Comments for Harvard Law and Policy Review http://hlpronline.com Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:02:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on A Great Schism: Social Norms and Marijuana Prohibition by Jillian Galloway http://hlpronline.com/2010/02/christiansen_schism/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Jillian Galloway Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:02:17 +0000 http://hlpronline.com/?p=1625#comment-499 7,000 people were murdered by the cartels last year because we kept marijuana illegal. This year they're on track to kill at least 9,000. Who supports keeping it illegal? 7,000 people were murdered by the cartels last year because we kept marijuana illegal. This year they’re on track to kill at least 9,000. Who supports keeping it illegal?

]]> Comment on Voting System Testing and the Enclosure of Transparency by victor http://hlpronline.com/2006/11/voting-system-testing-and-the-enclosure-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-215 victor Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:24:47 +0000 http://hlpronline.com/new/?p=585#comment-215 Really nice article and ya there should be the testing of voting system testing and have to check whether it works properly or not and after giving vote there is a increment in vote or not. Really nice article and ya there should be the testing of voting system testing and have to check whether it works properly or not and after giving vote there is a increment in vote or not.

]]> Comment on States Tackle Global Warming by Beautiful Girls Gallery http://hlpronline.com/2007/01/states-tackle-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Beautiful Girls Gallery Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:54:45 +0000 http://hlpronline.com/new/?p=560#comment-133 Global warming is becoming such an obvious problem that someone somewhere other than the US President needs to step up to help drive a massive campaign which aims to reduce Global Warming. Global warming is becoming such an obvious problem that someone somewhere other than the US President needs to step up to help drive a massive campaign which aims to reduce Global Warming.

]]> Comment on Setting the Stage for a New Economic Security Opportunity Agenda by Good and bad in MN jobless data http://hlpronline.com/2006/04/setting-the-stage-for-a-new-economic-security-opportunity-agenda/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Good and bad in MN jobless data Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:28:03 +0000 http://hlpronline.com/new/?p=539#comment-101 [...] Harvard Law and Policy Review » Setting the Stage for a New … Tags: bob collins, slight improvement [...] [...] Harvard Law and Policy Review » Setting the Stage for a New … Tags: bob collins, slight improvement [...]

]]> Comment on The Politics of Levinson’s Constitutional Convention by Bill Walker http://hlpronline.com/2006/12/the-politics-of-levinsons-constitutional-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Bill Walker Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:47:31 +0000 http://hlpronline.com/new/?p=567#comment-33 Mr. Tushnet presents a very sophisticated argument. He starts by using the words "imagine a constitutional convention". In this he attempts to ignore the Constitution and public record. There is, first of all, no constitutional convention in Article V of the Constitution. There is only an Article V Convention which can only propose amendments to our present Constitution. Mr. Tushnet doesn't mention the fact of 750 applications from all 50 states meaning under the terms of Article V, a convention must be called so that a convention is not an act of imagination as Mr. Tushnet would have us believe, but a fact of reality. He ignores all references to the 21 issues submitted in the applications. In short, while Mr. Tushnet presents several legal references, he ignores the most important ones for his article. He then talks at length of a "non-Article V amendment process" a code word for scrapping the Constitution. He uses the example of the Supreme Court making a ruling regarding burning flag but fails to mention the Constitution does not grant the Court the power to make law. Thus he advocates that the Constitution can be scrapped if enough people want to do so. His premise is based on a single reference work and while it may be good for elitist thinking and theory what is really advocating is anarchy where everyone can simply ignore the law because they want to. He makes the assumption political elites would control a convention yet ignores the fact the Constitution prohibits those elites who are already members of the government from being delegates to a convention. He also ignores the political fact that in such an election these elites would be right behind the eight ball from the beginning as they would have to explain the most obvious the voters: why should they be elected to delegate when they obviously haven't done the job in the position they now hold? The author also fails to note that Article V does not allow that if Congress proposes amendments this somehow eliminates its constitutionally mandated duty to call a convention. In short, this author cites several sources to support his position, but ignores major information and facts regarding a convention. For these reasons, his comments should be viewed with a cynical eye as he clearly believes the American people are incapable of electing delegates to a convention that can deliver on solving the problems of this nation. A convention is mandated by the Constitution. The states have applied. Congress must call. The author should, instead of attempting to present arguments intended to defeat the Constitution, solutions to resolve the issues surrounding a convention. Mr. Tushnet presents a very sophisticated argument. He starts by using the words “imagine a constitutional convention”. In this he attempts to ignore the Constitution and public record. There is, first of all, no constitutional convention in Article V of the Constitution. There is only an Article V Convention which can only propose amendments to our present Constitution. Mr. Tushnet doesn’t mention the fact of 750 applications from all 50 states meaning under the terms of Article V, a convention must be called so that a convention is not an act of imagination as Mr. Tushnet would have us believe, but a fact of reality. He ignores all references to the 21 issues submitted in the applications. In short, while Mr. Tushnet presents several legal references, he ignores the most important ones for his article.

