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Rhetorical Federalism: The Value State-Based Dissent To Federal Health Reform, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard Jan 2010

Rhetorical Federalism: The Value State-Based Dissent To Federal Health Reform, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard

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This Article makes the affirmative case for the widespread trend of state resistance to the recently enacted, comprehensive federal health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, or ACA. A significant number of states have engaged in various forms of objection to the new federal laws, including filing lawsuits against the federal government, enacting laws providing that ACA will not apply to residents of the state, and refusing to cooperate with implementing the new laws. This Article identifies reasons why those actions should not be disregarded simply as Tea Party antics or election-year gamesmanship but instead …


The Hague Case: An Opportunity Lost, Willis L. M. Reese Jan 1981

The Hague Case: An Opportunity Lost, Willis L. M. Reese

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On Territoriality And Sovereignty: System Shock And Constitutional Choice Of Law, Aaron D. Twerski Jan 1981

On Territoriality And Sovereignty: System Shock And Constitutional Choice Of Law, Aaron D. Twerski

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No abstract provided.