Sentences with phrase «supreme court decisions»

In two cases, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals sought to translate Supreme Court decisions to different factual situations.

The senior advocate added, «My own understanding is that based on the Supreme Court decisions on former governor Peter Obi versus the Independent National Electoral Commission, and former governor Rasheed Ladoja against the (Oyo) state House of Assembly, Fayose is not eligible to contest another term.

One can certainly disagree whether this is fair and whether it should be done this way, but this is simply the way it is, affirmed by many Supreme Court decisions.

In that secession is not allowed in the US based on Supreme Court decisions, no, there is no theory of voting that would apply to this.

-LSB-...] Although the Supreme Court has not needed to directly address the subject of recall of Members of Congress, other Supreme Court decisions, as well as the weight of other judicial and administrative decisions, rulings, and opinions, indicate that

Feinman cited U.S. Supreme Court decisions affirming that right.

The mayor — who has recently issued statements about Supreme Court decisions, the Senate healthcare bill, and the passages of Assembly healthcare and electoral reform legislation that were doomed in the Senate — did not issue a statement.

He carried this bad habit of usurping the Attorney - General's functions into his Presidency which I resisted as the Attorney - General with all the constitutional authority at my disposal and proved in the Supreme Court decisions in the Attorney - General, Waterville & Woyome case, and the Attorney - General, Isofoton & Forson case which the White Paper also tries again to bastardize.

It's not clear when Ed Mangano, John Venditto, or Edward Ambrosino will stand trial, and recent Supreme Court decisions have made it much harder to prove corruption.

The lawmaker pointed out that his position on the matter had been affirmed by various Supreme Court decisions.

Scharff says she believes the timing is also right, the Occupy Wall Street movement has focused the debate on the influence of large corporations in society, and she says there's also been a lot of attention drawn to recent Supreme court decisions, like Citizens United, which ruled, essentially, that when it comes to campaign contributions, corporations are people, too.

The U.S. Supreme Court decisions June 26 striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act and refusing to rule on the merits of a challenge to California's Proposition 8 mark a «tragic day for marriage and our nation,» said Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, chair of the U.S. bishops» Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage.

@user1873 I'm not sure I want to restrict my question only to past supreme court decisions.

Since Bolling v. Sharpe, a Supreme Court decisions that came out the same day as Brown v. Board of Education, the 5th amendment's Due Process clause has been interpreted by the courts to also imply a guarantee of equal protection under federal law.

As Supreme Court decisions moved toward desegregation, editors urged «Christian forces» to assume their responsibility in assuring a peaceful transition toward compliance.

Look up Supreme Court decisions to back up your position — creationism has not place in public education, it is not science, it is religion.

Indeed, few Supreme Court decisions have ever been the object of such instant and severe censure, much of it coming from those who were no particular friends of the unborn child.

A fairly typical letter proclaimed, «I believe that the USA was founded as a Nation Under God and has had God «s grace all these years and only when the laws and Supreme Court decisions started to give more power to the secular groups has God «s Grace begun to diminish and soon we will no longer be a blessed nation.»

The rise of the Religious Right was fueled by three major Supreme Court decisions which altered traditional patterns of American life.

Speaking from the left, Harvard's Duncan Kennedy describes Supreme Court decisions as the product of «the bizarre impact of self - delusion on the implementation of the political agenda by the judge.»

Further, as the Cold War began, Christianity was unquestionably in control of American culture, so much so that religious organizations initially felt unthreatened by the new Supreme Court decisions.

Some Supreme Court decisions may suggest otherwise, but history shows that some of these supposed exemptions from government regulation vanish when there is a radical shift in public opinion and public needs.

He suggests that, in agreement with Lincoln, Supreme Court decisions should be binding only on the litigants and not on other branches of the federal government, nor on other states, as the case may be.

People also take their opinions to social media to debate everything from Supreme Court decisions on abortion to #Brexit and much, much more.

