Sentences with phrase «weak state laws»

«Anyone who makes a living by mistreating animals, such as puppy mill operators, will no longer be able to hide behind weak state laws.

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As it shows, in states like Arizona and Florida, laws are fewer or weaker.

The Case for Banning Payday Lending: Snapshots from Four Key States (June 2013) This report outlines the battles against the payday lending industry in states with strong usury cap protections, such as New York and North Carolina, and in states like California and Illinois with weaker laws that allow payday lenders to charge triple - digit APR loans that trap people in a cycle ofStates (June 2013) This report outlines the battles against the payday lending industry in states with strong usury cap protections, such as New York and North Carolina, and in states like California and Illinois with weaker laws that allow payday lenders to charge triple - digit APR loans that trap people in a cycle ofstates with strong usury cap protections, such as New York and North Carolina, and in states like California and Illinois with weaker laws that allow payday lenders to charge triple - digit APR loans that trap people in a cycle ofstates like California and Illinois with weaker laws that allow payday lenders to charge triple - digit APR loans that trap people in a cycle of debt.

Amnesty, even in its weakest forms of non-enforcement of the law and deferred action, without corresponding action to tighten the border and control unlawful immigration, leads directly to the current human crisis as thousands of desperate children (and adults) attempt to enter the United States on the promise that the administration will take no action against them.

Any regime, including a democratic one, degenerates into what the Pope calls a «tyrant state» when its law exposes the weakest and most vulnerable members of the community» those most in need of the law's protection» to private lethal violence or other forms of oppression.

Boycotters, sit - ins, freedom riders, demonstrators have for years been seeking to develop power in a weak minority to counteract the power of employers, local law - enforcement officers and state governments.

Therefore while keeping love as the essence of humanness and, therefore, the criterion and goal of all human endeavor, human society today has to eschew utopianism and organize itself as power - structures based on a sense of the moral law of structural justice and utilize even the coercive legal sanctions of the state to preserve social peace and protect the weaker sections of society in a balance of order, freedom and justice.

Therefore while keeping love as the essence of humanness and therefore the criterion and goal of all human endeavour, human society today has to eschew utopianism and organize itself as power - structures based on a sense of the moral law of structural justice and utilize even the coercive legal sanctions of the State to preserve social peace and protect the weaker sections of society in a balance of order.

Any regime, including a democratic one, degenerates into what the Pope calls a «tyrant state» when its law exposes the weakest and most vulnerable members of the community — those most in need of the law's protection — to private lethal violence or other forms of oppression.

A while back he ordered a survey of bribery law, and now he has sent the results to NABC members with a recommendation that they press for strong legislation in states that either have no laws against bribery in sport, or weak laws.

Six states had strict laws restricting the sale of so - called competitive foods — snacks and drinks sold in vending machines, school stores and during fundraising projects, which compete with school - served meals; seven states had weak laws; and 27 states had no laws governing competitive foods in middle schools.

The Attorney General's report traced guns used in crimes throughout the state over a six year period, and demonstrated that the great majority came from outside New York, mostly from states like Florida and Virginia with much weaker gun laws.

In the United States, this system of Government is called a Jeffersonian Democracy, which favors a weak centralized government (without writing tons, a Jeffersonian believes the Local Government should have more control over an individual by law as they are easier for the individual to fight) and as the scope of authority rises in a federal system, the government deals less and less with the individual and more and more with lower governments.

Goodlatte voted for the same concealed carry bill that Faso voted for — the same bill that allows states with weaker gun laws to impose them on states with stricter ones.

Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi (D - Utica) is blaming what he calls the state's weak gas zone pricing laws for the Mohawk Valley's higher - than - average gas prices.

He said because federal laws are weak, illegal guns are bought in other states and brought into New York.

Narcotics dealers selling chemically altered mixtures that contain the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl can face weaker punishments because of a loophole in state law that exempts certain drug mixes from being illegal controlled substances.

When the siblings making up the well - known classical piano ensemble The 5 Browns were looking into bringing sexual abuse charges against their father, they briefly considered New York before learning the state's weak laws wouldn't work.

New York State's campaign finance laws are weak and vague to begin with, but the lack of enforcement compounds the problem.

The bad blood is bound to thicken next year when New York's rent laws come up for renewal and the State Legislature weighs whether to make them stronger, or weaker.

In and of itself the hodgepodge, self - serving state election law would seem a weak excuse to explain why a self - described progressive executive had failed to advance election reform.

