Cliff Rieders

August 23, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Campaign finance reform is without question the only change in our political system that can save this nation from sliding into the total abyss. The unforgivable scene in Washington recently over the debt ceiling, borrowing and taxes is only a glimpse of much worse to come.

By Cliff Rieders

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September 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

I predict that every law school in America will adopt as required reading the decision in the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. City of Chicago Illinois , which announces a plurality opinion already widely reported in the press; the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution shall be fully applicable to the states meaning that the right to keep a loaded handgun at home is a fundamental liberty interest.

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August 30, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

It was only a matter of time before a court would wield against lawyers the same sword that we have utilized against doctors. A federal court has applied in malpractice cases the discovery rule hated by doctors in medical malpractice cases.

By Cliff Rieders

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March 29, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The debate rages on as to whether Marcellus Shale drillers should have to pay a severance fee to the government.

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August 02, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

As a government official, I found myself at a budget meeting recently as the only person willing to raise the question as to whether we should approve a budget for the coming year 1.7 percent higher than last year, and more interestingly, what to do with a $600,000 surplus.

By Cliff Rieders

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February 01, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

On April 7, a new, potentially far-reaching law -- the Adult Protective Services Act -- will take effect in Pennsylvania.

By Cliff Rieders

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August 20, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

When a religious organization excludes the potential member based upon the member's viewpoints, is the organization exercising its right of freedom of association under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or by excluding the potential member, is the organization illegally discriminating?

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October 05, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

My "Ten Commandments for Government Officials" are derived from a long history of political involvement. My rules are also based upon my father's long history of political involvement. My father loved to tell the following story about how he became a right-wing Republican.

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December 07, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Once upon a time, I worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., in the newly reconstituted ship subsidy program. I think I got hired for the job because on my wall hangs a U.S. Coast Guard license to operate or navigate passenger-carrying vessels.

By Cliff Rieders

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June 21, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

During the time of the American Revolution, the great battle was between states' rights as opposed to the power of the new federal government.

By Cliff Rieders

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