Voters in 1990 had supported an initiative limiting state officials and legislators terms, but legal challenges sent it to the courts.
It is hard to enforce policies limiting state-aid without a member state's backing, says Stephen Kinsella, a lawyer in Herbert Smith's Brussels office.
The Task Force has recommended various policies for restricting alcohol, including limiting sales, limiting privatization of state liquor stores, and increasing taxes.
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There is also some debate about limiting the power of state prosecutors to file cases against individuals.
Checks and balances between the three branches of government protect the individual's rights by limiting the powers of the state, but make the individual subject to the law.
Griesing's organization vigorously fought the move to phosphate-free until Washington State passed a law in March 2006 limiting the amount of phosphates in household dishwasher detergent sold in that state to 0.5%, or a trace amount, effective July 1, 2010 (in most of the state).
Republican state legislators have also been devising new rules that, according to critics, are intended to suppress Democratic turnout in the state, such as limiting early voting and requiring voters to display government-issued photo I.
In the brief Cruz submitted to the Supreme Court, he argues that the Court could strike down the Washington DC gun ban without impacting on (declaring unconstitutional) the many state regulations prohibiting or limiting ownership of certain weapons.
Red tape continues to tie business up in knots, limiting economic growth and its contribution to state coffers.
But what about the noise about limiting itemized deductions, including the deduction for state and local taxes?
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Republicans have said limiting magazine sizes will drive jobs from the state, and ultimately won't prevent criminals from getting larger magazines in other states.
Does the state legislature have a just and reasonable cause for drastically limiting the authority of local governments.
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He has a weighty team of foreign-policy advisers, but his likely secretary of state, Colin Powell, seems to favour a strict policy limiting military intervention abroad.
"We are limiting the number of founding members to maintain a comfortable, creative environment, " the owners state on their website.
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Last year, spooked by the idea of foreign sovereign-wealth funds and state-owned firms buying up vast tracts, the government resurrected a 1971 law limiting the amount of rural land foreigners can buy.
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By controlling what Petrobras, the state-run oil producer, charged for petrol, for instance, the government was limiting the cash the company had left over for investment.
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