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The United States naval forces have gone out on this scene to rehearse a number of routine and fundamental steps of this inevitable conflict. The fact that they have taken this opportunity to rehearse and to display the best of which the Navy is capable is perhaps the best insurance which we have that that conflict may yet be postponed a little while. The time has come for the American people to realize that if that rehearsal could be perfect, and the weapon rehearsed with the best in the world (which it most certainly is not), our enemies, looking on, might realize the advantages of postponing the real thing forever.
All the reports on the movements of the fleet over broad expanses of the Pacific are not yet in, but, as the war games proceeded, the same failure has appeared again which has appeared in all of the previous practice periods. There are enormous holes today in the new first line of defense-holes through which a first-class au power of the world could push an over-whelming force of flying gun strength and which the United States would be powerless to repel.
The reason that modern military tactics require placing air power with the fleet I because of the indisputable fact that the only way to oppose hostile air forces arriving by sea is with fighting aircraft based at sea. This is done through the medium of the aircraft carrier.
An aircraft carrier is in reality a floating airport. The larger types are capable of handling efficiently about seventy-five fighting planes, divided between the pursuit, scouting, and bombing types.
In the Pacific maneuvers, we found the United States with only two of these modern, first-class floating airports. They are the Lexington and the Saratoga .
If Great Britain were carrying out the present maneuver problems in the Pacific there would be available the following: Hermes , Eagle , Argus, Furious, Courageous, and Glorious. This superior strength speaks for itself. In undertaking to interpret the lessons taught by the maneuvers in the Pacific, where obviously a superior air force at sea could pour through our own weak two-aircraft-carrier defense and raze our coastal strongholds, destroy noncombatant populations, and cripple our secondary defenses, I have called for a review of the lessons taught in pervious annual fleet maneuvers.
To my fellow citizens to whom I try from time to time to give a picture and impression of how remarkable a modern aircraft carrier is, I am invariably turned back by the astounding fact that we have only two of these ships in the first class. The Langley , it must be remembered, is a purely experimental ship and would be of no value whatever in actual warfare.
It is natural that the question should be asked, "If these ships are so remarkable why do we possess only two of them?" Under the provisions of the London Naval Treaty, Great Britain and the United States are allowed 135,000 tons of modern aircraft carriers: Japan, 81,000 tons.
We have built (in addition to the experimental Langley ) but two carriers, the Lexington and the Saratoga of 33,000 tons each. One more carrier, the Ranger , is on the ways and will utilize 13,800 additional tons in this category. We are thus permitted to build 55,200 tons more, up to the imposed limit of 135,000 tons.
We have utilized 66,000 tons in building two vessels; the British have used about 45,000 in building their two most recent ones. Since the treaty prohibits the replacement of these vessels until after twenty years from the date of completion, it is evident that Great Britain has at least what we call "paper superiority" over us during the life of the treaty of aircraft carriers, by virtue of the difference between 66,000 and only 45,000. In other words, England can build an additional carrier of 19,000 tons, giving her three carriers to our two in the utilization of 66,000 tons of the allowed quota.
The aircraft carrier, a sort of floating nest for winged guns, is a craft of comparatively recent development, and we are only just beginning to realize how valuable these ships can be. At the time of the Washington naval conference so little was known regarding their usefulness that it was believed that 135,000 tons of these ships would be all that any nation would need or would ever build. The potency of the modern airplane has since shown how wrong that estimate was.
Today we know that aircraft carriers are needed by our fleet for: Offshore patrol against raids on the Panama Canal, the base in the Hawaiian Islands, and other important vulnerable positions; patrol of the Caribbean area against establishment of enemy forces; patrol of trade routes and escort of convoys; operation against enemy trade and lines of communications; seizure of advanced bases; operation with the battle fleet in any theater of war for protection, for scouting, patrol, reservicing of cruiser and battleship planes, and for attacking enemy vessels, aircraft, and bases.
In addition to all these, an aircraft carrier is an invaluable weapon for bringing action against a weaker but faster fleet.
When our battle fleet, supported by scouting force, put to sea upon the Pacific to repel an imagined invading horde, the United States had only two sea landing fields from which to operate her aircraft afloat. Even the most skillful maneuvering and placing of these two ships left wide areas through which enemy aircraft could pour without serious opposition. The United, States has provided itself with only two of the only known craft afloat which can oppose that hostile air power which now destroys our long-famed geographic isolation.
Our present deficiency in aircraft carriers and the unwillingness of Congress to improve the eyesight of our Navy by sanctioning construction of the new flying-deck cruisers should be a matter of grave concern to all those who have the safety and welfare of the nation at heart.


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- United States Grand Prix
Raikkonen bemoans cloud cover
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Kimi Raikkonen said a drop in temperatures due to cloud cover prevented him from holding off Jenson Button as his tyres dropped off.
The Lotus has notoriously been better in hot conditions, and Raikkonen highlighted the importance of higher temperatures during qualifying as he secured fourth on the grid. However, while running fifth in the race, some scattered cloud in the closing laps saw temperatures drop and Raikkonen said it left him powerless to defend against Button as he struggled to keep the tyres working.
"It was an okay day, but not a very easy one for us," Raikkonen said. "I got a bad start and then I touched with a Force India at the second corner so I lost a few more places. After that the car was okay and I could get past some of the others.
"Unfortunately, when it got cloudy it got too cold so the tyres stopped working and that's where we saw Jenson [Button] get past. Basically, it was a race where we were just depending on the tyres to be in their window. I'm still 3rd in the championship and we'll do everything we can to maintain this position until the end."
Prior to that, Raikkonen had been ahead of Fernando Alonso but technical director James Allison confirmed he lost out due to a slow pit stop.
"After a tricky start from the dirty side of the track, Kimi did a good job of clawing his way forwards and was on course to jump Fernando [Alonso] in the pit stop battle, but unfortunately we had a bit of a drama with our tyre change which put paid to that," Allison said. "On a more positive note, our qualifying pace has certainly improved so with a trouble free race in Brazil we can hopefully wrap up the season with another podium."

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Tyler Woolstenhulme might be loath to admit it but sometimes he's not paying attention in church. He will happily confess that he's not the only one.
The 31-year-old Mormon has more than once sat in the pew of his Sandy ward and let his mind wander. When that happens, he pulls out his iPhone 4 and sometimes plays his puzzle game, "1to50." Or maybe he texts his friends across the aisle.
"I take the time in church to catch up with people I haven't contacted in a while," he said. "I text friends or family."
The thing is, he says, about half the congregation also is on phones and tablets during a sermon.
"I see people play games all the time. I've seen them watch football games," he said about other congregants and their mobile devices. "I've also seen people make up bingo games where they cross off things that the bishop may say like 'Testimony Bingo.' "
For many bored churchgoers, fiddling with smartphones or computer tablets is the 21st-century equivalent of playing tic-tac-toe or dozing off during services.
