Sentences with phrase «suing the federal government in»

But if the state's appeal is denied, the final option available to New York State officials is to sue the federal government in court.

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More than 100 businesses and religious organizations have sued the federal government to be exempt from the ACA's contraceptive requirements since Obamacare became law in 2010.

If the federal government won't reimburse those costs in full, he'll sue, according to a quote he gave to the San Antonio Express - News on July 10.

U.S. regulators expect Internet service providers to sue the government over any changes in the way they are regulated and must reevaluate any proposals to make sure they stand up in court, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said at a meeting on Friday.

Catholic News Agency: Domino's founder sues over contraception mandate Tom Monaghan, the founder and former owner of Domino's Pizza, is suing the federal government over a controversial mandate that requires him to violate his Catholic faith in his business decisions.

In May it sued the government in federal court in Brooklyn over the mandate, saying it «unconstitutionally attempts to define the nature of the church's religious ministry and would force religious employers to violate their consciences.&raquIn May it sued the government in federal court in Brooklyn over the mandate, saying it «unconstitutionally attempts to define the nature of the church's religious ministry and would force religious employers to violate their consciences.&raquin federal court in Brooklyn over the mandate, saying it «unconstitutionally attempts to define the nature of the church's religious ministry and would force religious employers to violate their consciences.&raquin Brooklyn over the mandate, saying it «unconstitutionally attempts to define the nature of the church's religious ministry and would force religious employers to violate their consciences.»

In September, Hobby Lobby and affiliate Mardel, a Christian bookstore chain, sued the federal government for violating their owners» religious freedom and ability to freely exercise their religion.

After loosing his senate position Rick Santorum earned millions of dollars including payments from a lobbying firm, an energy company engaged in controversial practice which pollutes ground water and endangers the public and a hospital conglomerate that was sued for allegedly defrauding the federal government.

Everett Piper — the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, which sued the federal government over the ACA birth control mandate — and Montse Alvarado — executive director of Becket, a leading religious liberty law firm which represented the Little Sisters of the Poor in their contraceptive fight — spoke at the HHS announcement and applauded the new office, as did Jewish and Muslim representatives.

Tranter began working at Friends of the Parks in 1980, around the time that the federal government sued the Chicago Park District for spending an unfair amount of tax dollars in powerful, white neighborhoods instead of minority communities, she said.

MENY PAC lauded Rice, saying she has «come out swinging in her support for LGBT rights» by becoming the first AG hopeful to promise to sue the federal government over the Defense of Marriage Act.

Moreover, each and every member of Congress should be notified that he or she is personally liable (can be sued) for his or her own failure, or the same in conspiracy with other members, to perform what is a ministerial and constitutional duty, that is, to require and / or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are «natural born citizens» under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants» constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constitutional Republic.

The mayor highlighted that he supported efforts mentioned to combat sexual harassment in the workplace and to sue the federal government over President Donald Trump's tax bill.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would sue the federal government over the just - passed tax bill, proposed major changes to the state's criminal justice system and introduced a suite of policies to combat sexual harassment in his annual State of the State address on Wednesday.

Cuomo is also moving to sue the federal government over the tax law that was approved in December, part of a multi-part push back against the law he contends has unfairly dinged Democratic - dominated states.

The state Division of Budget in a financial update released this morning raised the possibility of suing the federal government over the claim, arguing that CMS had already approved the state's claiming methodology.

One proposal that has taken a hit in popularity, however, is the governor's push to sue the federal government over the December federal tax reform law, which garners 49 percent support, down from 58 percent in January.

«Today King Cuomo announced his plan to sue the federal government over the GOP Tax Plan,» Rep. Chris Collins's campaign wrote in the email.

The federal government sued the city of Ferguson one day after the city council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb.

«I object to the complete evisceration of all legal issues we have won throughout the years in the courts,» said Judy Bachman, president of Citizens Equal Rights Alliance, which is suing the federal government over Oneida nation trust land.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy is joining New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy in suing the federal government.

Cuomo said in his January State of the State address that he was planning to sue the federal government over the tax bill, but no challenge has materialized.

The AG is again threatening to sue the federal government if the health care legislation being considered in the U.S. Senate becomes law, warning of unconstitutional provisions that remain in the latest draft.

Cuomo in a statement with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday said he would seek to sue the federal government should DACA be phased out.

Schneiderman's office is among the state attorneys general suing to provide bolstered legal status for dreamers, undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children who are in a state of legal limbo as the federal government determines the fate of the DACA program.

The state will sue the federal government to prevent the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in a joint statement this weekend.

A rights advocacy group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, said it had sued the Federal Government for its failure to initiate criminal proceedings against the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, in relation to the $ 15m traced to bank accounts belonging to her.

The group said in a statement on Sunday by its Executive Director, Adetokunbi Mumuni, that it resorted to suing the Federal Government after its request for Patience's prosecution was ignored by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN).

Environmental groups have sued the federal government to bar the sale of Plum Island in Southold and overturn its environmental impact study.

