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25 Mar 2020, 11:23 am by Laura Orr
“This is intended as a guide to laws, regulations and executive actions in the United States, at both the federal and the state level, and in various countries with respect to the new coronavirus and its spread. [read post]
29 Jun 2009, 6:47 am
The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. [read post]
5 Jan 2018, 2:11 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
The former secretaries have advised Congress to come up with a legislative solution by January 19th, “to provide enough time for USCIS to process applications before tens of thousands of DACA recipients are negatively impacted by the loss of their work authorization or removal from the United States. [read post]
20 May 2019, 7:17 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The transformation we describe below applies to all of the Library’s programs, including our collections, researcher services, the United States Copyright Office, the Congressional Research Service, and the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 11:00 am by Unknown
Blog posts & press:At Dueling Border Hearings, New House Majority Pushes Partisan Narrative Over Facts (Immigration Impact Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]- See also related ImmigrationProf blog post.Biden State of the Union 2023: Challenge Congress to act on immigration (FixGov Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]- See also related article in The Hill.Biden’s Embrace of Trump’s Transit Ban Violates US Legal and Moral Refugee Obligations (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2023) [text]- See also… [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 8:46 am by Wells Bennett
To fulfill the United States’ obligations under the Convention, Congress en- acted the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Anna Price
Today, the Law Library of Congress is excited to present one of our newly published research guides, Disability Law in the United States. [read post]
11 Jun 2014, 12:29 pm by Michel-Adrien
The Law Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. has published a new comparative report on Restrictions on Genetically Modified Organisms.The report analyzes legislation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically modified (GM) plants and foods in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, England and Wales, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Russian Federation, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, and the… [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 4:41 pm by Michel-Adrien
The Library of Congress web archives are organized in thematic and event-based collections, and contain websites documenting a variety of U.S. and international organizations representing a broad range of subjects and topic areas, such as the Law Library’s ongoing Legal Blawgs Web Archive, United States Congressional Web Archive, and Federal Courts Web Archive. [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 12:18 pm by Margaret Wood
Generally, the Speaker of the House presides over joint sessions; although, the President of the Senate presides when electoral votes are counted as provided in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution: “The Electors shall meet in their respective States …  And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of… [read post]
29 May 2015, 9:16 am by Michael M. O'Hear
United States, which presents a classic statutory interpretation problem. [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 9:32 am by Eugene Volokh
I'm speaking here of standing courts, rather than just the Congress or its committees sitting in a judicial role, or ad hoc commissions appointed by Congress for a particular occasion. [read post]
9 Jan 2007, 3:46 pm
WHETHER the United States enters war or CONTINUES at war is the exclusive decision of the Congress. [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 12:04 pm by Michael Walker
Late in the evening on March 25th, the United States Senate passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) by a vote of 96-0. [read post]
3 Jun 2008, 8:34 am
Last week, the United States Supreme Court stirred up employment law by allowing a retaliation claim in two federal employment law cases where the statutes did not specifically create any such lawsuit.Jackson Lewis provides a short but succinct review of the case in Supreme Court Gives Green Light for Retaliation Claims Under Two Civil Rights Statutes:"The ruling is significant because §1981 has a longer statute of limitations than Title VII and, unlike Title VII,… [read post]
26 Jan 2018, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
At the time of the purchase, Jefferson’s collection contained 6,487 books in the fields of politics, history, science, law, literature, fine arts, and philosophy, and was recognized as one of the finest private libraries in the United States. [read post]