Feds Shouldn’t Fret Over Gaming
Editorial argues federal oversight of gambling is unnecessary as states like Nevada and New Jersey regulate the industry. The piece criticizes the National Gambling Impact Study Commission’s findings and warns that federal actions such as banning online gambling or raising the legal age to 21 would overstep constitutional bounds and push gambling underground.
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Congress
Commission
James Dobson
Nevada
New Jersey
Study Commission
Public Forum Contact Details for Odessa American
Public Forum contact method shows the Odessa American mailing address PO Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760 and a fax number 915 333 7742 for comments. It also notes an email style address for online submissions via OA Ilink freedom com.
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Public Forum
Odessa
American PO
Ilink
Freedom.com
Demonizing for dollars and the rule of law
Thomas Lowell argues against demonizing for dollars in lawsuits against tobacco and gun makers. He warns that targeting groups as inherently bad to seize wealth erodes due process, parallels historical totalitarianism, and risks turning law into mere technicalities. Lowell, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, cites constitutional protections against bills of attainder.
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Joe Camel
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Moratorium urged on Clinton judicial appointments
Don Feder argues Clinton has appointed 306 judges by 1998, nearing Reagan’s record, and could edge 40 percent of federal judges by end of term. He notes slow confirmations under Orrin Hatch, cites diverse nominees, critiques several appointees, and urges a moratorium to protect representative government.
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Bill Clinton
Clinton
Reagan
Federal
Orrin Hatch
Senate Judiciary Committee
Claudia Wilken
US District Court
California
Wilken
Supreme Court
San Francisco
Oliver Wendells
William Fletcher
Federal Appeals Court
Fletcher
Ohio
Frederica Massiah-Jackson
Philadelphia
Massiah-Jackson
Massiah Jackson
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Stephen Breyer
Tom Jipping
Free Congress Foundation
Senate
White House
Congress
Feder
Boston Herald
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