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1 Nov 2018, 12:54 pm
In response to Dred Scott and to the Civil War, Congress enacted the 1866 Act, and Congress and the States adopted the Fourteenth Amendment in order to place the right to citizenship based on birth within the jurisdiction of the United States beyond question. [read post]
12 Aug 2012, 3:00 am
I previously noted that Chevron had put some pressure on Ecuador by lobbying the US Trade Representative to report to Congress that Ecuador no longer met the eligibility criteria under the Andean Trade Preference Act, under which many Ecuadoran exports to the United States enjoy favorable duties. [read post]
9 Nov 2015, 8:59 am
§ 260a, establishing DST throughout the United States. [read post]
11 Jan 2022, 8:02 am
Section 3 provides, in part: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support… [read post]
12 Oct 2017, 9:30 pm
The websites in this archive include those of the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as federal appellate courts, trial courts, and other tribunals. [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 8:00 am
Michelle Lee, the current Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, was once again in front of a Senate Judiciary Committee panel yesterday, answering questions during her confirmation hearing. [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 4:10 am
In United States v. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 11:57 pm
The U Visa grants victims of certain crimes temporary legal status and work eligibility in the United States. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 7:58 am
For more information and all official materials relating to the section 1201 rule-making, visit the United States Copyright Office Web site. [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 4:10 am
Congress, saying in part:His tireless call for the protection of the most vulnerable among us—the ailing, the disadvantaged, the unemployed, the impoverished, the unborn—has awakened hearts on every continent....Many in the United States ... have embraced Pope Francis’ reminder that we cannot meet our responsibility to the poor with a welfare mentality based on business calculations. [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 9:56 am
On August 28, 2006, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York interpreted the new bankruptcy law to require debtors to pay off all creditors before making any charitable contributions. [read post]
17 Jan 2013, 1:47 pm
People can disagree about whether we should have national standards (I think yes) or a “national institute of forensic science,” (again, I say yes) as proposed in the National Academy of Sciences’ 2009 report Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward. [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 5:21 am
Supplementing previous post.The United States Sentencing Commission's publication its 2007 "Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy" report to Congress late last month, gave a great deal of special attention to comparing and contrasting federal sentencing policies with respect to cocaine offenses to those of the individual states.The basic framework of statutory minimum penalties applicable to federal drug trafficking laws was set forth in 1986 with the… [read post]
18 May 2007, 5:07 am
There's not a member of Congress that doesn't have hunger in their district. [read post]
17 May 2010, 9:20 am
United States v. [read post]
4 Aug 2007, 11:02 am
Following the Senate's lead, the House of Representatives on Saturday night voted to expand warrantless intelligence surveillance of international communications -- including those between people in the United States and people abroad. [read post]
27 Jul 2023, 7:55 am
United States, the Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment protects Americans against government intrusions on a “reasonable expectation of privacy. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 2:06 pm
Immigration reform that benefits students and other youths who came to the United States as children has made its way around the U.S. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 10:21 am
On Friday, I asked why there seems to be no inter-governmental market for sovereign territory, at least in the United States. [read post]
10 Jan 2023, 12:08 pm
The essay argues that the two principal draftsmen of the Constitution, James Wilson and Gouverneur Morris, framed that instrument to vest sweeping implied powers in the Government of the United States, including but not limited to: (1) all the powers to which any nation would be entitled under the law of nations, (2) all the powers that Blackstone and other writers had explained were tacitly possessed by any legal corporation, (3) the power to legislate on all issues that affect… [read post]
