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In this atmosphere , he asserts , a revived ACIR - - a federal body charged with studying fiscal and structural federalism , with formal appointments of lawmakers and executives from the federal , state , and local levels - - could play a vital advisory role . With reference to this right of selfgovernment in independent sovereign States , an opinion has been expressed , which , whilst it concedes this right as inseparable from and as a necessary attribute of sovereignty and independence , asserts nevertheless some implied and paramount authority of a supposed international law , to which this right of selfgovernment must be regarded and exerted as subordinate ; and from which independent and sovereign States can be exempted only by a protest , or by some public and formal rejection of that authority . With reference to this right of self-government in independent sovereign States , an opinion has been expressed , which , whilst it concedes this right as inseparable from and as a necessary attribute of sovereignty and independence , asserts nevertheless some implied and paramount authority of a supposed international law , to which this right of self-government must be regarded and exerted as subordinate ; and from which independent and sovereign States can be exempted only by a protest , or by some public and formal rejection of that authority .