Category Archives: Current Events

October 27, 2019 · 4:39 pm

The Impact of the Federal Income Tax on Poverty: Before and After the 2017 Tax Revision


Report:
The Impact of the Federal Income Tax on Poverty:
Before and After the 2017 Tax Revision
Margot L. Crandall-Hollick, Specialist in Public Finance
Jameson A. Carter, Research Assistant
Gene Falk, Specialist in Social Policy

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August 19, 2019 · 10:45 am

Ambushes and unprovoked attacks: Assaults on our nation’s law enforcement officers


Report:
Ambushes and Unprovoked Attacks: Assaults on
Our Nation’s Law Enforcement Officers
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Criminal Justice Information Systems Division

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August 7, 2019 · 10:36 am

Renewed great power competition: Implications for defense


Report:
Renewed Great Power Competition:
Implications for Defense — Issues for Congress
Ronald O’Rourke,
Specialist in Naval Affairs

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· 10:20 am

Limits on freedom of expression


Report:
Limits on Freedom of Expression
Argentina • Brazil • Canada • China • France • Germany • Israel • Japan
Netherlands • New Zealand • Sweden • Ukraine • United Kingdom
Law Library, U.S. Library of Congress

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August 6, 2019 · 4:26 pm

National emergency powers


Report:
National Emergency Powers
L. Elaine Halchin,
Specialist in American National Government

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August 1, 2019 · 4:14 pm

Examining regulatory frameworks for digital currencies and blockchain


Testimony:
Examining Regulatory Frameworks for
Digital Currencies and Blockchain
Rebecca M. Nelson,
Specialist in International Trade and Finance

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July 24, 2019 · 3:52 pm

Nursing Homes: Improved oversight needed to better protect residents from abuse


Testimony:
NURSING HOMES:
Improved Oversight Needed to Better Protect Residents from Abuse
John E. Dicken, Director, Health Care
Government Accountability Office

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July 23, 2019 · 1:38 pm

“Exigent circumstances” Fourth Amendment exception allows for warrentless blood testing of unconscious drivers


Opinion:
GERALD P. MITCHELL
v.
WISCONSIN

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July 22, 2019 · 3:39 pm

Laws authorizing new sentences for convicts resting only on facts found by a preponderance of the evidence violate the Fifth and Sixth Amendments


Opinion:
UNITED STATES
v.
ANDRE RALPH HAYMOND

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July 17, 2019 · 4:47 pm

State durational-residency requirements for retail license applicants violate the Commerce Clause


Opinion:
TENNESSEE WINE AND SPIRITS
RETAILERS ASSOCIATION
v.
RUSSELL F. THOMAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
TENNESSEE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION, ET AL.

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