Sentences with phrase «trial by resigning»

Not exact matches

Former Rep. Joe DioGuardi stopped by the «Capital Tonight» studio this afternoon to update me on his bid to oust Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and also chatted at length about his former House colleague Rep. Charlie Rangel, whom he says should resign — if only to spare his party, and himself, a prolonged ethics trial.

While this isn't a huge investment (a full - page ad set him back several thousand dollars), this move was described by two different people as a «pre-emptive» strike by the Democratic councilman — just in case anyone hasn't yet gotten the message that he intends to run, either for Sen. Carl Kruger's seat, assuming Kruger 1) is convicted of a felony in his corruption trial, which is scheduled to start Jan. 17, or 2) resigns as part of a plea deal; or for the so - called «super» Jewish district Senate Republicans are dreaming of having tailor - made for Fidler's former Council colleague, Simcha Felder.

They said he should resign in order to face his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.

Examples from the exhibition include: William Moore McCulloch, who worked tirelessly for equal rights at the risk of political suicide and was recognized by President Kennedy for his important influence in passing the Civil Rights Act; Edward Brooke, one of the first Republicans to call on President Nixon to resign in light of the Watergate scandal; Mose Wright, who in 1955 testified at the trial of the men who brutally abducted, tortured, and murdered his great nephew, Emmett Till, for allegedly whistling at a white woman; and Lois Jenson, a Minnesota miner who, in 1988, filed Lois E. Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. and won the first class - action sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States.

Therefore, the trial judge concluded that the shares were transferred by Mennillo to the other shareholder when Mennillo resigned.

In May of this year, Florida Judge Linda Schoonover chose to resign from the bench in light of a series of misconduct allegations, including a claim she retaliated against a party in a divorce case who had refused a Facebook friend request sent by the judge during the course of the trial.