Word: federalist
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Last night’s event was sponsored by the Harvard Libertarian Society and the Harvard Federalist Society...
During her time at Radcliffe, the government concentrator served as president of her sophomore class and president of the Harvard-Radcliffe chapter of the World Federalist Association, a national political advocacy organization which supports the United Nations. She also sang in the Radcliffe Choral Society...
...Lanka On Feb. 22, against all expectations, Sri Lanka celebrated the one-year anniversary of its cease-fire agreement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. On Mar. 18, formal talks will resume as the two sides continue to forge a federalist government. Not all is tranquil: on Feb. 7, three Tigers suspected of arms smuggling blew themselves up when international inspectors tried to board their boat. But chief government negotiator and Minister for Constitutional Affairs G.L. Peiris says that "the greatest achievement is the cessation of violence for a continuous period of one year." Given the state of peace...
...hand, our separation of powers provides us with a system of checks and balances, whereby “ambition must be made to counteract ambition,” and “the interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place” (Federalist 51). On the other hand, the judiciary is different, and that is why article III of the Constitution provides for judges to enjoy good behavior tenure. Not only are they expected to interpret the law, not make it, but they must “unite the requisite integrity with...
...This was said to combine the benefits of placing responsibility for the choice in one person with a check to “prevent the appointment of unfit characters from State prejudice, from family connection, from personal attachment or from a view to popularity” (Federalist...