He then talks at length of a “non-Article V amendment process” a code word for scrapping the Constitution. He uses the example of the Supreme Court making a ruling regarding burning flag but fails to mention the Constitution does not grant the Court the power to make law. Thus he advocates that the Constitution can be scrapped if enough people want to do so. His premise is based on a single reference work and while it may be good for elitist thinking and theory what is really advocating is anarchy where everyone can simply ignore the law because they want to.

He makes the assumption political elites would control a convention yet ignores the fact the Constitution prohibits those elites who are already members of the government from being delegates to a convention. He also ignores the political fact that in such an election these elites would be right behind the eight ball from the beginning as they would have to explain the most obvious the voters: why should they be elected to delegate when they obviously haven’t done the job in the position they now hold?

The author also fails to note that Article V does not allow that if Congress proposes amendments this somehow eliminates its constitutionally mandated duty to call a convention. In short, this author cites several sources to support his position, but ignores major information and facts regarding a convention.

For these reasons, his comments should be viewed with a cynical eye as he clearly believes the American people are incapable of electing delegates to a convention that can deliver on solving the problems of this nation. A convention is mandated by the Constitution. The states have applied. Congress must call. The author should, instead of attempting to present arguments intended to defeat the Constitution, solutions to resolve the issues surrounding a convention.

]]> Comment on Lies, Damn Lies, and Voter IDs: The Fraud of Voter Fraud by Chris Straton http://hlpronline.com/2008/03/lies-damn-lies-and-voter-ids-the-fraud-of-voter-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Chris Straton Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:33:52 +0000 http://hlpronline.com/new/?p=460#comment-29 I noticed that your article states "will likely resolve the constitutionality of such laws before the 2008 elections." Don't you mean the 2010 elections. I noticed that your article states “will likely resolve the constitutionality of such laws before the 2008 elections.” Don’t you mean the 2010 elections.

]]> Comment on A New Deal For Urban Public Schools by Steve Barnett, Co-Director, NIEER http://hlpronline.com/2007/04/a-new-deal-for-urban-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Steve Barnett, Co-Director, NIEER Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:01:10 +0000 http://hlpronline.com/new/?p=526#comment-28 High-quality preschool, as Sara Mead and Andrew Rotherham suggest, is one of the ingredients of helping decrease the achievement gap. We at NIEER have learned more about this in school districts in cities like Newark and Camden which have had the benefit of the state's high-quality Abbott Preschool Program for a number of years (see Preschool Matters Today post <a href="http://preschoolmatters.org/2009/12/11/rx-for-better-urban-schools-high-quality-pre-k/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). NIEER's long-term research on the Abbott Program shows children who had two years of the program achieved gains in a variety of math measures including applied problems, calculation and math fluency through second grade. The finding is in a <a href="http://nieer.org/pdf/apples_second_grade_results.pdf" rel="nofollow">study</a> of urban New Jersey school districts, "The Apples Blossom: Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES) Preliminary Results through 2nd Grade." High-quality preschool, as Sara Mead and Andrew Rotherham suggest, is one of the ingredients of helping decrease the achievement gap. We at NIEER have learned more about this in school districts in cities like Newark and Camden which have had the benefit of the state’s high-quality Abbott Preschool Program for a number of years (see Preschool Matters Today post here). NIEER’s long-term research on the Abbott Program shows children who had two years of the program achieved gains in a variety of math measures including applied problems, calculation and math fluency through second grade. The finding is in a study of urban New Jersey school districts, “The Apples Blossom: Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES) Preliminary Results through 2nd Grade.”

