Grab Law

• Grab Law

State statutory provisions and common-law principles that govern the aggressive use of legal and equitable remedies, such as atta...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Fri–Jam

• The Constitution & healthcare reform: though ObamaCare has been enacted into law, it is patently unconstitutional. The states can nullify this federal power grab within their own borders.

On March 23, 2010. Attorneys General from 18 states sued the federal government, accusing it of committing "an unprecedented encroachment on the liber...

• The New American
• May 10, 2010

• Presidential power grab: President Bush has been quietly attaching pronouncements to the bills he signs into law. These signing statements amount to a grab for legislative power belonging to Congress.

Republican Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) announced on July 23 that within one week he would have a bill ready that authorizes Congress to sue Presiden...

• The New American
• August 21, 2006

• Village Tests Yushchenko's Vow ; Rule of Law Encounters Land Grab by the Powerful

The front line in President Viktor Yushchenko's promise to establish the rule of law in this county runs through Kozyn, a sleepy village of 4,000 inhabitants a 30-minute drive from downtown Kiev, the capital. For months now, the country has been gripped by reports of corruption and a land grab by the rich and powerful.

• The Washington Times
• June 20, 2005

• Ready reference for the occasional question: where can you go when you need to bone up on international law or research medical info? Here's a grab bag of miscellaneous and (mostly) free research sites.

For many attorneys practicing in a single area of law, or a small handful of areas, the usual sources of information are well known: the relevant IICL...

• Illinois Bar Journal
• Vol. 96 Nbr. 1, January 2008

• Romney: I Was Right, Obama Wrong On Health Care Reform

Taking on an issue that threatens to undermine his 2012 presidential bid, Republican contender Mitt Romney argued Thursday that the health care overhaul plan he signed as governor of Massachusetts was a constitutionally acceptable policy experiment by a state while President Obama's similar health care law represented an unconstitutional power grab by Washington. Still, in a professorial speech in a lecture hall at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, complete with slides, Mr. Romney defended the individual mandate that was the crux of his plan in Massachusetts - and is the centerpiece of the law Mr. Obama signed last year - but is anathema to many Republican primary voters.

• The Washington Times
• May 13, 2011

• Bill in Md. Seeks to Dump Unspent Revenue From Agc Into General Fund

The Attorney Grievance Commission's annual budget would need to be approved by the state, and any unspent annual revenue would go to Maryland's general fund rather than remain with the disciplinary body under a legislative proposal the Maryland Judiciary opposes as an illegal money grab. If the proposal becomes law, the AGC's nearly $8 million surplus as of June 30 would go to the state treasury, as would any future annual surpluses.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• March 01, 2011

• Venezuela Lawmakers Grant President Hugo Chavez Decree Powers

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan lawmakers granted President Hugo Chavez broad powers Friday to enact laws by decree, undermining the clout of a new congress that takes office next month with a bigger opposition bloc. Chavez opponents condemned the move as a power grab, saying the law will be a blank check for the leftist leader to rule without consulting lawmakers. The National Assembly approved the special powers for 18 months.

• Charleston Gazette
• December 20, 2010

• Supreme Court

The forfeiture of assets used in criminal enterprises is big business. Why, the U.S. Marshalls Service currently manages more than $3.9 billion worth of property seized from bad guys. For local law enforcement agencies experiencing shrinking budgets, it's awfully tempting to grab a valuable asset having even the most tenuous link to criminal activity like drug trafficking.

• Lawyers USA
• May 16, 2011

• U.S. Barrier Differs From Israel's Wall

Israel's law also embraces similar discrimination based on religion, granting to Jews greater citizenship benefits than those given to the Christian and Muslim "citizens" of Israel. It's abhorrent, but Israel's subtle campaign to discriminate against Palestinians in every possible way is far from the outright aspects of Apartheid so abhorrent to so many in the world. It doesn't matter whether it is a wall of concrete or a fence of wire. The Israeli barrier - the neutral term beleaguered Western media outlets have surrendered to under intense pressure from the pro-Israel lobby - still conveys an immoral and unprincipled connotation when the true reasons for the wall are exposed as a clever land grab.

• Arab American News, The
• August 11, 2009