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2 May 2011, 9:00 am
Senate advice and consent to ratification was given on February 19, 1932. [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 4:00 am
Last week (Dec. 21), the United States Senate passed by unanimous consent Senate Resolution 139 condemning Iran's state-sponsored persecution of it Baha'i minority and, more broadly, Iran's continuing violation of international human rights covenants. [read post]
9 Mar 2017, 4:16 pm
Gorsuch to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, filling the seat vacated following the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 9:00 am
It was Proclaimed by the President of the United States on May 26, 1875. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 9:00 am
Ratification advised by the Senate of the United States of America on November 29, 1979. [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 7:27 am
On November 4, 2009, the United States Senate voted 98-0 to extend the current unemployment insurance benefits program. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 11:15 am
Short pieces:Let Us Not Forget That Asylum is a Human Right (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Dec. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]UNHCR and UC Law San Francisco Announce First Sergio Vieira De Mello Chair in the United States for International Refugee Law (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]What We Know About the Senate Negotiations That Could Wreck Asylum in the US (Immigration Impact Blog, Dec. 2023) [text]- See also earlier related WOLA commentary.Journal… [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 9:16 pm
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to mark up S. 2052, the Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 7:23 pm
As this article on CNN notes, the United States Senate continues to consider the proposed 9/11 first-responder healthcare bill, championed particularly by Senator Schumer of New York. [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 8:20 am
Department of State) has published Digest of United States Practice in International Law, 2016. [read post]
24 Nov 2014, 5:15 am
In addition to declaring war against the Islamic State in Section 2(a), Senator Paul also proposes in Section 2(b): “The President is hereby authorized and directed to use the Armed Forces of the United States to protect the people and facilities of the United States in Iraq and Syria against the threats posed thereto by” the Islamic State. [read post]
29 Apr 2022, 8:50 am
” The battlespace in Syria was messy before the United States intervened. [read post]
12 Nov 2012, 10:10 am
Earlier this year we posted about how Iowa Senator Charles Grassley was unhappy that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was having a judicial conference in Maui. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 9:00 am
Senate advice and consent to ratification was given on March 3, 1926. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 1:00 pm
Ratification advised by the Senate of the United States of America on May 16, 1961, and October 22, 1963, respectively. [read post]
19 Mar 2019, 7:21 am
The longest-serving Senate president in Maryland history and in the United States offered up advice to senators with visions of wielding his gavel: He’s not going anywhere. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 7:05 pm
Miller, a Democrat and the longest-serving state Senate president in Maryland and the United States, is expected to make an announcement regarding his health on Thursday morning. [read post]
9 Apr 2010, 6:00 am
Some Democrats tried but failed to block $9.4 million from being spent to open a solitary confinement unit at the Colorado State Penitentiary. [read post]
31 Jan 2018, 7:20 am
On Monday, February 5, 2018, the United States Senate will hold a confirmation vote on Andrei Iancu, President Trump’s pick to become the next Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [read post]
16 May 2012, 12:28 pm
Vice President Joe Biden, in his official capacity as President of the United States Senate, is the principle defendant to the lawsuit.... [read post]
