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Continuing the Dream of Educational Opportunities for All
Cameron Smith - January 19, 2012
In his Letter from the Birmingham Jail, Dr. King stated that “the appalling silence of the good people” was equally as tragic as “the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people.” Alabama’s public education system cannot improve under the continued silence of those who understand its failures and do nothing to correct it.
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How to Dig a Four Billion Dollar Hole
Cameron Smith - December 15, 2011
Jefferson County residents now face bankruptcy and a $4 billion hole that translates to more than $6,500 in debt for every resident of the county.
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The Distraction of the Payroll Tax Holiday
Cameron Smith - December 2, 2011
The discussion of the payroll tax cut is a convenient distraction from the abject failures of the “super committee” or Congress to actually come up with a serious plan ...
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Affordable Care Act: Courts, Commerce and the Constitution
Cameron Smith - November 16, 2011
Recently, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The Supreme Court’s decision in the case, likely to be issued in the summer of 2012, has as much to do with the constitutional limits on the federal government as with the future of American healthcare.
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Lessons from "Lynch": The Pain and Prudence of Judicial Restraint
Cameron Smith - October 27, 2011
While Judge Smith finding Alabama's education funding system constitutionally permissible was news in its own right, the way he reached that decision was also worth Alabama's attention.
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Total Legislative Updates: 138