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10 May 2011, 3:07 pm
Chen’s confirmation became more likely last week, when a bipartisan group of 63 senators voted to block a filibuster on another district court nominee, Rhode Island trial lawyer John “Jack” McConnell Jr. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 8:54 pm
In addition, a Rhode Island House bill (HB 5675) would transfer the existing power to confirm from the Senate to the House. [read post]
6 Mar 2011, 8:37 pm
It seems as if right on cue, Governor Chris Christie called for an increase in New Jersey's estate tax exemption from $675,000 to $1,000,000 in his recent budget address and Senate Republicans then promptly introduced a bill to raise the exemption accordingly....Read Full Post [read post]
20 Aug 2018, 2:43 pm
The judge, by the way, knows something of political debate; he had been, in his day, a Rhode Island state senator and Lieutenant Governor. [read post]
28 Apr 2021, 5:57 am
As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on federal courts, the Democratic senator from Rhode Island alleged in a hearing on Tuesday that Republican-appointed justices on the court violated the general principle against appellate fact-finding in two of the most high-profile and hotly debated rulings issued by the Roberts court: Citizens United v. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 7:44 pm
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1 Jun 2007, 11:16 pm
In a closed session on May 23, two Democrats, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Dianne Feinstein of California, proposed barring spending on interrogation techniques that go beyond the Army Field Manual, which bans physical pressure or pain. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 5:00 am
According to DS News magazine, Whitehouse’s proposal is modeled after a court program in his home state of Rhode Island. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 8:42 pm
Justice Department the ability to prosecute civil cases of copyright infringement sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee 14-4 on Thursday, and is expected to hit the Senate floor for a vote soon. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 5:25 pm
” Senator Leahy’s call for a Commission of Inquiry received strong support from Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) and Russ Feingold (Democrat, Wisconsin). [read post]
12 May 2009, 6:51 am
On February 13, 2009 - four days before the Stimulus Bill was enacted by President Obama - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) introduced Senate Bill 444, entitled "National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009. [read post]
26 Jul 2007, 10:38 am
Senators Dianne Feinstein (California), Russell Feingold (Wisconsin), Charles Schumer (New York) and Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island) signed the letter (.pdf) sent to the Solicitor General Paul Clement, who is acting Attorney General in matters where the AG has recused himself. [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 12:59 pm
The Senate’s plan would grow the economy while simplifying the tax code and reducing marginal rates. [read post]
15 Feb 2007, 3:32 am
The exchange starts when when Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic senator from Rhode Island new to the Judiciary Committee, asked Justice Kennedy about whether he thought, after Blakely and Booker, there is now an ideal balance between uniform sentencing rules and judicial discretion in the federal system. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 1:03 pm
EPA; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University; Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island; Louisiana State University Department of Environmental Science; and the environmental organization Oceana. [read post]
4 Jun 2011, 6:04 am
Tomassi Law Associates, LLC is a Rhode Island based law practice with offices in Wakefield, Warwick and North Providence, RI. [read post]
19 Apr 2020, 2:11 pm
He finds that three states, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Rhode Island, lack laws empowering their governors to fill vacancies in the Senate. [read post]
14 Feb 2013, 10:11 pm
Senator Lautenberg often quips that though he is not a Rhodes scholar, he is a proud “scholar of New Jersey’s roads. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 8:31 am
Connecticut and Rhode Island (court of last resort only) require House and Senate confirmation. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 9:46 am
Effective July 1, 2012, Virginia joins the ranks of other domestic asset protection trust states, including Nevada, South Dakota, Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado (although it is uncertain whether the latter’s statute provides protection). [read post]
