Sentences with phrase «victory for civil»

Though environmentalists were cautious about celebrating, expressing concerns that the work stoppage might just be a temporary political move, key activist Yevgenia Chirikova called the president's decision a victory for civil society.

Ona's efforts led to an unprecedented victory for civil society in Gabon, with the government adopting new environmental oversight regulations and significantly reducing the size of the mining concession.

Naturally, the passing of the ADA was a huge victory for civil rights.

«If you look at every great victory for civil rights, they all start with that moment when an everyday American says no.»

How were the decisions in these two cases victories for civil rights?

Not exact matches

Mr. Siegal's other client successes include securing a 2016 trial victory in federal court defending Marvel Entertainment against a claim that it stole a patent - holder's design for a Spiderman role play web - shooting toy, and numerous federal and state appellate arguments in criminal and civil matters.

Mr. Siegal is perhaps best known for his victory in defense of high - profile private equity financier Benjamin Wey against federal criminal and civil securities fraud and money laundering charges.

After the sweeping Republican election victory on Nov. 9, 2016, transgender people «are concerned for their safety, survival and legal rights in the coming years,» said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who often works on transgender issues.

Twain and Grant first met shortly after the Civil War, when just about everyone in the North — Twain included — idolized Grant for having led the Union army to victory.

To other Bloomington residents, the sexual preference amendment signaled a victory for human justice and civil liberties in keeping with the spirit of American democracy.

Unlike in the civil courts, a victory in Congress does not necessarily result in an award for damages.

The civil war ended in victory for Parliament and the trial and execution of Charles.

It was hard to get the legal victory, and once that was secured, it's been difficult to get the consent decree enforced to the point of Carlson filing her recent complaint with the Office for Civil Rights.

The Legislature quickly passed the reform; it was a fast and early victory — others rapidly followed: ethics reform and civil confinement of sex predators, both of which had also been stalled for years.

Danny Donohue, president of the Civil Service Employees Association, used the victory to call on Cuomo to do more for the employees who call the governor «boss.»

Despite the post-coalition electoral calculations — the Guardian notes them here — this is a centralisers» reshuffle, a victory for senior civil servants and crocodile - strangling Australian election strategists over what remains of the party faithful and over armchair political strategists in the newspapers, for the No 10 machine over the Whitehall baronies.

«The New York Judge's decision on stop - and - frisk is a huge victory for those of us that have marched and fought against it for years saying is a violation of our constitutional and civil rights.

«After years of tireless advocacy, we've won a tremendous victory for transgender civil rights with Governor Cuomo's announcement tonight,» Nathan Schaefer, executive director of the Pride Agenda, said in a statement.

Overall, the ruling is a victory for two New York City advocacy groups that have waged a long campaign to get the patents knocked down: the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the smaller Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), which initiated the effort.

This is such a huge victory for women's rights, civil rights, and HUMAN rights.

Grant has been widely recognised as a superior military tactician for leading the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War under the supervision of President Abraham Lincoln, winning key battles at Shiloh and Vicksburg.

Captain America: Civil War gives us a superhero fight with no clear winner — at best it's a Pyrrhic victory for whichever side you favor.

The popular majorities — those who are forced to survive on wage labor, sometimes known as the 99 percent — are never able to win great substantial victories for democracy, but are forced to accept incremental steps towards achieving some small victories in the areas of progressive taxation, health care, universal education, retirement pensions, and environmental and consumer protections and civil rights.

NEWARK In a victory for grassroots organizers in Newark, the Newark Public School district has reached a landmark agreement with the U.S. Department of Education following a federal civil rights investigation into the discriminatory impact of school closures on students of color.

In the Classroom: For a cross-genre approach, dig deeply into the historic civil rights victories of 1963 and 1964 by linking Voices from the March on Washington with other titles that focus on this pivotal time period.

Jeff Shaara is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen books, including No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, Rise to Rebellion, and Gone for Soldiers, as well as Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure — two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father's Pulitzer Prize — winning classic The Killer Angels.

Boston, Massachusetts — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU of Massachusetts won a court ruling today allowing their groundbreaking lawsuit challenging unconstitutional searches of electronic devices at the U.S. border to proceed — a victory for the digital rights of all international travelers.

It is a victory for the U.S. Department of Justice and the 33 U.S. states and territories that brought the civil antitrust case.

A subsequent period of civil war between Chinese Communists and Nationalists lasting more twenty years culminated in victory for the Communists and in 1949, The People's Republic of China - the country's official title today - was established.

It was also when the struggle for black civil rights became a defining — even unavoidable — feature of the American political landscape, both in moments of charged protest and those of provisional victory.

If their proposal has weak criteria and large loopholes, it will be impossible for civil society to embrace what can and should be a climate victory for the German government.

Her campaign forced open Georgia's closed - door political process to include the voices of civil society — an important victory for a young democracy emerging from the former Communist bloc.

Victories were seen on four continents: in Bolivia a draconian response to protestors embarrassed the government, causing them to drop plans to build a road through Tipnis, an indigenous Amazonian reserve; in Myanmar, a nation not known for bowing to public demands, large protests pushed the government to cancel a massive Chinese hydroelectric project; in Borneo a three - year struggle to stop the construction of a coal plant on the coast of the Coral Triangle ended in victory for activists; in Britain plans to privatize forests created such a public outcry that the government not only pulled back but also apologized; and in the U.S. civil disobedience and massive marches pressured the Obama Administration to delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring tar sands from Canada to a global market.

This resulted in a complete victory for the client, thereby securing the return of their cash and handing the prosecutor representing the government in the matter his first loss in a civil asset forfeiture case in decades.

The Law Society has launched a campaign for a review of the financial eligibility test for civil legal aid, referencing Unison's legal victory on tribunal fees.

Jon's main motivating factors for doing the work he does is fully serving clients against the legally - backed might of police and prosecutors, protecting civil liberties, and reveling in the thrill of battling for victory.

The Pennsylvania decision led some observers and civil rights advocates to note the potential for voting rights victories in state courts.

It is a victory for grassroots civil liberties organisations and citizen movements: the preliminary references stemmed from actions taken by Digital Rights Ireland — an NGO — and just under 12,000 Austrian residents.

«Today's agreement is a victory for equal justice more than 50 years in the making,» said New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman.

On July 8, 2014, WilmerHale achieved a significant victory for a pro bono client and domestic violence victim in a case described by the Second Circuit as involving «novel and significant issues» of «first impression» under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

David's major trial victories include a complete defense verdict in Houston for a company being sued by Harris County for $ 1.6 billion in civil penalties.

Said «Christine Hines, consumer and civil justice counsel at watchdog group Public Citizen, which organized a public campaign to oppose the Schwab waivers and mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts, «It's a huge victory for investors.

AP: Describe the campaign: how long has GLEN been working for civil partnerships and what role did it play in the victory?