Although it is sometimes asserted that the federal government has limited legal power to mandate citizens' purchases, there can be a good economic case for mandates.
He should have asserted that the federal government had neither the obligation nor the right to stop the publication of a book.
Mr. Thompson told his 25 employees in September 2000 that no law required payment of taxes, and he has asserted that the federal government has no authority over his business.
Leon Friedman, a professor at Hofstra University Law School, who was the lead appeals counsel for the defense, said in a court brief that the prosecution had asserted that the Federal courts should have no right to rule on the importance of evidence, only on questions of law.
Their attempts in Congress have been unsuccessful so far, but late last year Attorney General John Ashcroft, reversing a decision made by his predecessor, Janet Reno, asserted that the federal Controlled Substances Act could be used against Oregon doctors who helped patients commit suicide by prescribing lethal drugs.
The suit asserted that the federal Indian hospital in Shiprock, N.M., at the center of the area where the virus had been discovered in 1993, was still unprepared, five years later, to cope with a disease that kills nearly 4 of every 10 people it infects.
The challenge, initiated by six provinces, asserts that the federal government is invading their right to regulate private property.
The government asserts that the federal Wire Act prohibits all Internet casinos, but the courts have been divided, legal scholars said.
Four years ago, Alan Greenspan urged Congress to cut taxes, asserting that the federal government was in imminent danger of paying off too much debt.
