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Alumni Association Board of Directors
Melanie Brunson and Sparta
Melanie Brunson's current guide, Sparta, is her third from GDB since 1995. Melanie, along with her husband Lyle, enjoys reading, camping, and listening to bluegrass music. Melanie has worked with the American Council of the Blind (ACB) since 1998 and has been Executive Director since 2004.
In 2008, Melanie was appointed by the governor of Virginia to the State Rehabilitation Council, a federally mandated body that advises the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired on how to improve the vocational rehabilitation services it provides. She was a member of this Council for six years; acting as Council Chair in 2012 and serving on the Executive Committee during her last two years.
Prior to her work with ACB, Melanie practiced law in California for fourteen years. Much of that time was in private practice, specializing in estate planning for people with disabilities and their families.
In addition, Melanie served for six years on the board of directors of the Spanish Trails Girl Scout Council where she assisted with the revision of the Council's program for serving girls with disabilities. Melanie also served for eight years as an elected member of the School Board that oversees operations of the Whittier Christian Schools, a not-for-profit organization that operates three campuses serving students from preschool through middle school.
Melanie has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Whittier College, and a Juris Doctorate from Whittier College School of Law. She was admitted to the California Bar in 1984 and maintains her license in that state.
Leanne Bremner and Ayanna
Ontario, Canada
Vice Chair
Leanne lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband, young daughter and fourth guide, Ayanna. For more than 10 years, Leanne has worked in the Financial Services industry with CIBC, one of Canada's largest banks. As a Senior Consultant in communications and reputation management, Leanne leads the bank's corporate-wide external awards and recognition efforts. In addition, she plays a key role in raising awareness of the bank's commitment to corporate responsibility and sustainable business practices. She was previously a consultant with Monitor Company, a business strategy consulting firm.
Leanne received her first guide from GDB in 1995 while attending the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary where she earned a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction.
Prior to joining the GDB Alumni Association Board in 2013, Leanne served on the Board of the Ontario Foundation for Visually Impaired Children (OFVIC) from 2005 to 2012 and has been involved with several community organizations including the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP).
Members at Large:
Samantha Adams and Lotto
Sam Adams is a Canadian transplant now living in Gold River, California. She received her first guide dog from GDB in 1995 and has never looked back. She currently shares her travels with Lotto, a male Yellow Lab.
Sam is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan with a degree in English literature as well as a law degree. Sam worked as a defense lawyer in southern British Columbia and in the Yukon Territory before switching to criminal prosecutions.
In 2008, she moved to northern California to marry her husband, Steve. Now, she assists with her husband's business, and manages a busy household consisting of her teenaged daughter, a working Guide Dog and two cats. In 2013, she assumed the role of band booster president for her daughter's high school marching band. Sam enjoys reading, writing, cooking, music, yoga and exercise. She is actively involved in her church and her local puppy raising club.
Maile George and Jasmine
Maile (pronounced My-lee) is a native of northern California. Among her many passions are Guide Dogs, animal welfare and the human-canine bond. Maile is currently partnered with her fifth Guide Dog, a yellow Labrador retriever named Jasmine, the first dog to be successfully trained as both a Guide Dog and a medical alert dog - the result of a joint effort between Guide Dogs for the Blind and Dogs for Diabetics.
In 1985, two years after experiencing vision loss, Maile's life was transformed when she met her first Guide Dog, Egan. Her successor dogs were Acorn, Huntley, and Flanders- each fabulously amazing in their own ways! Maile studied at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, graduated from San Francisco State University, and after a 26 year career as a Quality Analyst at Bank of America, Maile is busier than ever, enjoying retirement. She serves as one of the co-chairs of The San Francisco GDB alumni chapter, The Foggy Doggies. Maile also enjoys her book club, taking yoga classes, spending time with friends and family at Lake Tahoe, playing Scrabble, gardening, vegan cooking and reading.
Bruce Gilmour and Marley
British Columbia
From the stadium ring fence rails, together with his wife Wendy, Bruce watches their daughter Sarah, continuing success in competitive horseback riding.
Bruce has a passion for all seasons through the enjoyment of the healthy and active living that comes through recreation. When the snow falls, it is primarily downhill skiing and when conditions fail, he enjoys snow shoeing and the hysterical antics of his active guide dog and retired golden retrievers. When snow melts, it is jogging, tandem cycling, and water sports and evening camp fires at his family's lake side cottage.
Bruce received a post-secondary education in community and regional planning. He currently works as a consultant in accessible tourism and inclusive design planning in transportation systems.
Since 1985, Bruce's five golden retriever guide dogs have accompanied him through his challenges and accomplishments, and are a magnificent example and tribute to what Guide Dogs for the Blind achieves on behalf of enhancing daily life and opportunities for individuals managing vision impairment.
Dudley Hanks and Mitchener
Dudley lives with his wife Rosalind, their three children and third guide Michener, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
He loves photography/videography, literature, music, social media, writing traveling and working with animals.
As a blind person who has worked extensively with graphic media, he strongly believes that "Beauty is in the mind, not the eye," and has developed a set of text-based software tools that enable him to evaluate the quality of graphics, crop and resize photos, perform color to black-and-white conversions, and to assemble photo montages.
Dudley has a long history of working with community organizations, including assisting disabled students at the Alberta Vocational College's disabled students services, intake work for the CNIB Edmonton service center, and giving informative presentations about Guide Dogs for the Blind to primary school students.
He also has over 10 years experience living and working in a co-operative housing complex, holding a variety of positions including: Maintenance Coordinator, Maintenance Committee Chairman, Finance Committee Chairman, Board of Directors Member At Large, and Board of Directors Vice-president.
Dudley has worked his three German shepherd guides in the "Badlands" of Alberta; the mountainous trails in beautiful British Columbia; Scotland's narrow, winding, cobblestone, covered alleys; and all the crazy confusion of London's streets during the 2012 Olympic Games. For him, there is nothing quite as exhilarating as exploring a new place, independently with his Trekker GPS device and a GDB Guide.
Scott L Wilcock, PMP and Senator
Scott has served as a change agent for the federal government in many different capacities over his more than 25 year career. His passion is improving work processes and eliminating or streamlining administrative burden. Over the past 15 years, he has focused on improving how the organization delivers its business processes. He has led many initiatives related to media, publications, correspondence and communications.
Scott has also served on several non-profit boards and in many volunteer positions including: One Step Ahead Federal Child Care Board President; Arizona State University Curriculum Advisory Board Member; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints, District Executive Board Member; Boy Scouts of America, Unit Commissioner and various other volunteer Leadership positions; National Federation of the Blind, Weber-Davis Chapter Treasurer; and Guide Dogs for the Blind, Greatest Paws on Earth (Utah) Chapter President.
Scott holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering Technology from Arizona State University and a Masters in Project Management from the George Washington University. He is currently working on a second Masters in Program Management. He is also a certified Project Manager (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Along with his wife, Heather, Scott lives in northern Utah with their 5 children; guide Senator; French bulldog Stitchbert; and 3 cats. Previously a native of the Phoenix, AZ metro area, they have also lived in Sacramento, CA; Dallas, TX; and Washington, DC. In his spare time, Scott loves spending quality time with his family, hiking/backpacking, biking, coin collecting and cars.
Marcia Wick and Viviane
Marcia Wick is new to the wonderful world of guide dogs trekking into retirement with Viviane, her first guide dog. Marcia and Viviane spend their time exploring new routes and traveling throughout the U.S., including Hawaii.
Marcia holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Northern Colorado, and she enjoyed a long career in news reporting, corporate communications, public relations, and advertising. She also successfully owned and operated a desktop publishing business with clients in California and Colorado. Most recently, Marcia worked as an administrative assistant to the Principals of a large public high school.
Marcia lives with her husband, Barry, in Colorado Springs. They enjoy skiing, swimming, tandem biking, hiking, and traveling. She has two daughters and a grandson. She volunteers with the Colorado Springs Community Transit Coalition and is active with VIBeS (the Visually Impaired and Blind Skiers of Colorado Springs), having served as a long term board member and past President. Getting back to her roots, she is now launching a freelance writing career.
Dorianne Pollack and Dime
Dorianne lives with her husband A.K. and retired Guide Yvette. In Northern Arizona the four seasons offer a variety of things to enjoy all year round. Dorianne likes to snowshoe in the winter, Take long walks with friends in the spring, tandem in summer, and listen to the leaves crunch under her feet in the fall. Reading and writing for Dorianne is a year round adventure.
