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" ... "Whereas our State Attorney General is challenging the usurpation of the federal government of state authority to regulate sports pool betting and has articulated in the briefs of the State of West Virginia in Cristie v. NCAA, 16-476, U.S. Supreme Court, that the U.S. Congress has no power to prevent state governments from authorizing sports betting as a form of gaming and therefore, the Legislature finds that it is reasonable and appropriate, for the State of West Virginia to proceed with legalizing sports pool betting pursuant to this article," states a section of the bill. ... "
" ... Amidst disasters both natural (Hurricane Irma) and man-made (Kim Jong-un, a malfunctioning government in Washington), one piece of important good news came this past week: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos indicated her intention to roll back the directives in the infamous “Dear Colleague” letter of the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education. That attack on basic American values has been substantial, and this is a big step forward. The original “guidance” was itself a direct violation of U.S. law–no hearings were held, for example. More fundamental, however, was the usurpation of basic rights of those accused of sexual assault, such as the right to an impartial hearing, and the presumption of innocence until guilt is demonstrated via clear and convincing evidence (or, “above a reasonable doubt”). Also, discouraged in the infamous letter was the right of those charged to cross-examine accusers, the constitutional protection of those accused from double jeopardy, the separation of those prosecuting a case from those deciding innocence or guilt, and full rights of legal counsel. All these basic protections under our Constitution went by the wayside. The Department of Education has been promoting Star Chamber justice on college campuses. ... "
" ... On March 16 the attorneys general of 21 states signed a letter delivered to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen outlining their concerns and objections to the statute. The attorneys general did not mince words — the provision was blasted as “an unprecedented and unconstitutional intrusion on the separate sovereignty of the states through federal usurpation of essentially one-half of the states’ fiscal ledgers (i.e., the revenue half).” ... "
" ... The Founders were in many respects inventing political liberty, and couldn't foresee every usurpation rascals would someday devise, resulting in appeals to unlimited “democracy” on the one hand, and nanny state paternalism on the other. ... "
" ... The fear amongst governments is the usurpation of their currency by Facebook. This could be especially lethal to America, which has relied on the export of its money to the rest of the world for its solvency. What would happen if the 2.5 billion Facebook users started to use libra, a basket of currency linked money, instead of looking to the dollar for safety? ... "