Report that discusses Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and legal challenges to it. It reviews legal principles applied to determine the validity of a marriage contracted in another state and surveys the various approaches employed by states to address same-sex marriage. It also examines previous Congressional resolutions proposing a constitutional amendment and limiting federal courts' jurisdiction to hear or determine any question pertaining to the interpretation of DOMA.

This report briefly reviews the legal basis for investigative oversight, followed by several prominent examples of congressional oversight that reflect the significant breadth and reach of the legislative investigative prerogative vis-à-vis the Department. The report alos reviews and assess the Department’s contentions, based on policy, common law, and constitutional privilege, that it has asserted to attempt to limit congressional access to agency information.

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of archival boxes packed into a white courier van.

Photograph of folders and binders from the Resource Center LGBT Collection of the UNT Libraries in a cardboard box. A woman's hands are flipping through the folders.

Photograph of archival boxes from the Ray and Joyce Bankston’s Dalco Photography Collection being pushed on a dolly cart.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a taxing authority may impose, and a county is obligated to pay, penalties and interest on ad valorem taxes imposed on real property purchased by a county for the year of sale that have remained unpaid (RQ-I063-GA).

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of an employer to ban the transport and storage of handguns by concealed handgun license holders in locked private vehicles on employee parking lots (RQ-I061-GA).

This report describes the Keystone XL pipeline project, as proposed by TransCanada in its May 4, 2012, Presidential Permit application, and the process and procedures that the State Department is obligated to complete in processing that permit application. It also summarizes issues that arose during the 2008 permit application process, particularly those that may affect the current permit application. This report also summarizes key arguments that have been raised, both for and against the pipeline, by the pipeline’s developers, state and federal agencies, environmental groups, and other stakeholders. Finally, the report reviews the constitutional basis for the State Department’s authority to issue a Presidential Permit, and opponents’ possible challenges to this authority.

UNT Brass Band concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Brass Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Photograph of boxes of archival materials as received from the Resource Center Dallas before they were processed for patrons' use.

Photograph of boxes of archival materials as received from the Resource Center Dallas before they were processed for patrons' use.

Poster/flyer advertising a concert by David Liebe Hart Band with Browningham and New Science Projects on November 5, 2012, at Dan's Silverleaf.

Weekly student newspaper from San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.

Spectrum concert performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.