Kerr also pointed out that there's a conflict of interest when the executive branch, which oversees law enforcement in the state, is in a position to block laws that would limit the powers of law enforcement.

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Far from a panacea, the court is better seen as an essential building-block in the slowly growing edifice of international law.

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Already, two employer groups, the Arizona Contractors Association and the Arizona Employers for Immigration Reform, have filed suit in federal court to block the new law, asserting, among other things, that it denies employers due process and is pre-empted by federal laws.

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Jim Radovic says his neighbor's 10 dogs would serenade their block in Hilo, Hawaii, at all hours before the antibark law.

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Many elements of the reform package were approved by the Bundestag - the lower house - in January and have become law but the upper house had continued to block some important elements.

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The dog walker told police he moved the first bag because he saw someone circling the block in a Dodge Charger and watching to see what he did with the bag, the law-enforcement source said.

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It would convert Medicaid into a block-grant system, in a fashion similar to that of the spectacularly successful 1996 welfare reform law, giving states the flexibility to fashion programs that fit the needs of their residents.

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Exhibit A is the Coalition for Fairness in Tax Compliance, which aims to block proposals it says would unfairly burden small businesses and self-employed folks who comply with the tax law in an effort to catch those who don't.

FORBES: Tax Tattlers