Sentences with phrase «state courts fund»

Fees, fines and surcharges paid by offenders following convictions in federal or state courts fund the compensation program and the agency's operations.

The Committee is also working on the «Least Understood Branch» project, reviewing state court funding, and the Committee is focusing on Justice Is the Business of Government Task Force along with the National Center for State Courts.

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In a recent court case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijcourt case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijCourt of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijuana.

The state is under orders from its own Supreme Court to adequately fund its 19th - ranked education system.

March 15 — A state appeals court has affirmed the verdict and damages in a Marin County fraud trial involving a group of former employees at Fireman's Fund Insurance Co..

The sale and filing are intended to preserve the value of GMG's pioneering digital news business, safeguard the jobs of journalists and other staff, and allow GMG to fund the appeal against the $ 130 million judgment in the Hulk Hogan case against the company in a Florida state court.

Currently, Mr. Lieberman is representing several UK and EU pension funds and asset managers in individual actions against BP plc in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

In Rosenberger v. the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia it reviewed a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit which had held that though the University (a state entity) could fund....

Raymond Abbott's name appeared as lead plaintiff in a court case brought by Camden and several other poor school districts against the State of New Jersey, demanding that the state provide equal funding for all schState of New Jersey, demanding that the state provide equal funding for all schstate provide equal funding for all schools.

The state will also argue that the bill involves affirmative state funding, and courts are often reluctant to put constitutional limits on government's ability to decide how to spend its money.

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed a brief in both marriage cases now pending in the Supreme Court, arguing that the Court should not interfere with democratic legislative processes in this field, because only such processes can result in public policies that will prevent church - state conflict in the future.

The suit was filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the college by the Becket Fund, the same law firm that is representing multiple lawsuits against the HHS policy.

Trump has appointed a pro-life Supreme Court justice, banned federal dollars from funding abortion overseas, and signed a law allowing states to withhold funding for abortion providers.

Trump has largely stood by his pro-life campaign promises, appointing conservative justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, signing a law allowing states to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood, and reinstating a ban on federal funds for organizations that perform abortions overseas.

The state programs reviewed by the court in 1971 contained provisions intended to guarantee that funds going directly to schools or teachers would be used to defray the costs of instruction or services that were in no sense religious but rather «secular, neutral or nonideological.»

The Supreme Court may agree to consider the provision in many state constitutions that forbids the funding of schools with a religious character, the so - called Blaine Amendments.

The Guardian: Louisiana education case highlights Bobby Jindal's creationism state Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal is rapidly emerging as a new «moderate» Republican voice, but a court case beginning Wednesday is set to shine light on a controversial policy in his state which sees government funding given to schools that teach creationism.

Although there are no state programs under the AA banner, the organization does receive state funds directly through prison programs and indirectly through (tax payer paid) court orders.

DiNapoli also noted these are the first agreements from companies among those held by the $ 146.9 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2010 «Citizens United» decision, which greatly expanded the ability of corporations to make political contributions from corporate funds.

«With his work at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and to be just the third African American on the state's highest court, he exhibited a lifelong advocacy for civil rights.

The Court of Appeals dismissed the bulk of a lawsuit contending the state hasn't lived up to a 2006 court mandate to increase funding for New York City schools by $ 1.9 billion, and by extension, funding for school districts throughout the sCourt of Appeals dismissed the bulk of a lawsuit contending the state hasn't lived up to a 2006 court mandate to increase funding for New York City schools by $ 1.9 billion, and by extension, funding for school districts throughout the scourt mandate to increase funding for New York City schools by $ 1.9 billion, and by extension, funding for school districts throughout the state.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court found that New Yorkers Together, which is funded by the Communications Workers of America, and a UFT organization called Teachers for Todd, were operating in violation of independent expenditure rules spelled out in the state election law.

The funding needs are met in New York City, but the need lies in courts elsewhere in the state's six immigration courts.

He has published many articles and essays on these and other topics and received numerous awards and honors, including the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence from the National Center for State Courts and the Cyrus R. Vance Tribute of the Fund for Modern Courts.

Groups including the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which successfully sued the state for more education funding, charge that Cuomo is ignoring a 2006 court order that said more money needed to be spent to educate the state's poorest school children.

Ban the use of taxpayers» funds to settle sexual harassment lawsuits involving any level of state and local governments and prevent courts from accepting confidential settlements unless the victim agrees.

«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.

