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• When will someone make the case for the union?

  
  Wonko's World — Authority: 100
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• A Constitutional Primer

  
  novatownhall blog — Authority: 413
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  Say Anything — Authority: 607
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Violates Federalism

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 747
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• John Paul Stevens’ Restraint

  
  Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog — Authority: 520
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• A Part-Time Congress Is Not the Answer

  
  Below the Gnat Line — Authority: 500
  - 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 ...
  1 week ago

• Post Empire Survival Guide by Sam Smith

  
  Corrente — Authority: 552
  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: 534
  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: 413
  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: 101
  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

• Trinamool, RJD played along government strategy: Yechury

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury Friday accused the government of having a pre-conceived plan to create chaos in the Rajya Sabha during the Lokpal bill debate and blamed the Trinamool Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal of playing along.Yechury said the Trinamool and the RJD played along with ...
  4 weeks ago

• Don’t violate supremacy of constitution: Yechury

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Opposing the government’s Lokpal bill, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury Thursday said the supremacy of the Indian constitution should not be violated in the legislation.Participating in the debate in the Rajya Sabha on the Lokpal bill, he said the spirit of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Just Like Hitler (Not)

  
  Barely A Blog — Authority: 112
  The outrage of it! Imagine giving local police the “authority to check the immigration status for individuals during traffic stops and other minor violations.” Can there be anything more heinous than the “police checking the immigration status of persons who are lawfully stopped or taken into custody” ! ...
  4 weeks ago

• Restoring Federalism

  
  Dr Roy's Thoughts — Authority: 420
  I do not like the 1982 constitution. The charter of rights and freedoms has made things worse not better.It has given enormous power to unelected judges and in many ways has allowed the nanny state ever more power. The rise of separatism is a direct result of trudeaus self serving folly. Restoring the Fedralism ...
  4 weeks ago

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