Dorianne worked as a Speech/Language Therapist in an urban Phoenix, Arizona school district. Using Spanish as her second language, she was able to do language assessments in both English and Spanish. Then, as a classroom teacher in 1989, earned the National First Year Teacher Award from Sallie Mae Corporation. In 1996 she moved to Parks and served as the principal of an elementary school in a rural town outside of Flagstaff and then in two different alternative middle and high schools in Flagstaff. Since her service in public schools, Dorianne has worked for Rehabilitation Services Administration supporting adults with disabilities through their education and into employment. She has also served on the school board in her community for 9 years, 8 of which she served as the president of the school board. Now Dorianne works at Northern Arizona University in the Disability Resources Department where she supports and provides accommodations for students with disabilities. Creating a campus that is universally accessible to most, is a goal she shares with her colleagues.
Dorianne has attended Arizona State University, University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University. She holds two Master's Degrees (both with distinction); One in Curriculum and Instruction and one in Rehabilitation Counseling. She has also completed her doctoral coursework and comprehensive exams. With a teaching certificate, a principal ship, a Certification in Rehabilitation Counseling, and a Certification in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Counseling, it is clear that service is her life's work.
When she is not working to improve the lives of others and better her community, she spends time with her children and grandchildren, and laughing with friends.
Ex-Officio Member:
Becky Andrews and Georgie
Becky enjoys life in Bountiful Utah with her husband, Steve and current 3rd Guide, Georgie. They have two adult children - Natalie and Kendall. Becky loves to run, tandem bike, garden, hike, travel, time with family and friends and enjoys long walks with her guide.
With a master's degree in psychology counseling, Becky is a marriage and family therapist. After several years as a therapist with different agencies, Becky started her own business, Resilient Solutions, Inc. and has 18 therapists who work in her company. As a fellow in thanatology her passion is working with clients who are experiencing trauma, grief and loss.
Becky is also President of the nonprofit Oasis Center for Hope. She received the Wasatch Woman of the Year Award in 2011 and received the 2013 National Mother of Achievement in New York City.


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Thursday, March 31, 2016
South Africa's Constitutional Court on Corruption, Presidential and Legislative Responsibilities, and the Constitution
The controversy at the center of today's unanimous judgment by the South Africa Constitutional Court in Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others; Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others arises from "improvements" to President Jacob Zuma's private residence in Nkandla done at public expense.
Although the cost of "security features" can be born by the state, other improvements - - - such as the visitors' centre, amphitheater, cattle kraal, chicken run, and swimming pool involved in this case - - - should not be state-funded and should be personally paid by the President.
The constitutional questions in the case are not only about apportioning costs, however, but are about apportioning power in the South Africa government.
The South Africa Constitution establishes the "Public Protector" (sections 181, 182) as an independent entity with the power
a. to investigate any conduct in state affairs, or in the public administration in any sphere of government, that is alleged or suspected to be improper or to result in any impropriety or prejudice;
b. to report on that conduct; and
c. to take appropriate remedial action.
In this case, the Public Protector, investigated the allegations of "irregular expenditure" and issues a report in 2014 directing the President to make reimbursements and reprimand the Ministers involved in the expenditures; this report was also submitted to the National Assembly.
The President basically refused to comply and the National Assembly "resolved to absolve the President of all liability." Once the matter reached the Constitutional Court's exclusive jurisdiction, President Zuma essentially agreed that he would pay the costs of improvement. Thus, the decision in the case is not surprising.
Nevertheless, the Constitutional Court's decision is an important one. It strongly sides with the Public Protector and states that her remedial action taken against the President is "binding." Additionally, it finds that both the President and the National Assembly acted unconstitutionally:
The failure by the President to comply with the remedial action taken against him, by the Public Protector in her report of 19 March 2014, is inconsistent with section 83(b) of the Constitution read with sections 181(3) and 182(1)(c) of the Constitution and is invalid.
The resolution passed by the National Assembly absolving the President from compliance with the remedial action taken by the Public Protector in terms of section 182(1)(c) of the Constitution is inconsistent with sections 42(3), 55(2)(a) and (b) and 181(3) of the Constitution, is invalid and is set aside.
Jennifer Elgot has a good basic overview of the 52 page decision and background controversy in her piece in The Guardian.
Pierre deVos, Constitutional Law Professor at University of Cape Town has a terrific discussion on his blog Constitutionally Speaking.
March 31, 2016 in Comparative Constitutionalism, Courts and Judging, Current Affairs, Executive Authority, Opinion Analysis, Separation of Powers | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
How to Write a Constitution to Prevent Violence
Nic Cheeseman and Alexander Noyes give tips in the Washington Post on writing a constitution to prevent violence and promote peace in Africa. (An upcoming Tanzanian vote provides the backdrop.)
Cheeseman (Oxford) is the author of Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform.
Their lessons, largely drawn from Cheeseman's book:
-Constitutional design is important, but very different kinds of constitutions can work.
-Political inclusion can bring great benefits, to a point.
-Power-sharing carries large risks, if not done right.
-But failing to share power also comes with risks.
-There's no one-size-fits-all model for every country.
October 7, 2015 in Comparative Constitutionalism, News | Permalink | Comments (1)
Friday, September 11, 2015
Connecticut Supremes Strike Extra-Judicial Regulation of Attorneys in Debt-Relief Business
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that state regulation of attorneys who offer certain debt-relief services to clients violates state constitutional separation of powers principles. The ruling is quite limited, however, and does not extend to attorneys who set up a sham shop as a cover for a distinct debt-relief operation. (The ruling keeps the regulatory scheme on the books; it simply says that it can't apply to certain actual attorneys doing actual legal work.)
The ruling means that Connecticut attorneys who are really practicing law (but also providing debt-relief services) cannot be regulated outside the judiciary, but attorneys who are simply providing cover for debt-relief operations (without really practicing law) can be.
The case tested a Connecticut law that authorizes the state Banking Commissioner to license and regulate persons engaged in the debt negotiation business. Attorneys in this line of work are not exempt, except those who are "admitted to the practice of law in [Connecticut] who [engage] or [offer] to engage in debt negotiation as an ancillary matter to such [attorneys'] representation of a client . . . ."
A Connecticut law firm that enters into retainer agreements for legal services and an attorney-client relationship with clients, but also provides debt-relief counseling, challenged the licensing and regulation scheme on the ground that it's the courts, not the legislature, that regulate an attorney's law practice in Connecticut. The firm claimed that the Commissioner's attempts to regulate it intruded into the role of the judiciary and thus violated state constitutional separation of powers.
The court agreed. (Like many states, Connecticut has an explicit clause on separation of powers. Connecticut's says, "The powers of government shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them confided to a separate magistracy, to wit, those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive, to another; and those which are judicial, to another. . . .")
The court also emphasized, however, that a presumption that an attorney is practicing law (and not subject to Commissioner regulation) can be overcome where "the Connecticut attorney has failed to (1) exercise meaningful oversight over debt negotiation staff, (2) provide any genuine legal advice or other legal services, and/or (3) maintain a bona fide attorney-client relationship with the client." The court also reminded the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel of its "duty to regulate lawyers when they are acting as debt negotiators," and urged it "to monitor vigilantly their activities and fees in this area of practice."
September 11, 2015 in Cases and Case Materials, Comparative Constitutionalism, News, Opinion Analysis, Separation of Powers, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Missouri Court Upholds Ban on Felon Gun Possession
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled this week that the state's ban on felon gun possession did not violate the state constitutional right to bear arms. The ruling is notable, because it applied strict scrutiny, but nevertheless upheld the gun possession restriction.
The Missouri Constitution, article I, section 23, read as follows (at the time of the defendant's conviction for possessing a gun in violation of the state's ban on felon possession):
That the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person, and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questions; but this shall not justify the wearing of concealed weapons.
But the provision was amended during the appeal. The amended provision added "ammunition, and accessories typical to the normal functioning of such arms" to the right to keep and bear arms; it added "family" to the list of things that a citizen can bear arms to protect; it struck the limitation on concealed carry; and it added language strengthening the right (explicitly subjecting it to strict scrutiny), but permitting restrictions on felons and individuals adjudicated by a court to be a danger to self or others because of a "mental disorder or mental infirmity."
Still, the court said that the previous provision applied, because the defendant was convicted before the amendment took force.
The court held that under article I, section 23, strict scrutiny applied to restrictions on gun possession. But the state's ban on felon possession satisfied even that highest level of constitutional review:
The State has a compelling interest in ensuring public safety and reducing firearm-related crime. Prohibiting felons from possessing firearms is narrowly tailored to that interest because "[i]t is well-established that felons are more likely to commit crimes than are other law abiding citizens."
