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| Bill Richardson & Robert Redford |
Film property bought by state for Robert Redford projects hardly used; $1.75m in stimulus funds spent
Arizona Leads U.S. in Real Immigration Reform
Bloomberg - One’s heart really has to go out to Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. Last month, in one of the most high-profile cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in decades, the litigation position of his client -- the U.S. government under the administration of President Barack Obama -- forced Verrilli to argue on one day that the penalty imposed by the individual mandate provisions of the Affordable Care Act was not a tax that would deprive the court of jurisdiction under the Anti-Injunction Act, but argue the very next day that it was a tax for the purposes of determining Congress’s constitutional authority to adopt the act.The administration’s position also led him to argue on Day 2 that the individual mandate was a core part of the act, but on Day 3 that, if unconstitutional, the individual mandate could be severed from the rest of the statute because it was not a core part of the act. Then, last week, Verrilli’s client’s position compelled him to argue that the Obama administration’s unwritten policy of non-enforcement of federal immigration law prevented the states from helping to enforce those very same laws, because of the Supremacy Clause, which makes the Constitution and laws of the U.S. (not the policy preferences of a particular executive) the supreme law of the land. Even Justice Sonia Sotomayor, widely presumed to be an opponent of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 immigration law, had to tell the solicitor general that his argument was “not selling very well.” Read More News New Mexico
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson on the rise
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Former Caveman Offered Contract With Bengals
The contract is not yet official, but both
sides came to a verbal agreement with the details to be worked out in the coming
days. Based on the new rookie wage scale, the most a rookie free agent can make
is $20,000.
Forrest, who graduated from Carlsbad High
School in 2007 and went on to play for the University of New Mexico, said he
received a call from his agent Everett Glenn about an hour and a half after the
conclusion of the NFL draft informing him that the Bengals were interested. Not
long after that Glenn called back to say an offer was made.
"I was so excited," Forrest said. "I
almost thought it wasn't real."
The defensive back must now work to make
the team's 90-man roster, which will eventually be cut down to 53 players and an
eight-man practice squad by the start of the regular season.
Forrest said that former Caveman and NFL
player John Wooten offered significant help to him throughout the entire process
of landing an NFL contract. Wooten was not only able to get Forrest's name out
to his many NFL contacts but also counseled Forrest in how to approach the
process mentally, emotionally, physically and logistically.
The former Caveman knows he has a long
road and lots of work ahead of him before he makes the final cut but just having
the opportunity makes him excited and proud. More here
Voting Records for Southern NM Legislators
New Mayor of Sunland Park Resigns
Governor's Grandfather Was a U.S. Citizen
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