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The best-case scenario of a McCain presidency would be that McCain, like (former GOP President) Gerald Ford, would use the veto power vigorously and keep Congress in check
McCain, Obama not guaranteed easy road Nov 03, 2008
By employing spending power, Congress can direct the administration of state-level criminal justice ... and dictate prosecution of virtually any crime within the ambit of state police powers
Report: Gun crime plan is unconstitutional Jun 18, 2002
Had his case gone to federal court, he would have faced extensive jail time
Report: Gun crime plan is unconstitutional Jun 18, 2002
In some cases, federal prosecutors have deliberately used Project Exile to secure a jury with a different racial composition than would otherwise be available at the state level
Report: Gun crime plan is unconstitutional Jun 18, 2002
The Constitution provides an exceedingly slender grant of authority over criminal law
Report: Gun crime plan is unconstitutional Jun 18, 2002
Gene Healy is an American political pundit, journalist and editor.
Healy is a senior editor at the libertarian think tank Cato Institute, as well as a contributing editor to Liberty magazine. He is editor of the book Go Directly to Jail: The Criminalization of Almost Everything and author of The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power.
Healy holds a B.A. from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.