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Cases challenge legality of anti-"smurfing" statute

...client's right to be free of warrantless searches and seizures as well as her right to privacy under the state and federal constitutions."The police seized the information on hundreds of people before they knew whether the person was involved or not...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-16/cases-challenge-legality-anti-smurfing-
Local
Repeal and replace the giveaway

...but that's what the governor is doing to Alaska with this gamble of a giveaway.We cannot let this stand. The Alaska constitution requires the state to manage its natural resources "for the maximum benefit of its people." Telling Alaskans to sacrifice...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-21/repeal-and-replace-giveaway
Opinion
Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force

...been to since I've been here," King told the witnesses. "You guys have essentially rewritten the Constitution here today. The Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 clearly says that the Congress has the power to declare war."King...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-17/congress-rethinks-911-law-military-fo
Not For Web
Senate actions reveal Palin's character

...continue it for another year of office. This has been shown in her unlawful interpretation of both the state and national constitutions, her inability to see anything that is for the welfare of all of Alaska, and not just for the benefit of the Interior...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/042109/let_431404605.shtml
Referendum on the Oil Tax Bill

...revenue sharing with the cities. The founders of the Alaska Constitution put great faith in the judgment of our elected legislature...and for the legislature. He is the author of Alaska's Constitution; A Citizen's Guide.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-12/referendum-oil-tax-bill
Opinion
Oil tax rates: the strange case of Norway

...Fortunately there is a cure for this politically induced nausea. It's called a referendum. Vic Fischer, who helped write our constitution, is spearheading the effort to overturn SB 21 with a vote of the people. The rules that govern referendums require three...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-15/oil-tax-rates-strange-case-norway
Opinion
Sen. Wielechowski plans bill aimed at service member PFDs

...the state, arguing among other things that the 10-year rule violated equal protection clauses of the Alaska and U.S. constitutions because it was applied to members of the military but not to members of Congress. Ross also argued that the rule added...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-03/sen-wielechowski-plans-bill-aimed-servi
State
Attorney: Fishermen should get first go at kings

...defendants' beliefs are protected by the Alaska and U.S. constitutions, as well as the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act...arguments of First Amendment protections under the U.S. Constitution."They do not cite any cases which would support their...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-13/attorney-fishermen-should-get-first-go-
State
My Turn: Changing things will take some time

...statistics and tracts showing that the constitution is the inerrant word of God and changing...about that. I'm pretty sure the constitution was written by men and has in fact...frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-12-24/my-turn-changing-things-will-take-som
Opinion
State questions religious protection for Native fishermen

...Yup'ik culture and religion.In a November filing, Davis said the experts would testify how and why the Alaska and U.S. constitutions, as well as the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, "protect the defendants' right to engage in activities...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-17/state-questions-religious-protection-na
State

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