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...claim - the GOP doesn't usually ask the federal courts to intrude in state elections - and an unconvincing one. As the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals noted in rejecting it, Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution expressly provides that each state may select its presidential electors "in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct." That's another way of saying that the states call the shots in presidential elections...
Members of the youth group said they should have the right to select members of the school committee, as its decisions directly affect them...
Those rare select few who got the early section last week would have noticed that In the Mix was on a Veterans' Day hiatus. But the music section is back, in its rightful hefty bulk...
...When is the deadline for Florida to choose its electors? A:The state must officially select its slate of 25 electors by December 12. If, however, legal challenges are still pending at that time, the Florida Legislature, which is controlled by Republicans, has the right to choose the electors on their own. With one eye on that prerogative, the Gore team is stuck in a sort of legal Catch-22: They want to exhaust all of their legal options without extending the deadlock so far as to give the Florida legislature the right to independently appoint Bush-friendly electors...
...years ago, the House Select Committee on Children blamed "weak federal oversight" for the "extraordinary failings" of the foster-care system. It has taken the better part of a decade to finalize the monitoring rules that will guide the states in implementing all the new laws that have followed. Shalala, talking about the long wait, says, "We were not after the quick political hit here. This is not a spin operation. This is a very sophisticated, thoughtful set of regulations that are realistic for the states." Her department, nevertheless, missed congressional deadlines to revamp the child welfare-monitoring system...