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Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power, upending their authority to issue regulations unless Congress has spoken clearly.The court split along ideological lines in the dispute, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the conservative majority.

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Step to halt illegal immigrants splits town.....Morristown's council last night endorsed the mayor's effort to have the town's police deputized as federal immigration officers. "We are looking for lawbreakers......We're trying to take criminals off the streets, we're trying to take criminals out of the country." Mayor Donald Cresitello has asked the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to train and deputize up to 10 police officers so they can charge suspects with immigration violations and order them to appear in federal court, which could ultimately lead to deportation.....among the nation's first municipal forces to gain such powers. Only 10 law...

<p>In the original vision of America's founding fathers, the states were to be the crucibles of democracy. Puritan New England, Quaker Pennsylvania, Cavalier Virginia, commercial New York - each state was to be governed, for the most part, by its own laws and customs. The federal government had only a handful of specified, limited powers and responsibilities, such as national defense and coining money.</p>