I approve of the result, but shouldn't he be enforcing Federal law, which is his job?
I'd have more respect for him if he said he was going to de-prioritize (but not stop) such raids, while calling on Congress to fix the law.
Personally, I have no problem with him refusing to enforce an immoral law. If we must put it in “doing his job” terms, then this will better allow him to enforce other laws like fraud (or worse) without diverting resources to chasing terminal cancer patients. Besides, prosecutors make broad discretionary decisions about whether or not to pursue indictments all the time; here he's doing it to a broad class of people instead of a specific person, but it's still a power that prosecutors already have.
If he is failing in his duties as attorney general, then the court of public opinion will weigh in, up to and including the possibility of impeachment. I'd welcome such a debate about drug law reform. I think we'd see an uproar if he was refusing to indict for fraud or violent crimes or something else heinous, but I doubt it will happen here.
Die Kapitalabflüsse gestalteten sich in der Branche in Europa und den Vereinigten Staaten allerdings sehr unterschiedlich: Während amerikanische Hedge-Fonds in großem Umfang juristische Sperren nutzten, die eine sofortige Rückzahlung von Anlagegeld an die Kunden beschränkten oder hinauszögerten (Gates), ist dies bei europäischen Hedge-Fonds weniger üblich. Auch gibt es in Europa mehr Dachfonds, in die Privatinvestoren investieren. Diese hatten die erste Kündigungswelle bei Hedge-Fonds im Herbst 2008 ausgelöst. Die Kapitalabflüsse aus Hedge-Fonds waren daher in der zweiten Jahreshälfte vor allem in Europa relativ hoch. Die Mittel europäischer Hedge-Fonds schrumpften nach Einschätzung von Morgan Stanley um 25 bis 30 Prozent.
In den Vereinigten Staaten beliefen sich die Mittelabflüsse zunächst „nur“ auf 15 bis 20 Prozent. Dies erklärt, warum der weltweite Verband der Hedge-Fonds, die Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), kürzlich bekanntgab, dass das Anlagekapital der 1200 bei der AIMA registrierten Mitglieder jetzt zum Großteil von institutionellen Investoren gehalten werde und nicht mehr von vermögenden Einzelpersonen, wie dies früher der Fall gewesen war.
That's a good news although I don't know how long this will last. As far as I am concerned marijuana should be legalized, this would end all the raids, incarcerations, punishments and confusions related to the drug. Marijuana controversies last for too long, I know people who refuse to attend a drug treatment program because they are afraid of any legal consequences.
That's a good news although I don't know how long this will last. As far as I am concerned marijuana should be legalized, this would end all the raids, incarcerations, punishments and confusions related to the drug. Marijuana controversies last for too long, I know people who refuse to attend a drug treatment program because they are afraid of any legal consequences.
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I approve of the result, but shouldn't he be enforcing Federal law, which is his job?
I'd have more respect for him if he said he was going to de-prioritize (but not stop) such raids, while calling on Congress to fix the law.
Personally, I have no problem with him refusing to enforce an immoral law. If we must put it in “doing his job” terms, then this will better allow him to enforce other laws like fraud (or worse) without diverting resources to chasing terminal cancer patients. Besides, prosecutors make broad discretionary decisions about whether or not to pursue indictments all the time; here he's doing it to a broad class of people instead of a specific person, but it's still a power that prosecutors already have.
If he is failing in his duties as attorney general, then the court of public opinion will weigh in, up to and including the possibility of impeachment. I'd welcome such a debate about drug law reform. I think we'd see an uproar if he was refusing to indict for fraud or violent crimes or something else heinous, but I doubt it will happen here.
Raivo Pommer
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HEDGE-FOND
Die Kapitalabflüsse gestalteten sich in der Branche in Europa und den Vereinigten Staaten allerdings sehr unterschiedlich: Während amerikanische Hedge-Fonds in großem Umfang juristische Sperren nutzten, die eine sofortige Rückzahlung von Anlagegeld an die Kunden beschränkten oder hinauszögerten (Gates), ist dies bei europäischen Hedge-Fonds weniger üblich. Auch gibt es in Europa mehr Dachfonds, in die Privatinvestoren investieren. Diese hatten die erste Kündigungswelle bei Hedge-Fonds im Herbst 2008 ausgelöst. Die Kapitalabflüsse aus Hedge-Fonds waren daher in der zweiten Jahreshälfte vor allem in Europa relativ hoch. Die Mittel europäischer Hedge-Fonds schrumpften nach Einschätzung von Morgan Stanley um 25 bis 30 Prozent.
In den Vereinigten Staaten beliefen sich die Mittelabflüsse zunächst „nur“ auf 15 bis 20 Prozent. Dies erklärt, warum der weltweite Verband der Hedge-Fonds, die Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), kürzlich bekanntgab, dass das Anlagekapital der 1200 bei der AIMA registrierten Mitglieder jetzt zum Großteil von institutionellen Investoren gehalten werde und nicht mehr von vermögenden Einzelpersonen, wie dies früher der Fall gewesen war.
That's a good news although I don't know how long this will last. As far as I am concerned marijuana should be legalized, this would end all the raids, incarcerations, punishments and confusions related to the drug. Marijuana controversies last for too long, I know people who refuse to attend a drug treatment program because they are afraid of any legal consequences.
That's a good news although I don't know how long this will last. As far as I am concerned marijuana should be legalized, this would end all the raids, incarcerations, punishments and confusions related to the drug. Marijuana controversies last for too long, I know people who refuse to attend a drug treatment program because they are afraid of any legal consequences.