]]> Comment on A New Deal For Urban Public Schools by Rx for Better Urban Schools: High-Quality Pre-K « Preschool Matters… Today! http://hlpronline.com/2007/04/a-new-deal-for-urban-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Rx for Better Urban Schools: High-Quality Pre-K « Preschool Matters… Today! Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:35:56 +0000 http://hlpronline.com/new/?p=526#comment-27 [...] as a prerequisite to success in school. That is also a key recommendation in a compelling new report titled “A New Deal for Urban Public Schools” authored by Andrew J. Rotherman and Sara Mead in [...] [...] as a prerequisite to success in school. That is also a key recommendation in a compelling new report titled “A New Deal for Urban Public Schools” authored by Andrew J. Rotherman and Sara Mead in [...]

]]> Comment on The Politics of Levinson’s Constitutional Convention by john de herrera http://hlpronline.com/2006/12/the-politics-of-levinsons-constitutional-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-25 john de herrera Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:32:03 +0000 http://hlpronline.com/new/?p=567#comment-25 We all have our subjective thoughts about what may or may not transpire at a convention. Some think it will be a mess, and/or amount to nothing, but simply convoking the convention clause alone will be far more important than any amendment proposals arising from the Article V Convention: the states will hold special elections, and it will be within those elections that a "pandora's box" of ideas will play havoc on the current status quo of political/media elites. The special elections for delegates to the Article V Convention are what we really need. The single amendment proposal we need more than any other is one which secures our voting process from proprietary source code. If you don't have transparent elections, what rights? what freedoms? We all have our subjective thoughts about what may or may not transpire at a convention. Some think it will be a mess, and/or amount to nothing, but simply convoking the convention clause alone will be far more important than any amendment proposals arising from the Article V Convention: the states will hold special elections, and it will be within those elections that a “pandora’s box” of ideas will play havoc on the current status quo of political/media elites. The special elections for delegates to the Article V Convention are what we really need. The single amendment proposal we need more than any other is one which secures our voting process from proprietary source code. If you don’t have transparent elections, what rights? what freedoms?

]]> Comment on The Politics of Levinson’s Constitutional Convention by Joel S. Hirschhorn http://hlpronline.com/2006/12/the-politics-of-levinsons-constitutional-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Joel S. Hirschhorn Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:35:33 +0000 http://hlpronline.com/new/?p=567#comment-18 It would be nice to see more recognition from intellectuals that the one and only explicit requirement for an Article V convention has long been met; some 750 applications from all 50 states are, for the first time, readily examined at the website of Friends of the Article V Convention www.foavc.org, the nonpartisan national organization with the sole mission of making Congress obey the Constitution and their oath of office. Those who continue to profess their love and respect for the Constitution are nothing more than constitutional hypocrites if they do not support using the Article V convention option. This is the only nonviolent, constitution way to overcome a corrupt, dysfunctional Congress that will never have the courage to propose amendments to truly reform our political system. It would be nice to see more recognition from intellectuals that the one and only explicit requirement for an Article V convention has long been met; some 750 applications from all 50 states are, for the first time, readily examined at the website of Friends of the Article V Convention http://www.foavc.org, the nonpartisan national organization with the sole mission of making Congress obey the Constitution and their oath of office. Those who continue to profess their love and respect for the Constitution are nothing more than constitutional hypocrites if they do not support using the Article V convention option. This is the only nonviolent, constitution way to overcome a corrupt, dysfunctional Congress that will never have the courage to propose amendments to truly reform our political system.

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