Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Interesting excerpt from the Federalist 03-38 Digest:

Topographical nomenclature is on the verge of a great new era, as the New Hampshire state legislature prepares to name one of the tallest peaks in the White Mountain Range in honor of President Ronald Reagan. Mount Reagan, standing at 5,553 feet, will stand alongside the peak named for President George Washington, and joins the others named in the state's prestigious Presidential Range -- Presidents Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Monroe, Pierce and Eisenhower. In naming the peak for Mr. Reagan prior to his death, New Hampshire is violating a federal law which mandates that a president must be deceased for a minimum of five years before a mountain can be named in his honor. (We at The Federalist were just wondering where within the Constitution is the language that grants mountain-naming authority to the central government.) The state legislature voted to simply "ignore" the federal law, however, and we're certain President Reagan would be pleased with New Hampshire's pro-federalist stand.

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