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• Quote of the Day - Jefferson was right

  
  Thurber's Thoughts — Authority: 492
  You have to wonder if he was psychic, or just very, very smart as, clearly, we have become what he warned against. " The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in ... the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow), working like gravity by night and by day, gaining ...
  1 day ago

• When will someone make the case for the union?

  
  Wonko's World — Authority: 98
  So, I suppose it’s about time I blogged about the Scottish independence referendum as it’s been in the news for a week or so. Basically, this is the story so far: Alex Salmond has been dicking about for a few years saying they’re going to hold a referendum on Scottish independence but keeps putting it off ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Constitutional Primer

  
  novatownhall blog — Authority: 412
  This article is very timely and appropriate for Jack’s post below.  Rather than have it as a comment, I want it to be a pre-empt/clarifier to it.  What stands out most is this statement: “ Perhaps some find it impossible to take seriously the idea that ordinary men and women might have a valid take on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Guest Post: EPA Delays Decision On Haze Regulation In North Dakota

  
  Say Anything — Authority: 585
  North Dakota is awaiting the final decision from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about whether the agency plans to take partial control of North Dakota’s air quality program. The EPA was expected to make its decision on North Dakota’s State Implementation Plan by late January. EPA had threatened to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Court’s Gujarat Lokayukta order harms federalism: BJP (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 506
  New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the Gujarat High Court’s decision to uphold the appointment of state Lokayukta by the governor was a “setback to federalism”.“The divided judgment of the Gujarat High Court is a setback to federalism,” Leader of Opposition in the Rajya ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Violates Federalism

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 712
  By Ilya Shapiro Today Cato filed its second Supreme Court amicus brief in the Obamacare litigation, on the issue of whether the health care law’s Medicaid expansion is a proper exercise of the Constitution’s Spending Clause. That is, states must now accept a comprehensive reorganization of Medicaid or forfeit ...
  2 weeks ago

• John Paul Stevens’ Restraint

  
  Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog — Authority: 518
  After he retired in 2010, John Paul Stevens published Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir .  After a brief description of the first twelve Chief Justices of the United States Supreme Court, from John Jay through Harlan Fiske Stone, he describes in more detail the last five with whom he was professionally ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Part-Time Congress Is Not the Answer

  
  Below the Gnat Line — Authority: 477
  - A Well-Regulated and Restrained Federal Government - Texas Governor and Presidential candidate Rick Perry has suggested a part-time Congress as a way to reduce the power of the federal government. Governor Perry is still one of the candidates that I would prefer to both President Obama and to leading GOP ...
  2 weeks ago

• Post Empire Survival Guide by Sam Smith

  
  Corrente — Authority: 550
  Sam Smith is one of my favorite thinkers and commentators. He has been editing the Progressive Review since 1964. Every Monday he is on the Mark Thompson radio show on Sirius Left. Each Monday he comes up with original ways of looking at the weeks events and has a generous and positive way of criticizing the ...
  2 weeks ago

• AIADMK is BJP’s natural ally: Advani

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 506
  Chennai, Jan 14 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, L.K.Advani Saturday tried to woo Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK, terming it a “natural ally”.Speaking at the 42nd anniversary function of Tamil weekly Thughlak, Advani termed AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa as a natural ally of the BJP. He said the cooperation ...
  2 weeks ago

• Britain and Its Scottish Region: Should a State Split?

  
  The Worden Report — Authority: 411
  A region of one of the large E.U. states may split off to become a new state. For a U.S. state to split into two would require the approval of the Congress and presumably the U.S. President. I also assume the E.U.’s legislative and executive branches would have to sign off on the addition of a new state. I am not ...
  2 weeks ago

• Federalism: The Leavening Agent Missing from the European Union

  
  The Phoenix Phactor — Authority: 103
  The European Union can never fulfill its moniker of the "United States of Europe" because the United States of America was formed early - before distinct and irreversible identities of the States were formed - with a powerful federal government.  Federalism is what makes the association of 50 States successful.  It ...
  2 weeks ago

• Non-Sequiturs: 01.11.12

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 640
  * Being 15 minutes early to crucial meetings is not all that it’s cracked up to be. [ The Ying-a-Ling ] * Law school fiction: possible comic gold, possible Shakespearean tragedy. Check out excerpts from Cameron Stracher’s work in progress. [ The Socratic Method ] * The key for women getting ahead in 2012: ...
  3 weeks ago

• Non-Sequiturs: 01.11.12

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 640
  * Being 15 minutes early to crucial meetings is not all that it’s cracked up to be. [ The Ying-a-Ling ] * Law school fiction: possible comic gold, possible Shakespearean tragedy. Check out excerpts from Cameron Stracher’s work in progress. [ The Socratic Method ] * The key for women getting ahead in 2012: ...
  3 weeks ago

• Federalism and Freedom

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 724
  (Ilya Somin) The editors of the Liberty Fund’s new Law and Liberty website recently asked me to write a short article on federalism and freedom commenting on the Supreme Court’s decision in Bond v. United States , where a unanimous Court emphasized that “[f]ederalism secures the freedom of the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Destroying Our Country’s Roots

  
  ELLIOT LAKE News & Views — Authority: 98
  Kathleen Moore IT IS NOT “RACIST” TO BE WHO YOU ARE If we equate “ racial diversity ” with multiculturalism, and I think we must, it’s not good for Canada. The first and biggest problem is that it is the OPPOSITE of our quasi-legislative FEDERALISM. What is that? Well, had there been a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Initial impressions of the states’ brief in Fl. v. HHS

  
  Concurring Opinions — Authority: 592
  Is the sky falling?  According to Florida et al., which filed their brief regarding PPACA’s Medicaid expansion today, the answer is a resounding yes.  In many respects, this brief rehashes the coercion arguments made in the district court and Eleventh Circuit.  The states continue to argue that they cannot ...
  3 weeks ago

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