Category Archives: Current Events

December 28, 2018 · 4:54 pm

Study: White Democrats patronize minorities stereotyped as lower status and less competent

Study:
Self-Presentation in Interracial Settings:
The Competence Downshift by White Liberals
Cydney H. Dupree, Yale University
Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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· 3:54 pm

New York law criminalizing possession, manufacture, transportation, and disposal of nunchaku declared unconstitutional

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law:
JAMES M. MALONEY
v.
MADELINE SINGAS, Nassau County
District Attorney

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December 27, 2018 · 6:16 pm

Congress’s Authority to Influence and Control Executive Branch Agencies

Report:
Congress’s Authority to Influence and Control
Executive Branch Agencies
Todd Garvey, Legislative Attorney
Daniel J. Sheffner, Legislative Attorney

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· 5:39 pm

Protecting Consumers and Businesses from Fraudulent Robocalls

Report:
Protecting Consumers and Businesses from Fraudulent Robocalls
Patricia Moloney Figliola,
Specialist in Internet and Telecommunications Policy

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· 5:31 pm

Individual mandate in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) declared unconstitutional and inseverable, invalidating the entire act

Opinion:
TEXAS, et al.
v.
UNITED STATES, et al.

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December 19, 2018 · 12:09 am

Burglary of any structure or vehicle that has been adapted or is customarily used for overnight accommodation qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act

Opinion:
UNITED STATES
v.
VICTOR J. STITT, II and
JASON D. SIMS

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December 18, 2018 · 11:12 pm