When Donald Trump released a position paper on immigration earlier this month, he could not resist taking a potshot at Nevada’s Sen. Harry Reid. “End birthright citizenship. This remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration. By a 2:1 margin, voters say it’s the wrong policy, including Harry Reid who said ‘no sane country’ would give automatic citizenship to the … [Read more...]
Tax hike battle should prove to be a bruiser — politically and legally
This should get interesting. A group of people calling themselves the We Decide Coalition has filed an initiative petition with the Nevada Secretary of State that would give voters a chance to repeal the $1.4 billion in tax hikes passed by the 2015 Legislature at the behest of Gov. Brian Sandoval — Senate Bill 483. The political and legal wrangling promise to get down in … [Read more...]
Nevada provides another example of why civil asset forfeitures should be banned
The pernicious and corrupting influence of civil asset forfeiture procedures is on display this summer in still another Nevada case. The temptations for law enforcement agencies are so great that some will connive, conspire and twist the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures to get their hands on citizens’ property and money. In June, … [Read more...]
Bill might give Nevada a seat at the nuke waste negotiating table
Two weeks ago Nevada’s Sens. Harry Reid and Dean Heller introduced Senate Bill 1825, which, if passed, will require the Secretary of Energy to obtain the consent of any affected state and local governments before establishing a nuclear waste repository. The senators have dubbed it the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act. Since Congress designated Yucca Mountain as the … [Read more...]