Sentences with phrase «with official acts»

Boyland claimed he was wrongfully convicted because his jury was told that he could be found guilty for things like «contacting... other governmental agencies» — along with official acts like legislation.

Not exact matches

She, along with several of her classmates, have held gun control rallies in their Florida community and called on government officials to act now to prevent future mass shootings from taking place.

The United States, which in July said would take «strong and swift economic actions» if President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with the Constituent Assembly, could also further sanction senior Venezuelan officials after acting against 13 prominent figures last week.

By parallel, if you forbid a company from competing for government contracts for 10 years, those are 10 years during which they will engage in precisely zero instances of attempted bribery or other acts of corruption, at least with regard to bribery or corruption of Canadian officials.

Emails obtained by Judicial Watch from the State Department through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit show that MacManus forwarded the news of Ambassador Christopher Stevens's death to the official in the State Department Legislative Affairs Office with instructions not to «forward to anyone at this point.»

On Jan. 26, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates contacted White House counsel Don McGahn to raise concerns about discrepancies between the public accounting and what intelligence officials knew to be true about the contacts based on routine recordings of communications with foreign officials who are in the U.S.

A China - based business source with knowledge of discussion among senior European officials said there had been a «clear effort» by the U.S. government over the past six months to introduce a coordinated approach to Chinese industrial policy, but that Trump's proposed metals tariffs under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 had undermined support from Europe.

I'll go with Jacques - René here: if you don't think the Official Languages Act is good policy, why just not call for its repeal instead of tip - toeing around the issue and making excuses about English Canada's failure to adapt?

The documents — dating from 2006 to 2010 and obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act — show officials getting increasingly exasperated with the Afghan government's lack of interest in investigating the crime.

U.S. law enforcement officials are probing whether the bank failed to comply with the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act with regards to its fundraising for 1MDB, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Democrats responded with a memo that said that law enforcement officials had acted honestly, and disputed most of the Republican claims about deception.

On June 22, CME Alberta's Acting Vice President, Mike Holden met with Government of Alberta officials to recommend changes to the proposed design of the Alberta Capital Investment Tax Credit (CITC).

Ryan Petty, father of freshman Alaina Petty, is working with federal officials on threat prevention guidelines, identifying potential school shooters before they act.

Rogers, who worked with the Obama administration during the planning of his first inauguration in 2009, will become Director of the Office of Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a job that includes working with outside religious groups and acting as the top White House official on religious issues.

The gunman is thought to have been acting in conjunction with a protest outside the base, the official said.

If there is a «treasury of the Church» (D 550 - 2,757,1541; Paul VI, Indulgentiarum Doctrina) which consists actually in the active union with God of all justified Christians, then this, too, makes it clear that all acts of those justified in the Holy Spirit constitute the very life of the Church, hence that the action of the Church is not the same as the action of her official representatives or what is done explicitly in their name.

The church split certainly became a defining moment of my spiritual life as I unhappily bounced between churches for the last 9 years, praying all along to see an official forgiveness session, watching with hope as small acts of kindness mended some wounds... noting as well how others remained gaping obviously.

For many today, this claim is associated with the Stuart kings of England; but James I in his New Law for Free Monarchic, as were his descendants in their official acts, was dependent on the Old Testament.

But precisely for this reason all Christians do not only receive a complete and supposedly concrete natural law which is communicated to them by the official representatives of the Church, they also find out for them - selves the actual requirements of public life, so that all may have as much freedom as possible, a freedom that can act with God in view and thus create that personal finality which receives God himself as its eternal meaning.

• The existence of a shadow government of unelected officials, acting independently or at times in cooperation with elected officials, presents the United States with a serious constitutional crisis:

He is properly indignant at this abandonment of long - standing commitments: «In two centuries of national existence no more pusillanimous act was ever contemplated, much less carried forward, by American officials responsible for our relations with international tribunals.»

... [But] School officials started looking into the matter... after an unusual number of girls began filing into the school clinic to find out if they were pregnant» with many of the girls repeatedly returning for multiple tests, and acting disappointed when they found out they were not pregnant.

The same violation applies to women in military leadership, women with male subordinates, and women acting as officials at professional sporting events, he says.

But along with the probing of terrorists» psyches, responsible government officials must also use and be prepared to use force against those whose willingness to commit inhumane acts is announced and well known.

The catechism, the Catholic Church's book of official doctrine, condemns homosexual acts, but says gays and lesbians «must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.»

