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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778821303321

Titolo

Laws, nominations and legal issues [[electronic resource] /] / Howard D. Stern and Thomas W. O'Grady, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-61942-155-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Congressional policies, practices and procedures

Laws and legislation

Altri autori (Persone)

O'GradyThomas W

SternHoward D

Disciplina

349.73

Soggetti

Law - United States

Legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contains edited, excerpted and augmented editions of CRS reports.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""LAWS, NOMINATIONS  AND LEGAL ISSUES ""; ""LAWS, NOMINATIONS  AND LEGAL ISSUES ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE ""; ""SHARING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION: THE CONGRESSIONAL ROLE ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION  ""; ""THE LEGACY OF FISA ""; ""RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO SHARE INFORMATION ""; ""INITIAL EFFORTS TO LEGISLATE ""; ""AFTER 9/11, CONGRESS TEARS DOWN THE WALL ""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""CRIMINALIZING UNLAWFUL PRESENCE: SELECTED ISSUES ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""PROPOSALS TO CRIMINALIZE UNLAWFUL PRESENCE ""; ""SELECTED ISSUES ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES: BACKGROUND, LEGAL ANALYSIS,  AND POLICY OPTIONS """"ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""SUPREME COURT CASES ""; ""United States v. Booker ""; ""PENAL POLICY ""; ""Indeterminate Sentencing ""; ""Determinate Sentencing ""; ""THE SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 1984 ""; ""SENTENCING GUIDELINES ""; ""Departures from the Guidelines ""; ""POSSIBLE POLICY CONSIDERATION ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT (ACCA): USING PRIOR JUVENILE ADJUDICATIONS FOR SENTENCE ENHANCEMENTS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""PRIOR CONVICTION EXCEPTION UNDER  ALMENDAREZ-TORRES ""

""TWO INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PRIOR CONVICTION EXCEPTION AS



APPLIED TO PRIOR JUVENILE ADJUDICATIONS """"REFERENCES ""; ""SPEED OF PRESIDENTIAL AND SENATE ACTIONS  ON SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS, 1900-2009  ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""RECENT NOMINATIONS ACTIVITY ""; ""The Souter Departure Announcement and the Sotomayor Nomination Announcement""; ""Activity during 2005-2006 ""; ""The Roberts Nomination ""; ""The Miers Nomination ""; ""The Auito Nomination ""; ""MEASURING THE PACE OF SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS ""; ""Official and Unofficial Timetables ""; ""Objectives of This Chapter ""

""HOW SUPREME COURT VACANCIES OCCUR """"Death of a Sitting Justice ""; ""Retirement or Resignation of a Sitting Justice ""; ""Nomination of a Sitting Justice to Another Position ""; ""Controversial, Withdrawn, and Rejected Nominations ""; ""DATA PRESENTATION ""; ""Date of Actual or Prospective Vacancy ""; ""Announcement-of-Nominee Date ""; ""Use of Medians to Summarize Intervals ""; ""The Duration of the Nomination-and-Confirmation Process ""; ""Changes Since 1981 ""; ""Factors Influencing the Speed of the Process ""; ""How the Vacancy Occurs ""; ""The Senate's Schedule ""

""Committee Involvement and Institutional Customs """"Controversial Nominations ""; ""DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS ""; ""Implications for the Sotomayor Nomination ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS, 1789 - 2009: ACTIONS BY THE SENATE, THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND THE PRESIDENT  ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""DESCRIPTION OF REPORTâ€?S CONTENTS ""; ""FINDINGS FROM THE NOMINATIONS TABLE ""; ""Number of Nominations and Nominees ""; ""Presidents Who Made the Nominations ""; ""Date That Nominations Were Received in Senate ""

""Referral of Nominations to Senate Judiciary Committee ""