S.C. court ruling affects area candidates in election races - Aiken Standard

S.C. court ruling affects area candidates in election races
Aiken Standard
By HALEY HUGHES - Staff writer - email:hhughes@aikenstandard.com Several candidates running for political office to represent Aiken County said Thursday that a ruling by the SC Supreme Court on candidates filing financial paperwork at the same time ...

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Two heroes who stood their ground - Stockton Record

Two heroes who stood their ground
Stockton Record
Months later, a lower court ruled in favor of the district. However, the Pico case was appealed and it ended up in the United States Supreme Court. (Note: the Island Trees School District v Steven A. Pico is the only book-banning case to ever reach he ...

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What Separation of Power? - Tenth Amendment Center

What Separation of Power?
Tenth Amendment Center
Otherwise, it would make sense for the people to elect the judges to the Supreme Court directly. Second, while the constitution makes clear how the powers are to be divided, which function will be given to what body, it doesn't really place any limits ...

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Oil Regulation 2012 - United States: Getting The Deal Through - JD Supra (press release)

Oil Regulation 2012 - United States: Getting The Deal Through
JD Supra (press release)
The industry is supported by oil service companies led by Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, and by a variety of trade associations including the American Petroleum Institute (API). US subsidiaries of national oil companies owned or controlled ...

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The Enduring Secrets of Watergate - Consortium News

The Enduring Secrets of Watergate
Consortium News
The firm also served as a CIA front in the 1960s and early 1970s, and did work for industrialist Howard Hughes, who, in turn, had questionable financial ties to Nixon's brother, Donald. Because Oliver's father also represented Hughes, one theory held ...

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If at First You Don't Succeed--More Tax - Inside Costa Rica


Inside Costa Rica
If at First You Don't Succeed--More Tax
Inside Costa Rica
At least one measure of the defunct Tax Reform Bill is still with us, a resurrection from the dead through Presidential decree: The 13% sales tax on certain "luxury" foods will kick in on 90 previously exempt fruit, vegetables and meat. In case you ...

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Today's letters: Most readers happy to have Black back - National Post


National Post
Today's letters: Most readers happy to have Black back
National Post
There are many of us “Canadian citizens” who have dual citizenship, or even tri, as in the case of Thomas Mulcair: French, Quebecois and canadian (lower case intended). Irene Shurvell, Kingston, Ont. – With the founding of the National Post, ...

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