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To some people, however, limiting employment based on nationality is patently discriminatory and anti-competitive. John Macdonald, a European Commission spokesman, says the proposed rule violates E.U. law. "A quota is not compatible with the fundamental freedom of movement rights that exist in the European Union," says Macdonald, who adds...
What's more, even the changes in the guidelines will have only a limited effect unless the sentencing commission makes them retroactive - an issue it is expected to discuss at a Nov. 13 meeting. As of now, the new guidelines will affect only new offenders. If the commission decides to...
Since then, science has shown there is little difference between the two cocaine variants, but that didn't change the way the law treated them. Congress blocked the Commission's first attempt, in 1995, to reduce the sentencing disparity and so far has refused to change the laws that disproportionately...
In revising its guidelines, the federal commission in some ways is simply catching up with the states. Amid almost universal criticism of the federal government's 100:1 ratio, only 13 states still make a legal distinction between crack and powder cocaine, and none of these states applies as harsh...
The propensity of Democrats to be chuckleheaded in ways easily exploited by Republicans is what Clinton, in most cases, is trying to avoid with her lawyerly answers. Her refusal to support higher Social Security taxes on the wealthy is a perfect example. "For the life of me, I don't...