Sentences with phrase «states against bans»

Judge Andreas Korbmacher said on Thursday the country's highest federal administrative court would rule on Feb. 27 on an appeal brought by German states against bans imposed by local courts in Stuttgart and Duesseldorf over poor air quality.

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BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Carolina - based private security firm hired by Texas - based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners won't be banned from North Dakota, though a judge is still weighing whether TigerSwan operated illegally in the state during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline and might be subject to fines.

El Mundo, meanwhile, reported that Trump's ban could help the terrorist rhetoric against the U.S. and the Western world — an opinion also expressed by John McCain, the U.S. republican senator who told CBS News that the travel ban gives the so - called Islamic State «some more propaganda».

The now - repealed U.S. oil export ban dated back to an era of feared fuel shortages after Arab members of OPEC imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for U.S. support of the Israeli military.

A defiant Donald Trump has pledged to appeal against a federal judge's order placing an immediate halt on his revised travel ban, describing the ruling as judicial overreach that made the United States look weak.

And while Hamm is supporting oil - related sanctions on Venezuela, U.S. refiners and Republican Senators from Gulf Coast states are actively lobbying against potential bans.

Taking a page from laws creating sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants, a group of lawmakers have submitted a bill that bans California law enforcement from working with federal authorities if they attempt to take action against marijuana grow facilities or dispensaries that operate legally under state law.

The ban «may not be enforced against foreign nationals who have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.»

Their research estimates that, along with recent nondiscrimination laws at the state level, the White House ban will prevent employers from discriminating against 14 million LGBT workers.

Opponents — including the state of Hawaii and civil rights groups — say that both the first ban and the revised ban discriminate against Muslims.

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a complaint against the state's «assault weapons» ban on Friday and expressly described similar bans as constitutional.

As the United States and its allies contemplate military action against Syria for gassing its own people, Syria is poised to chair the United Nations committee responsible for banning chemical weapons.

The Case for Banning Payday Lending: Snapshots from Four Key States (June 2013) This report outlines the battles against the payday lending industry in states with strong usury cap protections, such as New York and North Carolina, and in states like California and Illinois with weaker laws that allow payday lenders to charge triple - digit APR loans that trap people in a cycle ofStates (June 2013) This report outlines the battles against the payday lending industry in states with strong usury cap protections, such as New York and North Carolina, and in states like California and Illinois with weaker laws that allow payday lenders to charge triple - digit APR loans that trap people in a cycle ofstates with strong usury cap protections, such as New York and North Carolina, and in states like California and Illinois with weaker laws that allow payday lenders to charge triple - digit APR loans that trap people in a cycle ofstates like California and Illinois with weaker laws that allow payday lenders to charge triple - digit APR loans that trap people in a cycle of debt.

Iran has announced that it will prevent United States citizens from entering the country in retaliation against President Donald Trump's visa ban against Tehran and six other majority - Muslim countries.

Few states have ever provided a more cogent explanation for any public policy, and none has ever furnished a more coherent defense of the ban against assisted suicide.

If he rules against Prop 8, it will likely mean states will no longer be able to get away with a ban on same - sex marriages...

The notorious Dred Scott decision (1837) asserted that because slaves were their masters» property Congress could not ban slavery anywhere in the United States — a holding that ignored the Framers» compromise of tolerating slavery temporarily but allowing eventual measures against it.

Highest total since 1999 comes as federal judges rule against state attempts to ban Syrian refugees.

A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on a temporary restraining order against an Oklahoma referendum that would ban the use of Islamic religious law in state courts.

Do you agree with the NCAA's penalties against Penn State, which include a $ 60 million fine, a four - year bowl ban and the loss of scholarships?

In the particular example of laws regarding marijuana, there is a federal law banning its possession or sale in most cases, but some states do not impose a state law against it.

the reason for the court's blocking of a travel restriction put in place by the President of the United States of America for purposes of national security was because the president (when he was a candidate) mentioned something about banning certain people (i.e. those people who believe it is their duty to enslave the world under sharia law because god tells them to) during this time of war against those elements of said group who actually practice what they preach

The White House warned State Department officials that they should leave their jobs if they did not agree with Trump's agenda — an extraordinary effort to stamp out a wave of internal dissent against the travel ban.

The Group also asked Trump to instruct the US Secretary of State to temporarily ban those named on the list and their family members from entering the US, pending the final determination of the cases against them.»