The ruling means that there are possession restrictions that satisfy strict scrutiny under Missouri state con law--at least the old Missouri state con law. It's not clear how far this might extend, however, given that the new version of article I, section 23, goes to lengths to specify that strict scrutiny applies to possession restrictions and lists just two specific exceptions.
August 19, 2015 in Cases and Case Materials, Comparative Constitutionalism, News, Opinion Analysis, Second Amendment, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, June 15, 2015
Daily Reads: On the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta
According to the usual history, "On June 15, 1215, in a field at Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to Magna Carta. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he consented to their demands in order to avert civil war." The civil war was not successfully averted, but the document has come to symbolize principles of liberties and rights, including as a precursor to the United States Constitution.
Important daily reads to celebrate the anniversary include:
The document itself, with its specific items regarding freemen, property, writs, and the memorable "No-one is to be taken or imprisoned on the appeal of woman for the death of anyone save for the death of that woman's husband."
A good overview is from the BBC magazine, which points outs that most of its provisions applied only to ""Free men" who in 1215 accounted for less than half the population; the rest were serfs, to whom the charter did not apply, as well as women and children.
ConLawProf Tom Ginsburg's Op-Ed in the New York Times entitled "Stop Revering Magna Carta," in which he argues that the Magna Carta's current status rests on a series of misunderstandings.
The current celebrations and controversies in "England" including not only commemoration by Queen Elizabeth, but statements by Prime Minister Cameron that Great Britain must "restore" its dedication to "human rights" as evinced in Magna Carta by secession from the European Court of Human Rights and Human Rights Act.
June 15, 2015 in Comparative Constitutionalism, History, International, Interpretation | Permalink | Comments (1)
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Governor Looks to Constitutional Amendment to Undo Court Ruling on Pensions
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is looking to amend the state constitution to give the state more flexibility in cutting state worker pensions, according to the Herald & Review. Rauner's idea came in reaction to the state supreme court ruling last week holding that state efforts to cut state pensions violated the state constitutional Pension Protection Clause.
Still, an amendment is unlikely to occur, at least anytime soon. The Illinois Constitution requires a 3/5 vote of state lawmakers in both houses. But the Democratic-controlled state legislature is unlikely to approve any pension amendment at all, much less by this kind of super-majority. Even if the state legislature approved a measure, it'd need to be approved by 3/5 of the voters voting on the measure, or a majority voting in the election.
This is just the latest effort of Governor Rauner to re-make constitutions. Recall that he earlier issued an executive order cutting public-sector union fair-share fees, and filed a preemptive suit against the unions seeking to get mandatory public sector fair share fees declared unconstitutional. This bold move anticipates that the Supreme Court is ready to overturn Abood--a First Amendment mainstay that says that states can require fair share in the interests of preventing free riders and promoting labor peace. Given the Court's recent rulings, Rauner is probably right that Abood is on the chopping block. Still, his very aggressive suit is designed only to hasten Abood's demise.
May 13, 2015 in Comparative Constitutionalism, News, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, May 8, 2015
Illinois Has a Pension Protection Clause, and it Really Means What it Says
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state's efforts to cut public pensions violated the state constitutional Pension Protection Clause.
The case means that the state can't balance its budget on the backs of state workers who are members of a public retirement system. It also means that the state supreme court takes the state constitutional Pension Clause seriously.
The case arose after the state legislature, and former Governor Quinn signed, Senate Bill 1 in late 2013. Senate Bill 1, which became Public Act 98-599, cut state workers' public pension benefits in several ways. State workers sued, arguing, among other things that the cuts violated the state constitutional Pension Protection Clause.
The Pension Protection Clause says that "[m]embership in any pension or retirement system of the State *** shall be an enforceable contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired." The Clause was added in the 1970 constitution in order to protect state workers from pension cuts in a system that had been (and since has been) chronically underfunded.
The Illinois high court's ruling says that the Clause means what it says. In fact, the court said exactly that: "We held in [Kanerva v. Weems] that the clause means precisely what it says." And this means that "once an individual begins work and becomes a member of a public retirement system, any subsequent changes to the Pension Code that would diminish the benefits conferred by membership in the retirement system cannot be applied to that individual." The court called the question "easily resolved."
The court also rejected the state's argument that its fiscal situation is so dire that it has to dip into public pension funds by using its "reserved sovereign powers." The court said that things might be bad, but they've been bad before, and will be bad again. It's no reason to violate the Pension Protection Clause. The court also said that other provisions of the 1970 constitution contained limitations or suspension provisions; not so the Public Pension Clause.
May 8, 2015 in Cases and Case Materials, Comparative Constitutionalism, Contract Clause, News, Opinion Analysis, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Canadian Supreme Court Finds Opening Prayer at Town Meeting Unconstitutional
In a case with similarities to Town of Greece, NY v. Galloway decided by the United States Supreme Court last year, the Supreme Court of Canada today rendered its judgment in Mouvement laïque québécois v. Saguenay (City) finding that a prayer at a municipal council meeting violated the constitution.
As the Court explains the underlying facts:
S regularly attended the public meetings of the municipal council of the City of Saguenay [Quebec]. At the start of each meeting, the mayor would recite a prayer after making the sign of the cross while saying [translation] "in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit". The prayer also ended with the sign of the cross and the same words. Other councillors and City officials would cross themselves at the beginning and end of the prayer as well. In one of the council chambers, there was a Sacred Heart statue fitted with a red electric votive light. In another, there was a crucifix hanging on the wall. S, who considers himself an atheist, felt uncomfortable with this display, which he considered religious, and asked the mayor to stop the practice. When the mayor refused, S complained to the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse. He argued that his freedom of conscience and religion was being infringed, contrary to ss. 3 and 10 of the Quebec Charter, and asked that the recitation of the prayer cease and that all religious symbols be removed from council chambers.
The original Tribunal found the practice unconstitutional, but the Court of Appeal held that the prayer "expressed universal values" and "could not be identified with any particular religion." It also reasoned that the "religious symbols were works of art that were devoid of religious connotation and did not affect the state's neutrality." According to the Court of Appeal, S had not been discriminated against on the ground of freedom of conscience and religion; any interference with S's beliefs was "trivial or insubstantial."
While some of the issues before the Supreme Court of Canada involved procedural ones regarding the appeal, the Court was clear that the municipality's practice was unconstitutional. Similar to an analysis under the US Constitution's First Amendment, the Supreme Court of Canada grappled with issues such as hostility to religion and the "slippery slope" of other religious practices:
The prayer recited by the municipal council in breach of the state's duty of neutrality resulted in a distinction, exclusion and preference based on religion — that is, based on S's sincere atheism — which, in combination with the circumstances in which the prayer was recited, turned the meetings into a preferential space for people with theistic beliefs. The latter could participate in municipal democracy in an environment favourable to the expression of their beliefs. Although non‑believers could also participate, the price for doing so was isolation, exclusion and stigmatization. This impaired S's right to exercise his freedom of conscience and religion. The attempt at accommodation provided for in the by‑law, namely giving those who preferred not to attend the recitation of the prayer the time they needed to re‑enter the council chamber, had the effect of exacerbating the discrimination. The Tribunal's findings to the effect that the interference with S's freedom of conscience and religion was more than trivial or insubstantial were supported by solid evidence, and deference is owed to the Tribunal's assessment of the effect of the prayer on S's freedom of conscience and religion.
Barring the municipal council from reciting the prayer would not amount to giving atheism and agnosticism prevalence over religious beliefs. There is a distinction between unbelief and true neutrality. True neutrality presupposes abstention, but it does not amount to a stand favouring one view over another. Moreover, it has not been established in this case that the prayer is non‑denominational. The Tribunal's findings of fact instead tend toward the opposite result. Be that as it may, the respondents themselves conceded at the hearing that the prayer is nonetheless a religious practice. Even if it is said to be inclusive, it may nevertheless exclude non-believers. As for the proposed analogy to the prayer recited by the Speaker of the House of Commons, in the absence of evidence concerning that prayer, it would be inappropriate to use it to support a finding that the City's prayer is valid. Finally, the reference to the supremacy of God in the preamble to the Canadian Charter cannot lead to an interpretation of freedom of conscience and religion that authorizes the state to consciously profess a theistic faith. The preamble articulates the political theory on which the Charter's protections are based. The express provisions of the Canadian Charter and of the Quebec Charter, such as those regarding freedom of conscience and religion, must be given a generous and expansive interpretation. This is necessary to ensure that those to whom these charters apply enjoy the full benefit of the rights and freedoms, and that the purpose of the charters is attained.
