Category Archives: Current Events

December 28, 2018 · 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

Cryptocurrency: The Economics of Money and Selected Policy Issues


Report:
Cryptocurrency: The Economics of
Money and Selected Policy Issues
David W. Perkins, Analyst in Macroeconomic Policy

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· 11:01 pm

Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Background and Selected Options for Further Reform


Report:
Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Background
and Selected Options for Further Reform
Michael E. DeVine, Analyst in Intelligence and National Security

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· 10:47 pm

Reciprocity of Background Investigations and National Security Adjudications


Directive:
SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT DIRECTIVE 7
RECIPROCITY OF BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS
AND NATIONAL SECURITY ADJUDICATIONS
Director of National Intelligence

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November 30, 2018 · 8:35 pm

World Trade Organization: Overview and Future Direction


Report:
World Trade Organization: Overview
and Future Direction
Cathleen D. Cimino-Isaacs, Analyst in International Trade and Finance
Ian F. Fergusson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
Rachel F. Fefer, Analyst in International Trade and Finance

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November 28, 2018 · 3:02 pm

Trigger warnings may amplify disability-related stigma around trauma survivors and increase their risk of developing PTSD


Study:
Trigger Warning: Empirical Evidence Ahead
Benjamin W. Bellet, Payton J. Jones, and Richard J. McNally
Department of Psychology, Harvard University
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

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