A peculiarity of fracking from a federal regulatory standpoint is that, like other oil and gas industries, it is exempt from compliance with key environmental requirements of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
I can find in this straightforward train of events no room for questioning the validity of this state conviction from a federal constitutional standpoint, or for further prolonging the case.
From a unified annual federal budget deficit standpoint, I think my emphasis would be a little bit different.
There is nothing wrong with the federal government -- from the standpoint of federalism -- defining the terms of its own laws even on the subject of marriage, which, while traditionally a state matter, is not outside the federal legislative power in Article I. Congress passes federal laws and can give federal definition to the words used.
"Conservatives," he quipped, "believe that, from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth". And: "The problem with the war in Iraq is not so much the intelligence as the stupidity". And: "I'm used to being in the minority.
"From our standpoint, as the federal government knows, we're moving forward with the regulatory framework around legalizing marijuana, and we look forward to having that wrapped up by the end of the year," Ferguson said.
In Burbank, Justin Hess said the city has ramped up its lobbying efforts compared with a decade ago when "we really weren't too active on the federal level from a lobbying standpoint". As in Glendale, Hess said energy is a top priority.
"Both parties have done a poor job of doing adequate oversight of the federal government, from a fiscal and good-government standpoint.
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, another Republican opposed to the health care law, said, "From a philosophical standpoint, I prefer state-run over federal on any day on any subject".
