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13 Feb 2024, 4:46 pm by JURIST Staff
House Republicans alleged that Mayorkas violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by “his willful refusal to fulfill his statutory ‘‘duty to control and guard the boundaries and borders of the United States against the illegal entry of aliens’’ as required in the act. [read post]
13 Feb 2024, 10:02 am by Josh Blackman
Johnson was one of many Democrats who continued to maintain after the passage of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments that the United States was committed to a white man's government. [read post]
13 Feb 2024, 6:59 am by Brian Finucane
As the Obama administration noted in a 2016 report, “[r]eceiving credible and reliable assurances that U.S. partners will comply with applicable international law, including the law of armed conflict, is an important measure that the United States military routinely employs in its partnered operations. [read post]
13 Feb 2024, 6:12 am by John R. Byrne
  From its Twitter account this morning:Vote scheduled: At 5:30pm, on Monday, February 26th, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #468 Jacqueline Becerra to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. [read post]
13 Feb 2024, 4:41 am by Beatrice Yahia
The United States does not view the recent Israeli airstrike in Rafah as “the launch of a full-scale offensive,” State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said yesterday. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
As relevant, and with my added italics and bracketed numbers, it provides: No person [1] 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, [2] 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… [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 8:20 pm by Stephen Halbrook
  Wilson avers: "The United States Supreme Court disables the states' responsibility to protect public safety, reduce gun violence, and safeguard peaceful public movement. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 7:39 pm by Mark Graber
  No one in the 39th Congress considered doubtful whether the President was an officer of the United States or an officer under the United States. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 3:44 pm by Michael Lowe
  A “national of the United States” is defined as “(A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 7:50 am by Yosi Yahoudai
Catherine Blakespear discusses homeless camping …1 day ago Seema Mehta, Joe Garofoli discuss state of U.S. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 6:41 am by David Oscar Markus
  From Slate:If there was any surprise on Thursday, it was Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s embrace of Mitchell’s main theory that the president is not an “officer” of the United States, so Section 3 does not apply to him at all. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 6:16 am
Shriver was defeated by former state senator Sheila Kuehl.Kamala Harris famously went on to become Vice President of the United States, but you may need a prompt to remember Sheila Kuehl. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 6:07 am by Kevin LaCroix
  It is like blaming the State of Texas for the migrant crisis when the federal government refuses to the close the border or Congress fails to solve the problem. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 6:00 am by Daniel J. Gilman
In 2002, Senators Bayh and Dole – the original authors – made clear that this omission was purposeful. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 4:00 am by Eric Segall
She seemed to actually care about the text of Section 3, which says the following: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… [read post]
10 Feb 2024, 11:12 pm by Josh Blackman
A later proposal put forward this text: "The Senate of the United States shall have power to make treaties, and to appoint Ambassadors, and Judges of the supreme Court. [read post]