Ian Haney López cited by Mail & Guardian, March 15, 2018
Dog whistling politics, and by this we mean “expressing racially loaded ideas in coded terms”, as … Ian Haney Lopez explains it, has become part of the armoury of conservative politicians in Australia since Howard’s time.
Mark Gergen quoted by ABC News, March 14, 2018
“Their ability to collect liquidated damages is only as good as their ability to enforce it,” explained Mark Gergen. … “And any effort to get damages for a breach of the agreement could really expose [Trump and Cohen] to some very embarrassing discovery and cross-examination.”
Alan Auerbach quoted by The Sacramento Bee, March 13, 2018
“The tax increases we’re talking about are so ridiculously high that you can’t assume there wouldn’t be significant behavioral responses – people earning less income or leaving the state,” said Alan Auerbach.
Alan Auerbach quoted by Bloomberg BNA, March 13, 2018
“Legislators somehow feel that NOL recovery is sort of an inappropriate gift, whereas it really is a way of cushioning the effects of cyclical income,” he said, calling the provision a “money grab.” “Tightening the rules—getting rid of the loss carrybacks, allowing only 80 percent offset against taxable income in the future—I think that is not good for cyclical industries.”
Erwin Chemerinsky quoted by NBC News, March 13, 2018
Said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley, “In one sense, this is federalism turned on its head from what we have seen through much of our history.”
Ethan Elkind quoted by WIRED, March 13, 2018
“It’s a feedback loop,” says Ethan Elkind. … “We’ve made it very hard across the country to build in existing urban neighborhoods, which have been shown repeatedly to have lower carbon emission per capita…and we’re subsidizing people living out in sprawling, more vulnerable areas outside cities.”
Holly Doremus quoted by California Magazine, March 13, 2018
“Since the 19th Century, water law historically has been left to the states—the federal government typically has been deferential, and that includes the rights of western states to appropriate water, even from federal land.”
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for Daily Journal (registration required), March 13, 2018
Ultimately, underlying this dispute are very different views about immigration and about the scope of federal power. The greatest irony is in seeing a very conservative president championing federal power and progressives picking up the mantle of state’s rights.
Anne Joseph O’Connell quoted by Outside Online, March 12, 2018
Another issue is that Sheehan’s and Smith’s deputy positions were created by Zinke and not Congress, which, according to … Anne Joseph O’Connell, “could raise both statutory and constitutional issues.”
Olga Mack writes for Above the Law, March 12, 2018
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