The Court explicitly linked the state's duty of neutrality - - - akin to the First Amendment's (anti-)Establishment Clause - - - to the maintenance of a free and democratic society. "This pursuit requires the state to encourage everyone to participate freely in public life regardless of their beliefs." This principle may have special resonance when one considers the largely French (and Catholic) Quebec as compared to the other largely English (and Protestant) other provinces.
Unlike the United States Supreme Court's opinion in Town of Greece, the Supreme Court of Canada's judgment is not closely divided; only one Justice writes separately to discuss some of the procedural issues, but otherwise concurs. For US ConLawProfs, City of Saguenay is well worth a comparative read.
April 15, 2015 in Comparative Constitutionalism, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, Opinion Analysis, Religion, Supreme Court (US) | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Massachusetts Extends Right to Counsel in Private Guardianship
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that a parent in a private guardianship proceeding is entitled to counsel as a matter of due process. (The court previously ruled that a parent in a private adoption proceeding enjoyed that same right.) The case provides a categorical right to counsel under Massachusetts law, and thus stands in contrast to the case-by-case approach to a parent's federal due process right to counsel in Lassiter v. Department of Social Services.
The case, Guardianship of V.V., involved a guardianship proceeding between a minor's mother and great-grandmother. The mother was not initially represented by counsel when the lower courts awarded guardianship to the great-grandmother, although the mother obtained a lawyer later in the proceedings.
By the time the Supreme Judicial Court had a chance to rule, the case had become moot. That's because the minor was back with the mother. (The court said that the case was not moot on account of the mother obtaining a lawyer later in the proceeding. The court said the point was that the mother didn't have an attorney at the initial guardianship proceeding.) Still, the court said that the issue was capable of repetition but evading review--that it was an issue sure to come up again, and, because of the quick turn-around in guardianship cases, likely to evade appellate review.
The court held that the weighty interests and due process considerations in guardianship proceedings meant that parties to a guardianship proceeding had a categorical right to counsel. The court also noted that the state, by statute, provided counsel to parties to a guardianship proceeding where the state is a party, and that the same interests are at stake in a private guardianship proceeding.
February 10, 2015 in Cases and Case Materials, Comparative Constitutionalism, Fundamental Rights, News, Opinion Analysis, Procedural Due Process, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Japan's Abe Plans to Revise Pacifist Constitution
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has been making noises about revising the country's pacifist constitution--and this time not just in the interpretation. The talk comes in the wake of, and in apparent reaction to, the recent killings of two Japanese hostages by ISIS.
Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, the pacifist provision, reads:
Renunciation of War. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes.
In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.
Recall that PM Abe previously interpreted Article 9 to allow collective self-defense. This time, the buzz is that Abe will move to amend the text.
The Japan Times reports here.
February 5, 2015 in Comparative Constitutionalism, News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Right to Strike in Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled last week that the Saskatchewan Public Service Essential Services Act (PSESA), which limited the ability of public sector employees who perform essential services to strike, violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. At the same time, the court upheld an act that increased the level of required written support, and reduced the time period for receiving support, to certify a union.
In striking the PSESA, the court held that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 2(d), free association, protects a fundamental right to strike, and that the PSESA wasn't saved by Section 1, the "reasonable limits" provision. The court wrote that the right to strike is "an indispensable component of" the right to bargain collectively, and "essential to realizing" the values of "human dignity, equality, liberty, and respect for the autonomy of the person and the enhancement of democracy." The court also noted that "international obligations also mandate protecting the right to strike . . . ."
The court said that the breach of Section 2(d) wasn't justified by Section 1, which "guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in [the Charter] subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society." The court wrote that the maintenance of essential public services is obviously "pressing and substantial," but that the PSESA wasn't sufficiently tailored. In particular, the court said that the PSESA allows too much given in defining "essential services" and the employees who perform them.
Two justices dissented, arguing that the political branches should have the flexibility to determine the scope of workers' ability to strike.
February 3, 2015 in Association, Cases and Case Materials, Comparative Constitutionalism, First Amendment, International | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, January 9, 2015
Nebraska Supremes Uphold Keystone Law
The Nebraska Supreme Court today upheld the state law delegating authority to the governor to approve the Keystone pipeline and to use eminent domain to access land along the pipeline route. The ruling does not affect fight in Washington, however, where today the House passed a bill to approve the pipeline, and where President Obama promised to veto it.
The Nebraska case arose out of a Nebraska law that delegated to the governor the power to approve the pipeline. (The former governor did so.) Taxpayers sued, arguing that the law violated the state constitution.
Four (of seven) judges agreed. They said that the law violated a state constitutional provision that reserves to the Public Service Commission this kind of decision. That provision says,
There shall be a Public Service Commission . . . . The powers and duties of such commission shall include the regulation of rates, service and general control of common carriers as the Legislature may provide by law. But, in the absence of specific legislation, the commission shall exercise the powers and perform the duties enumerated in this provision.
The four judges wrote that "we have held that the PSC has 'independent legislative, judicial, and executive or administrative powers' over common carriers, which powers are plenary and self-executing." Moreover, "specific legislation" means "specific restrictions," not "general legislation to divest the PSC of its jurisdiction and transfer its powers to another governmental entity besides the legislature." Thus the legislative delegation over Keystone to the governor improperly intruded upon the power of the PSC under the state constitution.
But under another state constitutional provision, four judges aren't enough to rule a law unconstitutional. The state constitution requires a super-majority of five (of seven) judges to rule a law unconstitutional. So even though a majority held the delegation unconstitutional, it's not. That means the law stays in place, the delegation is good, and the governor's action approving Keystone is untouched.
Before ruling on the merits, the court also ruled on taxpayer standing. The same four judges that argued that the delegation was unconstitutional also held that taxpayers had standing. (The other three argued that there was no standing, and that the standing decision also required a super-majority.) The court invoked its "great public concern" exception to the general rule against taxpayer standing. Under that exception, the court can take up a taxpayer case when it involves an issue of "the Legislature's obedience to the fundamental distribution of power in this state": "when a taxpayer claims that the Legislature enacted a Law that undermines the fundamental limitations on government powers under the Nebraska Constitution, this court has full power and the responsibility to address the public rights raised by a challenge to that act." The "great public concern" exception gives the Nebraska courts more leeway in taking up taxpayer cases than the Supreme Court's standing rules under Article III.
January 9, 2015 in Cases and Case Materials, Comparative Constitutionalism, News, Separation of Powers, Standing, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Montana Supremes Grant Right to Counsel in Private Adoption, Termination Cases
The Montana Supreme Court ruled in In the Matter of the Adoption of AWS and KRS that state constitutionaly equal protection guaranteed the right to counsel for an indigent mother in a private termination-of-parental rights proceeding.
The ruling means that poor parents in Montana now have a constitutional right to an appointed attorney to represent them in private cases (like adoptions) involving the termination of their parental rights.
The ruling also illustrates how state constitutional rights can be more generous than federal constitutional rights. (Under Lassiter v. Dep't of Social Services, there is no categorical constitutional right to counsel in a termination proceeding under the Fourteenth Amendment.)
The Supreme Court applied Montana state constitutional equal protection, which the court said "provides even more individual protection than the Equal Protection Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution."
The court noted that parents subject to state-initiated termination of parental rights (as in an abuse-and-neglect proceeding) have a state statutory right to counsel, but that parents subject to private termination of parental rights (as in an adoption, as in this case) don't. Because the underlying right--the right to parent--is fundamental, the court applied strict scrutiny to the distinction.
The court said that the only reason for not providing counsel in the private termination case was money. And that's not a sufficiently important state interest under strict scrutiny. So the indigent parent in a private termination case gets an attorney, too, as a matter of state constitutional equal protection.
The court suggested that an attorney in a state-initiated termination proceeding might be constitutionally compelled, or at least the issue raises a serious constitutional question, under the Montana constitution. (Under the Fourteenth Amendment and Lassiter v. Dep't of Social Services, there is no categorical constitutional right to counsel, and the answer depends on a Mathews v. Eldridge balancing.) This means that the state legislature can't solve the equal protection problem by taking away the statutory right to counsel for parents in a state-initiated termination proceeding; instead, it has to ratchet-up the rights of parents in a private termination proceeding.
For more information on civil right to counsel, or Civil Gideon, check out the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, an outstanding organization that is the clearinghouse for the excellent work in this area.
December 10, 2014 in Cases and Case Materials, Comparative Constitutionalism, Equal Protection, News, Opinion Analysis, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, November 7, 2014
Twenty Years of South African Constitutionalism: Conference
November 14- 16, 2014 at New York Law School.
