Sentences with phrase «where issues of justice»

They love to add their two cents, especially where issues of justice, equity, and freedom are concerned.

Media are being viewed instead as products and thus discussion is taking place in the realm of trade negotiations where issues of justice and equity are often ignored as irrelevant.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON — President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

Dissenting from the Championruling, Chief Justice Melville Fuller issued a prescient warning that, having adopted the notion that the nation's «fundamental law is flexible,» the court would be met with constant demands to «ease the shoe where it pinches» until nothing resembling the vision of the Constitution remained.

Since then, she has earned a Masters in Social Justice and directed a short - term missions site on the west - side of Chicago, where she created interactive opportunities for young people to engage issues of poverty, injustice, and race.

However, there are further aspects to marriage where important issues of justice enter.

I propose that in this particular issue, where the church has had a marvellous opportunity to project itself into the public sphere as an institution that can be trusted, and to proclaim in deed the gospel of justice and restoration, the church's actions have contradicted its gospel message.

Since then, she has worked with national speaker and consultant Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, earned a Masters in Social Justice, and directed a short - term missions site on the west - side of Chicago, where she created interactive opportunities for young people to engage issues of poverty, injustice and race.

A version of this article originally appeared on Craig Greenfield's blog, where he regularly writes about church and justice issues.

In spite of the faith of the 18th - and 19th - century political reformers such as Voltaire and Marx in the «verdict of history,» the arena of political decisions is not likely to be a place where the big issues of life are discussed or decided solely or even primarily on the basis of truth and justice.

Again in order that this issue be addressed can we whilst being attentive to the justice and equality needs of women not create a society of fear and retribution where every man is treated s guilty before being proven innocent and not treat every woman as if they have nothing to take ownership for with their feelings and conduct either?

Since 1976 I have been associated with the faculty, students, staff, and administration of Pacific School of Religion, where an entire academic community is also a faith community struggling with a multitude of social justice issues in personal and corporate ways.

Michael Sligh Organization Representative: Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI - USA) Michael Sligh has worked for over 30 years as a Program Director for RAFI - USA where he manages policy, research and education for the promotion of organic, agro-biodiversity, organic seed development, and a wide - range of food justice, fair trade and other value - added food labeling, policy and marketing issues.

«We started to see all of the worst aspects of what I would call some of the Social Justice Warrior hectoring culture, where views on this became a litmus test to see how «woke» you were on underlying issues of race and justice.Justice Warrior hectoring culture, where views on this became a litmus test to see how «woke» you were on underlying issues of race and justice.justice.»

I am of the thinking that on the very day Brexit comes to effect, and except where it has been formally agreed during the Brexit negotiations on certain issues and matters to the benefit of both the UK and the EU, the UK should no longer be subjected to comply or obey any standing Laws passed or passed after Brexit by the EU court of justice.

My interest in this whole issue comes from the fact that if our law courts especially the highest court in Ghana, Supreme Court that is supposed to be final place in the country to deliver justice to all manner of persons regardless of one's political affiliation, religious beliefs, ethnic background etc in a just and fair manner is now seen to be turning into a place where citizens of Ghana who may belong to certain political affiliations do not feel confident or have trust in their handling of critical national issues in view of some of these «partisan» pronouncements on the part of some justices, then where would we be heading towards as a country?

President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

Over the weekend, Dominican leaders called for the U.S. Department of Justice to step in to oversee the remainder of the count, and opened a hotline where voters could file complaints about issues they may have encountered on voting day.

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».

Jeremy M. Creelan, who headed up a number of reform initiatives for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has been named a visiting fellow of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government where he will focus on reform and social justice issues.

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.

«Near the end of his life, Dr. King recognized the intersectionality of many issues including ending the Vietnam War, the need for economic justice with the Poor People's Campaign, and the struggle for union workers, which brought him to Memphis, where he was ultimately killed fighting for those rights.

WASHINGTON — President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

He said, «In the course of further review of facts of this case, it transpired that the legal issues arising from the originating motion of the applicant are very recondite and novel as there have not been concrete apex court decisions on them and they also affect and will affect many criminal and civil cases all over Nigeria where the Administration of Criminal Justice Act is being applied.»

Many across the nation find themselves this week asking a similar question in the days since two recent police shootings of black men — in Baton Rouge Now, he is living in Savannah, Ga., where he he has been working with the city's Black Lives Matter branch to advocate for social justice issues

The Justice in Mining Network will support and advocate on behalf of local communities affected by mining activities, and will lobby on human rights issues where appropriate.

Transmedia storytelling — telling a single story across multiple media platforms — as a means to help students engage with challenging cultural issues of civic responsibility, diversity, and social justice can be an important tool in the classroom, especially in an age where students are finding it increasingly difficult to see over the wall between their school lives and their «real» lives.

A passion for issues of equity and social justice is a hallmark of HGSE and is shared by students in AIE, where we explore the particular ways in which the arts can help help address these issues.

