At the anniversary of the conflict the internationally enforced peace settlement still holds, but there is little else to celebrate.
The Indian government has enforced different settlement regimes on the Maldharis, from eviction (a disaster) to limited reoccupation.
Unlike the O.C.C., the attorneys general had devised a way to actually enforce their settlement, by deputizing the new consumer bureau, which opens in July.
"If they don't want the might and majesty of the court system to enforce their settlement, that's one thing," Chief Justice Toal said.
He and others said they feared that, trying to enforce the settlement agreement, the government would continually find itself back in court.
International and Arab opinion now largely supports trying to end the Syrian war by enforcing a settlement – accepting that some kind of political transition is needed to prevent escalating carnage, massive refugee flows and a catastrophic collapse.
But the powerful congressional resistance Mr Obama bumped into last year when he tried to enforce a settlement freeze in Jerusalem and the West Bank almost certainly played some part in the failure of America's latest peacemaking initiative in Palestine.Still, to explain America's intimacy with Israel through the political power of America's Jews is to miss half the story.
To oblige the Serbs to halt the violence, and get the refugees back home, NATO needs either a workable peace agreement soon diplomatic efforts are once again under way or the resolve to enforce a settlement using troops of its own.Indeed, the two requirements are closely linked.
That demand reflects a deeply held view at the F.T.C. that without such a model, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to enforce a settlement with the companies without turning the commission into a new Internet regulatory agency that would be frequently forced to oversee rates and set technical standards.