It can be a problem particularly with younger members, the first generation to know no life without cellphones or social networks and with whom digital devices are "like an appendage to their body," said Colleen Gudreau, spokeswoman for the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City. "They don't see it in the same context as the adults do."
Firing up the iPhone or iPad can be especially tempting for Mormons in search of a break, according to some members, possibly due in part to Sunday services that stretch over three hours.
The Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has no official policy banning the use of mobile devices during services, according to spokeswoman Ruth Todd.
In fact, LDS mobile apps containing scriptures, lessons, conference sermons and more can heighten rather than hinder the worship experience.
The devices also can be a godsend for parents wrestling with fidgety children. It's not uncommon to see adults handing their phones or tablets to youngsters to play games to occupy their minds and quiet them.
But sometimes, many can be seen accessing Facebook, checking sports scores, catching up on the news or playing a quick game.
Almost every church has offenders. One churchgoer was so focused playing the puzzle game "Candy Crush" on his phone he didn't notice that sacrament meeting (the main LDS worship service) was over and everyone had left. Another Mormon was playing his racing game on a tablet while grasping and turning the iPad like a steering wheel.
When Kurt Anderson, a bishop in the Sandy 13th LDS Ward, was in a singles ward, he noticed 60 percent to 80 percent of the churchgoers were on their phones and tablets during a service. Now that he heads his own congregation of older members, he still sees about 10 percent of them on their mobile devices during sacrament meetings.
"It's nothing too terrible," Anderson said, "but there are some moments where you try to corral them in, where you say, 'Let's put the electronic devices down and try to connect as individuals.' "
In some cases, devices have become so distracting so often that it's normal to remind parishioners before worship services to turn off their mobile units. Some LDS bishops have mentioned it in their talks. Other churches post signs or remind congregants in their weekly bulletins. At the Butler 18th LDS Ward in Cottonwood Heights, teen girls in the Young Women group began putting their cellphones in a basket before the start of class when texting got out of control. The Westminster Presbyterian Church in Burbank, Calif., even produced a wildly popular YouTube video with more than 3.8 million views that quips if your phone rings during the sermon, "You're going straight to hell."
"Remember," the narrator stresses, "God wants your complete attention."
"A lot of churches have announcements at the beginning that this is a holy time and to please put their devices away. It's like in an airplane," said Samantha Almanza, director of the youth and young-adult ministry for the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City. "It's just time to dedicate to God and not your mobile device, and that's taught to them and reinforced to them."
Many Salt Lake County clerics insist it's not a huge problem during their services, mostly because the reverent tone in church is set when parishioners walk in, and they know not to disrupt the moment.
"It just comes out of the tradition, out of the reverence and the reason for being in church," said the Rev. Michael J. Imperiale, senior pastor at Salt Lake City's First Presbyterian Church. "There are some churches where it is a command or duty to be at church. For most Protestant churches, people who are here are here because they want to be. People are not forced to be here."
Now that electronic devices have become so ubiquitous in churches, some clergy want to use them to their advantage.
"I'm actually exploring a service where I would encourage people to Twitter me," said the Rev. Dennis Shaw, pastor at Sandy's Hilltop United Methodist Church. "So as I'm doing the service and I have my cellphone in my hand and the Twitter [feed] changes, I can follow the dialogue. It's a way of potentially engaging people."
The Rev. Ray Waldon, dean of Salt Lake City's Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Mark, recently attended a seminar in San Diego titled "Digital Jesus" in which church leaders were encouraged to get their members tweeting and posting about the sermons during service. He said the younger people using social media were referred to as "digital natives" while older churchgoers are known as "digital immigrants."
"Our digital natives are truly paying attention. What they are doing is texting or tweeting the word of God," he said. "My experience at this cathedral is not that they are not paying attention. It's quite the opposite they are so moved they want the word of God to get out."
Waldon said that's why he posts the phrase "If it's sweet, tweet" in the weekly church bulletin.
The LDS Church also has embraced the digital age, producing a dozen official mobile apps for phones and tablets that allow members to search scriptures or prepare Sunday School lessons. Leaders are even urging full-time Mormon missionaries to spend less time knocking on doors and more time clicking on social-media sites to find potential converts.
"I see development of technology as the fulfillment of a Judeo-Christian prophecy," said Tracy Cowdell, president of the Sandy West LDS Stake. "Isaiah, who spoke of our time, said: 'The Earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.' Technology is a way for us to connect with more people and more people having more access to spiritual information."
But with that technological adoption comes its inevitable misuse, something Bishop Anderson is all too aware of in his LDS ward.
"Like everything, you have to take the good with the bad," he said. "I don't know exactly what everybody is doing with their phones, but you hope for the best and hope things aren't as bad as you think."
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45 Easy Potluck Recipes
Oriental Coleslaw [1]
Uncooked ramen noodles, almonds and sunflower kernels add crunch to this salad from a Dubuque, Iowa, reader. It was one of the winners in a Midwest Living® potluck recipe contest.
Hash Brown Casserole [5]
An all-time reader favorite, this creamy hotdish is a guaranteed hit at potlucks. (In fact, you may want to make two pans!)
Sunny Broccoli Salad [9]
A Cleveland reader makes this potluck salad the day ahead and refrigerates the dressing and vegetables separately. When it's time to serve it, she tosses everything together. Bacon, sunflower kernels and raisins make a crunchy and flavorful side dish.
Sunny Broccoli Salad [10]
Chicken and Corn Hash Brown Bake [13]
This comfort food hotdish offers a new twist on the usual hash brown casserole. Try it for everyday meals as well as potlucks!
Greek Orzo Salad [17]
Olives and feta give salty punch to this pasta salad from Surdyk's Liquor and Cheese Shop in Minneapolis.
Greek Orzo Salad [18]
Ricotta and Parmesan Spread [21]
Fresh herbs season this ridiculously simple spread from BelGioioso Cheese in Wisconsin. It keeps well in the fridge and is delicious with cherry tomatoes or other vegetable dippers, as well as crackers or baguette slices.
Stuffed Party Pinwheels [25]
Our recipe actually makes two different kinds of tortilla spirals—one flavored with curry powder, the other with garlic and herbs.
Party Hot Pot Dip [29]
Three kinds of cheese blend with artichoke hearts and spinach for a crowd-pleasing dip. Bake in batches to keep the party well-supplied.
Party Hot Pot Dip [30]
Mexican Biscuit Casserole [33]
This taco-flavored main dish is a potluck favorite from a Fargo, North Dakota, reader. Serve it with tortilla chips so your guests can scoop and eat.
Mexican Biscuit Casserole [34]
Dilly Chickpea and Radish Salad [37]
Think of this as a welcome update on three-bean salad, with radishes and celery adding color and crunch to wholesome garbanzo beans. It travels beautifully and is great for potlucks and picnics.
