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...associations set the collective rules of engagement that provide for the smooth and fair functioning of government, commerce and society. As the world becomes smaller, international bodies such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization are playing similar roles on a global stage. Yet despite this growing clout (or perhaps because of it) the public's faith in institutions appears to be waning. On the eve of the World Economic Forum in Davos, we look at the reasons for this credibility crisis?and, in a series of profiles, get the bottom-up view from people whose stories...
Alito, of course, didn't foresee the war on terrorism. But put a war President's power together with the new use of signing statements, and Executive clout has been put on steroids. "If you take this to its logical conclusion, because during war the Commander in Chief has an obligation to protect us, any statute on the books could be summarily waived," argued Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina...
...dollars so that they can give the money to others in tough races. They often raise this money through fund raisers organized by major business groups, and many of the donors are lobbyists. The result is that it is difficult to find a member of Congress with the clout and experience to be majority leader who doesn't have extensive lobbying ties, as do Blunt and Boehner...
...happens to be politically and personally connected to him. Furthermore, even if Reilly never directly intended to hamper the investigation, his request could only have injured it. The attorney general is the ranking law enforcement official in the Commonwealth, and any request he makes of a subordinate carries considerable clout. Reilly may or may not have intended to close the case against Berberian, but he is at the very least naïve to suppose that asking a subordinate district attorney to keep records about his friend’s family from the public eye would have no impact whatsoever...
...sucked the air out of the peace process for the immediate future. No one, left or right, expects a quick follow-up to the Gaza disengagement or an early return to the negotiating table. Sharon's 60 years of fighting on Israel's front lines gave him inimitable clout to stand up to the minority religious-nationalist movement that has long maintained a stranglehold on national policy. "I cannot see anyone today who can build a coalition to remove settlements as Sharon could do," says Yisrael Harel, former chairman of the Yesha settlers' council...