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A crowd of people waits outside a closed savings and loan building in Ohio during the 1985 banking crisis.

National Sovereignty

The 1985 Ohio Bank Holiday: Executive Power and the Savings and Loan Collapse

In 1985, Ohio Governor Dick Celeste exercised extraordinary executive power by declaring a bank holiday to halt a run on state-chartered savings and loan institutions. The crisis, triggered by the…

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The West Kowloon Law Courts Building stands as a symbol of the rule of law in Hong Kong.

The Courts

Hong Kong Strengthens National Security by Enforcing Financial Accountability for Fugitives

February 27, 2026 Julie Harris 0 Comments

Hong Kong officials have successfully utilized the 2024 national security law to sentence the father of an exiled activist to eight months in prison. This landmark case involved an attempt…

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