Salted Caramel, Chocolate and Peanut Cracker-Stack Bars [41]
These fantastic potluck bars come from Patrice Hurd of Bemidji, Minnesota. She won the grand prize in a Best of the Midwest® Recipe Contest. Patrice says they're a twist on her grandmother's cracker bars. They cut beautifully and brim with salty-sweet-nutty-chocolately flavor.
Salted Caramel, Chocolate and Peanut Cracker-Stack Bars [42]
Roasted Tomato Pasta with Mozzarella [45]
Red and yellow cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella balls, and plenty of herbs and spices add color and flavor to this bountiful pasta salad. Sprinkle fresh basil on top.
Asian-Style Chicken Salad [49]
Curly noodles, almonds, sesame kernels and rice vinegar blend in this crunchy, tangy salad from a West Des Moines, Iowa, reader.
Light and Layered Taco Dip [53]
Ground turkey, reduced-sodium and light ingredients, and a confetti of crisp, colorful veggies make this potluck staple more nutritious than a typical layered dip—but every bit as tasty.
German Potato Salad [57]
Our Own Dream Cookies [61]
It's not easy satisfying everyone, but this cookie from the Midwest Living® Test Kitchen tries to meet the challenge! It's packed with oatmeal, chocolate, peanut butter and nuts.
Triangle Ranch Scalloped Corn [65]
Diced green chile peppers give this baked and cheesy potluck dish character with some hotness. We like the crunch from the saltine crackers, too. The recipe comes from Triangle Ranch Bed and Breakfast in western South Dakota, where guests enjoy hearty meals prepared by B&B owner Lyndy Ireland.
Triangle Ranch Scalloped Corn [66]
Download our FREE printable collection of 10 favorite casserole recipes [67]
Oven-Barbecued Chicken [73]
Oven-baking the chicken makes this recipe a breeze for any time of the year, and homemade barbecue sauce is always a hit. Serve with rolls and slaw.
Tropical Tomato Salsa [77]
Try this sweet, colorful salsa—made with tomato, mango and melon—over chips, fish or chicken.
Broccoli Grape Salad [81]
Juicy grapes and crunchy broccoli blend sweet flavors with savory, salty bacon. The side-dish salad recipe comes from the Triangle Ranch B&B in South Dakota.
Broccoli Grape Salad [82]
Blueberry-Almond Bars [85]
Fruit fillings complement the sweetness of other bar cookie ingredients. Blueberry-Almond Bars was a grand champion award recipe at the Marshall County Fair's annual Blueberry Bake-A-Rama in Plymouth, Indiana. Lori Van Der Weele combined blueberries, butter, white baking pieces and almonds for this winner.
Pizza Pasta Skillet Casserole [89]
A blanket of gooey cheese and the oven-crisped pepperoni make this casserole a guaranteed kid pleaser. Of course, you can switch up the ingredients as easily as the toppings on a pizza. Classics like sweet pepper, black olives and sausage are all fair game—but we'd hold the anchovies!
Mexican Polenta Pie [93]
Great for a potluck or family dinner, this 12-serving casserole combines polenta with ground turkey, spices, black beans, tomatoes and Monterey Jack cheese.
Mexican Polenta Pie [94]
Potluck Pleaser Chili [97]
Beverly Gardner or Franklin, Illinois, lets her Bavarian-Austrian heritage show with added vinegar, sour cream and lots of sugar. Our heat rating: ! (Mild, Not Wild)
Corn and Tomato Pasta Salad [101]
Shredded chicken makes this gorgeous salad hearty enough to serve on its own for dinner.
Very Berry Triple Fruit Pie [105]
More than 4 cups of berries make this pie extra juicy. Be sure to let it cool completely before you slice it. And don't forget the vanilla ice cream! The recipe comes from Covered Bridge Farm in Forest Lake, Minnesota.
Bonanza Bean Dip [109]
Lime- and jalapeño-spiced guacamole adds a kick to layers of refried beans, cheese, tomatoes and onions. Serve seasoned tortilla chips on the side.
Bonanza Bean Dip [110]
24-Hour Tex-Mex Salad [113]
Layered salads, popular in the 1970s and 1980s, are making a comeback. Assemble this easy potluck salad in either individual jars or a clear salad bowl, dressing and all, then refrigerate.
24-Hour Tex-Mex Salad [114]
Classic Potato Salad [117]
This creamy potato salad is full of tender new potatoes, sweet pickles, crisp celery, and chopped hard-cooked eggs.
Classic Potato Salad [118]
Tortilla-Black Bean Casserole [121]
Layer a tomato-bean mixture, cheese and tortillas for a casserole with south-of-the-border flavor. Let each guest top their portion with chopped tomato, shredded lettuce, green onions, olives and/or sour cream.
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes [125]
This easy-to-make layered cheesy potato dish pairs well with pork chops or ham.
Calico Bean Bake [129]
This recipe blurs the line between baked beans and chili. It's great for feeding a crowd.
Calico Bean Bake [130]
Cherry-Apple Slaw [133]
Nuts and fruit add crunch and color to cabbage tossed in a homemade vinaigrette. This beautiful twist on traditional coleslaw is best served right away for maximum crispness, but it will hold for up to 24 hours.
Cherry-Apple Slaw [134]
Broccoli-Cheddar Mashed Potatoes [137]
A classic veggie mix meets potatoes in this recipe, which calls for adding fresh or frozen broccoli florets and cheddar cheese to creamy mashed potatoes.
Spinach Artichoke Dip [141]
Jazz up purchased spinach-artichoke dip with just three extra ingredients.
Spinach Artichoke Dip [142]
Creamy Meatball Casserole [145]
This crowd-pleaser takes only 15 minutes of prep time—purchased frozen meatballs and condensed soup make the recipe a snap.
Tequila-Spiked Queso Fundido [149]
Spicy poblano chile pepper and tequila pack a punch. Serve as a party dip with tortilla chips, or create upscale quesadillas with a warmed tortilla and chorizo.
Zesty Three-Bean Salad [153]
Combine kidney beans, garbanzo beans and frozen sweet soybeans (edamame) with red onion, cilantro and lime juice for a fresh twist on three-bean salad.
Zesty Three-Bean Salad [154]
Marbled Cream-Cheese Brownies [157]
Swirl a mixture of cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla into rich brownie batter for this classic twist on a chocolate treat.
Pepper Jack Corn Casserole [161]
This dead-simple and totally delicious casserole is a homey addition to any weekend meal, potluck or even a holiday spread.
Buffalo-Style Chicken Fingers [165]
Add to your potluck buffet with this neat-to-eat chicken breast variation of chicken wings. Dunk them in bottled blue cheese dressing.
Ranger Cookies [169]
Filled with flaked coconut and dried fruit, these cookies can be ready in just over 30 minutes.
