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The Supreme Court’s Narrow Construction of Federal Criminal Laws: Historical Practice and Recent Trends
Posts · Sep 5, 2023
Criminal law marks a boundary between conduct that society deems permissible and behavior that it deems worthy of punishment. Those who cross the line may be subject to penalty and social...
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Components of Federal Criminal Law
Reports · Sep 12, 2024
Congress has enacted many federal criminal laws covering topics as diverse as drug trafficking, immigration, assault, computer hacking, bribery, and wildlife trafficking, among others. Congress’s...
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Monuments and Memorials: Federal Criminal Law Protections
Resources · Jul 8, 2020
On June 26, 2020, President Trump issued an “Executive Order on Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence” (June 26 Order). Among other things, the...
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SCOTUS Bolsters State Criminal Jurisdiction on Tribal Lands
Posts · Jul 1, 2022
Rejecting the view that states lack criminal jurisdiction on tribal reservations unless Congress specifically grants such jurisdiction, on June 29, 2022, the Supreme Court announced in Oklahoma v....
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The Supreme Court’s Narrow Construction of Federal Criminal Laws: 2023 Term
Posts · Jul 29, 2024
Criminal law marks a boundary between conduct that society deems permissible and behavior that it deems worthy of punishment. Courts have expressed that those who cross the line may be subject to...
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Presidential Immunity, Criminal Liability, and the Impeachment Judgment Clause
Posts · Mar 4, 2024
The President of the United States “occupies a unique position” in the American constitutional system as the head of the executive branch of government “entrusted with supervisory and policy...
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Criminal Contempt of Congress: Frequently Asked Questions
Posts · Jun 5, 2023
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (Committee) has been engaged in an oversight dispute with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over an agency document that reportedly...
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Nielsen v. Preap: High Court Clarifies Application of Immigration Detention Statute to Criminal Aliens
Posts · Apr 12, 2019
Recently, the Supreme Court in Nielsen v. Preap interpreted provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) as mandating the detention pending removal proceedings of non-U.S. nationals...
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Presidential Immunity from Criminal Prosecution in Trump v. United States
Posts · Jul 5, 2024
On July 1, the Supreme Court issued a divided 6-3 opinion in Trump v. United States addressing, for the first time, the existence and scope of a constitutionally based presidential immunity from...
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Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Role in Criminal Justice Data Collection and Dissemination
Resources · Jun 15, 2021
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), established in 1979, is an agency within the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP). Its mission is “to collect, analyze, publish, and...
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Access to Criminal History Record Information for Noncriminal Justice Purposes
Resources · Apr 22, 2024
In the interest of allowing states to screen people who might work in professions where they would be responsible for caring for vulnerable people or where public safety concerns are implicated,...
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Introduction to Criminal Referrals by Congress
Posts · Dec 20, 2022
Earlier this week, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Select Committee) unanimously reported its final investigative report to the House of...
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Discretionary Waivers of Criminal Grounds of Inadmissibility Under INA § 212(h)
Posts · Jun 1, 2022
Federal immigration laws provide for the exclusion and removal of non-U.S. nationals (“aliens,” as the term is used in the Immigration and Nationality Act [INA]) who lack authorization to enter or...
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VAWA Reauthorization: Substantive Criminal Law Proposals
Posts · Mar 20, 2019
The authorization of appropriations for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) expired at the end of FY 2018. The House Judiciary Committee has voted out an amendment in the nature of a substitute of...
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Federal Criminal Laws Prohibiting Unlawful Voting
Resources · Aug 16, 2024
Introduction While the U.S. Constitution charges the states with primary responsibility for regulating federal elections, it also provides that the federal government play a significant role in...
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.4726, to promote efforts to bring about stability and security in Sudan, S.3984, to authorize a 2-year extension of...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider H.R.6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, S.3398, to amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize intentional...
senate Judiciary Committee · Feb 26, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness Michael Fox
Project on Criminal Justice · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Chris Swecker
Criminal Investigative Division · 1 hearing
Witness Mr. Sean Kennedy
Member of the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Advisory Board · 1 hearing
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.2544, to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies and grantees that receive eligible Federal grant...
senate Judiciary Committee · Feb 5, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Converging Criminal Enterprises: Chinese Money Laundering Networks and Cartel Financing in the U.S. Financial System
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.3966, to prohibit the enforcement of certain contractual clauses that restrict disclosure of sexual abuse of...
senate Judiciary Committee · May 14, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing “From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Criminal Law”
house Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee · Apr 28, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. 8352, the Criminal History Access Act; H.R. 8365, the Monitor Accountability Act of 2026; and Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments
house Judiciary Committee · Apr 22, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing “Online Scams, Crypto Fraud, and Digital Extortion: An Examination of How Transnational Criminal Networks Target Americans”
house Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee · Apr 21, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.545, to prohibit certain uses of xylazine, H.R.2159, to direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 26, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.545, to prohibit certain uses of xylazine, H.R.2159, to direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 19, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing “Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies”
house Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee · May 14, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Sean Kennedy, Member of the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Advisory Board
Hearing “Criminalizing America: The Growth of Federal Offenses and Regulatory Overreach”
house Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee · May 7, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Michael Fox, Project on Criminal Justice
Hearing “Entering the Golden Age: Ending the Weaponization of the Justice Department”
house Oversight Subcommittee · Feb 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Chris Swecker, Criminal Investigative Division
Committee Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Subcommittee
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