So the recommendations of Luther's Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church were being realised; if the officials of the Myth, the Christian bishops and priests, would not themselves reform the Church then secular officials would do it, as Christians with the responsibility to act in society.

(b) A State organic program's governing State official may investigate complaints of noncompliance with the Act or regulations in this part concerning organic production or handling operations operating in the State.

(c) A State organic program's governing State official may review and investigate complaints of noncompliance with the Act or regulations concerning accreditation of certifying agents operating in the State.

At the same time, officials around the nation have been trying to figure out how to respond to the new Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaced No Child Left Behind in December 2015 and requires each state to come up with its own accountability system that must include at least one nonacademic measure.

BUFFALO GROVE — A newly established commission will work with village officials and businesses, advising them on the needs of the disabled as well as how to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

The Fox Valley Park District makes every effort to comply with the State of Illinois Public Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which states that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts and policies of those who represent them as public officials and public employees.

Village officials said the equipment will replace older structures that have become unsafe or do not meet the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Although park officials might consider accepting use of the city's youth center, they noted that the center does not meet some requirements of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act.

The project also would feature Americans With Disabilities Act - related improvements including an elevator at Lakeview Center, as well as safety improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists by way of sidewalks and bike lanes, officials said.

A Chicago Park District attorney reiterated Tuesday that park district officials have not violated the state «s Open Meeting Act but said he will cooperate with the Cook County state «s attorney «s investigation of an alleged violation.

But that may change: The Babies and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act has been introduced — and under this, TSA officials will be told they must allow moms to fly with their breast milk.

The Safe School Food Act would fill the gaps in the inspection, testing, procurement and preparation of food served to students, Durbin said, and it would provide school officials with the tools and information to help them prevent food - borne illness.

Bohrer wrote the information in these interviews «directly undermine crucial elements of the crime charged: that Percoco was a State official at the time he performed an official act, and that he was a State official, held himself out as a future State official, at the time he entered into a quid pro quo agreement with the Syracuse defendants.»

Former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, with her N225m bulletproof BMW car scandal, had a dose of what Dino could do in making a scapegoat of a public official if the act fits the plot.

The invincible forces are a security group made up of ex-military and police officials, working under the umbrella of the New Patriotic Party and have been identified as the force behind recent acts of thuggery carried out on persons and institutions that are associated with the past NDC administration.

«The officials failed to remove him until the end of the speech and when I raised the matter it was not treated with sufficient seriousness by the acting chair.»

Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer who drove a train that derailed in 2015 in Philadelphia and killed eight people, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after victims» families took advantage of a law that forced officials to act.

Continuing today's exciting news from the Republican side of our little presidential campaign, Bruce Reed notes in Slate that Rudy Giuliani's official blog seems to be acting in sympathy with Hollywood writers — except that instead of the writers striking, it's the readers.

The court, for example, declared that the meeting with real estate lobbyists can not still qualify as an official act, and Silver's use of a government letterhead can't serve by itself as proof of an official act.

For example, if Cohen could succeed in persuading administration officials to approve the merger AT&T is seeking with Time Warner, then that conduct could be the kind of formal government action that could constitute an official act.

And at Silver's retrial, prosecutors say all the activities that may no longer be official acts — meetings with lobbyists, helping Taub set up a mesothelioma charity race and find jobs for his kids, using official letterhead to oppose a methadone clinic near a Glenwood property — can still be put before the jury as «circumstantial evidence.»

The appeals court said Judge Valerie E. Caproni's instructions to jurors in 2015 did not comply with a later U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowed the acts required to convict public officials in a quid pro quo bribery scheme to formal exercises of government power, not just meetings or telephone calls.

Any electoral official of a local authority (as defined in section 5 of the Local Electoral Act 2001) may, on payment of the prescribed fee, and in accordance with regulations made under this Act, obtain from the Electoral Commission a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing specified information, for the purpose of conducting an election for any body, where the Electoral Commission is satisfied that --

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that there was sufficient evidence to convict the veteran legislator in two corruption schemes, but jury instructions didn't comply with a new Supreme Court decision narrowing the type of acts required of public officials in a quid - pro-quo bribery scheme to formal exercises of government power.

If an electoral official of a local authority (as defined in section 5 of the Local Electoral Act 2001) wishes to obtain, for the purposes of compiling a roll of electors for the local authority and for no other purpose, any specified information, the Electoral Commission may, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, give that electoral official, on payment of the prescribed fee, a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing that information.