Ranger Cookies [170]
Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip [173]
Blend chopped fresh spinach with cream cheese, sour cream, canned artichoke hearts and three kinds of cheeses for this hot-and-hearty dip. Serve with toasted pita chips, thinly sliced French bread or crackers.
Best Salsa [177]
Make this thick and chunky salsa with fresh tomatoes from your garden. Add more jalapeno peppers if you prefer more heat.
Best Salsa [178]
Baked Beans 'n' Bacon [181]
Bacon and brown sugar punch up the salty-sweet flavors in this canned pork and beans fix-up from Triangle Ranch Bed and Breakfast in South Dakota. For a candied top, leave Baked Beans 'n' Bacon uncovered in the oven.
Baked Beans 'n' Bacon [182]
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A Kentucky dentist and chairman of his county's Republican Party has lost his political post and is facing criminal charges following a weekend arrest in Tennessee on charges of indecent exposure and resisting arrest.
David Narramore, 54, of Whitesburg, was arrested Saturday night at a Belk department store in Kingsport, Tennessee. WJHL in Johnson City, Tennessee, reported that Kingsport police officers were called to the store by a loss prevention officer.
The man told the officers that he was in a stall in the store's men's room, when the person in the next stall, later identified as Narramore, began rubbing his foot with his own. Narramore is also accused of exposing his genitals to the man, WJHL said.
The employee detained Narramore and held him in the loss prevention office until Kingsport police arrived, the news station said.
When officers attempted to arrest Narramore, he refused to put his hands behind his back, WJHL reported. When he continued to pull away and fight the officers, they used a Taser on him.
The Taser had no effect, and the officers wrestled him to the ground to handcuff him, police said.
Narramore, who complained at the scene of chest pains, was evaluated by paramedics before being booked into the Kingsport City Jail. He was released the next day after posting $2,250 bail.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Narramore resigned his post with the Republican Party's Letcher County branch following the arrest.
"Dr. Narramore is clearly going through some personal issues," Tres Watson, communications director for the state GOP, told the Herald-Leader. "We wish him well as he attempts to deal with (his) personal struggles."
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ordered a government shutdown at midnight Friday after funding for a new state budget failed, NJ.com reported.
The shutdown came after last-ditch attempts to reach a compromise between Christie and New Jersey Democrats who control the state legislature failed.
"This order is necessary to maintain the protection, safety and well-being of the people of New Jersey while I attempt to convince the Legislature to send me a fiscally responsible budget that I can sign and reopen New Jersey's government," Christie said.
The shutdown is the second in state history and will close government facilities like state parks and motor vehicle service offices, NJ.com reported. It will not affect organizations like the New Jersey State Police and psychiatric hospitals, and the state lottery will remain in operation.
Amber Mariano cut her four classes on Tuesday, but the third-year political science major at the University of Central Florida more than likely won't be penalized by her professors. In fact, she might get extra credit.
Not only was she studying the political process, she was winning at it.
Mariano, a Republican candidate who turned 21 on Oct. 18, became the youngest person ever elected to the Florida House of Representatives, winning District 36 by 719 votes over incumbent Democratic Rep. Amanda Murphy. Before Mariano, the youngest person elected to the Florida House was Adam Putnam, who was 22 when he won in 1996 and is now Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture.
"It was honestly the best night of my life," Mariano told WFTS.
The Tampa Bay Times reported that the margin was 50.5 percent to 49.5 percent out of 66,939 ballots cast in Pasco County, located north of the Tampa Bay area — according to final but unofficial results.
Mariano the youngest of any gender since 1996, when Adam Putnam, then 22, won his first statehouse race.
According to her website, Mariano gained experience on the issues of education and health care during her time working for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in Washington, D.C. During the 2016 Florida legislative session, she worked for state representatives Rene "Coach P" Plasencia and Scott Plakon. She received endorsements from Rubio and Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
Mariano, who plans to attend law school after graduation, is no stranger to politics. Her father, Jack Mariano, won re-election to a fourth term as a Pasco County commissioner.
"We didn't expect this opportunity to present itself so quickly in her life," Jack Mariano told WFTS. "But I will tell you at 6 years old she said she wanted to be the first woman president.
"So it's been in her blood from way back when."
"He says I'm leapfrogging him. He just wanted me to follow my dream," Amber Mariano told WFTS. "And this is my dream."
For those who use Facebook as an outlet to voice their political opinions, one feature makes the boldest statement: officially endorsing the candidate of your choice on the social media platform.
To endorse a candidate, users only have to complete five steps:
According to Facebook, users who post their endorsements to a public audience can be featured on candidates' pages if the candidates decide to repost any specific endorsement status.
Only pages that mark a figure as a politician, political candidate or government official can have the endorsement option.
Among those who can be endorsed are presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Duke, a Great Pyrenees that won a third one-year term as honorary mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota, in August, and Mayor Stubbs, a cat that has been the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, since the 1990s.
A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday tossed out Texas abortion restrictions that would have closed more than half of the clinics in the state.
The ruling overturned the heart of the law known as House Bill 2, passed during the second of two tense special legislative sessions in 2013, leaving 19 abortion clinics operating in the state, with the possibility that more could open in the coming months or years.
Ten of those clinics would have closed if the court had upheld the Texas law, including the Austin Women's Health Center.
The Supreme Court said the Texas rules -- requiring abortions to be performed in hospital-like settings and doctors to have admitting privileges in nearby hospitals -- combined to erect an improper barrier for women seeking abortions.
The ruling, 4½ months before the presidential election, is sure to have an impact on the race for the White House, with the winner being able to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the court's leading conservative voice.
SEE: An interactive timeline of the Texas abortion law's twists and turns
Abortion providers sued to overturn two parts of HB 2, arguing that the rules were medically unnecessary and were instead intended to close clinics in an unconstitutional attempt to make it more difficult, if not impossible, for many women to get abortions.
Many doctors had difficulty gaining admitting privileges, abortion providers testified, because nearby hospitals opposed abortion, did not want to get involved in a controversial issue or required a certain number of annual admissions that abortion doctors could not meet.
Providers also said abortion, a relatively safe procedure, was not made safer by the surgical-center rules, adding that it was prohibitively expensive, in some cases several million dollars, to renovate existing clinics or build new facilities to create hospital-like settings that call for fully equipped operating rooms, sterile ventilation systems, wide hallways, emergency power and other requirements found in 117 pages of state regulations.
Led by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, state officials argued that HB 2 was intended to protect the health and safety of women.
Paxton told the court that requiring all abortions to be performed in accredited surgical centers, would guarantee that women received high-quality treatment while ensuring that Texas would not see a repeat of Kermit Gosnell, a Pennsylvania abortion doctor who is serving life in prison in the murder of three infants born alive after late-term abortions and in the death of a patient. Investigators found bloodstained furniture, unsterilized instruments and bags of remains stored in Gosnell's clinic.
