The price: a future first-round pick and an $8.9 million trade exception for the cap-strapped Lakers, who felt compelled to make the move after being stymied in their efforts to land point guard Chris Paul in a broader deal days earlier.
"In our research, we discovered that... frequently serial offenders had failed in their efforts to join police departments and had taken jobs in related fields, such as security guard or night watchman," Douglas writes.
Courts have consistently sided with the administration in its efforts to guard the program's secrecy, citing its covert status and the absence of public discussion beyond seemingly inadvertent slips.
Unfortunately, in its efforts to guard against this unconstitutional outcome, the Abbott government has forgotten that a third branch of government exists alongside the executive and judiciary – the legislature – and that it too is prohibited from exercising judicial powers.
Additionally, we need to remain vigilant in our efforts to guard against fraud and abuse in these programs.
In efforts to guard against "pernicious" propaganda by hidden persuaders, modern democracies sometimes require that such propagandists as lobbyists and publishers register with public authorities and that propaganda and advertising be clearly labelled as such.
In Brazil, where prostitution is legal, advocates have made huge efforts to guard against sexually transmitted diseases.
We have made concerted efforts to guard against this, by conducting our own internet search.
Even more chilling: a spokesman for the judges who are expected to monitor this month's vote declared Thursday that they were abandoning their impartiality in an effort to guard against an Islamist takeover.
