The phrase
"to challenge the law" means to question or dispute the rules or regulations set by legal authorities. It involves taking action to contest or change a law that one believes is incorrect, unfair, or unconstitutional.
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His nose must also be dry, because his pink glasses are all the way down them in a way that
challenges the laws of physics.
But the case before the high court does
not challenge the law with regard to computers in classrooms or school libraries.
His lawyers didn't present a defense in the case, prompting speculation they were holding back for an appeal in which they would
challenge the law used to charge Silver.
We are prepared to
challenge the law when necessary and will find innovative ways to help you resolve your legal issue.
The relentless and creative attorneys at The Law Office of John J. Leunig can assist you in
challenging law enforcement's denial of your permit request.
Aaron Bitzer, 35, was so angered by the California ban, which will take effect on Jan. 1, that he went public and became a plaintiff in a lawsuit
challenging the law as unconstitutional.
John Cleary, himself, successfully argued three Supreme Court cases, including the hallmark decision in United States v. Brignoni - Ponce, 422 U.S. 873 (1975),
which challenged law enforcement's use of racial profiling.
In this article, Michele R. Pistone, law professor at Villanova University School of Law, and Michael B. Horn, co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute, look at the disruptive forces
challenging law schools and how they should respond.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF)
challenged the law last year in Wisconsin, and federal district judge Barbara Crabb agreed that the allowance violates the First Amendment because it provides «a benefit to religious persons and no one else, even though doing so is not necessary to alleviate a special burden on religious exercise.»
But a California nonprofit called Public
Advocates challenged the law in 2007 and won on appeal in 2010, forcing Congress to reiterate its position in December, 2010, when it passed a two - year extension that is quickly expiring.
By challenging these laws, three Ontario sex workers have had an extraordinary effect on constitutional and criminal law in Canada, and have sparked an important debate about the law's effect on the safety and rights of sex workers.
The
case challenges the laws in BC that remove any right for involuntary patients to give or refuse consent to psychiatric treatment, either for themselves or through a trusted family member or friend.
The first course, Legal Information Technology, which I originally taught alongside Darin Thompson and James Williams and now offer with Nicole Aylwin, focuses
on challenging law students to devise a technological solution to an access to justice problem using software design processes and principles.
Last summer, the Obama administration said it would not
challenge laws legalizing marijuana in Colorado and Washington as long as those states maintain strict rules involving the sale and distribution of the drug.
Desperate for some way to
challenge the law under which Cates stands accused, Drummond decides to put Brady on the stand as an expert on the Bible, and Brady accepts the challenge with gusto.
In a sign that GOP lawmakers are concerned about the impact of an independent commission, several Republican legislators signed onto a lawsuit this
week challenging a law that counts prisoners as living at their original, pre-incarceration addresses.
Although the Wisconsin Supreme Courts» ruling on Act 10 pertains only to public employees, a lawyer who
challenged the law contends there could be implications for private - sector unions.
Half a dozen senators and several private citizens of filed a lawsuit
challenging the law pushed through by the Senate Democrats last year that changed the way prisoners are counted for the purposes of redistricting, Senate sources confirm.
The German state of Saxony -
Anhalt challenged the law's compatibility with Germany's Basic Law (the country's constitution), claiming it unduly limited farmers» «professional freedom,» and that the database was an invitation to anti-GM activists to destroy crops.
A statewide lawsuit filed by nine brave kids, Vergara v.
California challenges the laws that handcuff schools from giving every student an equal opportunity to learn from effective teachers.»
Seven large school
districts challenged the law, and the court today deemed it unconstitutional because it claimed that charter schools did not fit the Constitution's definition of «special schools» that receive funding.
The normally aspirated flat six obeys throttle orders as if it were governed by a telemetric mastermind, the seven - speed PDK dual - clutch gearbox hammers through the ratios like a rapid - fire weapon, stability control works reliably in minimum interference mode, the steering does its best not to let the driver feel its electro - mechanical origins, and the brakes snarl at their ABSolute limit whenever
optimism challenges the law of physics.
The brief filed by The HSUS and THLN demonstrates that the new law should be upheld because it's a reasonable policy to protect pets and their owners, and does not violate constitutional rights of dog
breeders challenging the law.
We can only try to imagine that the energy pushing to a perfect style research, with a nearly monastic study —
besides challenging laws of the so - called civil society — is something which creates addiction.
... doing what we do best — standing up to Canada's government with a lawsuit
challenging laws passed last year that unreasonably restrict the rights of everyday Canadians to have their say on proposed oil projects.
The survey suggests that the
biggest challenge law firms need to address over the next ten years is the potential for commoditization of legal services.
«MatterWorks addresses a
key challenge law firms are facing today — how to effectively plan, price and monitor their cases.»
Introduced in beta at this year's ABA TECHSHOW conference in Chicago, the new Accounts Payable Module was a major point of interest with eager lawyers and other legal professionals concerned with the very
specific challenges law firms face when managing accounts payable.
The only other case I've seen
directly challenging the laws was Sevier v. Thompson, No. 2:16 - CV -659-DN-EJF, 2018 WL 1378803 (D. Utah Jan. 26, 2018), where some anti-gay activists tried to overturn Obergefell by suing to force Utah to let one of them marry a computer and three of them marry each other.
Gov.
Cooper challenged a law requiring Senate confirmation of his cabinet appointments under the state constitution.
If a question is not clearly decided, all bars allow for the lawyer to use their professional judgement when trying to determine what the law is when advising the client and to proceed with an appropriate route for
challenging the law if they believe the law is improper.
MacEwen challenges law firm leaders to free themselves from the tyranny of tradition — to think creatively about how things might be.
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