The full program is here.
November 7, 2014 in Comparative Constitutionalism, Conferences, Courts and Judging, Scholarship, Theory | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
State Constitutional Amendments on the Ballot
In addition to the candidates, Tuesday's ballots contained a wide variety of proposed state constitutional amendments--from protecting and curtailing fundamental rights, to taxes, to structure and governance issues.
Maybe most notably, Colorado and North Dakota voters rejected a personhood amendment, while Tennessee voters approved an amendment giving lawmakers more power to regulate abortions.
Here's a sampling of other approved amendments:
Alabama voters passed an amendment to ban the use of foreign law in state courts, and another one to strengthen the state's constitutional right to hunt.
Illinois voters passed an amendment banning discrimination in the vote and another one that expands the rights of crime victims in the criminal justice system.
Mississippi voters aproved an amendment creating a right to hunt and fish.
Missouri voters approved an amendment to make it easier to prosecute sex crimes against children, and another one to limit the governor's ability to withhold money from the state budget.
North Carolina voters approved an amendment allowing criminal defendants to choose a judge or a jury trial.
South Carolina voters approved an amendment allowing certain nonprofits to hold raffles and use proceeds for charitable causes, and another allowing the governor to appoint the head of the South Carolina National Guard with consent of the Senate.
Tennessee approved four amendments: one to give lawmakers more power to regulate and restrict abortions; two to give more power to the governor in appointing judges (and to take that power away from a judicial nominating commission); three to forbid a state income tax; and four to allow the legislature to authorize lotteries to certain nonprofits.
Utah voters passed an amendment clarifying the term of an appointed lieutenant governor.
Virginia voters approved an amendment that exempts from local property taxes the home of a surviving spouse of an armed forces member who was killed in action.
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment that prevents governors and legislators from using state transportation funds for other purposes.
Here's a sampling of rejected amendments:
Colorado voters overwhelmingly rejected a personhood amendment.
Florida voters rejected a medical marijuana amendment. (Voters in other states also voted on marijuana initiatives, but Florida's was a proposed constitutional amendment.)
Idaho voters rejected an amendment that would allow the legislature to veto rules put in place by executive branch agencies.
Missouri voters rejected an amendment to evaluate K-12 teachers based on student performance instead of seniority, and another amendment to create a limited early voting period.
North Carolina voters rejected a personhood amendment.
November 5, 2014 in Comparative Constitutionalism, Elections and Voting, News, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Voter ID
The Arkansas Supreme Court yesterday struck the state's voter ID requirement under the state constitution. The unanimous ruling means that Arkansas will not use Act 595's voter ID requirements in the upcoming elections.
The ruling is based on state constitutional law only, and therefore won't and can't be appealed to the United States Supreme Court.
The state high court ruled that Act 595's voter ID requirement added a voter requirement to those set in the state constitution. Arkansas's constitution, art. 3, Section 1, says,
Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, any person may vote in an election in this state who is:
(1) A citizen of the United States;
(2) A resident of the State of Arkansas;
(3) At least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(4) Lawfully registered to vote in the election.
The court said, "These four qualifications set forth in our state's constitution simply do not include any proof-of-identity requirement." The court struck Act 595 on its face.
The court also rejected the argument that voter ID was simply a procedural method of identifying a voter, and therefore constitutional under a state constitutional provision allowing such methods:
We do not interpret Act 595's proof-of-identity requirement as a procedural means of determining whether an Arkansas voter can 'lawfully register[] to vote in the election.' Ark. Const. art. 3, Sec. 1(4). Under those circumstances, Act 595 would erroneously necessitate every lawfully registered voter in Arkansas to requalify themselves in each election.
Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson concurred in the result, but because Act 595 failed to get a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of the legislature as required by a 1964 amendment to the constitution that sets the requirements for identification and registration of voters (and does not include photo ID) and allows for legislative amendment of those requirements if the legislature votes by two-thirds in both houses.
October 16, 2014 in Cases and Case Materials, Comparative Constitutionalism, Elections and Voting, News, Opinion Analysis, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Louisiana Supremes Uphold Ban on Firearms for Ex-Felons
The Louisiana Supreme Court this week upheld the state's prohibition on the possession of firearms by convicted felons against a challenge that the law violated the state's gun-rights amendment. The court described the prohibition as "effective, time-tested, and easily understandable," and said that "[c]ommon sense and the public safety allow no other result."
Lousisiana's gun-rights amendment is notable because it explicitly sets strict scrutiny as the standard for laws infringing on the right to keep and bear arms:
The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms is fundamental and shall not be infringed. Any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny.
Article I, Section 11. Louisiana voters enacted the amendment to ensure that laws regulating guns are subject to the strictest standard of review (and not some lower standard that the courts might have used under the Second Amendment and Heller.) The previous version of the state constitution read, "The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged, but this provision shall not prevent the passage of laws to prohibit the carrying of weapons concealed on the person."
The court, with little analysis, concluded that Louisiana's law banning the possession of guns by convicted felons for a period of 10 years after their release met strict scrutiny. The court said that the state had a compelling interest in public safety, and that this ban was easily narrowly tailored to meet that interest (again, with little serious analysis). The court also looked to legislative history of the amendment that suggested that the amendment wouldn't affect gun laws already on the books at the time of the amendment.
The court's cursory analysis (under strict scrutiny, no less) says that certain gun restrictions get a free pass, and that provisions like Louisiana's amendment are strong on paper but but weaker in application. It also suggests that the amendment, with its strict scrutiny test, bit off more than it can chew.
July 3, 2014 in Cases and Case Materials, Comparative Constitutionalism, Fundamental Rights, News, Second Amendment, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Governor Lacks Authority to Revoke Commutation
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled this week in Makowski v. Governor that former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm lacked authority under the state constitution to revoke her valid commutation of a prisoner's sentence. The ruling means that the prisoner, whose sentence was first commuted but whose commutation was later revoked, is now eligible for parole.
The Michigan constitution gives the governor the power "to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after convictions for all offenses . . . ." Art. 5, Sec. 14. Governor Granholm exercised this authority when she granted a commutation on the recommendation of the parole board to an individual who was serving a life sentence for felony murder. But when the family of the victim contacted her office to express its dissatisfaction after the commutation was signed and sealed, she instructed the parole board to halt all commutation proceedings and revoked the commutation.
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that she couldn't do that it. The court first said that the case did not present a political question, because the state constitution limits the governor's power to commute "to those procedures and regulations that the Legislature enacts," and "[a]ccordingly, the distribution of power between the Legislature and the Governor regarding commutations creates a legal question that this Court must answer." The court said that legislative silence as to those procedures did not mean that the court should defer; instead, the court said that it had a duty to determine the extent and limits of executive authority regarding commutations. The court also ruled that its determination of the merits did not violate the separation of powers, because "this Court may review the Governor's exercise of power to ensure that it is constitutional."
As to the merits, the court held that the text and context of the commutation document indicated that it was final, and that the state constitution provided no power to revoke a commutation.
June 5, 2014 in Cases and Case Materials, Comparative Constitutionalism, Executive Authority, News, State Constitutional Law | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Daily Video: Brenda Cossman on Canada's Parliamentary Responses to Bedford Decision
Recall that in Canada v. Bedford, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously declared several provisions of Canada's criminal code regulating prostitution and sex work to be inconsistent with the Canadian Constitution's Charter of Rights and thus unconstitutional. The Court suspended the declaration of invalidity for one year from its December 2013 decision to allow Parliament to act.
Parliament is acting, but not in the manner that some anticipated.
Here's University of Toronto Law Professor Brenda Cossman discussing the proposed law in a video for Canada's Globe & Mail:
If Parliament does pass this legislation, it seems as if it will be swiftly challenged. And perhaps the Canada Supreme Court will have a chance to reconsider whether giving Parliament a chance to correct the defects is the best way to proceed.
June 5, 2014 in Comparative Constitutionalism, Courts and Judging, Profiles in Con Law Teaching, Sexuality | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Academic Freedom in Saskatchewan
Can a tenured professor, serving as a dean (or executive director) of the university's school of public health be terminated for publicly criticizing the university's restructuring plans?
This does not involve the new Kansas social media policy for academics, but the question that arose at the University of Saskatchewan this week; there's a good overview and links to the letter itself in this article from the Globe & Mail.
For Americans the situation seems close to the famous letter to the editor protected by the First Amendment in Pickering v. Board of Education. But recall Mr. Pickering was merely a teacher while Professor Buckingham at University of Saskatchewan was a dean charged with implementing the very policies he was criticizing, a situation akin to the one the Sixth Circuit confronted in Dixon v. University of Toledowhen considering a university human resources officer who made public statements inconsistent with the university's anti-discrimination policy that she had to enforce.
