However, in the hands of a group of justices who reason similarly to Chief Justice Taney, such as the current Rehnquist majority, the Tenth Amendment is a powerful tool that can be used to empower the individual states and limit what powers the federal government can exercise over the states and their citizens. ... The Articles of Confederation (the governing document of the United States from 1781 to 1789) rejected a national government with broad, elastic powers by stating in Article II, "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right w...

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Management consulting firms are considered typical examples of highly knowledge-intensive companies since: they depend heavily on the expertise of their people; focus on customer relations; employ network architectures, i.e. confederations of professionals engaged in value-added/creativity-added work; the nature of their assignments is team-based and mainly project-focused; and they put considerable emphasis on applied creativity for solving the problems of their clients. ... However, at a time when a growing number of companies are seeking the advice and counsel of management consultants on ...

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When the framers met in Philadelphia in 1787 to "revise the Articles of Confederation" and ended up creating an entirely new constitution, in no country in the world was there a democratically selected chief executive. ... The framers of the new presidency were clearly trying to remedy the inadequate provisions for leadership under the Articles. ... Although independent from Congress (not true under the Articles), the president would still share considerable power with Congress. ... One of the primary ways the president can control the executive agencies is by issuing executive o...

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