Sentences with phrase «uphold conservative»

Quite simply our current constitution has failed to uphold conservative values or provide sufficient checks on the government's agenda.
In decisions that split along party lines, the justices have upheld conservative redistricting maps, turned North Carolina's consumer protection law on its head, weakened Fourth Amendment search and seizure protections and sustained the private school voucher program.
Guardian upholds conservative coverage policy, allowing the company to preserve positive loss development results and steady profitability.

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The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled on Wednesday it was likely to uphold President Donald Trump's contentious travel ban targeting several Muslim - majority countries.
If Mr. Xiao's disqualification is upheld by the Conservative Party National Council, it is expected that Edmonton hotel manager Kelly McCauley will be acclaimed as the party's candidate for the next federal election.
Uber said expanding its service may be a boon for Saudi Arabia, a country where women are not allowed to drive because of fatwas, or religious edicts, issued by conservative Muslim clerics that uphold a distinct segregation between the sexes.
The conservative movement exists to uphold the truths of the Declaration of Independence: «We hold these truths to be self - evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.»
As bishops» conferences from all over the world are electing their representatives for this year's synod, it becomes clearer that the conservative line will be upheld by a wide majority of the participants.
When I talk to my good friend who is a very conservative Catholic who views taking communion as sacred and every crumb is representative of Christ's body and not one crumb will drop... then compare it to how we do it at church... everyone ripping bread from the same loaf, crumbs everywhere, kids spilling the «wine»... does it really matter... is one more right than the other... one upholds church law on how communion will be performed versus our laid back version.
Perkins and other conservatives said the ruling, which found California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional, would overturn marriage bans adopted by dozens of states if it is upheld.
In a statement, it outlined its issue with Bishop Alan: «The continued failure to admonish the Bishop of Buckingham, despite his refusal to uphold the teaching of the Church and guidance of the House on matters of sexuality, whilst also allowing him, without criticism, repeatedly to describe Conservative Evangelicals as homophobic, including those who themselves experience same - sex attraction but seek to live celibate, God - honouring lives.»
What if liberals and conservatives in the church, for all their disagreement, would together put their energies to upholding the main truth against the main threat?
Kirk was often castigated by liberals and conservatives alike for upholding the claims of tradition, custom, and habit, while at the same time believing in universal, transcendent norms.
It is generally understood that those who support the «conservatives,» expect them to uphold the system which has been camouflaged by the loose term of «the American way of life.»
One Northwestern official had told me the NLRB reversing the Chicago decision would be a departure similar to conservative John Roberts upholding Obamacare.
In his lower court decision upholding the health care law, conservative Judge Laurence Silberman (seen here getting the Congressional Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush) wrote
There is still room for conservatives on the Court to cause mischief (perhaps putting off consideration of the law and inducing uncertainty about it or perhaps upholding the law with a very narrow view of the Commerce Clause).
In a statement announcing his formal support, Dadey called Long an «authentic conservative» who will give New Yorkers a «real choice» on a wide range of issues from taxes and job creation to upholding «middle - class values.»
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative justices sounded ready to uphold Trump's travel ban as a national security measure.
It's about upholding the ideas and optimism of the Cameron leadership era, and ensuring they can help inspire a majority Conservative government.
Schumer has previously said he believes the timing of the case will help Democrats, based on the idea that if the court upholds the law this summer it will blunt conservative objections, and if the court strikes it down, it removes the issue from the campaign.
A state appellate court panel has upheld a lower court's decision to toss a lawsuit brought by conservative activist Robert Schulz that attempted to shape the makeup of a state constitutional convention — if the people of New York ever decide to hold another one, that is.
London Tory - I would rather see a Conservative Party that upholds the laws of natural justice!
Following the lead of Conservative Foreign Secretaries past, William Hague must take the lead in lobbying authoritarian regimes to respect the rule of law and uphold political and economic freedom.
In A. M. v. Holmes (2016), however, Gorsuch dissented from a decision by a conservative colleague upholding the arrest and handcuffing of a 7th grader who disrupted a class by repeatedly generating fake burps.
In M. v. Holmes (2016), Gorsuch dissented from a decision by a conservative colleague upholding the arrest and handcuffing of a seventh grader who disrupted a class by repeatedly generating fake burps.
I am, however, certain that if conservatives are not hypocrites, they will insist that Cleveland's suburban schools open — rather than, as they have close — their doors to the students whose vouchers, at conservatives» behest, Zelman upheld as constitutional.
The court's conservative justices said they were inclined to reverse a 9th Circuit Court decision requiring immigration judges to give a bond hearing and consider possible release for noncitizens who have been jailed for more than six months, while the liberal justices sounded unsure as to whether a specific time limit can be upheld.
The state's appeal made it to the state Supreme Court, where the conservative majority voted 4 - 3 to overturn Hobgood's ruling and uphold the voucher program, saying in effect that publicly funded private schools have no obligation to provide students with a sound basic education.
As the conservative writer Charles Krauthammer explained, this is the reason Roberts voted to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Health Care Act or Obamacare, because he didn't want the judgement to be seen as another Bush v Gore.
The Tahoe ruling, upholding land - use protections put in place to save Lake Tahoe, followed a 15 - year period where the Court's conservatives, led by Justice Scalia, had been remarkably inventive in trying to transform the Constitution's Takings Clause into a barrier to environmental laws.
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld an $ 80,000 libel judgment against conservative provocateur and former lawyer Ezra Levant.
They are conservative in terms of the outcomes they reach, writing opinions and casting votes striking down various Obamacare provisions and upholding voter ID laws.
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