Decisions this Week United StatesNunes v. [read post]

State deficiencies in climate litigations and actions of judges Laurent Fonbaustier / Renaud Braillet  165   Part IV: Cities, States and Climate Change: Between Competition, Conflict and Cooperation Global climate governance turning translocal Delphine Misonne 181   America’s Climate Change Policy: Federalism in Action Daniel Esty  193    Local policies on climate change in a centralized State: The Example of France Camille… [read post]

OMRDD worker registry Last Act: 02/26/07 referred to mental health LAW / CORRECTNSA5911 Tedisco (MS) -- Requires department of motor vehicles to provide police officers with information on level 3 sex offenders based on license or registration inquiry BLURB : V & T L. level 3 sex offenders Last Act: 02/26/07 referred to transportation LAW / CORRECTNSA5944 McDonough (MS) -- Requires school bus stops not to be located near the residences of sex offenders BLURB : Ed L.… [read post]

And the Jacobin conundrum--hierarchy, leadership,  and control within idealized perceptions of equality remain at the center, the justification for which remains a central element of democracies whether in the form of "brain trust" techno-bureaucratic democracy, traditional populism (irrespective of its ideological tilts), or any of the forms of vanguardism--either progressive  (that is progressing toward some eventual ideal state) or otherwise--remains at the core… [read post]