Sentences with phrase «state chief justice»

Looney says Republicans would be blocking the confirmation of a highly qualified nominee who would be the first openly gay state chief justice in the country.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy met with the Republican and Democratic leaders of the State Senate this week in an effort to get his nominee for state chief justice confirmed.

He would have been the first openly gay state chief justice in the country.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has yet to announce his next nominee for state chief justice, following the General Assembly's rejection of his close friend and ally, Justice Andrew McDonald.

The committee included state chief justices, trial court judges, court administrators, attorneys and academics.

Not exact matches

By contrast, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Leo Strine, now chief justice of the state Supreme Court, wrote in the Wake Forest Law Review: «Corporate law requires directors, as a matter of their duty of loyalty, to pursue a good faith strategy to maximize profits for the stockholders.»

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, both conservatives, hinted during an hour - long argument in the case at support for the Justice Department's stance that because Microsoft is based in the United States it was obligated to turn over data sought by prosecutors in a U.S. warrant.

Soon after Daniela Barbosa Assunção de Souza, a judge in Rio de Janeiro state, told mobile operators to stymie access to the Facebook - owned (fb) messaging app, the chief justice of Brazil's supreme court suspended her decision.

John Jay was the first Chief Justice of the United States and the least productive writer of the Federalist Papers.

Also cited on the DOJ's explanation of the statute is a decision from former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who wrote, «To conspire to defraud the United States means primarily to cheat the Government out of property or money.»

Ruben Cardenas, 47, the Mexican national, died by lethal injection at the Texas death chamber in Huntsville at 10:26 p.m. local time, Jason Clark, deputy chief of staff for the state Department of Criminal Justice, said by phone.

Christina K. Daly, Florida's juvenile justice chief, defended state programs overall but said, «I will not deny, or discredit or downplay some of the horrible incidents that have happened.»

WASHINGTON — Makan Delrahim, the nominee for chief antitrust cop at the Justice Department, was 10 when his family immigrated to the United States from Iran as Jewish political refugees.

Scalia, who previously served as DOL's chief legal officer and is the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, agreed, stating that the DOL rule's impact «is nationwide, but it's very great in Texas.

To try and re-elect an Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice who has proven in the past that he thinks his opinion is above the laws of the state and has already been removed from the office once for his actions is disgraceful.

In 1812 Joseph Story became the youngest judge ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court, and over the course of his lengthy tenure (1812 - 1845) he was Chief Justice John Marshall's right - hand man in defining the role of the court itself, and its jurisdiction over state an4 national laws..

As for my part, I am filing a complaint with the Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice and asking her and The Court to mark Tony Jones as a Vexatious Litigant in that state (he has to get judicial approval to sue); asking The Court to take action against Tony Jones» attorney's (M. Sue Wilson's) law license; and asking the Court to order an investigation into the family court judge who signed the Order (as it has been alleged that she is possibly the former law partner of M. Sue Wilson.

To, The Hon» ble Chief Justice, The Supreme Court, United States of America, Washington, D.C. Fax no: 213.547.8080 Dear Sir, Sub: Prosecution of previous President Mr. George W.Bush, for violation of International Code of Conduct.

The church - related groups supported a number of justice - related issues, and chief among the groups were the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, the Communication Commission of the National Council of Churches, the United States Catholic Conference, and the Inter-religious Committee for Corporate Responsibility.

Although Chief Justice Black, grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, did interpret «seperation of church and state» to be a means to deprive Catholic schools of public funding; a situation reversed by Jack Kennedy.

This past year, writing for a tenuously unanimous Court, Chief Justice William Rehnquist refused to invent a constitutional right to assisted suicide, noting the political dangers of abolishing the existing laws of virtually all the states.

To compel others to do the same is the essence of tyranny, the abdication of legitimate authority, as the Chief Justice himself states in his dissent: that is the nature of it.

Reviewing the Court's checkered pattern of church - state decisions, the Chief Justice was able to pick out a few strands of practical reason.

• In Alabama, state Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore said that officials are not «required» to issue licenses for 25 days.

Thus, while the Chief Justice insisted that assisted suicide is a matter for the states to decide, five of his colleagues made clear that this resolution may be good for the time - being only.

