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4 Dec 2007, 5:20 am
The House of Representatives is poised to hold Joshua Bolten, the White House chief of staff, and Harriet Miers, a former White House counsel, in contempt for failing to comply with subpoenas in the United States attorneys scandal. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 6:04 pm by Gerard Magliocca
In June 1868, Congress enacted a law to admit several of the ex-Confederate states to the Union upon certain conditions. [read post]
25 Oct 2024, 5:11 pm by lennyesq
They brought her to the United States on a tourist visa, which in the eyes of the government she soon overstayed as a toddler — and that is an offense that cannot be rectified. [read post]
20 Aug 2008, 10:47 am
To provide grants to units of local government and States to hire personnel to monitor the activities of sex offenders. [read post]
23 May 2019, 8:54 am by Derek T. Muller
” The electors argued that if they are performing a federal function, there is ample case law that suggests that Congress cannot interfere with that activity. [read post]
25 Nov 2011, 5:15 am
In 1996 the 104th United States Congress enacted an act commonly referred to as the Lautenberg Amendment. [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 11:19 pm
Via Doc Berman, yesterday Congress's Joint Economic Committee (JEC) held:a hearing entitled, "Mass Incarceration in the United States: At What Cost? [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 12:07 pm by The Editors
Abolition of the death penalty in the United States will happen in my lifetime! [read post]
21 May 2019, 3:46 am by Matthew Rizzolo
Second, both the Supreme Court and Congress have repeatedly stated that patents are property, and have appeared to treat them as such. [2]  In James v. [read post]
6 Mar 2017, 7:25 am by Moni Gill
Members of Congress from states bordering Canada, the Northern Border Caucus, have focused on a section of President Donald Trump’s “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” Executive Order directing DHS to expedite “the completion and implementation of a biometric entry-exit tracking system for all travelers to the United States. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 11:02 pm
The United States Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act in 1970 to expand and define the federal government's powers to regulate medications, narcotics, stimulants, hallucinogens, and other drugs which can be addictive or harm society if abused. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 11:56 am by luiza
Senator Chuck Grassley and other members of Congress, we celebrate National Whistleblower Day, marking the occasion, on July 30, 1778, when the Continental Congress unanimously enacted the first whistleblower protection law in the United States. [read post]
20 Sep 2017, 12:50 pm by Jennifer Davis
It is the oldest wooden dome in the United States. [read post]
12 Nov 2007, 6:08 am
  The United States Trustee sought a Rule 2004 Order in order to determine, through an "informed decision," whether the debtor's case should be "presumed abuse" pursuant to §707(b). [read post]
11 Dec 2017, 4:00 am by Jordan Brunner
And the thousands of aircraft in the military’s employ accounted for 22 percent of all jet fuel used by the United States as of 2008. [read post]
7 Jan 2013, 9:00 pm by Michael C. Dorf and Neil H. Buchanan
Understanding the Trilemma: Congress’s Powers and the President’s Responsibilities The President is required to faithfully execute the duly-enacted laws of the United States. [read post]