Don highlights flaws in Nigerian federalism, calls for reforms A lecturer at the Department of Private and Property Law of the Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State, Dr Olaniyi Olayinka, has described the Nigerian type of federalism as “fake”, saying the 1999 ... 05/2/2024 - 6:00 am | View Link
How California's Ban on Diesel Locomotives Could Have Major National Repercussions No technology exists today to enable railroads to comply with the state's diktat, which villainizes a mode of transportation that is actually quite energy efficient. 05/1/2024 - 11:01 pm | View Link
A New Chapter In Greg Abbott’s Anti-Federalism Game Of Chicken In Texas Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans responded to a Supreme Court ruling that allowed federal Border Patrol agents to cut through razor wire erected by state ... 04/30/2024 - 11:09 am | View Link
International Litigation, Foreign States and Tort Liability for Gun Manufacturers Though constitutional questions were not squarely before the First Circuit, they unquestionably animate both the statutory framework and jurisprudence surrounding this burgeoning area of litigation. 04/30/2024 - 10:46 am | View Link
Alison LaCroix Discusses Her Book and Federalism Today Compared to the Interbellum Period Texas has revived the age-old debate about American federalism by enforcing its own immigration policy. You recently wrote that many commentators have been “invoking the past to justify their ... 04/30/2024 - 2:53 am | View Link
Federalism | Definition, History, Characteristics, & Facts Federalism, mode of political organization that unites separate states or other polities within an overarching political system in a way that allows each to maintain its own integrity. Learn more about the history and characteristics of federalism in this article. 04/28/2024 - 6:22 am | View Website
What is Federalism? | Center for the Study of Federalism Accordingly, federalism is a voluntary form of government and mode of governance that establishes unity while preserving diversity by constitutionally uniting separate political communities (e.g., the 13 original U.S. states) into a limited, but encompassing, political community (e.g., the United States) called a federal polity. 04/27/2024 - 8:21 pm | View Website
federalism | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute federalism. Overview. Federalism is a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government. Generally, an overarching national government is responsible for broader governance of larger territorial areas, while the smaller subdivisions, states, and cities govern the issues of local concern. 04/27/2024 - 8:07 pm | View Website
Federalism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Federalism is the theory or advocacy of federal principles for dividing powers between member units and common institutions. Unlike in a unitary state, sovereignty in federal political orders is non-centralized, often constitutionally, between at least two levels so that units at each level have final authority and can be self governing in some ... 04/27/2024 - 11:10 am | View Website
Federalism and the Separation of Powers What is federalism and how does it work? Where do we see these constitutional principles in the Constitution? Why are they needed? What are some of the key battles over the separation of powers and federalism in American history (and today)? Video: Class Recording. Federalism and Separation of Powers (Introductory Level) 7/42. Briefing Document. 04/27/2024 - 10:34 am | View Website
Criminal defense attorney and former contestant on "The Apprentice" Stacy Schneider details her interpretation of former President Donald Trump's behavior in the courtroom during his ongoing hush money criminal trial.
The second week of testimony in Donald Trump's first criminal trial is officially over and it ended with a HUGE witness on the stand: Hope Hicks!
No ruling on the 2nd gag order hearing, so we still await that. But the judge did open with a doozy of a comment directly in response to a lie that Trump told the media last night about his gag order:
BREAKING: Judge corrects Trump for lying outside court yesterdayTrump said gag order prevented him from testifyingJudge: you have an absolute right to testify at trial or not & gag order has nothing to do with itMerchan is not tolerating Trump's disinfo campaign!
— Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) (@NormEisen) May 3, 2024
Boom.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
Why, oh why, does this keep happening to entities associated with Donald Trump? It's truly one of life's mysteries that criminals keeping associating themselves with Trump. BF Borgers are suspended from practicing as accountants, and received $14 million in fines. And it wasn't just done for Trump Media. In total, over 1500 SEC filings were found to be fraudulent.
Unemployment has been low for over two years now. President Joe Biden has created a whopping 15.3 million jobs. In contrast, Trump left office in disgrace with a negative job number. Negative. Trump was asked at the courthouse what he would do to create jobs; then he went off topic to talk about the border, among other things, none of which are job-related.
"What's my plan for jobs, you say?" Trump asked.
Andra Watkins discussed her Substack newsletter, "How Project 2025 Will Ruin Your Life," on Rick Wilson's podcast on April 22. The growing threat of the Republican Party's ties to Christian Nationalism and Project 2025 is terrifying. Watkins helps more people understand the threat we are facing. Rick Wilson urged everyone to read "How Project 2025 Will Ruin Your Life," because the "implications for the country are darker than you may imagine."
Watkins is a New York Times bestselling author who spent her "formative years in a Moral Majority-era Christian Nationalist church and school in rural South Carolina." According to Watkins, she has a "deep understanding of how Christian Nationalists think to their Christo-fascist manifesto, Project 2025."
The NY Times author writes, "Mainstream media outlets miss Project 2025’s Biblical language and imagery.