CSW's Chief Executive, Mervyn Thomas, said: «CSW is urging the US government to raise the issue of widespread hate campaigns by state and non-state actors against religious minorities in talks with Prime Minister Modi, and to insist that justice is done for the victim - survivors of violence against religious minorities.»

By the same token, one can tell, from Chief Justice Roberts» dissent in United States v. Windsor (on the Defense of Marriage Act), that he almost certainly would have voted in Hollingsworth to uphold Prop 8 if the merits had been reached.

When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

When the matter reached the Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, writing for a seven — man majority against two dissenters, accepted Sandford's major contentions, not only sending Scott back into slavery, but holding, in effect, that he had never been free.

Chief Justice Roy S. Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court insists upon resurrecting a doctrine of state's rights buried fifty years ago.

The Court had a Southern majority, and Chief Justice Roger Taney, the author of Dred Scott, was firmly committed to state - sovereignty and proslavery positions.

«I always turn to the sports section first,» the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America once said.

Yesterday, antigay chief justice of Alabama, Roy Moore, sent out an order for the state's probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses for same - sex couples.

The House of Assembly had on Friday passed a resolution suspending Justice Uzokwe as the state's chief judge.

A state Supreme Court justice dismissed Tom Golisano's efforts to halt the probe of his Responsible New York committee and its chief operative, Steve Pigeon.

This was at a time when the appointing authorities were not privy to the alleged acts of misconduct or wrongdoings brought against him and 21 Circuit Court Judges and Magistrates who have been referred to the Chief Justice to be dealt with in accordance with Article 151 of the 1992 Constitution by tigereyepi for alleged stated misbehaviour.

Meanwhile, in order to expedite investigations into the alleged stated misconduct by the High Court Judges, the Chief Justice in accordance with a decision of the Judicial Council has constituted a second Committee to investigate the matter against three of the Judges in line with article 146 (4).

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engineers and Planners, Mr. Ibrahim Mahama has stated that even though the wheels of justice in the country grind slowly, he is certain justice will be served him in a GHc5 million libel suit against Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Bernard Antwi Bosiako.

In a celebrated case brought by a group of civil libertarians to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1942, Chief Justice Robert Jackson, against the strong argument of civil libertarians on the issues of «interrogation without the due process of law» and prolonged detention of suspects, gave his famous ruling that the United States «Constitution is not a suicide pact».

A long - awaited Justice Department internal report on former FBI chief James Comey's public disclosures on Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state and whether FBI employees leaked information to try to hurt her 2016 presidential bid is expected to be issued next month.

Ghanaians are likely to have another female Chief Justice (CJ) as the Council of State considers the nomination of President Akufo - Addo for the coveted position.

Between 2014 an 2015 he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons, and after his re-election in 2015 he became Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice.

Aregbesola, in company of the state Chief Judge, Justice Adebola Adepele, Ojo and others went round the facility.

Chief Judge Lippman is a member of the Conference of Chief Justices, former President of the Conference of State Court Administrators, and former Vice-Chair of the Board of the National Center for State Courts.

Rob Walker, a former Republican state assemblyman from Hicksville who served as chief deputy to former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, was indicted on federal charges of obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018.

The Chief Justice of Kogi State High Court, Nasiru Ajanah on Monday adjourned hearing on the bail application of Senator Dino Melaye.

A state supreme court justice in Albany has ruled that the Senate Republicans must comply with subpoenas issued by the state Board of Elections chief enforcement counsel looking deeply into potential violations of state election law.

ICYMI: Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye joined me on CapTon last night to discuss the Commission on Judicial Nomination's novel new approach to finding a replacement for retiring Court of Appeals Court Justice Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, who is hitting the state's constitutionally mandated retirement age of 70.

The prisons boss also had audience with the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere at the government house and the Chief Judge of the State, Hon. Justice Pascal Obinna Nnaji whose premises the unfortunate incident occurred.

«We strongly belief that President Buhari, must be seen to be acting contrary to court decisions on the use of Military during elections as clearly stated in the rulings of Justice Aikawa of the Federal High Court, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National Assembly.