State & Federal Preemption Archives - Page 18 of 28

Ohio Residents Fight for Rights: Submit State Constitutional Amendments to Guarantee Right to Local Self-Government

Let the People Decide A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from March 22, 2017. As state government and industry attempt to strip local self-governing authority from communities across the state, residents refuse to surrender their democratic and environmental rights. Working through the Ohio Community Rights Network (OHCRN), today they submitted two proposed [...]

By Curt Hubatch|2017-11-17T17:27:43-08:00November 17th, 2017|Dillon's Rule, Press Releases from Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, State & Federal Preemption, State Community Rights Networks & their founding Declarations|

Amendment would recognize right to self-government

This letter to the editor by board members of New Hampshire Community Rights Network appeared on Seacoast Online November 15, 2017. We are writing in support of the recently proposed State Constitutional amendment CACR19. This amendment would secure N.H. citizens’ right to self-government, thereby guaranteeing local communities the authority to protect the health, safety, and [...]

By Curt Hubatch|2017-11-17T17:49:38-08:00November 15th, 2017|American Revolution & Our Two Federal Constitutions, Dillon's Rule, Editorials & Letters to the Editor, State & Federal Preemption, State Community Rights Networks & their founding Declarations|

“No is no is no,’ A tiny township’s fight against oil and gas disposal

This original article by Laura Legere appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette November 13, 2017. The natural gas wells in the cornfields and woods here are a fact of the landscape, more numerous than houses. Obvious markers of the business, like tanks and pump jacks, are usually painted green to make them less obtrusive.The Marjorie C. [...]

By Curt Hubatch|2017-11-15T18:55:32-08:00November 13th, 2017|Dillon's Rule, News Stories: Local, Regulatory Agencies & Laws (Federal & State), State & Federal Preemption, Supreme Courts - Federal & State|

Charter Proponents Protest Outside of Board of Elections

Groups Says People Denied Constitutional Right to Vote for a County Charter This original article by Glenn Wojciak appeared in the The Post November 11, 2017. A photocopy of it appears on the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund's (CELDF) website. A small group of activists gathered outside the Board of Elections offices Nov. 1 to [...]

By Curt Hubatch|2017-11-14T10:48:33-08:00November 11th, 2017|News Stories: Local, State & Federal Preemption, Supreme Courts - Federal & State|

Youngstown Residents Circulating Petitions for Water Protection Law

Living embodiment of group motto “We Don’t Lose Until We Quit” Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from November 8, 2017. Registered voters in Youngstown, OH, were denied their right to vote today on their Water Protection Bill of Rights city charter amendment. However, as polls opened this morning, organizers were out in [...]

By Curt Hubatch|2017-11-08T16:30:15-08:00November 8th, 2017|Press Releases from Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, State & Federal Preemption, Supreme Courts - Federal & State|

Ohio Court Overturns Law Preventing Cities From Voting on Anti-Fracking Measures

This article by Simon Davis-Cohen originally appeared on DeSmog November 1, 2017. In a slight break with previous state policies that have encouraged fracking activity and new pipelines, the Ohio Supreme Court recently struck down a controversial provision restricting citizen efforts to vote locally on these and other issues through the ballot initiative process. MORE...

By Curt Hubatch|2017-11-02T14:45:54-07:00November 1st, 2017|Dillon's Rule, News Stories: State & Regional, State & Federal Preemption, Supreme Courts - Federal & State|

Meet the Legal Theorists Behind the Financial Takeover of Puerto Rico

Two lawyers argue that the feds should impose “dictatorships for democracy” on cities and government bodies in fiscal crisis. This original article by Simon Davis-Cohen appeared in The Nation October 30, 2017. A nurse dispatched to Puerto Rico by the Registered Nurse Response Network described the island’s dire situation earlier this month. “A line formed [...]

By Curt Hubatch|2017-11-03T12:43:42-07:00October 30th, 2017|Dillon's Rule, News Stories: National & International, State & Federal Preemption|

RIGHTS OF NATURE SYMPOSIUM – KARENNA GORE KEYNOTE OCT 27, 2017

This event took place on October 27, 2017 at Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana. This 58 minute video can be viewed HERE. The Rights of Nature Symposium was held on October 27, 2017, at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. The Symposium was co-sponsored by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), CELDF's International Center for the [...]

By Curt Hubatch|2017-11-14T19:35:47-08:00October 27th, 2017|Indigenous Voices, Regulatory Agencies & Laws (Federal & State), Rights of Nature, Speeches & Presentations by Community Rights People, State & Federal Preemption, Supreme Courts - Federal & State, Video|

Nexus pipeline offers BG $80,000 to cross city land

This original article by Jan Larson McLaughlin originally appeared in BG Independent News October 27, 2017. Earlier this month, Nexus pipeline officials filed a lawsuit against all holdout property owners. Bowling Green was one of those communities that had refused to grant the pipeline an easement to cross its land. This time around, the pipeline [...]

By Curt Hubatch|2017-10-30T09:48:30-07:00October 27th, 2017|News Stories: Local, State & Federal Preemption|

Government of the people, by the people, for the people

Marijuana de-penalization (TACO) in Athens.... This letter to the editor by Caleb Brown originally appeared in The Athens News October 26, 2017. Voters in the city of Athens will find Issue 6 on the back of the ballot on Nov. 7 asking the question whether to remove fines for marijuana in town. Your “yes” vote [...]

By Curt Hubatch|2017-10-27T19:28:35-07:00October 26th, 2017|Editorials & Letters to the Editor, State & Federal Preemption, Supreme Courts - Federal & State|