He also thinks they simply hopped on the questions raised by the economic team, who last week warned legislators of the consequences of
federalizing the country.
Flying Blind exposes the absurdities that pass for airline security these days, but even more importantly, offers practical, effect, applicable solutions for fixing the problem of insecure airports, foolish nitpicking while the larger picture is ignored, and the shell game that's been going on (such as
federalizing baggage inspector and airport security personnel by simply changing the color of their uniform jackets but providing little or no in service training to better do their jobs) to disguise just how vulnerable we continue to be.
District Judge John Gerry told a Harvard Law School Association gathering the congressional obsession with
federalizing crime was making civil access to federal courts a "cruel joke." In 1999 Rehnquist warned Congress that federal courts, particularly in border areas, were experiencing "a crisis in workload created by an unmanageable number of immigration and drug-related cases."
AHCA praised the bill's partially
federalizing drug benefit administration for those eligible for Medicare and Medicaid as a way to help states struggling with growing budget deficits and higher Medicaid costs.
Consequently, the arguments for
federalizing the polity were not incorporated.
Operating under the auspices of the Department of Transportation, the TSA has been charged with
federalizing airport security by December 2002.
The opt-out provision no doubt was included as a face-saving device for House Republicans who opposed
federalizing airport screeners.
Certainly, the enormous expense of incarceration resonates with them, as well as the issue of
federalizing something that should be handled on the state level.
Shelby, a former trial lawyer, has steadfastly fought against
federalizing tort law.
James told Register reporters that President Clinton could call his hand by
federalizing the National Guard in Alabama, but he didn't think Clinton would do so due to public opinion.
These options range from mandating employer-provided health insurance (e.g., the Pepper Commission approach), to
federalizing Medicaid, to covering the entire population under Medicare, to establishing full-blown national health insurance with the government as the provider.
Additional costs in
federalizing the country is an investment that would boost the country's economic activity later on," he said.