Paxton also said the admitting privileges rule ensured that abortion doctors would continue caring for patients who experience complications after an abortion -- a claim that professional groups disputed, saying that most complications occur hours or days after the procedure, and women typically seek help from a hospital closest to their home, not the clinic.
The Texas case set the stage for the most significant decision on abortion rights since the 1990s by offering better direction to lower courts as well as state legislators on the increasingly thorny question of how much regulation is too much when it comes to laws that could shut down clinics.
The high court has said since 1992 that state regulations cannot pose an "undue burden," a nebulous standard that left a lot of room for interpretation on which laws placed a substantial obstacle in the paths of women seeking abortions.
Ten states have enacted admitting privileges rules, for example, but courts have blocked enforcement in six of those states.
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Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, leading a coalition of 15 cities and states, submitted a letter to the acting administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency urging the swift adoption of a newly proposed rule for reducing air pollution from passenger cars and trucks. The "Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards" rule, proposed by the agency in March, is designed to bring substantial public health and economic benefits by setting new vehicle emission and fuel standards beginning in 2017. The rule is set to reduce motor vehicle emissions of smog-producing pollution by 80 percent and soot pollution by 70 percent. The coalition letter urges the EPA to finalize this rule on-schedule by the end of 2013.
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The AG's camp said poor air quality threatens the health of more than 150 million people in the U.S., especially children, the elderly and those with existing respiratory diseases. The cost estimate for air pollution-related illnesses is $150 billion per year. According to the American Lung Association, more than 3.2 million New Yorkers lived in counties in 2012 where levels of soot and smog pollution endanger health. This year, the group ranked the New York City metropolitan area as 17th worst among 25 top U.S. cities most polluted by smog. Due to the tremendous public health impact of air pollution and the substantial contribution motor vehicles make to this pollution, the annual monetized health benefits of the "Tier 3" standards are estimated to be three to seven times greater than their costs.
As thecoalition letter to Acting Administrator Robert Perciasepe points out, the proposed standards are expected to prevent as many as 23,000 cases of respiratory illness in children, 22,000 asthma attacks and 2,400 premature deaths each year, as well as reduce risks to millions of Americans living, exercising and working near major roadways. The pollution reductions achieved by the standards would have the same effect as taking 33 million of today's vehicles off the road during the 2017-25 period of the rule's applicability.
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The Wall Street Journal leads its worldwide newsbox with word that Pakistan is redeploying troops who had been fighting Islamic militants in the northwest. The troops may be headed for Pakistan's eastern border with India, as tensions escalate between the two countries following the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. The Washington Postleads with a look at Ohio's dire need for an infusion of federal funds. After accruing a $7.3 billion budget deficit over the last two years, the governor says that the state's only way out of its economic morass is through federal funding from a planned stimulus package from President-elect Barack Obama.
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I'm finding most of this thread pretty pointless and repetitive (sadly, this applies to most threads in this WG). And thinking about Bob's recent note [1] about trying find compromises its clear that one side is more interested in something other than making progress. For example, in this thread all of the issues/concerns raised by people who "just don't get it" could have been answered by simply reading the MC spec itself - but its obvious that beyond a cursory glance at it (if even that), some people have not done even minimal homework - or they're purposely trying to not "get it". If they had then they would have seen the very clear example in there that shows how MC and WS-Eventing would compose together. Or, even though people have been patient and basically repeated the contents of the MC spec thru emails, and answered the same questions several times, we're still hearing the same questions being raised. The current proposal [2] was put forward after taking the concerns of certain people very very seriously - despite the lack of constructive behavior from the other side. Its been reduced down to the point where, if adopted, WS-Eventing wouldn't mandate or even recommend MC - it simply mentions an option. This, IMO, is the bare minimum that could be done and still address the issue raised - and in the end if some people still don't like it then they don't have use it. Nothing in WS-E will force them to. However, because its so watered down I think we're doing people a disservice, but that's what happens when you have to "give-n-take". I've seen a lot of movement and compromising from one side on this (and other issues) - it's too bad this that good will only seems to flow one direction. [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-resource-access/2009Apr/0081.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-resource-access/2009Mar/0128.html thanks -Doug ______________________________________________________ STSM | Standards Architect | IBM Software Group (919) 254-6905 | IBM 444-6905 | email@example.com The more I'm around some people, the more I like my dog. "Chou, Wu (Wu)" <firstname.lastname@example.com> Sent by: firstname.lastname@example.com 04/13/2009 02:21 PM To "Asir Vedamuthu" <email@example.com> cc <firstname.lastname@example.com>, "Li, Li (Li)" <email@example.com> Subject RE: issue 6432 - yet another proposal It is a good idea to have a paper that explains how WS-MakeConnection (MC) composes with WS-Eventing and how it interworks with other WS-Addressing (WS-A)/WS-Eventing (WS-E) endpoints that do not support MC. We will also be interested to contribute to such a paper. One particular question is: WS-A 1.0 Core specifies: "Comparison of [destination] property values is out of scope, other than using simple string comparison to detect whether the value is anonymous, that is, where [destination] has the value http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous ." >From WS-A Core, it seems that some extension from WS-A implementation is needed in order to detect and understand the special MC anonymous EPR. If such extension is beyond the mandatory features of a WS-A endpoint, it would make sense to specify it as out-of-band to avoid additional requirements on a regular WS-A endpoint implementation. The concern is: if the WS-A implementation cannot identify the special MC anonymous EPR by the simple string comparison as specified in WS-A 1.0 Core, it might treat the the special MC EPR as a regular EPR, and accept the event subscription to send events to it (MC anonymous EPR). If that happens, it could cause a major problem and the events won't be able to deliver. To be concrete, assume there is an event source that understands WS-E and WS-A, but does not support MC. When the event subscriber sends a Subscribe message using the MC extension: <wse:Subscribe> <wse:Delivery> <wse:NotifiyTo> <wsa:Address>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-718 rx/wsmc/200702/anonymous?id=550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000 </wsa:Address> </wse:NotifyTo> </wse:Delivery> </wse:Subscribe> The event source checks the <wse:NotifyTo> EPR according to WS-A and decides it is neither ?http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous? nor ?http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/none? . Then it assumes it is an addressable EPR and will deliver notifications to it, which of course will fail. This means using EPR alone to indicate MC style delivery will put an event source in one of the two situations: 1) The event source can be hit by a latent error because it does not recognize MC. 2) To avoid the latent error, the event source has to recognize the MC extension, even though it does not support MC. - Wu Chou. From: Asir