Conservatives are deeply aggrieved by Supreme Court decisions in the past 30 years that have struck down laws against abortion, laws on homosexuality and certain laws and policies promoting religion in the public square.

The results of these and other Supreme Court decisions call to mind the warning issued by Justice Arthur I Goldberg (no Moral Majoritarian, he) some 25 years ago in the School Prayer Cases.

This is similar to the way Supreme Court decisions are often written, appealing to previous decisions as a legal basis for current rulings.

For instance, Jefferson's writings were referenced as part of Supreme Court decisions pertaining to the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment.

I do not yet know what all of Levin's proposed Liberty Amendments are — apparently, there is a new crack at Congressional term limits, which I am iffy about, an amendment for Supreme Court decisions to be expunged by 60 % of Congress or the States, which I am very iffy about, one providing Supreme Court term limits, which I am cool with, one requiring bureaucracy - ordered rule - changes to be subject to Congressional approval when they affect the economy by a certain amount, which I am also.

Alexander M. Bickel once described Supreme Court decisions as «the beginnings of conversations between the Court and the people and their representatives.»

Levin is prepared to subject Supreme Court decisions to popular review, by a mere 60 %.

And in the United States, there have been significant Supreme Court decisions concerning intellectual property rights enforcement.

Extremely wealthy people — enabled by a series of key Supreme Court decisions as recently as yesterday — want to be able to spend gargantuan amounts of money in the political process and remain essentially private persons who don't get knocked around or criticized like everyone else in the political arena.

The cases involve the use of a landmark voting rights law that led to the election of African - Americans across the South and Supreme Court decisions that limited the use of race to draw electoral maps.

Just like the Supreme Court decision had dissenters, there are small business owners who will resist aspects of the ruling.

A recent Supreme Court decision leaves that question unresolved.

The suit was brought against the Department of Health and Human Services by March for Life, a group that holds annual marches in Washington, D.C. opposing the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortions in the U.S..

The case is important for small business owners, because it appears to increase the scope of the Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case.

If retailers like Target or Gap, which tweeted in support of the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage, choose later to stay quiet in the face of regulation that threatens LGBT rights, their branding and reputation goes from progressive to hypocritical.

The Virginia residents challenging their state districting plan said the lower court ignored a 2015 Supreme Court decision about Alabama in which Justice Anthony Kennedy joined the four more liberal justices to order a review of state legislative districts.

Find out how a recent Supreme Court decision affects your company now and what to expect in the future.

MEXICO CITY, April 24 (Reuters)- America Movil said on Tuesday its net profit fell nearly 50 percent in the first quarter due to currency swings, but there were signs Latin America's largest wireless carrier was already reaping the rewards of an important Supreme Court decision in Mexico.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision exactly two years ago gave same - sex couples more retirement options.

(Even though, ironically, they may now marry in many of the same states, thanks to a Supreme Court decision from 2012 allowing same sex marriage on a federal level.)

Aereo has suspended its service since the Supreme Court decision.

Requiring customers to agree to «mandatory arbitration clauses» when they sign up for a product has become nearly universal since a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as AT&T Mobility vs. Concepcion validated the practice.

The act attempted to restore some of the rights of religious practitioners that had been limited by a 1990 Supreme Court Decision, but a 1997 decision by the Supreme Court kept the Act from being applied to the federal government.

Workplace whoopee has remained a hot topic since the 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burlington Industries Inc. v. Ellerth, which makes it easier for employees to file sexual - harassment lawsuits even if they can't show significant job - related consequences.

Thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court decision last summer, there is now no limit on how much card issuers can charge for late fees and other penalties, warns Michael Donovan, a partner at the law firm Chimicles, Jacobsen & Tikellis, in Haverford, Pa..

The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld most of Obamacare also rejected the section of the Affordable Care Act that would have compelled states to expand eligibility in their Medicaid programs to nearly all poor adults.