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Ldeq Executive Philosophy Under Secretary Hal Leggett: Team Building Politics Vs. Policy, Beau James Brock Jun 2009

Ldeq Executive Philosophy Under Secretary Hal Leggett: Team Building Politics Vs. Policy, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

A powerpoint overview of the LDEQ Leggett Adminstration's policy agenda and its mission to overcome inherent political bureaucracy.


The Unbearable Cost Of Skipping The Check: Property Rights, Takings Compensation & Ecological Protection In The Western Water Law Context, Scott A. Shepard Jan 2009

The Unbearable Cost Of Skipping The Check: Property Rights, Takings Compensation & Ecological Protection In The Western Water Law Context, Scott A. Shepard

Scott A. Shepard

Western-state non-riparian water-law regimes remain legally vital and highly useful in the age of increased scarcity and ecological concern. Claims that the property rights central to these regimes can be revoked without Fifth-Amendment takings implications – as a result of applying various doctrines or of limitations inherent in the rights as granted – are historically and legally unsound, and doctrinally unwise. Declaring water rights non-compensable would require accepting a maxim of legal interpretation that could not be limited to the water-rights (or even property-rights) context, and would render all constitutional guarantees liable to negation without constitutional process. Moreover, such a …


Federalism At The Cathedral: Property Rules, Liability Rules, And Inalienability Rules In Tenth Amendment Infrastructure, Erin Ryan Jan 2009

Federalism At The Cathedral: Property Rules, Liability Rules, And Inalienability Rules In Tenth Amendment Infrastructure, Erin Ryan

Erin Ryan

As climate change, war in the Middle East, and the price of oil focus American determination to move beyond fossil fuels, nuclear power has resurfaced as a possible alternative. But energy reform efforts may be stalled by an unlikely policy deadlock stemming from a structural technicality in an aging Supreme Court decision: New York v. United States, which set forth the Tenth Amendment anti-commandeering rule and ushered in the New Federalism era in 1992. This dry technicality also poses ongoing regulatory obstacles in such critical interjurisdictional contexts as stormwater management, climate regulation, and disaster response. Such is the enormous power …


Emissions Reduction Tax Credit Policy Initiative: Leadership From A Round Table, Beau James Brock Dec 2008

Emissions Reduction Tax Credit Policy Initiative: Leadership From A Round Table, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

A power point presentation of a pro-active solution to emissions reduction for our state. It is a result-oriented incentivized emission reduction program.