Vedamuthu Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 5:00 PM To: Christopher B Ferris Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: RE: issue 6432 - yet another proposal > Any event sink would be foolish to engage in MC interchange with > an event source that did not advertise MC support in its policy. Using WS-MakeConnection policy assertion to indicate the use of WS-MakeConnection protocol is possible. Earlier in the same mail thread [1], we mentioned that tiny subscribers are resource-challenged and may not have access to or may not understand metadata. Anyway, such usages are outside the scope of WS-Eventing and should work with out-of-band agreements (and such agreements can be represented as a policy assertion). Having said that, the Working Group should consider authoring a paper that explains how WS-MakeConnection composes with WS-Eventing using Doug?s quoted sample as a starting point. We will be happy to help. [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-resource-access/2009Apr/0027.html Regards, Asir S Vedamuthu Microsoft Corporation From: Christopher B Ferris [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 6:32 AM To: Asir Vedamuthu Cc: email@example.com Subject: RE: issue 6432 - yet another proposal Asir, It says that comparison of destination properties is out of scope. It does not say that it is disallowed. The reason that that statement is there is because URI comparison is non-trivial when you take into consideration all of the possible permutations of encodings that might be used. Many specs have deferred to straight-forward string comparison as a means of side-stepping the complexity. As for your implied assertion that _all_ implementations need to understand MC, that is ludicrous. No one has suggested that, nor is it necessary. Why do you think we spent all that time developing WS-Policy? MC has a policy assertion. Any event sink would be foolish to engage in MC interchange with an event source that did not advertise MC support in its policy. Cheers, Christopher Ferris IBM Distinguished Engineer, CTO Industry Standards IBM Software Group, Standards Strategy email: email@example.com blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/chrisferris phone: +1 508 234 2986 From: Asir Vedamuthu <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: Christopher B Ferris/Waltham/IBM@IBMUS, "firstname.lastname@example.com" <email@example.com> Date: 04/08/2009 11:08 PM Subject: RE: issue 6432 - yet another proposal A WS-Addressing-aware implementation or library is NOT required to run character by character comparison to infer that a WS-MakeConnection extension is required to speak with an Event Sink. ?Comparison of [destination] property values is out of scope, other than using simple string comparison to detect whether the value is anonymous, that is, where [destination] has the value " http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous".? [1] An Endpoint Reference with encoded special semantics (WS-MakeConnection URI) ONLY makes sense IFF both sender and receiver understand the special semantics. This means, an Event Source (that is unaware of WS-MakeConnection) will not issue a fault that the Event Source does not understand the special semantics encoded in an Endpoint Reference. What is the justification to require all WS-Eventing implementations to recognize WS-MakeConnection URI? [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-ws-addr-core-20060509/#msgaddrpropsinfoset Regards, Asir S Vedamuthu Microsoft Corporation From: firstname.lastname@example.com [ mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Christopher B Ferris Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:29 PM To: email@example.com Subject: Re: issue 6432 - yet another proposal Jeff is correct. Opacity is not a quality of an URI. It is a principle: you should not infer anything from the structure (or the content) of the path component of the URI. Note the use of the word "should" - I'll come back to that later. For instance, just because an URI ends in .pdf does NOT mean that the client/agent that uses that URI in a GET should expect to receive an application/pdf media type in the response entity body. So, repeat after me, opacity is not a quality, it is a principle. One URI is neither more, nor less "opaque" than another. Period. Now, what Asir may be alluding to is that the MC Anon URI is constructed from a URI template: http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsmc/200702/anonymous?id= {unique-String} Here's where the opacity principle can be ignored: when the URI authority provides explicit information as to how to interpret the structure of the URI, as the WS-Make Connection spec [1] does. One can do a character for character match of the string http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsmc/200702/anonymous?id= If it matches the first 58 characters of another URI, then that (other) URI is a MCanon URI. I refer you to the TAG finding that specifies that such practice is just fine thank-you very much [2] (3nd bullet in conclusions section): "* Assignment authorities may publish specifications detailing the structure and semantics of the URIs they assign. Other users of those URIs may use such specifications to infer information about resources identified by URI assigned by that authority." [1] http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsmc/200702/wsmc-1.1-spec-os.html#_Toc162743905 [2] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/metaDataInURI-31-20061204.html Cheers, Christopher Ferris IBM Distinguished Engineer, CTO Industry Standards IBM Software Group, Standards Strategy email: firstname.lastname@example.com blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/chrisferris phone: +1 508 234 2986 From: Jeff Mischkinsky <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: Yves Lafon <email@example.com> Cc: Gilbert Pilz <email@example.com>, Asir Vedamuthu <email@example.com>, Doug Davis/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS, "email@example.com" <firstname.lastname@example.com> Date: 04/08/2009 03:16 PM Subject: Re: issue 6432 - yet another proposal Sent by: firstname.lastname@example.com hi, My understanding of the use of "opaque" wrt to URI's is that you are not supposed to infer anything from the structure of the URI, not that specific uri's don't have specific "meanings"/semantics as defined in specs. Otherwise it is totally meaningless to define a uri and give it semantics. So this argument and asir's response don't make sense to me. You can certainly tell that the 2 uri's in question are different and you can certainly know what the semantics of using them are. So i don't see a problem. -jeff On Apr 08, 2009, at 2:34 AM, Yves Lafon wrote: > On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Gilbert Pilz wrote: > >> WS-Addressing 1.0 - Core defines two "special" URIs; >> "http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous" and >> "http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/none". Messages targeted to >> either >> of these URIs are processed differently from messages targeted to >> "normal" URIs such as "http://webserivce.bea.com/. . .". > > Well, they are different, but unless you know WS-Addressing, or > unless you resolve http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous > and find out the relationship between this URI and the WS-Addressing > spec. > If you resolve http://webservice.bea.com/... you will probably have > information about the endpoint, or you may know it in advance from > another document. So both URIs are opaque, unless you know their > semantic. > > > -- > Baroula que barouleras, au tiéu toujou t'entourneras. > > ~~Yves > > -- Jeff Mischkinsky email@example.com Director, Oracle Fusion Middleware +1(650)506-1975 and Web Services Standards 500 Oracle Parkway, M/S 2OP9 Oracle Redwood Shores, CA 94065Received on Monday, 13 April 2009 19:57:27 UTC
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Meeting Notes 2010 01 19
- 1 Crew
- 2 Preflight Checklist
- 2.1 Announcements
- 2.2 Consensus items
- 2.3 Notes
- 2.4 Postflight Checklist
Moderator: Rachel
Note-Taker: Ceren
Attendee Count:
Officers: Rachel, Jeffrey, Shannon kinda
Preflight Checklist[edit]
Please set your cell phones to vibrate.
Go get the membership binder.
Set your seatbacks and tray tables to their full, upright positions.
Remove any personal items from your lap for the first and last hour of the meeting.
No wireless devices of any kind will be allowed for the duration of the meeting.
All passengers must submit to a full body pat-down, concentrating on the torso and thighs, prior to the meeting
All passenger luggage must be hand inspected at the gate, concentrating on liquids and powders.
