"The decision below, unless promptly reversed, also would allow and encourage the types of 'abusive practices committed in private securities litigation' that Congress intended to avoid by enacting" securities litigation reform, the hedge funds said.
He went on to scold the Mexican Congress for not enacting security reforms he has proposed, and the United States, which he called an ally, but one whose drug consumption and gun sales have exacerbated the problem in Mexico.
He has promised to refocus on the economy after enacting security legislation enabling Japan's military to take part in combat even when the country is not under direct attack.
Unfortunately, enacting security fixes often slows performance, causes breaks in service or limits what a site can do, and -- because the fixes are often expensive -- funnels money away from improvements that can provide more visible payoffs.
It is past time for the American people to demand, and Congress to begin, a systematic, cool-headed review of what works in this area and what doesn't (including the task, odious to some, of looking to the Europeans and Israel for guidance) and start enacting security measures that are effective, rational and humane, and abandoning the window-dressing.
Legislators from the ruling party in Zimbabwe did the bidding of President Robert Mugabe and enacted sweeping security and election laws today that will allow the government to clamp down on its critics and limit monitoring of presidential elections in March.
Even during the great heyday of Democratic government in the 20th century, when the party enacted Social Security and Medicare and civil rights legislation, its dominance was possible only because Democrats had shaped a majority coalition made up of Northern liberals and Southern conservatives.
In the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks, the U.S. government enacted new security policies that increased the likelihood that scientists would face scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FBI, CIA, and other federal agencies.
As part of the response, we enacted Social Security.
The government also enacted a security law last year that required journalists to get permission to report on anti-terror operations and publish images of terrorist attacks.
It separated commercial from investment banking, insured bank deposits, enacted social security, and facilitated unions as a counter-force to corporations.
