W. Branstetter's Blog – March 2012 Archive (2)

Professor Rob Natelson has written an article, "Republicans Pushing Mandates on State Courts," that explains the problems or ramifications of voting either "aye" or "nay" on this revised H.R. 5 that may be on the docket for Monday, March 19, 2012 in the U. S. Congress.  Here is one bill that should be single issue bill and stop with the mandates. 

1.  "THE FIRST PART of revised H.R. 5 is a resurrected zombie that was the original H.R. 5. Although promoted as “medical…

This article from National Review has a good report of how the process is accomplished and how the environmental concerns are addressed by the state agencies and drilling/production company.  There is a lot of information here, and I encourage folks to read the whole article.

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