Just over one week after the Village of Hempstead unanimously passed a so-called living wage law, some of its officials tried to repeal it, although they failed for now.
But the rule of Mexican law is not, for although Canadian officials can decide whether or not to apply it, they can neither change it nor repeal it, and best explanation for its existence and content makes no reference to Canadian society or its political system.
Sanders has said he would consider amending the law, but not repeal it, out of concern for its impact on small gun-sellers in Vermont.
Finally, 20 million Americans who did not have health insurance when Barack Obama took office have it now; and in spite of dire Republican predictions, and umpteen votes for repeal, it has actually lowered the healthcare cost inflation rate.
"When we look at what worked for Repeal, it was the normalization of being pro-choice.
Now that President Obama has won a second term, the Supreme Court has ruled the Affordable Care Act constitutional and the election has made Congressional attempts to repeal it unlikely, a few advocates for the elderly are quietly talking about resurrecting the Class Act, or some variant of it.
The latter filed his own odd little note, seven sentences long, explaining that he thinks the Texas law is "silly," that if he were a member of the Texas Legislature he "would vote to repeal it," and that "punishing someone for expressing his sexual preference through noncommercial consensual conduct with another adult" is deplorable.
However, if Mitt Romney is elected president, his promise to repeal it will mean real tragedy for many American families.
It is well past time for Congress to repeal it.