In recognition of this distinction, it seems now Buckingham has only been relieved of his duties as an administrator and may return to campus, seemingly complete with tenure.
Canadian ConLawProf Michael Plaxton (at the University of Saskatchewan) has a nuanced discussion in the Globe and Mail today.
May 15, 2014 in Comparative Constitutionalism, First Amendment, Teaching Tips | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)


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LashBlast Volume is among CoverGirl's best (and most popular) mascaras, for good reason: Its performance is truly impressive! LashBlast Volume's slightly over-sized, rubber-bristled brush may seem imposing at first, but it allows you to be surprisingly nimble when defining, lengthening, and thickening your lashes.
You're left with a full, dramatic, clump-free sweep of softly fringed, separated yet "fattened" lashes that look gorgeous and last all day. The formula doesn't flake or smear (unless you REALLY overdo it) and is easily removed with a water-soluble cleanser.
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This would probably be great for someone with fine lashes. It separates well and doesn't clump. For someone who has thicker lashes and is skilled at applying mascara, this isn't dramatic at all and takes too long to apply. It's a dryer style mascara and actually DOES flake some, despite the expert review. I prefer a wet, flexible, dramatic mascara for my lash type. So far my favorite of the drugstore products is still Maybelline's Full & Soft.
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It defines well. But maybe I just don't like these plastic cone like bristles. I find they make my eyelashes spikey and too separated! I wanted volume but didn't get any. I did...Read complete review
It defines well. But maybe I just don't like these plastic cone like bristles. I find they make my eyelashes spikey and too separated! I wanted volume but didn't get any. I did get lift and some length. Definitely not my fave. I love a big effect like the old L'Oreal Lash Architect. I need feathery, and maybe a little bit of fibers but spikey? No thanks.
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I always use more than one mascara, but this is always one of them. I've been using this for years. One of the best mascaras in general, especially for volume.
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This is an ok mascara just has no wow. It adds volume, doesn't smudge or flake, and doesn't clump. It would be perfect if it added length.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Hideous brush and globs on
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Are females so stupid that they think a fat container and fat brush will make your lashes bigger? I only tried this because review said it was good at separating. It doesn't. They need to do reviews for the type of eyelashes you have, not what the mascara does, as people with long lashes may not want thick globed on fake eyelashes.
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This mascara sucks!
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I bought this mascara after the positive review from beautypedia. And being disappointed by diorshow. But this mascara was a fail I ended up throwing it away. It was a waste of money. It was ok first use but was worse afterwards. It did nothing for my lashes .
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This is a good mascara, it goes on easily and it lengthens and volumizes but it does tend to clump and I like clump crusher more. I feel like I will like lash blast more in the waterproof version so I will try that one out.
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Love the waterproof version and have used it for years. For those complaining of it smudging, try the waterproof one. It does not budge until you take it off with a quality eye makeup remover (my fave is Neutrogena's Oil Free makeup remover).
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Love this mascara. After years of using mostly Clinique High Impact and Lancome Definicils, I am a convert to this mascara. Can't say enough good things about it: doesn't flake, separates, lengthens and adds volume, doesn't irritate my eyes, and the price point is amazing! This may not be for everyone but it's worth a try.:)
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This mascara has been my go-to for years. It's thick and creates length. I think they changed the formula recently since I get a stye and really swollen eye every few months.
Get a blast of lush, volumized lashes! LashBlast's patented volume-boosting formula and patent-pending brush are designed to max out each and every lash, leaving you with the ultimate big-lash look.
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Strengths: Inexpensive and widely available; a hugely improved selection of foundations, several with reliable sunscreen; good concealers; enviable pressed powders; some fantastic Lash Blast mascaras; mostly great eyelining options; a vast selection of lip color options, from the long-wearing Outlast to sheer lip glosses to the wholly impressive Lip Perfection lipstick; several great options in the Queen Collection.
Weaknesses: The older foundations are seriously lacking; the newer Advanced Radiance foundation has great texture but disappointing SPF rating; powder blush and eyeshadows; terrible makeup brushes; all of the "Clean" products contain irritating ingredients.
Since 1961, CoverGirl has been slowly building a portfolio of cosmetics that today is about as all-encompassing as a makeup line can be. Originating from the same "medicated" ingredients found in Noxzema Skin Cream (which was never medicated in the least, but seriously irritating for skin), the debut products are still available, albeit with slight modifications. The good news is that for the past several years CoverGirl has consistently updated their line with some very impressive products, especially their foundations, concealers, and vastly improved pressed powders. They also offer some excellent eye and lip pencils, lipsticks and lip gloss, and one of the all-time best long-wearing lip paints, Outlast.
What's puzzling is that although many of CoverGirl's latest products are progressive, they tend to hang on to the lackluster-to-poor options, including abysmal powder blush and eyeshadows and their long-standing, very irritating Clean Makeup. These items may be part of CoverGirl's humble beginnings, but you certainly don't see parent company Proctor & Gamble adding eucalyptus oil and menthol to their Olay products or to products of any of the other cosmetics companies they own. If those ingredients were so important, why not use them everywhere? Needless to say, the great products outnumber the disappointments, and the prices make it easy for those on a budget to be beautiful and enjoy some state-of-the-art products, provided they shop wisely.
CoverGirl's Web site is extremely easy to navigate, and presents a wealth of product information, along with practical (if somewhat cutesy) tips and tricks for successful makeup application and for finding the shades that work best for you. CoverGirl's consumer relations department is consistently helpful if you have any questions or concerns. For example, if one of your favorite items was discontinued, you might want to know what replaced it, and they will let you know. Such service and customer concern is yet another powerful reason to believe CoverGirl really has its (class) act together.
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I admire Joseph Gordon-Levitt a lot, both because of his mix of performances in both big movies and little movies and because he made such a good transition from kid actor to adult actor with substantially less awkwardness than most.
Don Jon is his first feature, both as a writer and as a director, and while he seems to have disappeared into the role, it's hard for me to see myself being interested in the story as they're presenting it here. (Tony Danza, though!)
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It'd probably be fair to consider Sunday's game in Oakland a bellwether contest for the Jets.
The matchup will mark a handful of important firsts: the first time the club will go on the road this season, the first of a tough three-game stretch and the first game, since 2006, that it will play without All-Pro center Nick Mangold.
So how New York performs Sunday could say a lot. If the Jets fare poorly, it may be cause for concern heading into the other two games. And if they do poorly up front without Mangold, it may prompt the team's front office to make a play at a free-agent center until he's back from his high ankle sprain.
What's at stake: For the Jets (2-0), it's all about momentum as they embark on the first of a three-game road trip with each game in hostile AFC territory (at Baltimore and at New England in the two weeks after).
To get a sense of how unusual three-game trips are in the NFL, veterans LaDainian Tomlinson and Plaxico Burress each said they didn't recall taking any before this one, let alone against three competitive teams like the Raiders, Ravens and Pats.
The Raiders are looking to move beyond last Sunday, when they lost a back-and-forth game, 38-35, to Buffalo in the final minute. Oakland (1-1) also wouldn't mind exacting revenge after the Jets came to the Bay Area two years ago and walked away with a 38-0 win.
When you're not watching the ball, look at: Jets center Colin Baxter. Cameras and announcers will likely be trained on him to start the game anyway, as he's scheduled to start for Mangold.
He's a polar opposite from the All-Pro in the sense that the undrafted rookie is in just his third week with the Jets and will be starting for the first time. Mangold, by contrast, will be missing his first game since he entered the league six years ago.
The team's offensive line could be key, as the trenches played an enormous role in 2009.
The Jets picked up 316 yards on the ground last time they visited Oakland, which gave up more than nine yards a carry last week at Buffalo. A good running game would be a welcome sight for New York, which has yet to fully implement its ground-and-pound attack with a three-yard-per-rush average so far.
Most important place for the Jets to gain/prevent yards: The Jets will find themselves challenged by Oakland's passing attack. Coach Rex Ryan said the Raiders' ability to throw down the field—particularly with their speedy receivers and quarterback Jason Campbell feeding them the ball—makes them like past Oakland teams. "The quarterback has a huge arm. He literally can throw the ball 80 yards. I mean, he has a huge arm," Ryan said.
New York will have to strike a balance between defending against the long, big-play routes and the short, delayed screen passes that the Raiders like to run. Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine called Oakland's skill players "formidable," saying he believed that Campbell had taken a big step forward from last year to this one.
