Sentence examples for given hearings from inspiring English sources

Among applicants given hearings, in some months less than 1% are released.

Senator Orrin G. Hatch, the Utah Republican who is now the chairman of the panel, replied that the three candidates had never been given hearings under Mr. Leahy's chairmanship and that the Sixth Circuit, in particular, had many vacancies.

The hearing was entitled "The Ghosts of Nominations Past" and featured four witnesses who had been nominated to the federal bench by President Clinton but never been given hearings when Republicans controlled the Senate.

11 policies, a divided Supreme Court would uphold President George W. Bush's power to imprison a United States citizen as an enemy combatant without a trial, although it would also say that detainees must be given hearings before a neutral decision maker.

According to the government, immigration judges have ordered the release on bond of approximately two-thirds of the people given hearings under the lower court's order, making clear that the vast majority of long-term detainees can be released without endangering public safety.

The court reasoned that Bagram was on the sovereign territory of another government and emphasized the "pragmatic obstacles" of giving hearings to detainees "in an active theater of war".

Hearing devices (hearing aids and cochlear implants) have greatly evolved in recent decades, giving hearing-impaired children more effective hearing systems.

He has given them hearings, but always pulled back, convinced that the price was not high enough and that only he could sell the firm for the rich premium he felt it deserved.

Dale Petroskey, president of the Hall of Fame, said that the executives/pioneers panel was chosen by the board of directors of the Hall and that all 10 candidates were given fair hearings during discussions Sunday.

While the New Jersey Parole Board struggles with its backlog of cases, lawyers for inmates and the Attorney General's office told a federal judge in Camden Wednesday that they were prepared to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of prisoners who have become eligible for parole but not given the hearings required by law.

Given public hearings and the sending of cease-and-desist letters to a number of companies offering genetic tests, including one company offering cffDNA testing for RhD blood type, the FDA may intend to regulate this technology as a medical device in the future [ 62, 63].