However, the program has also received some acceptance from those initially very critical, and in general its status has become less controversial as it has become more established and its programs have become more concrete.

The most controversial of these preparations was the construction of a 3-metre high concrete and wire fence around a large section of La Colline Parlementaire that encircled the meeting site, the National Assembly and many government and residential buildings.

The project has been controversial, as safety concerns have been raised by the Fire Department because the new concrete planters in the middle of the road have made the right of ways too narrow for fire trucks to properly set up in case of a fire in a downtown building.

Anglesea has a recently re-built skateboard ramp which has led a controversial life, with the construction material having changed from wood to steel, and now concrete.

The most notable hotel of this era was probably The London Hilton on Park Lane, a controversial concrete tower overlooking Hyde Park.

" Citing Lochner v. New York, the controversial decision of 1905 upholding freedom of contract, Pound assailed the Supreme Court for giving " us rules which, when applied to the existing commercial and industrial situation, are wholly inadequate.

Dr. Rick Strassman, while conducting DMT research in the 1990s at the University of New Mexico, advanced the controversial hypothesis that a massive release of DMT from the pineal gland prior to death or near death was the cause of the near death experience ( NDE ) phenomenon.

In addition to continuing resistance to New York's attempts to assert control over the territory, Allen was active in efforts by Vermont's leadership for recognition by Congress, and he participated in controversial negotiations with the British over the possibility of Vermont becoming a separate British province.

The Australian government took a more measured position than its New Zealand counterpart over the controversial Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill being debated in the Fijian Parliament.

In a policy document entitled New Politics, deputy Hogan has suggested creating a country with " a smaller, more dynamic and more responsive political system ," reducing the size of the Dáil by 20, changing the way the Dáil works, and in a controversial move, abolishing the Irish senate, Seanad Éireann.

During these years policies were put in place which led to the rapid transformation of Malaysia ’ s economy and society, such as the controversial New Economic Policy, which was intended to increase proportionally the share of the economic " pie " of the bumiputras (" indigenous people ", which includes the majority Malays, but not always the indigenous population ) as compared to other ethnic groups — was launched by Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak.

" he makes the controversial claim that the " New Hacker Ethic " has continuously evolved out of the older one, though having undergone a radical shift.

Downey headed to Secaucus, New Jersey, where his highly controversial television program The Morton Downey Jr. Show was taped.

He supported the Commonwealth in campaigning to abolish apartheid in South Africa, and refused permission for the aircraft carrying the Springbok rugby team to refuel on Australian territory en route to their controversial 1981 tour of New Zealand.

* The Republic of New Afrika, a controversial separatist group seeking the creation of an independent black nationalist state across much of the Southeastern U. S.

“ The new United States government policy allowing business activity in Burma ’ s controversial oil sector with reporting requirements will not adequately prevent new investments from fueling abuses and undermining reform ,” New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch said in a statement.

Though Orthwein's period as owner was short and controversial, he did oversee major changes to the team, first with the hiring of former New York Giants coach Bill Parcells in 1993.

This practice is controversial, with for example, New York State banning this practice in 1996 on the grounds that it endangered motorists who might be pulled over by people impersonating police officers.

The MVP result was controversial, as Martínez received the most first-place votes of any player ( 8 of 28 ), but was totally omitted from the ballot of two sportswriters, New York's George King and Minneapolis ' LaVelle Neal.

The origins of Shea Stadium go back to the controversial west coast relocation of the Dodgers and the Giants which left New York without a National League presence.

Marc Miller has stated that he believes " Traveller: The New Era " to be the " most controversial " edition of Traveller to date, due to that version's use of a different rules system and the radical changes to the setting.

California and Oregon both opposed the measure out of fear of Chinese immigrants, New York initially ratified the amendment, but legislators later attempted to rescind the ratification, a controversial decision that might have resulted in a court challenge, but for the fact that on March 30, 1870, enough states had ratified the amendment for it to become part of the Constitution.

The use of oak is controversial in the Chablis community with some winemakers dismissing it as counter to the " Chablis style " or terroir while other embrace its use though not to the length that would characterized a " New World " Chardonnay.

This definition also includes the economic performance of New Zealand from 1974 – 1992 and Switzerland from 1973 to the present, although this designation for Switzerland has been controversial.

Hunters established game parks in Medieval Europe, such as the New Forest, with often violent punishments for poaching. In modern times, hunters have founded some of the most significant ( and controversial ) wildlife conservation organizations, such as Ducks Unlimited. Hunters in industrialized nations generally comply with bag limits to ensure the sustainability of wildlife populations.

Many Democrats were uneasy with Wallace's New Age spiritual beliefs and by the fact that he had written coded letters discussing prominent politicians ( such as Roosevelt and Winston Churchill ) to his controversial Russian spiritual guru, Nicholas Roerich.