Sixteen state attorneys general — including New York's Eric Schneiderman — along with Washington D.C. filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of the state of Hawaii's case against the Trump administration's latest ban prohibiting travel from several majority - Muslim nations.

While all the campaigns noted above were developed or at least supported by most European states, the nuclear ban - treaty movement marks the first time an instrument of international humanitarian law is forced into existence against a kicking and screaming European core.

The State Department issued new guidelines last night to American embassies and consulates on applying a limited travel ban against foreign visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries.

The states promoting the nuclear ban treaty are, of course, not enslaved like the Haitians, but both cases share the same moral grammar: a set of universal values is for the first time being leveraged against its creators.

Cuomo announced a ban against offshore drilling and exploration with the «Save Our Waters» bill, which prohibits the leasing of lands, including underwater lands, for offshore drilling and exploration in New York state waters.

Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim - majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has been grinding out legal briefs and filings against a number of moves by the Trump Administration and the latest one supports an Hawaiian court's partial halt to the president's travel ban.

After winning a fracking ban, one of the most significant strikes against fossil fuel usage in the nation, New York's environmental groups are eager to score another victory such as a rejection of proposed natural gas pipelines by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

But Paul McQuillen with New Yorkers Against Gun Violence said the 2013 law is not as effective as it could be because it's easy to buy some of the banned guns and ammunition from other states, like Pennsylvania, Ohio and many Southern states.

The groups against the nuclear power plant bailout have begun a grassroots movement that they liken to the successful anti-fracking efforts that led to a state ban on the natural gas extraction process.

The Park Foundation, an Ithaca - based philanthropic fund, has also continued to fund state - based anti-fracking efforts despite the ban, including a $ 125,000 grant to New Yorkers Against Fracking earlier this year.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics settled its case against Fred Hiffa, formerly of Ostroff, Hiffa, & Associates, Inc., following allegations that he had violated the state's lobbying gift ban in 2006 by hiring Matthew Libous in 2006, retaining the Binghamton lawmaker's son for $ 4,166 a month for one year to a Westchester County - based law firm.

At 11:30 a.m., New Yorkers Against Fracking hold a rally to celebrate the Cuomo administration's decision to ban the controversial natural gas drilling process, Empire State Plaza Concourse, Albany.

A federal judge in Hawaii extended his order blocking Trump's travel ban until his state's lawsuit against it is resolved.

Following Cuomo's lead, AG Eric Schneiderman has banned non-essential state - funded travel for his office to Mississippi and North Carolina after those states passed legislation derided by critics as discriminatory against the LGBT community.

Massey has not argued against New York's sanctuary city status, stating that it should remain as it is, and has opposed President Trump's travel ban on immigration from certain Muslim - majority nations.

«In a very small - turnout election you have the [state] teachers union, which is against me, you have the public employees that are against me... and the fracking people, probably the largest single issue for activist Democrats, who are upset that I won't ban it.»

But Paul McQuillen, with New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, says the 2013 law is not as effective as it could be, because it's easy to buy some of the banned guns and ammunition from other states, like Pennsylvania, Ohio and many southern states.

Proposals include tightening the state's ban on assault weapons, strengthening penalties against illegal guns, and reforming mental health policy.

The law, known as the SAFE Act, expanded the state's ban on purchasing new assault weapons, established more comprehensive background checks for gun and ammunition purchases, and toughened laws against illegal gun possession.

David Golub, the Democrats» attorney, argued in court that when the state contractors» ban bumps up against more - permissive federal campaign - financing statutes, the federal law «pre-empts» the state law and thus the SEEC subpoena isn't valid.

The coalition New Yorkers Against Fracking delivered boxes containing 200,000 signatures to Governor Cuomo's offices that they say are from state residents who want the gas drilling process banned.

Mayor de Blasio answered questions from the press on a wide range of topics, including HIV prevention, the role of the Health Department and the «Nanny State», the large - size soda ban, Metzizah B'peh, fines and penalties levied by the Health Department, the ethics complaint filed against Patrick Gaspard, the city's fiscal outlook, stop & frisk and more.

Another section of the resolution links New York's strict gun laws to the state's low rates of gun crime, while criticizing some state senators who have voted against «common sense» gun laws like a ban on bump stocks, improved background checks and state funding for research on gun violence.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last year filed suit against fantasy sports companies that offered for - pay games, pointing to the state's constitutional ban on games of chance.

Governor Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.