A state Supreme Court justice Tuesday upheld a felony - coercion charge against Giridhar Sekhar, of FA Technology Ventures, who allegedly sought to force a top aide to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to place a $ 25 million pension - fund investment with his firm.

A former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — described in court papers as his «right - hand man» — was charged Thursday with taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from companies looking to score state - funded contracts.

A judicial review of a decision to approve two state - funded, highly selective Catholic schools will be heard at the High Court on 15 and 16 November.

ALBANY, NY (12/10/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson today was joined by Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals Jonathon Lippman; Assembly Speaker Silver; President of the New York State Bar Association Steve Younger; Chair of the Fund for Modern Courts Victor Kovner; and distinguished members of the New York State judiciary as he signed legislation establishing a special Commission on Judicial Compensation.

Plans for two new state - funded Catholic schools with discriminatory admissions policies have cleared a further hurdle today, after Mr Justice Sales in the High Court dismissed a judicial review of Richmond - upon - Thames council's decision to approve them.

September 30, 2015 (readMedia)-- The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Political Victory Fund endorses Brian Barrett for Essex County Court Judge.

The residents in question are entitled to Medicaid coverage under state court rulings, but ineligible for federal Medicaid funding (mostly because they have been in the country less than five years).

Ahead of last year's elections, state Senate Republicans boosted many of their candidates with financial support from a campaign fund that was barred under state law from being used to promote individual candidates, according to a court filing by the state Board of Elections» independent enforcement office.

State Agency Operation funding including the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the State Comptroller and the Office of Court Administration will be flat this year as will the AIM program.

With the court's decision, state lawmakers are now under no obligation to come up with a new education funding formula.

However, the charge was withdrawn on a day the court earlier gave the anti-graft agency to produce its witnesses to establish that Orubebe diverted funds meant for the compensation of owners of property on Eket Urban section of the East - West Road in Eket, Akwa Ibom State.

More than half the new funding would go toward meeting a nearly decade - old court order that found the state has traditionally underfunded its schools in needy districts.

ALBANY — The New York State Senate has been ordered to reveal its published rules for taxpayer - funded mailers within a 30 - day period, according to an Albany County Supreme Court decision.

And he added that the city is spending $ 31 million on Close to Home, a juvenile justice program that places city youth whom family courts determine need a period of out - of - home placement in residential programs closer to their families and communities — a program that used to be funded by the state.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 arraigned a former Plateau governor, David Jonah Jang, before Justice Daniel Longji of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on a 12 - count charge bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of N6.3 billion.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's former confidante Joseph Percoco pressed state budget officials in 2015 to free up funds for a project of two Syracuse developers accused of bribing him, according to emails introduced Thursday at Percoco's corruption trial in Manhattan federal court.

Huntley, who pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court in January to stealing $ 87,000 in state funds from a phony charity, agreed to wear the wire between June and August 2012 to record conversations with seven politicians and two political staffers.

Funding mechanisms for enforcement would include a check box on tax forms for publically - funded campaigns, money from the unclaimed funds property fund and a ten percent surcharge for certain state Supreme Court cases.

«We hear concern that the current Court of Appeals lacks someone with a background in commercial issues,» said Dennis Hawkins, executive director at the Fund for Modern Courts, an organization that works to improve the state court syCourt of Appeals lacks someone with a background in commercial issues,» said Dennis Hawkins, executive director at the Fund for Modern Courts, an organization that works to improve the state court sycourt system.

Martins, a Mineola state senator, asked the FEC to allow him to keep funds he collected and raise an additional $ 100,000 to cover the $ 250,000 he spent on a primary that a district court in August ordered and an appellate court in September canceled, the Sept. 19 letter said.

The foldout also includes commitments to «support our public schools» and to «close the $ 4.4 billion annual gap in funding owed by the state to public schools» — a figure apparently derived from the Court of Appeals» 2003 Campagn for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State decision, which ruled Albany had shortchanged the city billions in education fstate to public schools» — a figure apparently derived from the Court of Appeals» 2003 Campagn for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State decision, which ruled Albany had shortchanged the city billions in education fState decision, which ruled Albany had shortchanged the city billions in education funds.

A former North Carolina Supreme Court judge has filed complaints with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel and a New York state ethics panel alleging that taxpayer - funded ads Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has run in North Carolina violated the Hatch Act by interfering with the gubernatorial and legislative races...

Hevesi, who admitted to a role in influence peddling at the state pension fund, was supposed to be in court the week before, but was hospitalized for a medical procedure.