«Teachers are standing up for their students and themselves against largely red states with weak labor laws and where governors and legislators have opted for tax -LSB-...]

That wasn't always the case though, as New York's blue sky law was initially weaker than that of many other states, until the New York Supreme Court determined in People v Federated Radio Corporation (1926) that the act's purpose was to «defeat all kinds of fraud in connection with the sale of securities and commodities and to defeat all unsubstantial and visionary schemes in relation thereto whereby the public is fraudulently exploited,» even if the fraud can't be proven to have «originated in any actual evil design or contrivance to perpetrate fraud or injury upon others.»

The HMCAN spokesman, who said the law establishing the NHIS was weak, stated, «The law establishing the scheme should be reviewed.

Despite these limitations, the findings are consistent with a study the team conducted in 2013, which found that states with stronger firearm legislation had decreased deaths, from both homicides and suicides, compared to states with weaker firearm laws.

These states also have weaker gun laws (darker colors) than states such as California and New York (lighter colors).

Many of the studies RAND reviewed used weak methods of establishing the effects of gun laws, often because historical information on variations in state gun laws is unavailable or difficult to collect.

In training there is a deep ingrained law that states that the weakest link limits performance.

Heineman ultimately settles on a pair of divisive figures from both sides of the border: On the one hand, Dr. José Manuel Mireles, the galvanizing leader of the Michoacán - based militant group Autodefensas, provides a welcome alternative to the weak efforts of the state's police to combat cartel - related violence; on the other, by virtue of taking the law into his own hands, his gun - wielding army sets a dangerous precedent.

The state's grade dips a little because Connecticut has only a limited open - enrollment system and a charter school law that is rated as weak by the Center for Education Reform.

States where a greater fraction of teachers were covered by a union contract in 1987 were much less likely to pass a charter law in the 1990s, more likely to pass a law later (if at all), and more likely to pass a weaker law.

On the school choice front, Nevada has a limited open - enrollment policy, and a charter school law that is deemed weak by the Center for Education Reform, a rating that lowers the state's grade.

States with higher - than - expected SAT scores were less likely to pass charter school legislation; tended to adopt such legislation later, if at all; and passed weaker laws.

The interdistrict provisions in the law are weak, and charter options are not meaningful in states with arbitrary limits on new charter schools.

Florida's union also is considered weak because the state's Republican leadership has adopted laws — such as a new one on teacher merit pay — that run counter to what the association thinks is best.

And last but not least is the state piece: expanding charter schools, enacting charter school laws in those states that don't have a law, and strengthening those laws that are weak.

In the past three posts of my series on California charters (here, here and here), I highlighted some of the serious problems that exist in a state with weak governing laws, a powerful lobby propped up by billionaires, and a governor who consistently vetoes bills aimed at charter reform.

Only seven states have a «parent trigger» law on the books, with some versions weaker than others.

... the Feinberg recommendations are still rather weak sauce, especially in light of the fact that it still keeps in place state laws and processes that make it almost impossible for school and district leaders to fire teachers who don't belong in classrooms.

Maryland currently has one of the weakest charter school laws in the nation, which has left parents here with fewer choices for educating their children than in many other states.

Utah Legislature will tackle high - profile issues Politics» While the state budget and public education will dominate discussions as usual, lawmakers are expected to debate tougher ethics laws, weaker gun - control laws.

But the strikes in these Republican states point to a potentially counterintuitive reality: Weak labor laws don't necessarily halt labor movements — and may even help facilitate them.

Rewriting the standards of evaluation and giving states freer rein in bailing out weak schools, as this law does, is a good day's work inside the Beltway, but it's no guarantee that the quality of teaching and learning will change.

«There's a much weaker textual basis for the lawsuit than we see in state - level school finance litigation,» says Superfine, who also has a law degree.

Nothing about the state's weak oversight laws, which were first passed during his governorship.

The law governing charters here is among the weakest of those in 40 states.

States with weak charter laws encourage nepotism, profiteering by politicians, and worse,» according to the NPE report titled Charters and Consequences.

Newton's laws specifically state that, while the gravity of a planet gets weaker and weaker the farthest from it you travel, there is no distance where the force of gravity reaches zero.

The laws in the Garden State also serve to limit choice for people with weak credentials.

IRAs and Solo 401 (k) s with only one participant are not protected by this law and state protection can be much weaker (e.g. in California).