Sentences with phrase «undermined by legislation»
As the ruling explains, this duty of commitment is undermined by legislation that would impose a maximum of five years of imprisonment for lawyers who keep certain client information in confidence.
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Dear Father Editor, As anti-family legislation gathers pace, as recorded by John Deighan's articles, -LCB- Faith, «Learning from homosexual Activism» March 2009, «The Undermining of the Family: Where are we at?»
Gay «No» campaigners Keith Mills and Paddy Manning pointed out that such was perfectly possible without undermining family structures completely since extensive Civil Partnership legislation was already in place, and they did make a difference, but the softening up of the electorate by years of sob - stories would have taken far more time and effort to overcome.
Unfortunately, their ability to do so is being undermined by formula companies, and by the lack of support and leadership from government in protecting them via legislation.
In a Sunday Times article, Mr Phillips referred to a High Court case being taken by the National Secular Society and an atheist former councillor challenging the holding of prayers in local council meetings as «nonsense on stilts», and said human rights legislation was undermined by using it to settle «parochial disputes».
Washington (CNN)- Backers of a bipartisan Senate immigration reform plan Thursday defeated an attempt by Republican opponents to alter the border security requirements in the bill, which could have significantly undermined support for the compromise legislation.
«By providing a retroactive benefit outside the normal confines of the section 421 - a [tax break] program, this bill would undermine the financial stability of the City of New York by incentivizing individual property owners to seek legislation to expand or enrich their as - of - right tax benefits,» wrote Joseph Garba, then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's director of state legislative affairs, on June 4, 201By providing a retroactive benefit outside the normal confines of the section 421 - a [tax break] program, this bill would undermine the financial stability of the City of New York by incentivizing individual property owners to seek legislation to expand or enrich their as - of - right tax benefits,» wrote Joseph Garba, then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's director of state legislative affairs, on June 4, 201by incentivizing individual property owners to seek legislation to expand or enrich their as - of - right tax benefits,» wrote Joseph Garba, then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's director of state legislative affairs, on June 4, 2013.
From Liz's link to the NYT: [Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, a Brooklyn Democrat, who sponsored the legislation in the Assembly, said, «The practice of inmate - based gerrymandering fundamentally undermines the principal of one person, one vote, by reallocating political power to a handful of upstate, rural communities.»]
I don't understand or accept efforts to undermine them by keeping legislation from a public vote.
While there is currently a database of legal trade in restricted species, it relies on the submission of annual reports which can be undermined by weak domestic legislation and governance hence we are not getting a complete picture of the industry.»
We urge you to speak up on behalf of kids by letting your representative know you reject these bills and other legislation that undermines reform.
Rarely will a day go by when the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) staff does not review new pieces of federal, state or local legislation that could undermine pet businesses, pet professionals or animal wellbeing.
In a new filing to the IRS — adding to an active investigation prompted by a 2012 complaint that ALEC is operating as a corporate lobbying group while registered as a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit charity — the watchdog organizations detail for the first time how Exxon has used ALEC as a key asset in its explicit campaign to sow uncertainty about climate science, undermine international climate treaties and block legislation to reduce emissions.
Heartland posed a strategic threat by possibly helping orchestrate legislation and curricula intended to undermine the activist position that consensus = scientific certainty.
That is a cop - out — at least under the circumstances of open mockery, and especially given the current effort to undermine support for climate legislation by seeking to discredit the science.
Dr. Pachauri bristles at the accusations, which he says are «lies» or «distortions» promulgated by groups hoping to undermine climate legislation and a treaty.
With the heavy support from José Manuel Barroso, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Romania have all played a leading role in undermining shale gas legislation, with allies Hungary, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Slovakia, according to a letter written by the UK Permanent Representation and obtained by Friends of the Earth.
Indonesia's parliament, however, pushed legislation, including a major palm oil bill that could become law in 2018, that threatened to undermine those goals by loosening restrictions on plantation expansion.
The ABA is urging President Andrzej Duda of Poland to veto legislation that would undermine judicial independence, according to a statement by ABA President Hilarie Bass.
This claim is undermined by the existence of a non-lawyer in the top provincial legal job who (a) effectively instructs and oversees the conduct of the largest group of lawyers in the province; (b) has privileged status under Law Society regulations; and (c) is responsible for Law Society legislation.
I do that because in my many years working with First Nations political organizations or watching them from a distance I have been struck by the extent to which First Nations leaders (spokespersons) are conversant not only with the legislation that affects the constitutional, legal and political rights of their communities but also judicial decisions interpreting those rights and, from time to time, ministerial statements and departmental memoranda aimed at undermining those rights.
Having said that, however, political partisan criticism of them as being soft on crime, the erosion of their discretion by government legislation, and shockingly an attack on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin by the prime minister and Minister Peter MacKay, perhaps all undermine the system they are sworn to protect.
The legislature has the opportunity to undermine the Court's decision by not meeting this deadline and remaining inactive as the Court has ordered the suspension of all proceedings concerning a non-female-non-male entry until the legislature will have passed new legislation (without ordering consequences if the legislature misses the deadline).
More surprisingly, executive belligerence towards the judges and a determination to emaciate them of their powers has been demonstrated both in the US and the UK, the former by attempting to put detainees beyond the reach of the judges in Guantanamo Bay and the latter initiating incessant attacks on the judges for undermining the welter of government legislation.
Accepting that s. 241 is directed to the interests of the vulnerable, a constitutional exemption for those who are clear - minded, supported in their life expectancy by medical opinion, rational and without outside influence, might not undermine the intention of the legislation.
There are many countries who are taking the matter into consideration, and a few among them have passed a legislation already, which according to experts, could possibly undermine the security offered by encryption.
Boards of nursing have even supported legislation and / or rules limiting injections to professionally educated and credentialed medical assistants, and have taken the position that boards of medical examiners are undermining public safety by allowing such delegation to medical assistants who are not professionally educated nor credentialed.
Wisconsin is the fourth state to undermine women's health by enacting legislation eliminating public funding for Planned Parenthood, joining Indiana, Kansas, and North Carolina.
Since its establishment in 1986, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has successfully worked to foster greater understanding, respect and protection of human rights in Australia, with a particular focus on sex, race and disability discrimination, as well as the rights of Indigenous Australians.However, proposals contained in the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003 have the potential to significantly undermine the integrity, independence and efficiency of the Commission.For further information on the Commission's major concerns with the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003, which is currently being reviewed by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee click on the links below: