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...Among the names that have floated to replace White are Gov. George Pataki's counsel, James McGuire, and criminal lawyer Thomas Engel, a former federal prosecutor in N.Y. and a Federalist Society member. But the change in control of the Senate could give Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer a bit more sway in the choice...
...federal government to seize land for the construction of electricity transmission lines. Governors and state representatives are already furious. The rest of us can just think of it as a small reminder of the eagerness with which the two parties are willing to overstep the usual bounds of the federalist debate when it's convenient...
...market, he does identify several points where useful reform is possible. He makes a fairly conclusive case that both legislation and executive regulations are designed less coherently and less skillfully in the United States than in other industrialized democracies. He outlines the reasons for this—our federalist system and bicameral legislature, and the fragmented structure of Congressional committees. He proposes several workable solutions within our framework, most of which boil down to strengthening the political parties and their ability to discipline individual lawmakers. He comes out persuasively against term limits and ballot initiatives, using sociological research wisely...
Alexander Hamilton defended the President's power of clemency in the Federalist papers, arguing that it should be free of the whims of Congress. The Justice Department does have guidelines: applicants usually present their case to the pardon attorney's office. But the President can issue a pardon without consulting Justice...
...maybe just a wistful reference on the wind. Go back to 1956. Look at the preface to Senator John F. Kennedy's book called "Profiles in Courage." It begins: "Since first reading - long before I entered the Senate - an account of John Quincy Adams and his struggle with the Federalist party, I have been interested in the problems of political courage in the face of constituent pressures, and the light shed on those problems by past statesmen...