Dick Thornburgh
Dick Thornburgh
Richard Lewis "Dick" Thornburghis an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the U.S. Attorney General from 1988 to 1991...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 July 1932
CountryUnited States of America
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Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and permanently enshrined in the 10th Amendment.
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The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in the states of the union in regard to non-federal affairs at the local level.
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It's not a job for the faint of heart because most of the serious problems in Washington generally end up at the Department of Justice.
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If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.
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