Sentences with phrase «special constitutional protections»

This focus on employees — and not employers — tracks the Supreme Court's original explanation for why we give religious institutions special constitutional protections.

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While I don't object to a constitutional amendment that would extend special protection to unborn persons - especially since such an amendment would presumably lodge protection for the unborn beyond the discretion of partisan courts, and also dispose of any potential problems with respect to state action - such an amendment is constitutionally superfluous.

«The Governor is voting no on a constitutional convention because the current delegate system does not offer enough protections to prevent the status quo and special interests from governing,» said spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer.

During her time in judicial office Judge Macken presided over or was a member of the formation in many seminal cases involving a wide range of legal issue, at European and national level, including in the areas of the environment (waste, water, special areas of conservation), free movement, intellectual property, regulatory control, telecommunications, privacy and data protection, the European Arrest Warrant, and in a broad range of constitutional and EU Treaty matters.

Recognizing the critical importance of judicial tenure, both in substance and appearance, Congress provided special protections for administrative law judges, even as it afforded due deference to the constitutional powers of executive agencies to render final agency decisions.