Introduction and Names[edit]
What Noisebridge is about[edit]
Treasurer's Report[edit]
- If you made a donation in 2009 and want a receipt for tax purposes, send an email to email@example.com with your full name, mailing address, the item or amount donated (and if money, the method), and the date of the donation.
Amount in bank:
Accounts receivable: $X
Very brief primer on Noisebridge consensus process[edit]
There is a consensus process. Ask three people what they think the consensus process is and that's the consensus process. This procedure is intended to get new members to talk to people so we can get to know one another.
Agenda Items[edit]
Transferring the Noiseridge.net domain and everything with it over to Noisebridge's control.
Currently our domain and subsequent hosting does not belong to Noisebridge but belongs to certain individuals, which means access is very limited. Several people over time have requested to have more access to the backend of the website in order to do things such as upgrade our wiki software or install a calendar plugin but their requests have fallen on deaf ears.
Proposal: Transfer ownership of Noisebridge.net, it's hosting and everything along with it to Noisebridge's control. This would promote more open access and collaboration to let the community decide what to do with the website and be more in lines of our values of openness and ownership.
Membership binder[edit]
What's Going On at Noisebridge[edit]
One short sentence about each of the following:
- Circuit Hacking Mondays (7PM, 2169)
- Python Mondays (6:30 PM, 2169)
- Project Euler now on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.
- SCoW craft group - Wednesdays at 7PM
- GameDevelopment - Wednesdays at 8PM, back from Berlin and 2010 class is in session
- Shop Friday still plans to come back when the shop is done.
- Sensebridge and the EEG group - Sundays at afternoonish (1-2ish) - come to try brain scanning
- Spacebridge - Sundays at 5PM planning meeting this Sunday to decide
- Knots Go and Locks - Sundays 3PM
Project Updates[edit]
2169 Mission[edit]
Consensus items[edit]
rachel leading, screams that it's starting all the way to the far end of the room. Everyone in space duly alerted.
noisebridge is... about 3000 (5000?) sq feet. this point was debated.
noisebridge is... an alcoholic. also contested.
treasurer's report - about 15,300 in the bank. about 50 members are late in dues. assitance needed? rachel offers help in tracking people down and hitting them.
If you need receipts, contact email@example.com.
brief primer on consensus - we talk about things until people are satisfied. enough. and you don't block (instead of talking) consensus unless you feel that it would make noisebridge a place you no longer want to be a part of
also it's a douchebag move to block if there's a discussed thing that gets sent to committee, you don't bother with being on the committee, and then you try to block afterwards.
two people are past the 4 weeks waiting period, names read - they aren't here.
Agenda item - transferring noisebridge domain and access to Noisebridge.
is it a "hassle"? a hassle to transfer it? a hassle for people to get subdomains? backups, subdomains for what valid reasons - wait, who decides what's valid? ops list policies questioned.
people told to come up with a plan to transfer control and content - because without it, this resolution is kinda useless. kicked to committee. for lack of an owner of the agenda update, dusek volunteers to organize a meeting.
reminder that we do not belong on the roof unless you're looking for more leak water sources. Also, please keep in mind your stuff here is unprotected from elements and other people.
project parts went missing off a shelf, boarduino missing, the parts and acrylic found in hack bins. Suggestion to encourage people to consider using bins on their shelves, ironic, amusing given that during this leak, plastic bins were the ones collecting ponds of water.
Miloh brings up that trash REALLY needs to be brought out when it's trash day. especially when we are doing construction. Nils suggests bringing the phone reminders back. Apparently trash nights are monday and thursday nights, and it's clear that that info is not well known, but people are perfectly willing to do it. Wiki search sucks. Is it even on the wiki? apparently it is on the wiki. Web redirects also suggested for people in the space on trash nights, haha.
A "if you are here frequently" notes page suggested, with trash info, how to lock up, turn off lights, cleaning info, names of rats.
Postflight Checklist[edit]
- Thank you all for coming to this episode of Noisebridge meeting, see you all same time, same place next week.
- Copy new meeting notes for next week, update main page on wiki.


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L. Neil Smith's
Number 327, July 10, 2005
"Relegation Nation"
The Silver Linings in Socialist Leanings
Special to TLE
On June 23, the US Supreme Court released its decision on a Connecticut property rights case. Much to the dismay of millions, the court ruled 5-4 that cities can seize homes or businesses via eminent domain and give the land to other private developers. Within the official ruling, those justices on the one side of the decision claimed that the "public use" required by the Fifth Amendment could conceivably be met when cities seek to increase their tax base, adding "the necessity and wisdom of using eminent domain to promote economic development are certainly matters of legitimate public debate." The dissenting opinions were stronger, including Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's contention that, "Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party," and referring to those whose property is taken as "victims."
In reporting on the resolution of Kelo v. City of New London, Defenders of Property Rights said that the "Supreme Court chooses tax revenues over homeowners." Though the majority decision made it sound a bit more complicated than that, the bottom line is that DPR is exactly right. As such, and as Justice O'Connor pointed out, "The beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process..." which translates to (in the words of Justice Clarence Thomas), "extending the concept of public purpose to encompass any economically beneficial goal guarantees that these losses will fall disproportionately on poor communities."
Although liberal Democrats seem all too often to be in favor of government control and largesse through taxation, the same group isn't thrilled with this particular ruling for the precise reasons cited by Justices Thomas and O'Connor. At the same time, at least some conservatives worry that small businesses will be taken so that larger enterprises (that pay higher property taxes) can take their place. Libertarians and constitutionalists are, of course, opposed to the ruling for the simple reason that such taking of private property is (to put it bluntly) unconstitutional as hell. For once, disparate political factions seem largely united in their anger against this single decision. And that's why I'm personally looking at this ruling as good news.
Yes, you heard me: I'm glad the Supreme Court ruled the way it did in Kelo v. City of New London. Oh, I agree that the High Court has essentially eviscerated the Fifth Amendment. The day the decision came down, I literally became nauseous at the betrayal of liberty by a bare majority of Justices as story after story arrived in my emailbox. But the same thing that made me sick is the very thing that's making me happy, and that is this: the decision is so bad and with such widespread repercussions that finally a significant majority is beginning to look askance at just what's going on in Washington and the Supreme Court these days.
Just a few weeks ago, the High Court determined that federal law concerning marijuana superceded state law permitting the use of marijuana for medical reasons. The majority opinion indicated the court's contention that "Congress's constitutional authority to regulate the interstate market in drugs, licit or illicit, extends to small, homegrown quantities of doctor-recommended marijuana" even if the small homegrown quantities never make it out of state. Aside from the complete and utter lack of compassion represented by their decision, it was also a substantial blow to the notion of state's rights under the Tenth Amendment.
