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21 Sep 2006, 8:02 pm
[JURIST] Senior US Senate Republicans reached an agreement on military commissions legislation [JURIST news archive] with the White House Thursday that would make the President the sole arbiter of the meaning of the Geneva Conventions [ICRC materials] for the United States and would bar litigants such as detainees from invoking the Conventions in habeas or civil actions in the federal courts. [read post]
17 Jan 2018, 8:15 am
And the United States is therefore also a constitutional republic. [read post]
21 Apr 2024, 8:39 am
The post US Secretary of State to announce sanctions against IDF unit: Axios report appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
8 May 2020, 4:37 am
Aljazeera reports that four Republican Senate leaders have asked President Donald Trump to further restrict employment-based immigration to the United States until the unemployment caused by the coronavirus pandemic returns to normal. [read post]
18 Nov 2015, 5:14 pm
Senate Democrats have called for the rapid confirmation of several stalled Presidential nominees to important national security positions in light of the Paris attacks and the potential terrorist threat to the United States. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 2:55 am
On October 23, 1987, the United States Senate held one of the most-controversial votes on a Supreme Court nominee in its history, when it rejected Robert Bork’s appointment. [read post]
12 Mar 2021, 9:03 pm
Does the United States need a federal data privacy policy? [read post]
5 Dec 2009, 7:05 am
The movement to insure the safety of high school athletes who may have sustained a concussion has received a boost under legislation introduced yesterday in the United States Senate. [read post]
9 Jan 2007, 7:13 am
--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended by the United States government to increase the number of United States forces in Iraq above the number for such forces which existed as of January 9, 2007, without a specific authorization from Congress by law for such an increase. [read post]
15 Jun 2021, 3:11 pm
AP: The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make Juneteenth, or June 19th, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. [read post]
30 Nov 2021, 9:36 pm
Stark to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, and Katherine Vidal to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property & Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [read post]
29 Apr 2021, 10:15 am
The full Senate Judiciary Committee today passed the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement (IDEA) Act, which seeks to direct the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) “to collect demographic data – including gender, race, military or veteran status, and income level, among others – from patent applicants on a voluntary basis. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 8:38 am
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Senate is currently debating S. 3548, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the “CARES Act. [read post]
11 Apr 2005, 2:25 am
Bolton [official profile], the State Department official who is President Bush's nominee for US Ambassador to the United Nations, faces questioning Monday before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee [official website] before a confirmation vote that is currently expected Thursday. [read post]
12 Mar 2007, 1:04 pm
[JURIST] The Idaho State Senate [official website] passed a bill in a 29-6 vote Monday that would block illegal immigrants from using most taxpayer-financed public assistance programs. [read post]
11 Mar 2014, 7:13 am
Selva, USAF is being considered for commander of United States Transportation Command and Vice Admiral Michael S. [read post]
29 Mar 2015, 5:49 pm
“The United States Constitution provides each House of Congress with the sole authority to establish rules and punish and expel Members. [read post]
28 Feb 2018, 7:17 am
Before his appointment to the Tax Court, he was an attorney for the Legislation and Regulations Division of the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Finance, and Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel in the United States Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy. [read post]
12 Aug 2018, 12:53 pm
Department of State) has published Digest of United States Practice in International Law, 2017. [read post]
19 Dec 2017, 9:33 am
Earlier this month, United States Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Lindsey Graham introduced bipartisan legislation that would prohibit employers from requiring workers who suffer sexual harassment to arbitrate their claims. [read post]
