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What Time Is It for the ACCA?: Supreme Court Clarifies When State Drug Offenses Qualify as “Serious Drug Offenses”
Posts · Jun 20, 2024
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) imposes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment when a person convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm has three or more prior violent felony or serious drug...
Hearing Hearings to examine S.749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing President Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern—CPC”: A serious, well-founded wake-up call
house Africa Subcommittee · Nov 20, 2025 · Request transcript
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An Overview of the Statutory Bars to Asylum: Limitations on Granting Asylum (Part Two)
Posts · Sep 7, 2022
Under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(1), a non-U.S. national (alien as the term is used in the INA) who is physically present in the United States or who...
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COVID-19: Legal Considerations for Bringing a New Vaccine to Market
Posts · Mar 24, 2020
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increases at an accelerating rate, interest has grown in developing a COVID-19 vaccine as an avenue for addressing the pandemic. Media reports indicate that...
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Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA): When Does a Prior Drug Offense Qualify?
Posts · Nov 16, 2023
Introduction It is a federal crime for a convicted felon, among others, to possess a firearm. Under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), the offense carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment...
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The PREP Act and COVID-19, Part 1: Statutory Authority to Limit Liability for Medical Countermeasures
Posts · Apr 13, 2022
To encourage the expeditious development and deployment of medical countermeasures during a public health emergency, the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) authorizes the...
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The North Atlantic Right Whale: Conservation Trade-Offs with Selected Marine Sectors and Considerations for Congress
InFocus · Jan 23, 2026
The North Atlantic right whale (NARW; Eubalaena glacialis; Figure 1) is an endangered large whale species found in the Atlantic Ocean near the United States and Western Europe. Due to historic...
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Build Back Better Act: Universal Comprehensive Paid Leave
Resources · Dec 9, 2021
The Build Back Better Act (BBBA; H.R. 5376), passed by the House on November 19, 2021, proposes a new federal cash benefit for eligible individuals engaged in certain types of family and medical...
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War Crimes: A Primer
Posts · Feb 2, 2024
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas conflict have given rise to numerous accusations of war crimes. This Legal Sidebar addresses the sources and content of the law of war, also known...
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The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Resources · Nov 30, 2015
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended, (FMLA; P.L. 103-3) entitles eligible employees to unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family and medical needs, with continuation of group...
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EMTALA Emergency Abortion Care Litigation Over Idaho’s Abortion Restriction Heads to the Supreme Court
Posts · Apr 22, 2024
On April 24, 2024, the Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in Moyle v. United States, a case about access to emergency abortion services. Specifically, the case concerns whether the Emergency...
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Comparing Police Reform Bills: the Justice in Policing Act and the JUSTICE Act
Posts · Jul 6, 2020
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd died in the custody of the Minneapolis police after an officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck while restraining him. That incident, others like it, and subsequent...
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Presidential Authority to Suspend Entry of Aliens Under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(f)
Posts · Feb 21, 2024
The President has the authority “to suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens” whenever the President “finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States...
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Considerations for a Federal Criminal Prohibition on Hazing
Posts · Nov 26, 2024
A long-standing governmental interest is keeping students safe. One harm befalling students and raising concerns with some lawmakers is hazing—which generally consists of inflicting pain, discomfort,...
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Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortions in Idaho but Leaves Litigation Unresolved
Posts · Jul 12, 2024
On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court, in a one-sentence, unsigned (per curiam) order accompanied by four concurring and/or dissenting opinions, concluded that it had “improvidently granted” review...
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FISA Section 702 Sunset, Authorization, and Potential Extension
Posts · Apr 17, 2024
Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA)—as amended by the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA), FISA Amendments Act of 2017, and National Defense Authorization Act for...