Sentences with phrase «violating federal rights»

The federal government had alleged violations of laws protecting civil rights and giving the federal government the power to review actions of law enforcement agencies with a pattern and practice of violating federal rights.

States do not get to violate our Federal rights as Citizens.

The federal government doesn't get involved unless the states violate some federal right.

Not exact matches

The suits by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign, filed in federal courts in Baltimore and Seattle, claim Trump's plan violates the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution.

Zzyym's lawsuit, filed last year by the LGBT rights legal firm Lambda Legal Defense Fund in federal court in Denver, argued that the policy of requiring either a male or female designation on passport applications violated due process and equal protection rights for intersex people.

The agency also investigated charges by the workers that Tesla intimidated and harassed them and violated workers» rights under federal labor law.

The Justice Department argued that it violated the Civil Rights Act, putting the state at risk of losing more than $ 1 billion in federal funding.

In addition to announcing the challenge to Apple's shareholder proposal, Greenlight also filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court in New York to block the amendment, saying such a move violates shareholders» rights.

The judge said in a 91 - page decision that, while the Army Corps substantially complied with the National Environmental Policy Act, federal permits issued for the pipeline violated the law in some respects, saying in a court order the Corps did not «adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice.»

The Department of Education has the ability to cancel federal loans when colleges violate the rights of students, which is exactly what Corinthian has been accused of doing.

Referring to a draft article co-authored by Gallagher which suggests that proposals drafted by Harvard Law School's Shareholder Rights Project may constitute a violation of SEC rules, Minow quotes Columbia law professor Robert Jackson, who wrote, «It is wildly inappropriate for a sitting SEC commissioner to issue a law review paper accusing a private party of violating federal securities law without any investigation or due process of any kind.

Ramirez filed a challenge to his detention in Seattle federal court on Monday, arguing that the government violated his constitutional rights because he had work authorization under the DACA program, his lawsuit said.

Obama's administration issued a directive warning districts they might be violating federal civil rights laws if they disproportionately disciplined minority students.

A federal judge ruled Friday that the warden at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, was violating John Walker Lindh's rights by not allowing the religious activities.

John Kennedy repeatedly appointed segregationist judges to the federal bench in the South, and the civil rights case that Robert Kennedy most vigorously prosecuted involved charges brought against Albany, Georgia, activists for violating the rights of a white storeowner by boycotting his business because he had served on a jury that cleared the sheriff who had shot a black man three times in the neck at point - blank range.

It violated the Federal Fair Housing Act, and no... she didn't sign away her rights to that protection when she signed a contract.

In a historic turn of events, a federal appeals panel in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that California's ban on same - sex marriage violates the constitutional right to equal protection.

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A federal lawsuit Tuesday alleged that the Chicago Park District violated a couple's constitutional rights by refusing to display their religious message on a commemorative brick at a Far North Side park near their home.

Last month, a Chicago couple filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Chicago Park District of violating their rights because it would not allow a reference to Jesus on a commemorative brick in a park.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit charging that North Carolina's bathroom law violates federal civil - rights law — a move that came hours after the state's officials filed their own suit saying the department was trying to rewrite national law by attacking them.

The National Organiztion for Marriage has filed a lawsuit in federal court that seeks to circumvent the state's campaign contributions limits, arguing that the caps violate its right to free speech.

the president could have the DOJ civil rights division initiate litigation against police agencies that it feels have violated federal civil rights law and then offer to dismiss the suits if the agencies enter into consent agreements that include a camera policy.

Danner's family has called for a federal probe of whether her civil rights were violated, in addition to demanding a criminal investigation into Barry's actions.

Cuomo on Wednesday said he will challenge the new law in court as unconstitutional on the grounds that the first federal double taxation in U.S. history violates states» rights and equal protection.

The federal lawsuit claims the ordinance — which bans the sale and possession of assault weapons, bump stocks and high - capacity magazines — violates the plaintiffs» Constitutional rights.

Two students with disabilities and their mothers, along with a Bronx nonprofit organization, sued the New York City Education Department in Federal District Court, saying that it had violated their right to a «free appropriate public education.»

Paladino has also filed a federal lawsuit, saying that his First Amendment rights were violated in the removal proceedings.

A federal judge in 2013 had ruled that the initiative violated the constitutional rights of minorities.

«The advertisement violates federal and state civil rights law that prohibit discrimination in hiring on the basis of national origin,» reads a letter signed by assistant A.G. Diane Lucas.

Washington (CNN)- The Justice Department Friday announced that it is dispatching more than 780 federal observers and monitors to 23 states to watch for potential problems which would violate voting rights protected by federal law.

Zimroth was tapped to monitor the department Monday by Manhattan Federal Court Judge Shira Scheindlin in a scathing ruling that found that police officers routinely violated New Yorkers» rights during stop - and - frisks.

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Federal prosecutors and FBI agents based in Brooklyn don't feel there is enough clear evidence to show that NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo violated Garner's rights when he put him in a chokehold, leading to the Staten Island man's death.

The announcement of the new party line comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court, citing religious rights, ruled that requiring family - owned corporations to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act violated a federal law protecting religious freedom.

In 2013, a federal judge found that the city's stop and frisk policy violated the constitutional rights of mostly black and Latino men.

James Burke, the former Suffolk police chief of department, pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a Smithtown man and then orchestrating a departmental cover - up of the crime, at federal court in Central Islip on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016.

That deduction had been popular in high - tax, Democratic states like New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, where many homeowners now face big increases in their federal tax bill.Cuomo said the lawsuit could argue the tax law violates states» rights and is unfair because it singles out Democratic states for political reasons.

On Wed., Jan. 20th, parents of 13 students, along with Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James, City Council Education Committee Chairperson Daniel Dromm and five legal assistance nonprofits, filed a federal civil rights complaint against Success Academy for systemic practices that violate the rights of children with disabilities.

Regardless of the decision, Paladino has vowed to file a federal lawsuit on the grounds that his right to free speech was violated.

Among the cases DeMarco cited was that of former county police chief of department James Burke, a Spota protège, who pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating burglary suspect Christopher Loeb's civil rights and orchestrating a cover - up of the crime.

A journalist's lawsuit alleging that the NYPD's regulation of the press violates the constitutional rights of a free press can go forward, a federal judge has ruled.

Federal prosecutors say a former Buffalo jail attendant has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of an inmate who was beaten while handcuffed.

The California law, adopted first, faced two court challenges from SOCE practitioners on the grounds that it violated their free speech rights, but last August a federal appeals court upheld the statute, distinguishing between the rights practitioners enjoy to advocate for the practice in public debate and the limitations on the therapeutic practices they can employ in their professional conduct governed by state licensing.

The sore loser — who finished a distant fourth in the September Democratic mayoral primary after eeking out a mere 7 percent of the vote — and his campaign committee filed the Manhattan federal court suit claiming his civil rights were violated a month earlier when the Board withheld the funds.

Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled Monday morning that the NYPD violated thousands of New Yorkers» constitutional rights through its controversial stop - and - frisk tactics.

A federal judge has upheld most of New York's new gun control law, rejecting arguments that its bans on large - capacity magazines and the sale of some semi-automatic rifles violate Second Amendment rights.

Graham's family has pushed for federal civil rights charges since then because they believed Graham's rights were violated when the officers kicked their way into the apartment.

A federal court has ruled that a man, who used profanities on his speeding ticket payment form and was arrested as a result, had his First Amendment rights violated.