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6 Apr 2009, 7:04 pm
A lot of conservatives are criticizing AG Eric Holder for apparently taking the position that the DC voting rights law is constitutional when OLC thinks it is not. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 1:47 pm by immigrationprof
From the National Immigration Law Center: WASHINGTON, DC -- In a party-line vote today, the Senate failed to take up the Department of Defense authorization bill, which was the first hurdle in moving to a vote on the DREAM Act.... [read post]
The United States House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to establish Washington DC as the the nation’s fifty-first state in a 216 to 218 vote. [read post]
18 Mar 2003, 1:44 pm
[JURIST] A third Senate cloture vote to limit debate on the filibustered nomination of Miguel Estrada to the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals failed Tuesday by a margin of 55-45 [roll call vote], according to the Senate website. [read post]
By a vote of 7 to 3, the full panel of judges reversed an earlier panel decision that took issue with the independent agency’s single-director structure. [read post]
16 May 2019, 1:02 pm by Patrick Eckerd
If the House and Governor pass and sign the bill, Maine will becomes the fourteenth state, in addition to Washington, DC, to join the National Popular Vote interstate compact. [read post]
” Norton continued and stated, “By scheduling this vote, I can only conclude that the Republican leadership believes that DC residents, a majority of whom are Black and Brown, are unworthy of governing themselves. [read post]
2 May 2015, 10:14 am by Taylor Gillan
[JURIST] A new Washington, DC, law that prohibits employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of their reproductive decisions will take effect on Saturday despite a Thursday House vote to strike down the law. [read post]
11 Aug 2020, 2:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
The full DC Circuit ruled that yes, it does have standing. [read post]
12 Mar 2003, 3:26 am
[JURIST] The US Senate website indicates that a cloture vote on the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has been scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday), March 13. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 8:27 pm
On November 17, 2010, I published a blog post discussing the Washington, DC Alcohol Board's vote to not allow reopening of DC9 night club after aggravated assault charges were dropped against five club employees. [read post]
21 Jul 2021, 2:28 pm by Bryan P. Sears
A key intergovernmental panel Wednesday voted to support a proposed toll lane expansion in the DC suburbs over the objections of some local and state leaders who decried a bare-knuckle push by Republican Gov. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 6:15 am
One or more of these four might "defensively deny," i.e., vote to deny cert for fear that taking the case would result in affirming, thereby taking a bad DC Circuit decision and making it the law of the land. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 8:02 am
[JURIST] A Washington, DC law [text, PDF] recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states or jurisdictions took effect Tuesday, following Congressional inaction on the matter. [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 8:46 am by Tess Davis
 Tickets cost $55 and include a three-course dinner at Cedar, voted one of DC’s best restaurants by the Washingtonian. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 11:35 am
The court, affirming a ruling [JURIST report] of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia [official website], found that DC's Human Rights Act (HRA) did not violate the DC Charter [texts] right to public referendum when it disallowed referendums on laws... [read post]
The Democrats’ departure to DC is specifically intended to stall the passage of restrictive voting bills, Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3. [read post]