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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 349.73
• Soggetto topico: Law - United States; Legislation - United States
• Altri autori: O'GradyThomas W SternHoward D
• 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or Resignation of a Sitting Justice ""; ""Nomination of a Sitting Justice to Another Position ""; ""Controversial, Withdrawn, and Rejected Nominations ""; ""DATA PRESENTATION ""; ""Date of Actual or Prospective Vacancy ""; ""Announcement-of-Nominee Date ""; ""Use of Medians to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 ""
• Titolo autorizzato: Laws, nominations and legal issues
• ISBN: 1-61942-155-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778821303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Congressional Policies, Practices and Procedures