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They've been put in a position where the only way we're going to get to the bottom or the top of what really is going on and continues to go on in this city and with this police department is by filing a civil action. – Mike Doyle	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through a deliberate misreading of the general welfare and commerce clauses of the Constitution has the federal government been allowed to overreach its authority and extend its tendrils into every corner of civil society. – Edward H. Crane	added by Normando 3 years ago
I’m not going anywhere. This is a vote of conscience, it’s one where there are different views in our conference. But our nation is facing an unprecedented, since the Civil War, constitutional crisis. – House Republicans	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There has been real damage to expertise across the government. The civil servants have to be able to speak honestly without fear of being fired unless they've done something wrong, why would anyone want to go into the public sector anymore ? – Kim Scheppele	Found on CNN 3 years ago
My father talked about him a lot, growing up in that time of the civil rights movement, my father and my grandparents would talk about certain heroes they just looked up to and admired. It brought that same type of admiration to me as well. – Norris Herring	Found on CNN 3 years ago
As a result, we discussed what action to take to protect Italian citizens and their health in all civil and criminal venues, it was unanimously decided that these actions will be taken starting in the next few days. – Domenico Arcuri	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
It is a really complicated problem set that the Biden administration will have to tackle, on privacy, and civil liberties, and, at the same time, protection of data. – Security Center Bill Evanina	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
My goal is to make sure that the civil rights of LGBTQ people are protected, that Joe Biden meets Joe Biden campaign promises and fulfills Joe Biden campaign promises to the community, and all of my expectations lead me to conclude and based on conversations that I've had, that they are going to be taking those steps to make sure that they meet their campaign obligations and promises. – Alphonso David	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The propensity of the violence sometimes boils down to the individual, nothing compares to any past threats ; we have never had Americans fighting Americans on the streets of the nation's capital probably since the Civil War. – John Miller	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It’s the social issues - civil rights, racial equality, voting rights, pandemic response, if we take it, maybe we can get something done for a change. – Ann Henderson	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Our Chicago Police officers faced an unprecedented set of circumstances in contending with a spike in violent crime, made even more difficult by having to contend with a health pandemic while facing extended periods of heightened civil unrest and looting. – Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Someone that is sensitive to that understands why the federal government and Justice Department needs to intervene. ... So there's a sensitivity practice and an experienced practice that people of color could bring in that was totally absent in the last four years. i think this is one of the most important decisions that Joe Biden will have to make finding the right attorney general, who can restore a commitment to equal justice under law for all, who can make protection of racial justice and civil rights a top priority. These are incredibly important principles and values of the country needs right now in its next attorney general, so I'm glad that the next administration isn't racing to announce a decision and being really thoughtful and careful in deciding who they put forth for this important position. – Kristen Clarke	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think this is one of the most important decisions that Joe Biden will have to make finding the right attorney general, who can restore a commitment to equal justice under law for all, who can make protection of racial justice and civil rights a top priority. These are incredibly important principles and values of the country needs right now in its next attorney general, so I'm glad that the next administration isn't racing to announce a decision and being really thoughtful and careful in deciding who they put forth for this important position. – Kristen Clarke	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The criminal justice ecosystem, however, was profoundly impacted and disrupted by the global coronavirus pandemic and the death of George Floyd, our Chicago police officers faced an unprecedented set of circumstances in contending with a spike in violent crime, made even more difficult by having to contend with a health pandemic while facing extended periods of heightened civil unrest and looting. – Superintendent David Brown	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Hungary and Poland might be the most extreme cases. But lots of other nations have backslid on civil liberties in the past few years, tying rule of law directly to The EU money is not in itself a bad idea. – Jakub Jaraczewski	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Items uniquely required to produce semiconductors at advanced technology nodes — 10 nanometers or below — will be subject to a presumption of denial to prevent such key enabling technology from supporting China's military-civil fusion efforts. – Commerce Department	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Michigan courts have held that federal precedent is highly persuasive when determining the contours of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act( ELCRA), and federal courts across the country -- including the U.S. Supreme Court in Bostock v Clayton Co -- have held that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination, we intend to submit that all Michigan residents are entitled to protection under the law -- regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation -- in our appeal to this decision. – Dana Nessel	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We live in a time of racial division and strife not seen since the 1960s struggle for civil rights -- and we've watched as the Republican Party enabled a race-baiting president for the last four years -- so we need an Attorney General who can speak to the moment at hand. – Attorney General	Found on CNN 3 years ago
A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left. – Justice William O. Douglas	added by Normando 3 years ago
That doesn't mean these problems are going to go away overnight, i'm not aware of any civil rights group saying we don't want body cameras. They want them to be used and released more consistently. – Axon CEO Rick Smith	Found on CNN 3 years ago
These actions represent the government's largest-ever civil seizures of fuel and weapons from Iran, iran continues to be a leading state sponsor of terrorism and a worldwide destabilizing force. – John Demers	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The nomination of a conservative to the Supreme Court, stacking of lower courts in order to have cronies to carry out conservative ideas, most likely will affect Black and Brown people, they'll affect things such as civil rights, Obamacare -- all of these things have the potential to negatively impact minorities. – Wilburn Wilkins	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Through this order, President Trump has declared war on the professional civil service by giving President Trump the authority to fill the government with President Trump political cronies who will pledge their unwavering loyalty to President Trump -- not to America, by targeting federal workers whose jobs involve government policies, the real-world implications of this order will be disastrous for public health, the environment, the defense of our nation, and virtually every facet of our lives. – Everett Kelley	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They're children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it, what we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered. – The Pope	Found on CNN 3 years ago

They've been put in a position where the only way we're going to get to the bottom or the top of what really is going on and continues to go on in this city and with this police department is by filing a civil action.

