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8 Apr 2024, 11:45 am
 BACKGROUND The Insurrection Act authorizes the president to deploy U.S. armed forces and the militia inside theUnited States to meet various threats to federal and state authority. [read post]
26 May 2007, 8:26 am
"Several Shiites also agreed that an American pullback would severely weaken the already fragile Iraqi government and lead to an upsurge of fighting among armed factions. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 9:23 am by Smarter Will Team
~Elmer Davis (reporter, Peabody recipient) In honor of Veterans Day this Thursday, November 11, we are offering free wills to Illinois residents who have served in the United States Armed Forces. [read post]
11 Nov 2012, 2:46 pm by Michael Kaplen
Many veterans of the United States armed forces who have traumatic brain injury (TBI) or post-traumatic stress disorder also have undiagnosed, chronic vision problems, according to two studies presented today at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, jointly conducted this year with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 8:57 am by Cody M. Poplin
We are training, arming, and supporting forces who are steadily reclaiming territory in Iraq and Syria. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 9:23 am
Alberto Pichardo, Freddy Arguelles, Victor Brown, Kirk Drellich were all arrested after federal authorities accused them of illegally exporting military aircraft equipment to Venezuela, according to a press release by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. 40-year-old Pichardo of Weston, 37-year-old Arguelles of Pembroke Pines, 55-year-old Victor Brown of Hialeah, and 49-year-old Drellich of Davie were charged with various counts of violating… [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 2:05 pm by Robert Chesney
 Because the United States is in an armed conflict, we are authorized to take action against enemy belligerents under international law. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 7:16 am by Gary L. Francione
On July 7, 2011, the Humane Society of the United States and United Egg Producers announced that they would “work together to seek a federal law that would require larger cages and other improved conditions for the nation’s 280 million laying hens. [read post]
15 Apr 2015, 12:02 pm by Robert Chesney
The problem with that analysis, though, is that the use-of-force line likely would be crossed in any event once the United States began arming and refueling operations. [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 6:05 am by Brian Finucane
Subsection 620I(a) provides that: No assistance shall be furnished under this Act or the Arms Export Control Act to any country when it is made known to the President that the government of such country prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance. [read post]
3 Jun 2016, 5:30 am by Shane Reeves, Matthew Milikowsky
Clearly the American military—similar to any other armed force—has a natural prejudice in favor of its own soldiers. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 8:20 pm
The executive order provides that those persons "shall be returned to their home country, released, transferred to a third country, or transferred to another United States detention facility in a manner consistent with law and the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States. [read post]
11 Sep 2024, 2:51 pm by Herrman & Herrman, P.L.L.C.
They can also give him – or her- the authority to suspend the operation of any provision of law relating to the promotion, involuntary retirement, or separation of commissioned officers of the armed forces. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 5:13 pm
… “The United States did as much as we could do legally,” Mullen said Tuesday. [read post]
In clear and striking language in the 86-page opinion, Judge Phillips stated that DADT has a "direct and deleterious effect" on the armed forces, and issued a permanent injunction barring enforcement of the policy (a step almost certain to be fought by the government). [read post]
22 Jun 2018, 12:47 pm by Amy Howe
Today the Supreme Court ruled that the simultaneous service of military officers on both the criminal courts of appeals (CCAs) for the armed forces and the United States Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) does not violate a longstanding rule that bars active-duty military officers from holding a second job that requires presidential nomination and Senate confirmation – sometimes known as the “dual-officeholding ban. [read post]
5 Apr 2021, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
The United States could project now global force, as never before. [read post]
10 Mar 2024, 8:42 am
Noting that the process of articulating rules of international law that apply to the use of ICTs in cyberspace would benefit from the adoption of a United Nations declaration on this subject that would be negotiated with the participation of relevant stakeholders, as appropriate and within their respective roles and responsibilities, including other international and regional organizations. 8. [read post]
29 Mar 2023, 6:05 am by John Ramming Chappell
The Section 502B(c) joint resolution of disapproval differs from the more familiar Arms Export Control Act joint resolutions of disapproval, which can block major arms sales subject to congressional notification. [read post]