Obviously, those people who are helped by the use of medical marijuana weren't happy with the decision, nor were those who are working to reform marijuana laws all together. Doctors who appreciate the efficacy of the drug are doubtless disappointed as well, and so are the majority of voters in each of the ten states that have approved the use of marijuana for medical reasons. But in the main, while liberals and Libertarians decried the decision, many conservatives applauded it. Along with the Bush administration, those people seem to consider marijuana to be unmitigated evil (heaven forbid a sick person might feel even a little better, or worse, somebody somewhere might actually be having a little fun). The Tenth Amendment be damned (not to mention the Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments which also have some bearing here); it's more important that marijuana stay off limits.
In late 2003, the Supreme Court released its decision on Campaign Finance Reform. Many advocacy groups, representing such disparate opposites of the political spectrum as the ACLU and the NRA, opposed CFR because they believed it was written in such a way as to abridge free speech (for the record, I agree). The High Court, on the other hand, affirmed the constitutionality of what appeared to many to be an overtly unconstitutional law. Though the Justices each agreed and disagreed with varying parts of the legislation, the overall effect was that the law was upheld. In his minority dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, "the Court today upholds what can only be described as the most significant abridgments of the freedom of speech and association since the Civil War."
After the decision, bevies of lawyers began working to determine just what each of the many affirmations and dissents really meant. The NRA announced it would attempt to establish a radio network so that it could continue advocating without disobeying the new and convoluted political speech curtailments and prohibitions. But a majority of Americans were either silent or happy to see that there would finally be some much needed clean-up in the finances surrounding every political campaign (never mind that almost everybody immediately found ways around the restrictions). After all, since most agree that campaign finance reform was needed, any reform would have to be good, even if it does infringe a little (or a lot) of the First Amendment, right?
In 2004, the case of Nevada resident Dudley Hiibel made its way to the Supreme Court. Mr. Hiibel was arrested when he refused to show ID to a sheriff's deputy who requested it. Hiibel fought his arrest on Fourth and Fifth Amendment grounds; the state fought back claiming that Hiibel's refusal to show ID equated to probable cause which, in turn, provides adequate reason for arrest. Unfortunately for Mr. Hiibel, the Supreme Court decided with the state, stating in part that there wasn't anything incriminating "in this case" in merely providing your name to law enforcement (the court didn't suggest any resolution for cases when the provision of a name could prove incriminating).
In the Hiibel case, the High Court essentially decided that you don't, despite the Fifth Amendment, have the right to remain silent. And yet, outside of privacy advocacy groups, few people even knew about the Hiibel case let alone lamented the ruling. I suspect that's in large part because most people are perfectly willing to hand their ID to the police because they have nothing to hide. I'm personally of the opinion that having nothing to hide has absolutely nothing to do with your civil rights, and I'd be disinclined to provide my ID as well purely on matters of general principle. Unfortunately, thanks to the Hiibel decision, that general principle could land me in the general population of my local jail.
Many states engage in drunk driving checkpoints today (only 11 do not). In 1990, though, the notion was still a relatively new one, and when the Michigan State Police decided to try it out, they were sued by motorists who said the checkpoints were violations of their Fourth Amendment rights. After making its way through the lower courts, the matter finally ended up on the Supreme Court docket. Once reviewed, the high court released a ruling that should have scared every American. In its opinion affirming the constitutionality of sobriety checkpoints, the Justices said that the Fourth Amendment intrusion was "minimal" and thus okay.
Let's try that one more time: Since the Fourth Amendment is only being defied a little bit, we're going to let it slide. The problem with that kind of ruling is obvious. What's a "little" bit? How much can we expect that definition to change? And why are we tolerating any amount of infringement in the first place? Well, because most of us don't much like drunk drivers being on the road where they can kill our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, kids, or best friends. Since you and I don't drive drunk because we know better, and since drunk drivers do represent a real danger on the road, too many Americans have decided it's okay if the Fourth Amendment is ignored a "little" because, after all, it's for our own good.
Meanwhile, just to keep things as confusing as possible, the High Court has ruled that roadblocks to check for witnesses of crimes are not acceptable, and at least one state Supreme Court (Indiana) has ruled roadblocks to check for illegal drugs are unconstitutional. But since these, too, represent relatively "minimal" intrusions and "little" infringements, I can't imagine it will be long before they're okay as well. Given that most Americans are happy to help prevent crime and are opposed to illegal drug sales and use, I suspect the decisions permitting such will be fine with them, too.
But the Kelo v. City of New London decision just might change some of the attitudes we've seen concerning other decisions. You may not have cancer or AIDS, so you don't smoke marijuana. It's possible you believe that, since you have nothing to hide, you should freely show and tell the police anything they'd like to see and know on demand. You could be willing to permit your free speech to be curtailed because you, after all, would never say or do certain things nor do you approve of those who would. And you might even be happy to stop and chat with the police at a roadblock because you have nothing to hide, and those who do deserve what they get. But you do have something vested in property ownership.
If you own a home, your house is at risk. If you rent, your landlord's property could be taken and you'd be forced to move without even the insult of "just compensation." If you run a business, your facilities are at risk unless you're very big and very rich. The poor will suffer when their property is given to the rich and richer. The economy will suffer when investments in property slow due to fears that ownership will never be quite safe. Any economic turndown will have an effect on all of us whether we own property or not. And we've reached this point largely because we didn't jump up and down and demand something better when other decisionsmore popular, but just as unconstitutional were made.
There's no appeal of Supreme Court decisions. The decisions can, however, be overturned, and they can be superceded. Congress can make laws that circumvent court rulings. New justices who are more inclined to adhere to the Constitution rather than expedience and "interpretation" can be appointed, hear similar cases, and issue rulings actually compliant with the Bill of Rights. State laws and constitutions can (in some instances, at least) counter the effects of Supreme Court rulings (the citizens in Georgia, for example, are protected from Kelo v. the City of New London by a State Constitution that stringently limits eminent domain proceedings there). But to effect these changes and institute these protections, we've all got work to do. And for the first time, enough Americans are seeing just what bad Supreme Court rulings mean for the liberties of all.
For far too long, too many Americans haven't been inclined to do anything to protect their rights. These are people who won't lift a finger until they, themselves become victims of the government. But the good news is buried deep within the bad news yet again when you consider just how many potential victims there are thanks to Kelo v. The City of New London. Freedom fighters have just gained a host of allies who, although they didn't want to fight, have now been drafted and are under fire. I don't know whether or not there are atheists in foxholes, but you can bet there are a bunch of soon-to-be activists in there with the rest of us now.
Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes
Supreme Court Chooses Tax Revenues over Homeowners
High court's property decision stirs anger
A Defeat for Users of Medical Marijuana
Supreme Court: 5-4 for Campaign Finance Reform, Constitution: 0
Right to Remain Silent Undermined by Supreme Court's Hiibel Ruling
Saturation Patrols & Sobriety Checkpoints
Michigan Dep't of State Police v. Sitz 496 U.S. 444
Will rulinn affect Georgia homeowners?


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