What has become clear is that explicitly focusing on the educational concerns of poor and minority children regardless of where they live, and expanding that to the criminal justice reform and other the social issues that end up touching (and are touched by) American public education, is critical, both in helping all children succeed as well as rallying long - terms support for the movement from the parents and communities that care for them.

Demand that school leaders invest in really supporting students by providing social and emotional support, like access to school psychologists and restorative justice counselors, and spaces where students can work through problems instead of calling law enforcement to deal with discipline issues.

In the midst of our excitement, we are all too conscious that this year has been steeped in painful issues related to justice, race, religious intolerance, and divisive politics, no matter where we live in the world, which election we are following, or what anxieties we face each day about threats of violence.

A multiracial fightback against the testing industrial complex — one that is explicitly ant - racist and takes up issues of class inequality — has the potential to change the terms of the education reform debate and envision a world where authentic assessments are used to support students as they engage in classroom inquiry about how to achieve social justice.

Kirsten holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she focused on issues of social justice and educational policy, and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Vassar College.

She also worked at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California where she concentrated on a range of social and racial justice issues including advancing education equity, LGBTQ issues, immigrant rights, and advocacy for the homeless.

Sophie was trained as a lawyer in France, Italy and at the University of Texas in Austin where she focused on criminal justice issues.

This fall, Lewis will teach a course titled Vision & Justice at Harvard, where she is a member of the art history and African - American studies departments, and she will organize a companion exhibition to her Aperture issue at the Harvard Art Museums.

Celebrating the extraordinary but tragically short life of British playwright Joe Orton, this exhibition explores the points where his interests and career came into contact with issues of crime and justice — including the inventive collages and interventions he made in library books, but for which he was penalised with a six month prison sentence.

Meg also maintains a curatorial practice, formerly as Exhibitions and Programming Director at Weinberg / Newton Gallery (Chicago, IL) where she curated exhibitions focused on issues of social justice in partnership with organizations.

IPCC can, however, distinguish between prescriptive and descriptive questions that arise in relevant socio - economic literature about climate policy - making, identify important ethical and justice issues that arise in this literature, where there is a consensus on ethics and justice issues in the relevant literature describe the consensus position, where there is no consensus on ethical and justice issues describe the range of reasonable views on these issues, and identify hard and soft law legal principles relevant to how governments should resolve ethical and justice issues that must be faced by policy - makers.

But it is significant that not much of what is interesting is on the consumer side where access to justice is the issue.

In relation to Scottish Speculative Agreements it is clear again from Lord Gill's Review that there is a significant issue relating to Access to Justice; this is discussed on pages 98 and 99 and para 107 «as far as Access to Justice is concerned, speculative fee arrangements were said to have been responsible for a reduction in the number of firms taking on personal injury litigation, resulting in less choice for consumers but a concentration of expertise in those firms dealing with such cases... Another respondent was of the view that speculative fee arrangements were being entered into where there was little risk».

Most recently, she was a legal intern at the Montana Supreme Court where she worked for Justice Beth Baker on Access to Justice Commission projects, including the Public Forum Series on access to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy eJustice Beth Baker on Access to Justice Commission projects, including the Public Forum Series on access to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy eJustice Commission projects, including the Public Forum Series on access to justice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy ejustice issues as well as drafting a Forum Report summarizing the findings of that series to use in future advocacy efforts.

This issue was considered further in August of this year by Mr Justice Munby in Re N (A Child) G v A [2008] EWHC 2042, [2008] All ER (D) 116 (Aug) where the father, in children proceedings, objected to the mother's McKenzie friend being granted a right of audience.

Prior to joining Clay Daniel Walton & Adams, Mr. Schwamb was an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps fellow at the Legal Aid Society of Louisville where he dedicated his practice to assisting low income Veterans with a variety of legal issues including family law, housing, and consumer protection.

The most serious issues arise in one of the situations that Justice Sotomayor addresses which the majority does not adequately consider in the rebuttal in its own opinion, which is the situation where there are multiple possible defendants with different home states, whose relative liability is unknown or independent or mutually dependent.

In the case of «C», Underhill J, sitting alone, in support of his ruling that the statutory conditions for the issue of a search warrant «must be conscientiously complied with», referred to a 1972 judgment (Williams v Summerfield [1972] 2 QB 512, [1972] 2 All ER 1334) of the then Lord Chief Justice, Lord Widgery, where he said:

Yet, until now, there has been no identifiable, central platform in Canada where a wide range of justice stakeholders can exchange research and resources, raise questions and share ideas and concerns about access to justice issues.

In principle, possession issues are likely to be easier to resolve in the former where the buyer would have the benefit of a defence under the Administration of Justice Acts 1970 and 1973.

The issue of gaga judges seems to afflict the US Supreme Court, where lifelong tenure and the prospect of political pitched battles keeps judges sitting long after their best - by datesSee Supreme Court Senility or the even more provocative Slate piece on Chief Justice Rehnquist's penchant for serious prescription drugs.

While many arguments were raised in the courts below, Justice Brown focused the issue on what happens where a support payor dies with a life insurance policy who was required by court order to name a spousal or child support recipient as the irrevocable beneficiary of the policy.