04835nam 2200637Ia 450 991077882130332120200520144314.01-61942-155-0(CKB)2550000000080438(EBL)3017907(SSID)ssj0000690860(PQKBManifestationID)12341297(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690860(PQKBWorkID)10623986(PQKB)11002437(MiAaPQ)EBC3017907(Au-PeEL)EBL3017907(CaPaEBR)ebr10654878(OCoLC)923654280(EXLCZ)99255000000008043820101020d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLaws, nominations and legal issues[electronic resource] /Howard D. Stern and Thomas W. O'Grady, editorsNew York Nova Science Publishersc20111 online resource (361 p.)Congressional policies, practices and proceduresLaws and legislationContains edited, excerpted and augmented editions of CRS reports.1-61122-870-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 REPORT�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 ""Congressional Policies, Practices and ProceduresLawUnited StatesLegislationUnited StatesLawLegislation349.73O'Grady Thomas W1470906Stern Howard D1470907Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778821303321Laws, nominations and legal issues3682987UNINA