This week's breakout will come from: receiver Plaxico Burress. The Raiders, for years, have been known as a team that likes to play single coverage along the outside—something the Jets likely won't see much of this year.
Teams will often double-cover the 6-foot-5 Burress, particularly in the red zone. How New York fares in one-on-one situations over the course of the game will be interesting. If quarterback Mark Sanchez exploits it, you'll probably see fewer teams try it against them. But clubs won't hesitate to duplicate the Raiders' plan if it's successful.
Quote of the week: Oakland coach Hue Jackson referenced Sanchez's hotdog-on-the-sideline fiasco from 2009. Cameras showed him indulging in a snack during the fourth quarter while the Jets held a massive 38-0 lead on the Raiders.
"I hope we can make it more interesting for him so he doesn't have to eat hot dogs," Jackson said. "Hopefully we can take the mustard and the relish and the onions and all that and put it away and play a little football."
Oakland coaches have gone as far as to show the clip to their players to remind them of the beating the club took two years ago.
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Super Podcasto Magnifico! Ep. #81: Best and Worst Black Characters
With Black History Month coming to a close, we decided to rate the best and worst black characters from comic books, TV and movies. We also look at the history of white characters turned black. As usual, arguments ensue. Listen in!Do you agree or disagree with our picks? Head over to our podcast Facebook page and let us know.
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Entries in 'employment' (3)
The games industry employs fewer women than any other creative sector
The UK games industry is lagging behind other creative sectors when it comes to female employment rates.
BBC's Panorama accuses Amazon of poor work conditions
Conditions for workers at Amazon warehouses "could cause mental and physical illness" according to an investigation by BBC Panorama.
400,000 retail jobs could be lost in next 5 years - analyst
The Centre for Retail Research has issued a grave warning for those working in UK retail.


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'I've found her, Angelos. And she's a goddess.'
Hearing the sound of his father's voice, Angelos Zouvelekis interrupted his conversation with the Greek ambassador to France and turned. 'Found who?' The fact that his father had made an effort to come tonight was a good sign. A few months ago he had been a broken man, unwilling to leave his isolated villa after his second painful divorce in six years.
'The perfect woman for you.' His father shook his head in disbelief, but the corners of his eyes crinkled as he smiled. 'Sometimes I wonder if you're really my son. This place is full of gorgeous, beautiful women and what do you do? You talk to boring men in suits. Where did I go wrong with you?'
Seeing the surprise in the ambassador's eyes, Angelos smoothly excused himself and drew his father to one side. 'For me, tonight is about business. I hold this ball every year. The purpose is to part the rich and famous from their money.'
'Business, business, business.'Visibly exasperated, his father raised his hands in despair. 'Does business keep you warm at night? Does it cook you dinner? Does it raise your children? Always with you it is business, Angelos, and already you are a billionaire! You have enough money! You don't need any more money! What you need is a good woman!'
Several heads turned in their direction, but Angelos simply laughed. 'Tonight I'm not making money. I'm giving it away. And you're shocking everyone. Behave yourself,'he said mildly, 'or I'll tell Security to remove you from the building.' But it had been such a long time since his father had summoned sufficient energy to nag him about marriage that he felt nothing but relief. 'And I don't needyou to find me a woman.'
'Why? Do you find one on your own? No, you don't. Not a proper one. You spend your time with women who would not make suitable wives.'
'That's why I pick them,' Angelos murmured, but his father frowned his disapproval, dismissing his comment with another wave of his hand.
'I know who you pick! The whole world knows who you pick, Angelos, because the stories are in every newspaper. One week it is a Savannah, the next it is a Gisellanever the same woman for more than a few weeks, and always they are thin, thin, thin.' His Greek accent thickening his words, Costas Zouvelekis made a disparaging noise. 'How can you be happy with a woman who doesn't enjoy her food? Does a woman like that cook for you? No. Does she enjoy life? No, of course not. How can a woman enjoy life when she is starving hungry? The women you pick have the legs and the hair, and they are like athletes in the bedroom, but would they care for your children? No. Would they?'
'I don't need a woman to cook. I have staff for that purpose.' Angelos wondered briefly whether inviting his father to this particular function might have been a mistake after all. 'And I don't have any children for a woman to care for.'
His father gave a snort of exasperation. 'I know you don't, and I want you to have children. That is the point I am making! You are thirty-four years old and how many times have you been married? None. I am sixty-three and how many times have I been married? Three. It is time you started catching up, Angelos. Make me a grandfather!'
'Ariadne has already made you a grandfather twice.'
'That's different. She's my daughter and you are my son. I want to hold the sons of my son in my arms.'
'I'll get married when I find the right woman, not before.' Angelos drew his father onto the balcony that circled the ballroom and refrained from pointing out that his father's last two attempts at marriage had created emotional and financial devastation.
There was no way he was making that mistake.
'You won't find the right woman by dating the wrong ones! And what are we doing in Paris? Why can't you hold this ball in Athens? What is wrong with Athens?'
'The world is bigger than Greece.'Angelos suppressed a yawn as the conversation shifted onto another familiar topic. 'I conduct business all over the globe.'
'And I never understand why! Did I have to leave Greece to make my first million? No!' Costas peered into the ballroom. 'Where has she gone? I can't see her.'
Angelos raised his eyebrows in question. 'Who are you looking for?'
'The goddess with the body. She was perfect. And now she has disappeared. She was all eyes and curves and soft-looking. Now, that girl would make a good mother. I can imagine her with your children snuggled on her lap and a moussaka cooling on your table.'
Angelos glanced at his father with amusement. 'I suggest you don't tell her that. These days it is heresy to make that sort of comment to a woman. They invariably have rather different aspirations.'
'The women you pick have different aspirations.' His father's voice was fierce as he searched the room with his eyes. 'Believe me, this one was built to be a mother. If you don't want her, then I might be interested myself.'
All trace of amusement left him, and Angelos inhaled sharply.
'Not again!' Didn't his father ever learn? 'Promise me that this time you'll just take her to bed. Don't marry her,' he advised, taking a glass of orange juice from a passing waiter and swapping it for the glass of champagne in his father's hand.
'You only think about bed and sex, but I have more respect for women than that.'
'You need to develop a more cynical approach to the opposite sex,' Angelos advised. 'What respect did Tara show you when she left you after six months, taking with her enough money to keep her going for life?'
His father's knuckles whitened as he gripped the stem of the glass. 'We both made a mistake.'
Mistake? Angelos ground his teeth. He was sure that as far as Tara was concerned the marriage had been a resounding success. She was now an extremely rich young woman.
His father deflated before his eyes, his vulnerability exposed. 'She was very mixed up. She didn't know what she wanted.'
'She knew exactly what she wanted' Angelos broke off, trapped between the option of upsetting his father still further by highlighting the ruthless efficiency of Tara's campaign, or of letting the subject drop and risking the possibility that, even after two such divorces, his trusting father still hadn't learned the lessons that needed to be learned.
Costas sighed. 'A relationship should be about love and caring.'
Angelos winced at this sentimental and dangerous observation and made a mental note to instruct his security team to screen all women showing the slightest interest in his father in order to protect him from further unscrupulous individuals. 'Didn't your last two marriages teach you anything about women?'
'Yes. They taught me that you can't trust a thin one.' Costas regained some of his spirit. 'They want to be size zerobut why is it called that? Because they are zero use to anyone! They are too thin and hungry to live the life a woman is supposed to live. Next time I marry she will be a proper shape.'
'After everything that has happened over the past six years, you still believe that love exists?'
His father's face fell. 'I was in love with your mother for forty years. Of course I believe that love exists.'
Cursing himself for his lack of tact, Angelos put a hand on his father's shoulder. 'You should stop trying to replace her,' he said roughly. 'What you had was rare.' So rare that he'd given up hope of finding it himself. And he wasn't willing to risk settling for anything less.
'I will find it again.'
Not before it had cost the family a fortune in divorce settlements and mental anguish.
Frustrated by his father's misguided optimism about the female sex, Angelos ran a hand over the back of his neck. 'Stay single. It's less complicated.'
'I'm not staying single. I hate being single. It isn't natural for a man to be single. And you shouldn't be single, either.'
Seeing that his father was about to launch into another lecture in favour of the curvaceous woman, Angelos decided that the conversation had gone on long enough. 'You don't need to worry about me. I'm seeing a woman.' It wasn't the relationship that his father was hoping for, but he didn't need to know that.
His father scowled at him suspiciously. 'Is she a proper shape?'
