In response to the subsequent exchanges,  [8] to [13], in which Mr Cooper alleged that a “web of deceit and sleights of hand” had occurred in relation to the Portable Altar [10], the Commissary General identified the key relevant points from Mr Cooper’s “Apologia Pro Vita Sua” document: Mr Cooper argues that the giving of the TMRO was abusive, in that it formed part of a Diocesan agenda to cover up unlawfulness at this church and to frustrate Mr… [read post]

Key Findings State tax reform is a difficult process, but states like Utah, Indiana, and North Carolina, and the District of Columbia, illustrate that reform can be successful when it happens in a diligent and thoughtful way. [read post]

For decades, moreover, a property tax limitation regime has kept property tax collections in check, even as they have risen dramatically elsewhere in the region. [read post]

Acknowledgment in the opening and elsewhere of the issues of race and power may go some ways towards blunting their effect, but those issues will flood and sometimes overwhelm the landscape in the jury room as pro-Government jurors fight it out with pro-defense jurors. [read post]