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8/26/2009
TRUTH IN ACCOUNTING: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SHOULD DISCLOSE REAL BURDENS
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Pension accounting and financial reporting are front and center in the current federal and state government financial crisis - SLF and Institute for Truth in Accounting call on the Government Accounting Standards Board to require state and local governments to disclose real costs and burdens ultimately shouldered by taxpayers - see inside for more - |
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2/18/2009
CENSUS 2010 - PRESIDENT OBAMA SET TO VIOLATE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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SLF won the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1999 challenging the Clinton plan to use statistical manipulation of the Census for political gain. Now President Obama seems set to repeat the unconstitutional act - see inside for The Washington Times op-ed from SLF's Shannon Goessling - |
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6/26/2008
SECOND AMENDMENT VINDICATED - U.S. SUPREME COURT HOLDS FAST TO TRADITIONAL MEANING
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District of Columbia v. Heller - "the most significant Second Amendment case in the nation's history" - affirms the constitutional right to self-defense by means of a handgun - which is particularly important to our clients, representing women, the elderly and the disabled - see inside for more on this landmark Supreme Court decision - |
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2/19/2008
WHY 'OFFICIAL ENGLISH' MATTERS
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As SLF provides legislative testimony in Georgia, the stakes are high - as 30 states have approved 'official English' constitutional amendments and statutes affirming that English is the common language of the United States, particularly for government purposes like driver's license exams and other key functions. See inside for more - |
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