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31 Jan 2014, 3:40 pm by Carole (Staff Lawyer)
For  them, a reform of the selection process appears to be more palatable than election. [read post]
20 Jan 2014, 2:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
., defined benefit plans that provide ongoing accruals but that have been amended to limit those accruals to some or all of the employees who participated in the plan on a specified date). [read post]
20 Jan 2014, 2:23 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  It states that a cafeteria plan that does not contain written terms that allow changes of election upon change in legal marital status generally would need to be amended before a same-sex couple could be allowed to make an election change. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 4:13 pm by Cindy Cohn and Parker Higgins
We still need specifics, and the details really matter—even fixed-length gags would violate the First Amendment, for example, and gags would still need to be approved by courts—but this was a good and necessary step. [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 12:19 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
Issa’s committee, instead invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 4:17 pm by INFORRM
A cross-party consensus developed with the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats all committing to reform in their last general election manifestos after 60,000 people backed the Libel Reform Campaign’s call for change. [read post]
18 Dec 2013, 1:15 pm by Ritika Singh
Surveillance of US Persons With respect to surveillance of US Persons, we recommend a series of significant reforms. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
A Key Question:  The Scope of State Legislative Power Under Article I, Section 4 With those caveats, let us turn to the heart of the matter, namely, whether a state legislature can be allowed to nominate a candidate for federal legislative office and direct that candidate’s name be placed on the general election ballot bearing the designation “State Legislative Candidate. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 9:09 am by Doorey
  The amendments to the ESA can be separated into three categories for the sake of discussion. 1. [read post]
10 Nov 2013, 8:21 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
"Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has promised that on Day 1 of his administration, he would withdraw New York City’s appeal of sweeping reforms ordered by a federal judge in the Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices." [read post]
3 Nov 2013, 7:08 am by Raffaela Wakeman
Broadly speaking, the pending FISA reform bills address one or more of the following major issues: the substantive reach of surveillance activities under the statute; the procedures used in the two FISA-created courts; the processes by which the courts’ judges are selected; and the transparency and reporting requirements governing surveillance under the FISA. [read post]
30 Oct 2013, 9:06 am by Sasha Volokh
In 1993, the Basic Law was amended to provide for the privatization of railways, and in 1994, it was again amended to provide for the privatization of postal and telecommunications services. [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 11:04 am by Carole (Staff Lawyer)
 If, however, the report suggests amendments to the bill, members must debate the report and either accept, amend, or reject the amendments, in whole or in part. [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 9:16 am by Angelo A. Paparelli
  In the eyes of many Members of Congress, current law[vi] has still not effectively stripped the courts of jurisdiction over immigration matters, so Congress is considering not only the defunding of the judiciary but also repeal of the Administrative Procedure Act, at least with regard to immigration matters, and some have even floated a Constitutional amendment. [read post]
16 Oct 2013, 8:09 am by Carole (Staff Lawyer)
[ii] If Senators are not elected, why do federal elections in Alberta also includes the ability to vote for candidates for Senate seats? [read post]
4 Oct 2013, 9:11 pm by Lyle Denniston
Finally, that court rejected an argument by McCutcheon and the RNC that the aggregate limits have been set too low; it said that where the ceilings are set was a matter for Congress to decide, not the courts. [read post]
4 Oct 2013, 9:15 am by Maira Sutton and Maira Sutton
It not only hinders Congress from exercising its constitutionally mandated power to oversee and amend trade deals, it could impact their sovereign power to make and reform copyright and Internet policy domestically. [read post]
29 Sep 2013, 6:53 pm by Larry Catá Backer
On the other hand, members of the House of Representatives answer to the people of their district, and do so often, standing for re-election on short cycles (Art. [read post]