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19 Nov 2018, 10:58 am by Guest Author Adonis Hoffman, Esq.
The merger faces headwinds from a united front of consumer groups – Common Cause, Public Knowledge, and Consumers Union – along with Dish Network, Altice USA, and a few others who have long currency among congressional Democrats. [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 2:29 pm by Jodie Liu
As Ben and I noted in our previous post, it is unclear how these provisions made their way into the USA FREEDOM Act. [read post]
13 Jul 2004, 6:33 am
The Justice Department Tuesday provided Congress with a 29-page report providing details of cases where the USA Patriot Act has been used. [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 12:05 am by Paul Caron
USA Today op-ed: Why Congress Should Impeach Gina McCarthy, John Koskinen, and Other Obama Administration Obstructers-of-Justice, by Glenn Reynolds (Tennessee): Is impeachment the only solution for lack of executive accountability? [read post]
13 Oct 2009, 5:33 pm
The California Library Association (CLA) has just announced a resolution calling on Congress to dramatically revise the up-for-renewal USA PATRIOT Act, passed hurriedly in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks.CLA's resolution calls for Congress to allow Section 215 to sunset, to amend Section 505 to "include a clear exemption for library records," and in general to intensify Congressional oversight of the use of the Act. [read post]
7 May 2007, 12:44 pm
Jay Ray : It had been ten years since we last went out of the USA. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 8:20 am by Sarah Paulsworth
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday approved a measure to extend expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act [JURIST news archive] with no new privacy measures. [read post]
16 Nov 2005, 7:23 am
[JURIST] Legislators on Wednesday reached a tentative compromise on the USA Patriot Act and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005 [bill summary] that would limit certain law enforcement powers under the statute while making most of the provisions permanent. [read post]
5 Aug 2007, 5:15 am
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos ordered the investigation after a human rights group released a document that it said raised questions about what Yahoo knew when it shared information with authorities about Shi Tao.Read the article: USA Today [read post]
26 Oct 2005, 9:30 am
[JURIST] US Senate and House negotiators are preparing to discuss conflicting versions of the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005 [bill summary], including a provision in the House version [PDF text] that would allow federal prosecutors multiple attempts at securing the death penalty. [read post]
Congress, however, could save the nation a lot of time and reassert their role as the Constitution's protectors by passing the USA FREEDOM Act. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 3:24 am by Bob Kraft
USA Today reports, “To halt prescription drug abuse, the nation’s fast-growing drug problem, Congress must require special training for doctors and other health care workers before they are allowed to prescribe powerful drugs such as OxyContin,” ONDCP Director Gil Kerlikowske said Tuesday. [read post]
27 May 2015, 3:00 am by Lyle Denniston
If it should turn out that Congress decides to extend the bulk data collection without any change at all, that will then set up a review in the federal courts of whether it is unconstitutional, even if it then had the approval of Congress. [read post]
9 May 2008, 1:45 pm
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the situation "embarrassing," and some members of Congress vow... [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 11:00 am
& Ruth Mason (UConn) have posted IFA 2008 Brussels Congress: USA Branch Report: Non-Discrimination at the Crossroads of International Taxation on SSRN. [read post]