Has it not occurred to anyone ("Peering Into a Billion Bags," editorial, Dec. 31) that eliminating the possibility of passenger-air explosions from bomb-laden checked luggage is as simple as eliminating checked luggage?
What the 2002 law did was eliminate checks and balances to the exercise of that power.
Mr. Saakashvili has weakened Parliament to eliminate checks and balances on his rule, Mr. Usupashvili said in an interview.
The proposed laws do not eliminate check-out bags entirely, or mandate that people carry reusable bags.
Instead of bleeding natural allies, new ones join all the time, including the voters who rejected attempts to eliminate checks and delays on weapon sales in the last election.
Until the Fidesz government started modifying this constitution to eliminate checks and balances, Hungary had a constitution that could proudly take its place among the democratic constitutions of Europe.
They did this so banks, which owned the networks, could reap the huge profits of eliminating checks.
Turks will vote on Sunday in a referendum to amend the constitution, and establish an executive presidency, eliminating checks and balances.
For example, new rules that cracked down on debit card fees have led several big banks to eliminate free checking.
