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Comey's firing is a crisis of American rule of law
News, Noah Feldman, Published on 11/05/2017
» It's not a constitutional crisis. Technically, President Donald Trump was within his constitutional rights on Tuesday when he fired FBI Director James Comey. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is part of the executive branch, not an independent agency. But the firing did violate a powerful unwritten norm: that the director serves a 10-year, nonrenewable term and is fired only for good cause.
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Sick healthcare system
News, Postbag, Published on 25/06/2017
» As I watch Republican congressmen try to make healthcare unaffordable for tens of millions of old, poor and chronically ill Americans, I am gaining a new appreciation of Thaksin.
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Foreign fiscal fiasco
News, Postbag, Published on 15/05/2017
» Re: "20-year plan draws out military rule", (BP, May 13).
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Pot calls kettle black
News, Postbag, Published on 02/11/2016
» Re: "Regime pushes ahead with rice scheme", (BP, Nov 1).
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Van axeing is folly
News, Postbag, Published on 26/09/2018
» Re: "1/4 of city's public vans to be retired", (BP, Sept 25).
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Bad flood dreams
News, Postbag, Published on 20/05/2017
» Not surprisingly the better part of Bangkok flooded during the heavy rain in the early morning of May 16 and it looks like the BMA once again was caught off guard. We live in the Bang Na area just opposite Central City and since the last rainy season ended all the equipment used to pump out water has just been left without any sign of regular maintenance. Suddenly required, the BMA will have to get hold of technicians, required spares, operators, etc.
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Loophole exposed
News, Postbag, Published on 16/11/2020
» Re: "Hungarian minister infects his diplomat" (BP, Nov 11, 2020).
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Manafort indictment kicks off a complicated story
News, Noah Feldman, Published on 01/11/2017
» So now we know how this game of Clue starts: Paul Manafort with a wire transfer in the parlour. But Democrats who are getting revved up for special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to follow the money from Russia to Donald Trump's campaign shouldn't get too excited, at least not yet.
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Rude awakening from what is a Trump nightmare
News, Published on 29/05/2017
» The American people can escape from the ordeal of Donald Trump's presidency in one of three ways. But if and when they do is an irreducibly political question, not one that hinges on legal possibilities.
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Time for hefty fines
News, Postbag, Published on 10/06/2017
» Re: "Get tough on waste to end city flooding", (Opinion, June 9).
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