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Showing posts with label rule of law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rule of law. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: FEBRUARY 17, 2015



Huge: Texas Governor Greg Abbott wins federal injunction against Obama amnesty



Awkward! See why President Petulant will appeal fed court's 'Obama's amnesty' decision (Bonus: Ted Cruz smacks Dems)





Awesome: Judge Andrew Hanen used Pres. Obama's own words to justify his ruling halting executive amnesty



Former constitutional law professor: DHS won't 'disregard' immigration injunction; 'The law is the law'



Previewing today's White House summit to fight 'generic' extremism where talk of Islamic extremism is 'off limits'


'These guys aren't BuzzFeed': White House declares war on ISIS social media accounts




Did Marie Harf just say jobs will defeat ISIS? [Hint: Yes … and let the mocking begin!]






OK, Marie Harf, we'll bite: 'Tyson chicken beheaders,' and other great #JobsForISIS








'What are you talking about?' Marie Harf goes on the defensive — and off the rails






'What was their claim to randomness?' 45 reportedly burned alive by ISIS in al-Baghdadi




At extremism summit Biden talks about 'groups that are violent in the name of the Bible'




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Monday, April 14, 2014

MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN: APRIL 14, 2014

Charlie Cooke and Kevin Williamson discuss whether the rule of law is real, to what extent it should be followed, and what Bonnie & Clyde tell us about the federal government.



Why You Should Be Sympathetic Toward Cliven Bundy
The bedrock issue here is that the federal government owns more than 80% of the state of Nevada. This is true across the western states. To an astonishing degree, those states lack sovereignty over their own territory. Most of the land is federal. And the federal agencies that rule over federal lands have agendas. At every opportunity, it seems, they restrict not only what can be done on federal lands, but on privately-owned property. They are hostile to traditional industries like logging, mining and ranching, and if you have a puddle in your back yard, the EPA will try to regulate it as a navigable waterway.
That is only a slight exaggeration.
One could say that Cliven Bundy is just one more victim of progress and changing mores. The federal government has gotten more environmentally-conscious, and now we really, really care about desert tortoises. (It was the designation of desert tortoises as an endangered species that gave BLM the opportunity to squeeze Bundy in the early 1990s.) But here's the thing: the Bureau of Land Management - the federal government - is not necessarily anti-development. Rather, its attitude depends entirely on what sort of development is in question.
Also read:

Harry Reid on Bundy Ranch Showdown: 'It's not Over'; Rory Reid says Bundy should be Prosecuted

Bundy Family: We Don't Fear Harry Reid