criminal Code: i) the primary ground (that the accused will not attend for court and could flee the jurisdiction), ii) the secondary ground (that the accused is a public safety risk and there is a substantial likelihood he or she will reoffend while out on bail), and iii) the tertiary ground (that the public will lose confidence in the administration of justice should the accused person be reljustice should the accused person be released).