Sentences with phrase «voted against the justice»

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As a senator, Sessions criticized the Justice Department in 2009 for dismissing three defendants from a voting rights lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party after allegations of voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place.

Liz adds: (The fact that she led the change against US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as counsel of the Judicial Confirmation Network particularly worries some GOP chairs who don't want to alienate Hispanic voters — a very important voting bloc, particularly as the Senate majority hangs in the balance).

However, on procedural grounds, he tends to vote pro-choice on Supreme Court justices and spending issues (he is against abortions but for the government paying for them as long as they are legal).

Gov. Danell Malloy responds to news that Senate Republicans intend to vote against the nomination of Andrew McDonald as the next chief justice of the state Supreme Court

Almost one month ago, Liberal Democrat members voted overwhelmingly at party Conference against Part II of the Justice and Security Bill.

«When Sen. Velmanette Montgomery gives her life and her soul to work on a package of reforms to the juvenile justice system, which we certainly need in this state, and then Ruben Diaz Sr. decides that he's going to vote against it because he's upset the Republicans are debating it too long it's unreasonable and capricious and it's the kind of irrational behavior that we've had to endure for the past eight years,» Parker told me.

Shadow Justice Minister blames leader for «shambles» ahead of Syria vote and says he must act against intimidation inside Labour

Writing in the Telegraph, Chris Grayling said that there can not be a situation where Scottish MPs «come to Westminster and vote on English - only issues», influencing the destiny of health, education, justice, environment and probably taxation in England, «potentially against the wishes of most English representatives».

The U.S. Department of Justice, for instance, announced Wednesday that it will be sending inspectors to monitor voting in the Bronx, Queens and Manhattan, following reports of discrimination against Spanish - speaking voters during the Rangel - Espaillat race.

David Miliband voted for the iraq war, for 90 days» detention without trial, which was defeated despite him, for setting control orders at the instance of the Secretary of State for Justice instead of the Lord Chief Justice and against giving suspects the right to see the evidence against them.

The U.S. Justice Department announced it filed a motion to join a lawsuit against the New York City Board of Elections, alleging that the board's Brooklyn office violated federal voter registration law by erasing more than 117,000 Brooklyn voters from the rolls before the primary election simply because they had not voted in previous elections.

We can not have a situation where more and more decisions about Scotland are being taken in Scotland, and yet Scottish MPs come to Westminster and vote on English - only issues, shaping the destiny of health, education, justice, environment and probably taxation, too, in England, potentially against the wishes of most English representatives.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

Justice secretary Chris Grayling is the first Cabinet minister to attempt to exclude Scottish MPs from voting against his department's controversial changes.

Schumer spoke gravely against it, noting that Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor both cleared the 60 - vote hurdle.

He's an old - school green foe who has voted against clean energy and environmental justice, sided with polluters rather than residents, and consistently sought to block the protection of endangered species and our natural heritage.»

The spokeswoman for Election Justice U.S.A., a voting rights advocacy group that put together a lawsuit against the state's Board of Elections for voter registration issues, said she is «concerned» about a possible conflict of interest with Stringer.

Arguably the most grimly hilarious aspect of MPs» reaction to his rulings has been the cry that it goes against «natural justice» — indicating that many of the people who have voted to curtail or simply do away with any number of ancient liberties in recent years only realise the value of the concept as far as it relates to gardening bills.

A small but exasperated group of protesters gathered on Staten Island tonight to denounce a grand jury's vote not to bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, accusing the Staten Island justice system and the NYPD of once more discriminating against communities of color.

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is launching a new digital ad Friday, foreshadowing one of his arguments in his campaign for Senate against Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill: her vote against Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch last year.

The comments from former New London Mayor Daryl Finizio and Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney regarding the Connecticut state Senate's vote against the nomination of Andrew McDonald for chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court [March 29, Page...

Several ministers, including Justice Secretary Chris Grayling, voted against the measure which was carried by a majority of 254.

A large majority in the European Parliament voted in favor of the package this morning; and Yves Bot, advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union today said that pleas against the proposed system by Spain and Italy should be rejected.

The related idea that the justices who voted in Brown, or the lawyers who argued against segregation, would have had objections to voluntary efforts to integrate seems equally implausible.

Pawlick went on to create a Massachusetts news Web site, no longer operating, that was controversial for its strong stance against gay marriage and against the Supreme Judicial Court justices who voted in favor of it.

(8) the points made in the conclusion are: (1) consistent with avoiding expenditures on the criminal justice system, the federal attorney general appeared to be neglecting the plight of pre-trial inmates in custody in extremely bad jail conditions, and the provincial attorney general appeared to ignore the needs of prosecutors for greater resources of staff and time in order to work adequately; (2) similarly, the other examples presented also support the proposition that the criminal justice system is inadequately resourced because there are «no votes in justice»; and, (3) the reduction in the safeguards against wrongful convictions caused by the radical changes in procedures made necessary because governments do not provide adequate resources for the criminal justice system;

I have no idea whether God has heard this particular audio file, but I can imagine that (s) he applauds the intellectual rigor and thoughtful tone Obama adopts in his decision to vote against the president's choice for chief justice.

Every oppression that has been foisted upon Aboriginal people in the history of Canada has been implemented through [colonial law]... This includes child welfare apprehension, residential schools, the outlawing of our sacred ceremonies, the prohibitions against both voting and hiring lawyers, the impact of the criminal justice system, and [the taking of land and resources]... Law is not the answer.

The Justice Secretary set his hat against the Prime Minister last week as the cabinet split over the EU vote.

Justice Kennedy joined Justices Scalia, Alito and Thomas in voting against the law.

Plaintiffs allege that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company conspired with Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier's campaign to elect Karmeier to the Supreme Court, with State Farm providing campaign funding in exchange for Karmeier's vote to overturn the judgment against them.

Like Professor Johnson and his colleagues, they concluded that the more questions a Justice asks, all else being equal, the more likely the Justice will vote against the party, and the greater the difference between total questions asked to each side, the more likely a lopsided result is.

Both bills would make television coverage is mandatory, unless the justices collectively vote against it.