WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Although most people's knowledge of the new health care law is limited, their opinion on how it will affect their health care depends on what type of private health insurance plan they currently have and their political affiliation, according to a recent report issued today by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). Regardless of the type of plan, less than 5 percent of individuals who have private insurance say they are extremely knowledgeable about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA).
Swept up in the growing "constitutionalization" of the law of democracy, political parties today are centerpieces of American law and politics. However, even sophisticated courts and legal commentators adhere to a formalistic view of political parties as discrete, legally defined entities. The Article topples this conventional view of political parties. Drawing from recent research in political science, the Article presents a more realistic deconstruction of political parties and how they operate in American democracy. The Article argues that "parties" are merely a colloquial shorthand for bundles of political relationships, constituting fluid, informal arrangements that defy and transcend legal definition. The supralegal character of political parties complicates their legal regulation...
... party regulation succeeds in achieving reform ends, as it does at times, it is too often the res...
For obsessed Utah politicos (like us), the Legislature is the gift that keeps on giving. Legislative action on immigration reform and access to government records continues to dominate political discussions. Tea party activists are angry. The news media are apoplectic over GRAMA reform. We review the ramifications. Although the national media and local community leaders are praising lawmakers for their immigration package, many arch- conservative activists are angry and threaten to defeat lawmakers who supported the guest worker bill. Other activists on the left and right remain hostile over passage of GRAMA reform. Are Republican legislators' re-elections in jeopardy?
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With No Child Left Behind "reform" looming on the horizon, it might be helpful to clarify the meaning of "reform," since the word has yet to be used with any precision in education. Ideally, reformation is the process of re-creation, not recreation as it is in the current paradigm. Nothing coming down the pike even hints at meaningful reform. In the bipartisan spirit, no matter which political party mishandles the reins of education, they are leading a desiccated horse away from the water. What passes as reform is merely changing the jargon or acronyms, but the essential misguided mission stays the same - raise test scores, quantify everything, and justify every moment in the classroom to keep the bean counters and datamongers happy.
Unfortunately, Latin American countries have notoriously weak party systems. [...] voters often have few tools at their disposal to punish and reward incumbents other than the threat or benefit of re-election. In both countries, however, presidential succession between individuals, even of the same party, paralleled a gradual change in political reform. [...] the vigorous, even acrimonious, debate within the ruling parties demonstrated the vulnerabilities of the ruling party and provided important opportunities for the opposition in the general elections.
The social calendar for delegates is full this week at the Democratic National Convention, thanks to parties and receptions sponsored by groups with business before the federal government. The Distilled Spirits Council toasted delegates at an event called "Spirits of Boston" at the nightclub Anthem with Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. The Edison Electric Institute, an industry group for the energy lobby, hosted a party at the New England Aquarium. And the American Gas Association held a party called "Dance by the Light of the Moon" with music by Los Lobos. In addition to holding private parties, corporations, unions and wealthy individuals also contribute to convention committees such as Boston 2004. The contributions have grown exponentially in the last quarter-century, to t...
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