The Labour government faces a more difficult task in completing its reform of the welfare state in its second term of office.

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While including a ban in the constitution would make it more difficult to overturn than the existing law, one state legislator said changing times would eventually undermine the measure.

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Less regulation at the federal level could lead to more regulation at the state level, creating a labyrinth of rules that businesses could find very difficult to navigate.

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"It's emotionally more difficult for the victims than it would be had the state sought life, " said Dan Schoen, a death-penalty opponent and the executive director of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar.

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The recent New York State Court of Appeals in pari delicto decision will make those claims more difficult to pursue.

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Life is made more difficult when voters shift powers and resources away from the local and state levels up to the federal level.

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Congress intended to make it more difficult for class actions to proceed in state courts, a forum the business community considered unfairly hospitable to plaintiffs.

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