'She is a perfect shape,' Angelos drawled, thinking of the A list Hollywood actress who had spent two extremely exciting nights in his bed the week before. Would he be seeing her again? Possibly. She had the legs and the hair and she was definitely an athlete in the bedroom. Was he interested in marrying her? Absolutely not. They would bore each other to death within a month, let alone a lifetime.
But hope was already lighting his father's eyes. 'And when will I meet her? You never introduce me to your girlfriends.'
With good reason. Introducing a woman to his father would deliver the exact message he was so careful never to send. 'When a woman is important to me, you will meet her,' Angelos said smoothly. 'And now I want to introduce you to Nicole. She's my Director of Public Affairs here in Paris, and she definitely loves food. I know you'll have plenty to say to one another.'He guided his father towards the reliable Nicole, made the necessary introductions, and then turned back to the ballroom to continue networking.
And stopped dead, his attention caught by the woman directly in front of him.
She walked as though she owned the place, with a gentle swing of her hips and a faint smile on her glossy mouth, as if something or someone had amused her. Her blonde hair was piled on her head and her vivid red dress provided a dazzling splash of colour amidst the predictable boring black. She looked like an exotic rainforest bird let loose among a flock of crows.
Instantly forgetting the Hollywood actress, Angelos watched her for a moment and then gave a slow, satisfied smile of his own. His father would be pleased on two counts, he thought, as he moved purposefully towards the unknown woman. Firstly because he was about to stop thinking about business and turn his attentions to the pursuit of pleasure, and secondly because the source of that pleasure definitely, very definitely, had curves.
Not that he required her to perform the various domestic functions that his father had listed. Despite his father's obvious concerns for him, he wasn't interested in a woman's capacity to cook, clean or raise his children. At this point in his life all he expected from a woman was entertainment, and she looked as though she'd been designed for exactly that purpose.
* * *
Smile, walk, smile, don't panic
It was like being back in the school playground, with the bullies circling like gladiators while the malevolent crowd of girls pressed in, watching with sadistic fascination. Waiting for the kill.
The memory was so disturbingly vivid that feelings of terror and humiliation stirred to life, catching her unawares. No matter how many years passed, her past was always there, lurking inside her like dark, filthy slime.
She struggled to throw off all her old insecurities.
It was ridiculous to think of that here, now, when that part of her life had ended long ago.
This wasn't the playground, and she'd moved beyond that. The bullies might still be out there, but they couldn't see her any more. Her disguise was perfect.
Or was it?
She shouldn't have worn red. Red made her stand out like a beacon. And if she didn't eat something soon she was going to pass out.
Didn't anyone eat at these functions?
Wasn't anyone else starving hungry?
No wonder they were thin.
Wishing she'd never decided to test herself in this way, Chantal attempted to stroll casually across the room. Confidence is everything, she reminded herself. Chin high, eyes up. Red is fine. They're only people. Don't let them intimidate you. They know nothing about you. From the outside you more or less look like them, and they can't see who you are on the inside.
To distract herself, she played her usual game of make-believe. The game she'd invented as a means to survive in the lawless, ruthless environment she'd inhabited as a child. Her life had followed a pattern. A new playground, a new set of lies. A new layer of protection.
Who was she going to be this evening?
An heiress, maybe? Or possibly an actress?
A model?
No. Not a model. She would never be able to convince anyone that she was a model. She wasn't tall enough or thin enough.
She paused, still pondering her options. Nothing too complicated. Not that she was worried about being found out, because she would never see any of these people again.
Just for tonight, she could be anyone she wanted to be.
A penniless Italian contessa with lots of breeding and no money?
No. This was a charity ball. It wouldn't do to admit to having no money.
An heiress would be best.
An heiress wishing to remain incognito to avoid fortune hunters.
Yes. That was a good one.
Her excuse for not spending the money she didn't have would be that she didn't want to draw attention to herself.
The ballroom was amazing, with its high ceilings and glittering chandeliers. She had to remind herself not to stare at the paintings or the statues, and to adopt an expression of casual in-differenceas though this was her world and such an exhibition of art and culture surrounded her on a daily basis.
As if
'Champagne?' The question came from behind her and she turned swiftly, her eyes widening as she was confronted by a man so devilishly good-looking that every woman in the room was watching him longingly.
Her limbs weakened.
Arrogant, was the first word that came to mind.
Devastating, was the second.
His eyes glittered dark and he studied her with a disturbing degree of interest as he handed her a glass.
What was it about dinner jackets, she mused, that turned men into gods? Not that this man needed the assistance of well cut clothes to look good. He would have looked good in anything or nothing. He was also the sort of man who wouldn't have looked twice at her in normal circumstances.
Chantal felt a sudden explosion of awareness engulf her body, and a deadly sexual warmth spread across her pelvis and down her limbs. He hadn't touched her. He hadn't even shaken her hand. And yet
Dangerous was the word that finally caused her to take a defensive step backwards.
'I thought I knew everyone on the invitation list, but obviously I was wrong.' He spoke with the easy confidence that was the natural inheritance of the rich and powerful, his voice smooth and seductive, one dark eyebrow raised in anticipation of an introduction.
Still struggling to understand the reaction of her body, Chantal ignored the question in his eyes.


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Manchester United Message Board
A Yahoo! User Feb 4, 2008 22:46 Flag
manc, please keep up the good work.
We're so grateful to have Guardian Angels like yourself around.
Your selfless good work helps to corner the BAD guys (you know who you are) by making these boards a better place for all.
WELL DONE, manc. You've got my votes anyday.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A Yahoo! User Feb 5, 2008 13:52 Flag
Hahaha, this is the funniest thread ever ...
Post it wanc, you tosser, then stop pretending to support United.
If you were a real United fan you would lick the arse of someone who calls himself manure_scum_of_the_earth
Put up or shut up arsehole.
A Yahoo! User Feb 5, 2008 08:01 Flag
harris your full of shyt mate..............shame you lost your address book..............when u got ya id deleted..
youve always been hanging out the back of bytchylass butch......just stay there and stop crawling..........idiot.
TiltonRoad TiltonRoad Feb 5, 2008 06:46 Flag
I have no issue with you, I was a little surprised that you should imply I was racist, when you don't know who I am and that I have not had any reason to cross swords with you in any way shape or form.
I am not associating myself with anyone except people who I consider personal friends and who are being verbally attacked by a certain person that uses this board.
If you wish to associate yourself with that person,that of course is your perogative, but until he stops getting personal with my friends, then I shall do what I can to see that he is made to stop.,
Thankyou Ian.
Cheers Manc.
TiltonRoad TiltonRoad Feb 5, 2008 05:20 Flag
Gene, I'm sure that the person(s) that hold the info, (which for your info is not personally identifiable so no worries on that score), want to have that pleasure themselves.
I have already suggested that I post it and would happily do so right now, wouldn't bother me, but out of respect for the persons that hold it, I will await for the right moment, which will come I'm sure. Have a little patience, it is worth waiting for.
Its best to let the Hammers do it ,leave it to them.
But will this deter the thick skinned twat?
TiltonRoad TiltonRoad Feb 5, 2008 05:10 Flag
If it was my information, I would be posting it right now. However, it is not, and therefore cannot, but I am privey to it and it is GENUINE and good, and I'm sure someone will have a face as Red as the teams home shirt when it is put up on the boards., and if the prat keeps up his behaviour, I'm sure it won't be long.
Make sure that you splash it high in 12ft letters when you do, Manc - this is something that we'd all like to enjoy!
TiltonRoad TiltonRoad Feb 5, 2008 04:20 Flag
I appreciate that Gene, and I am already a member of a official Football club forum, who wouldn't stand for the cr"p that these weirdo's spout at other's. Obviously I don't use this ID on there, and I don't want to become a modern day good samaritan, but drunk has verbally attacked one or two of my mates, so he takes us all on. He can back off if he want's, no problem and it stop's there, or keep it going, but I don't intend to back off.
I am privey to some info that will shut him up for good cause it will show him up for what he really is, a lying toad who can't lie straight in bed. Believe me it's good. It proves he is a LYER. His call really, but it is about time everyone stood together against him and his side kick who spoil this and other board's for everyone else.
TiltonRoad TiltonRoad Feb 5, 2008 03:56 Flag
Ok Gene.....
I've been called alot worse than that. Don't bother me none.
If he wants a talk we can do that too, or butt out completely..that's his call, but I for one am tired of the weirdos's infesting this board doing nothing else than causing cr"p.
The only way to stop it is to use the 'report abuse' button against these people and get them removed. Takes everyone, not one or two. I have done my bit and will continue to do so, but there is alot of credibility in the phrase 'weight of numbers'
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