Jerome Swartz, the 77 - year - old bar code innovator who co-founded Symbol Technologies Inc., is suing the federal government for about $ 300,000 after tax deductions he claimed — including one stemming from a $ 2 million investment in the movie «Love Ranch» — were disallowed by the IRS.

In June, attorneys general from 10 states threatened that if the federal government did not withdraw DACA by September 5, the states would sue the Trump administration to end the program.

The announcement comes after the city was sued by two Republican Assembly members to retain data, which Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to destroy rather than turn over to the federal government in the wake of Donald Trump's election.

ALBANY — New York State plans to appeal and could sue the federal government over an order from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid requiring the state to repay $ 1.26 billion in Medicaid overpayments, a new quarterly state budget report said.

Cuomo also plans, with several other high - tax states, to sue the federal government, claiming the new law targets Democratic states with higher tax tabs to pay for more cuts in Republican states.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in March threatened to sue the federal government if the cost - shifting measure becomes law.

He threatened in the past to sue the federal government, and said that option is still on the table.

Rivers APC said in the statement signed by the State Chairman, Chief (Dr.) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya: «It is now over two weeks since Governor Wike issued a seven - day ultimatum to the Federal Government to return the money to the Rivers State Government or be sued accordingly.

«Meanwhile, we urge Wike and his confused government in Rivers State to carry out their threat to sue the Federal Government if by the end of seven days the contentious huge sum is not returned to the Rivers State Government or else they should hide their ugly faces in shame if they should fail to do as tgovernment in Rivers State to carry out their threat to sue the Federal Government if by the end of seven days the contentious huge sum is not returned to the Rivers State Government or else they should hide their ugly faces in shame if they should fail to do as tGovernment if by the end of seven days the contentious huge sum is not returned to the Rivers State Government or else they should hide their ugly faces in shame if they should fail to do as tGovernment or else they should hide their ugly faces in shame if they should fail to do as threatened.

The party berated Wike for failing to keep his vow to sue the Federal Government if it failed to return the $ 43m found in a luxury apartment in Ikoyi Lagos to the Rivers State Government within one week.

The lawsuit settled today began in 2008, when New York sued the federal government over a convert 13,000 acres of Oneida - owned land into federal trust land.

Pastor Omokri who, in a series of tweets, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to hand - over power to his vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo if he (Buhari) is too sick and can't cope with the presidential duties however urged the civil servants in Nigeria too to sue the Federal Government if their bosses query or sack them for absenteeism because President Muhammadu Buhari who is the chief public servant has missed work (the Federal Executive Council meetings) three times now.

CURWOOD: So, if I hear you correctly, Pat, you're saying perhaps the strong if not the strongest strategy here would be to be suing the federal government for selling off fossil fuels from public lands and waters at a time when the government knows that the combustion of those fuels is in the process of destroying the planet?

The Commission on No Child Left Behind, an independent, bipartisan group formed early this year, ventured onto the battlefield of the policy wars with its hearing in Connecticut, a state that last year sued the federal government over the requirements of the school...

Sacramento, Calif — Massachusetts may sue the federal government if the U.S. Education Department insists that the state return more than $ 600,000 in special - education funds, according to the state's top special - education official.

It is announced that the state of Utah will spend several millions of dollars suing the U.S. federal government in hopes of having 32 million acres of National Forests and BLM land — our public lands — deeded over to the counties and state of Utah.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) writes, «As a rule, it's illegal to report information that you know or believe is inaccurate... If you don't comply with the FCRA, you may be sued by the FTC, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), state governments, or in some cases, consumers.»

Earlier this month, a state court in Massachusetts ruled that the case could go forward, despite the Trump Justice Department's claim that the federal Higher Education Act pre-empted the state's right to sue the servicer, which is under contract to the federal government.

The U.S. government was sued in Hawaii Federal Court in 2013 (Conservation Council for Hawaii et al. v. U.S. Dept. of Commerce and the NMFS, 2013) for approving the Navy's testing of its low -, mid - and high - frequency sonar, along with some explosives, in the Hawaii - Southern California Training and Testing Study Area (HSTT).

In a decision that strikes a blow against the federal government's controversial practice of excluding industry from consent decrees with environmental citizen groups, a practice known as «sue - and - settle,» the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the district court's approval of a consent decree between a coalition of environmental groups and several federal agencies in Conservation Northwest v. Sherman, No. 11 - 35729 (9th CiIn a decision that strikes a blow against the federal government's controversial practice of excluding industry from consent decrees with environmental citizen groups, a practice known as «sue - and - settle,» the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the district court's approval of a consent decree between a coalition of environmental groups and several federal agencies in Conservation Northwest v. Sherman, No. 11 - 35729 (9th Ciin Conservation Northwest v. Sherman, No. 11 - 35729 (9th Cir.

«A company that operates at least 13 wind - energy facilities across three states is suing in federal court to block the US government from releasing information to the Associated Press about how many birds are found dead at its facilities.