The latter has increased substantially, especially since the site received widespread media coverage in 2007 during the controversial New Seven Wonders of the World Internet and cell phone campaign.

In 1981, Masson's controversial conclusions were discussed in a series of New York Times articles by Ralph Blumenthal, to the dismay of the psychoanalytic establishment.

This analysis has been questioned by some historians, most notably Dr. Kua Kia Soong, the principal of New Era College, who has put forward the controversial argument that the May 13 Incident was a pre-meditated attempt by sections of the ruling Malay elite to incite racial hostility in preparation for a coup.

In cases involving the controversial issue of anti-trust regulation, the Supreme Court was divided.

" Essentially, the history of the demise of David's " The Tennis Court Oath " illustrates the difficulty of creating works of art that portray current and controversial political occurrences.

One of the provisions in that act was the controversial Section 215, which allows the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) to make an application for an order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court requiring production of " any tangible thing " for an investigation.

School vouchers are legally controversial in some states ; in 2005 the Florida Supreme Court found that school vouchers were unconstitutional under the Florida Constitution.

In response to allegations that Michigan's militia fired upon Ohioans, Lucas called a special session of Ohio's Legislature on June 8, 1835 to pass several more controversial acts, including establishment of Toledo as the county seat of Lucas County, the establishment of a Court of Common Pleas in the city, a law to prevent the forcible abduction of Ohio citizens from the area and a budget of $ 300, 000 to implement the legislation.

Although the bill aimed generally to overhaul and modernize all of the federal court system, its central and most controversial provision would have granted the President power to appoint an additional Justice to the U. S. Supreme Court for every sitting member over the age of 70½, up to a maximum of six.

No president since Dwight Eisenhower has made a recess appointment to the Court, and the practice has become rare and controversial even in lower federal courts.

* March 28 – Stump v. Sparkman ( 435 U. S. 349 ): The Supreme Court of the United States hands down a 5 – 3 decision in a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.

In case of controversial and substantial changes, Philippines jurisprudence requires full-blown court lawsuit, that must include the local civil registrar in the petition, since RA 9048 and Rule 108 ( Cancellation or correction of entries in the Civil Registry ) of the Rules of Court, do not allow the change of gender in a birth certificate.

The film contains a ( then rare ) positive representation of the controversial subject of interracial marriage, which historically had been illegal in most states of the United States, and was still illegal in 17 states, mostly Southern states, up until June 12 of the year of the film's release, when anti-miscegenation laws were struck down by the Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia.

Political liberals sometimes argued that the Warren Court went too far in some areas, but insist that most of its controversial decisions struck a responsive chord in the nation and have become embedded in the law.

The case, which is being heard by the US Court of Federal Claims, puts on trial one of the most controversial and least understood aspects of the Iraq war: the outsourcing of military security to an estimated 20, 000 armed contractors.

Gore had argued for a new recount that would pass constitutional muster, but the Court instead chose to end the election, asserting that “ the Florida Supreme Court has said that the Florida Legislature intended to obtain the safe-harbor benefits of 3 U. S. C. § 5 .” This last assertion by the 5 – 4 Bush v. Gore majority has proven very controversial.

However, the position of governor was given then to incumbent Resident Commissioner Aníbal Acevedo Vilá who won by razor-thin margin in a highly controversial PR Supreme Court decision that many still hold was politically motivated.

Following the finding by the Supreme Court in McGee v The Attorney General that there was a constitutional right to use contraceptives, he introduced The Family Planning Bill which proved to be highly controversial.

However, since the Court rejected the presented request of the appellants, it did not go into details concerning the controversial questions of the legality of the process in which the new Constitution ( Annex IV ) came to power, and replaced the former Constitution of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In the case of Missouri v. Seibert,, the Supreme Court halted one of the more controversial practices.

Jackson blamed machinations by Black for his being passed over for the seat and publicly exposed some of Black's controversial behavior and feuding within the Court.

In the controversial 1895 case of Pollock v. Farmers ' Loan & Trust Co., however, the Court had overturned longstanding precedent and ruled that while a tax on income from labor was an excise, or indirect tax ( which was not required to be apportioned ), a tax on income derived from property such as interest, dividends, or rents was or should be treated as a direct tax.

Hyams and Seifert engaged in negotiations with the London County Council over the height of the building, which was much taller than would normally be allowed and was highly controversial ; eventually he was allowed to build 32 floors in return for providing a new road junction between St Giles Circus, Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road, which the LCC could not afford to build on its own.

54-55 Coroners and Justice Act 2009 also removed sexual infidelity as a qualifying form of provocation, but in a recent controversial decision by Lord Judge in R v Clinton 1 Cr App R 26 in the Court of Appeal, Lord Judge interpreted the new offence as allowing for sexual infidelity to count under the third prong of the new defence ( see Baker & Zhao 2012 ).

* January 25-The Lady Elizabeth's Men perform the formerly controversial Eastward Ho at Court