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The United States system of funding schools with local property tax dollars leads to qualitative disparities across school districts. It is crucial that state courts address this problem, since no federal right to education exists. Students and parents have successfully challenged these funding systems in many states, but courts in seven states - citing the political question doctrine - have refused to review these claims. It appears that most of these states lack a coherent political question history and have used the prudential standing doctrine to avoid education claims specifically. This Note argues that the political question doctrine should not be used as an excuse to ignore educational adequacy cases in states with an affirmative constitutional right to education.
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INTRODUCTION I. THE HISTORY AND MEANING OF SUSPENSION II. THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON THE JUSTICIABILITY OF SUSPENSION III. JUDICIAL TREATMENT OF "POLI...
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Nuggets from the notebook while reviewing some of the money behind Question 1 ...
One of the more controversial political ads from the battle over Election Day voter registration came from Secure Maine's Ballot, the group that fought to ensure the repeal of Maine's 38-year-old law.
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Nuggets from the notebook while reviewing some of the money behind Question 1 ...
One of the more controversial political ads from the battle over Election Day voter registration came from Secure Maine's Ballot, the group that fought to ensure the repeal of Maine's 38-year-old law.
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HALLIBURTON HEARS A WHO? POLITICAL QUESTION DOCTRINE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON
TERROR AND THEIR IMPACT ON GOVERNMENT CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING...
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Nuggets from the notebook while wondering why Americans Elect's effort to get a third-party presidential candidate on the 2012 ballot seems so appealing to progressive voters . . .
Americans Elect is a nonprofit organization currently trying to obtain ballot access for a yet-to-be determined bipartisan presidential ticket next year. The group is well-funded, backed by hedge fund mangers and other wealthy donors. It's message is well- worn, but eternally populist: The only way to end the dysfunction of hyper-partisan politics is to engage the moderate electorate.
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I. INTRODUCTION II. THE ROLE AND VALUES OF FEDERALISM IN THE AMERICAN SYSTEM A. THE VALUES OF FEDERALISM B. FEDERALISM AS A CONSTITUTIONAL DOCTRINE C....
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Nuggets from the notebook while wondering why Americans Elect's effort to get a third-party presidential candidate on the 2012 ballot seems so appealing to progressive voters . . .
Americans Elect is a nonprofit organization currently trying to obtain ballot access for a yet-to-be determined bipartisan presidential ticket next year. The group is well-funded, backed by hedge fund mangers and other wealthy donors. It's message is well- worn, but eternally populist: The only way to end the dysfunction of hyper-partisan politics is to engage the moderate electorate.
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Dr. Sheila Pinette gave birth to one child while in medical school, and to another while in residency.
On May 1, she will find herself in another challenging position when she goes from being a self-employed primary care physician in this small town to running the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Pinette, 52, will be the director of an agency that has 420 employees, a $132 million annual budget and a mission to prevent and respond to diseases and other health threats to Mainers.
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On Sept. 21, 2009, a two-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals sounded a second significant shot in the complicated climate change litigatio...