– Mike Doyle

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through a deliberate misreading of the general welfare and commerce clauses of the Constitution has the federal government been allowed to overreach its authority and extend its tendrils into every corner of civil society.

– Edward H. Crane

added by Normando
3 years ago

I’m not going anywhere. This is a vote of conscience, it’s one where there are different views in our conference. But our nation is facing an unprecedented, since the Civil War, constitutional crisis.

– House Republicans

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

There has been real damage to expertise across the government. The civil servants have to be able to speak honestly without fear of being fired unless they've done something wrong, why would anyone want to go into the public sector anymore ?

– Kim Scheppele

Found on CNN
3 years ago

My father talked about him a lot, growing up in that time of the civil rights movement, my father and my grandparents would talk about certain heroes they just looked up to and admired. It brought that same type of admiration to me as well.

– Norris Herring

Found on CNN
3 years ago

As a result, we discussed what action to take to protect Italian citizens and their health in all civil and criminal venues, it was unanimously decided that these actions will be taken starting in the next few days.

– Domenico Arcuri

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It is a really complicated problem set that the Biden administration will have to tackle, on privacy, and civil liberties, and, at the same time, protection of data.

– Security Center Bill Evanina

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

My goal is to make sure that the civil rights of LGBTQ people are protected, that Joe Biden meets Joe Biden campaign promises and fulfills Joe Biden campaign promises to the community, and all of my expectations lead me to conclude and based on conversations that I've had, that they are going to be taking those steps to make sure that they meet their campaign obligations and promises.

– Alphonso David

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The propensity of the violence sometimes boils down to the individual, nothing compares to any past threats ; we have never had Americans fighting Americans on the streets of the nation's capital probably since the Civil War.

– John Miller

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It’s the social issues - civil rights, racial equality, voting rights, pandemic response, if we take it, maybe we can get something done for a change.

– Ann Henderson

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Our Chicago Police officers faced an unprecedented set of circumstances in contending with a spike in violent crime, made even more difficult by having to contend with a health pandemic while facing extended periods of heightened civil unrest and looting.

– Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Someone that is sensitive to that understands why the federal government and Justice Department needs to intervene. ... So there's a sensitivity practice and an experienced practice that people of color could bring in that was totally absent in the last four years. i think this is one of the most important decisions that Joe Biden will have to make finding the right attorney general, who can restore a commitment to equal justice under law for all, who can make protection of racial justice and civil rights a top priority. These are incredibly important principles and values of the country needs right now in its next attorney general, so I'm glad that the next administration isn't racing to announce a decision and being really thoughtful and careful in deciding who they put forth for this important position.

– Kristen Clarke

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think this is one of the most important decisions that Joe Biden will have to make finding the right attorney general, who can restore a commitment to equal justice under law for all, who can make protection of racial justice and civil rights a top priority. These are incredibly important principles and values of the country needs right now in its next attorney general, so I'm glad that the next administration isn't racing to announce a decision and being really thoughtful and careful in deciding who they put forth for this important position.

– Kristen Clarke

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The criminal justice ecosystem, however, was profoundly impacted and disrupted by the global coronavirus pandemic and the death of George Floyd, our Chicago police officers faced an unprecedented set of circumstances in contending with a spike in violent crime, made even more difficult by having to contend with a health pandemic while facing extended periods of heightened civil unrest and looting.

– Superintendent David Brown

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Hungary and Poland might be the most extreme cases. But lots of other nations have backslid on civil liberties in the past few years, tying rule of law directly to The EU money is not in itself a bad idea.

– Jakub Jaraczewski

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Items uniquely required to produce semiconductors at advanced technology nodes — 10 nanometers or below — will be subject to a presumption of denial to prevent such key enabling technology from supporting China's military-civil fusion efforts.

– Commerce Department

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Michigan courts have held that federal precedent is highly persuasive when determining the contours of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act( ELCRA), and federal courts across the country -- including the U.S. Supreme Court in Bostock v Clayton Co -- have held that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination, we intend to submit that all Michigan residents are entitled to protection under the law -- regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation -- in our appeal to this decision.

– Dana Nessel

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We live in a time of racial division and strife not seen since the 1960s struggle for civil rights -- and we've watched as the Republican Party enabled a race-baiting president for the last four years -- so we need an Attorney General who can speak to the moment at hand.

– Attorney General

Found on CNN
3 years ago

A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.

– Justice William O. Douglas

added by Normando
3 years ago

That doesn't mean these problems are going to go away overnight, i'm not aware of any civil rights group saying we don't want body cameras. They want them to be used and released more consistently.

– Axon CEO Rick Smith

Found on CNN
3 years ago

These actions represent the government's largest-ever civil seizures of fuel and weapons from Iran, iran continues to be a leading state sponsor of terrorism and a worldwide destabilizing force.

– John Demers

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The nomination of a conservative to the Supreme Court, stacking of lower courts in order to have cronies to carry out conservative ideas, most likely will affect Black and Brown people, they'll affect things such as civil rights, Obamacare -- all of these things have the potential to negatively impact minorities.

– Wilburn Wilkins

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Through this order, President Trump has declared war on the professional civil service by giving President Trump the authority to fill the government with President Trump political cronies who will pledge their unwavering loyalty to President Trump -- not to America, by targeting federal workers whose jobs involve government policies, the real-world implications of this order will be disastrous for public health, the environment, the defense of our nation, and virtually every facet of our lives.

– Everett Kelley

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They're children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it, what we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered.

– The Pope

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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