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You Win Some You Lose Some...New Second Amendment Rulings
This legal sidebar discusses constitutionality of firearms laws under the Second Amendment since the Supreme Court decided District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008, in light of two recent federal appellate cases in which the circuit courts struck down some parts of firearms laws.
Date:
November 5, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Selected CRS Materials on Detention and Interrogation of Terrorist Suspects and Enemy Belligerents
This legal sidebar discusses issues of contention, which include whether U.S. detention and interrogation practices were permissible under domestic and international law, and whether U.S. personnel who authorized or engaged in such practices could be subject to criminal liability.
Date:
December 16, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
School Locker Rooms Become the New Battleground in the Gender (Identity) Wars
This legal sidebar discusses the decision of the Department of Education (ED) to side with a transgender female student in Illinois who alleged that her public high school had discriminated against her when it denied her access to the girls' locker rooms.
Date:
December 24, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Big Deal? U.S. Changes Stance on Cruelty Prohibition
This legal sidebar outlines a change in the U.S. interpretation regarding aspects of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT); these comments were presented as part of the U.S. periodic report to the U.N. Committee Against Torture.
Date:
December 16, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Court Weighs in on "VisaGate 2015": Part 1, the Visa Bulletin and Recent Revisions to It
This legal sidebar discusses the incident widely known as "VisaGate 2015" regarding the timeframe for temporary alien guest workers to file applications for lawful permanent resident status. It includes an analysis of the decision from the federal district court in Washington State on the permissibility of certain changes made by the Department of State (DOS) regarding the incident.
Date:
November 16, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tying Up Loose Ends... Supreme Court To Evaluate Federal Firearm Provision Again
This legal sidebar discusses certiorari to hear Voisine v. United States, a decision examining the federal provision that makes it unlawful for an individual to possess a firearm or ammunition if he or she has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (MCDV).
Date:
December 3, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline Permit Request: Could Congress Nevertheless Approve It?
This legal sidebar discusses the rejection by Obama administration of TransCanada's application for the Keystone XL pipeline.
Date:
November 9, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
No Second Amendment Cases for the Supreme Court's 2014-2015 Term...Yet
This report discusses the reluctance by the Supreme Court to take cases involving the Second Amendment. Commentators have observed that the Court appears to have become "gun shy" regarding this issue, given that it has not taken up a Second Amendment case since its landmark rulings in District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008 and McDonald v. City of Chicago in 2010.
Date:
October 23, 2014
Creator:
Chu, Vivian S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Special Prosecutors: Investigations and Prosecutions of Police Use of Deadly Force
This legal sidebar discusses the suggestion to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate cases of alleged law enforcement criminality.
Date:
December 12, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Still Fair Use for Google Books: Second Circuit Ruling in Authors Guild v. Google
This legal sidebar discusses the decision in Authors Guild v. Google case, in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court's ruling and held that Google's copying and distribution of books as part of its Google Books Project qualifies as fair use under the Copyright Act, and thus Google is not liable for infringement of the authors' copyright in these books.
Date:
November 30, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
JPMorgan Data Breach Involves Information on 76 Million Households, 7 Million Small Businesses
This report discusses the JP Morgan data breach. According to the filing, although account information was not compromised, hackers had access to information of users of Chase.com, JPMorganOnline, Chase Mobile, and JPMorgan Mobile, covering "name, address, phone number and email address [information] -- and internal JPMorgan Chase information relating to ... approximately 76 million households and 7 million small businesses."
Date:
October 23, 2014
Creator:
Murphy, M. Maureen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fifth Circuit Declines to Lift Injunction Barring Implementation of the Obama Administration's 2014 Deferred Action Programs
This legal sidebar discusses a decision by the Fifth Circuit in which they declined to lift an injunction barring the implementation of the Obama administration's 2014 deferred action programs. Additionally, the decision argued that the expansions are impermissible because they conflict with certain provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Date:
November 12, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Can States and Localities Bar the Resettlement of Syrian Refugees Within Their Jurisdictions?
This legal sidebar discusses an intention to restrict the resettlement of Syrian refugees within individual states and states' authority in the refugee resettlement process, which may take action to forestall or prevent such resettlement.
Date:
November 18, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Eleventh Circuit Provides Guidance for the Definition of "Foreign Official" under the FCPA
This legal sidebar discusses the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in United States v. Esquenazi, which is the first federal appellate court decision to provide guidance for and to flesh out the definition of the term "foreign official" under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA or Act).
Date:
October 15, 2014
Creator:
Seitzinger, Michael V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
State Considers Amendment to Protect Human Life at Any Stage of Development
This legal sidebar discusses a proposal in North Dakota that would amend the state constitution to address the right to life. If adopted, the North Dakota constitution would state: "The inalienable right to life of every human being at any stage of development must be recognized and protected."
Date:
October 30, 2014
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2017
This report provides data regarding the direct overt U.S. aid appropriations and military reimbursements to Pakistan.
Date:
February 24, 2016
Creator:
Kronstadt, K. Alan & Epstein, Susan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Criminal Justice Reform: One Judge's View
This report briefly provides highlights from an article written by Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in which he recommended 26 changes in the U.S. criminal justice system, federal and state.
Date:
January 1, 2016
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Obama Administration's Announced Immigration Initiative: A Primer
This report discusses the immigration initiative announced by Obama administration that could enable a substantial portion of the unlawfully-present alien population to obtain temporary relief from removal and work authorization.
Date:
November 24, 2014
Creator:
Garcia, Michael John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Obama Administration's November 20, 2014, Actions as to Immigration: Pending Legal Challenges One Year Later
This legal sidebar discusses the Obama Administration announcement regarding a number of actions to "fix" what the President has repeatedly described as a "broken" immigration system.
Date:
November 20, 2015
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What Does the Supreme Court's 4-4 Split in Texas Mean for Future Executive Action as to Immigration?
This legal sidebar discusses the Supreme Court's recent 4-4 split in Texas v. United States and how it might affect the Executive's ability to "go it alone" on immigration in the future. The nominee or presumptive nominee for President of both major political parties has expressed a willingness to take certain actions as to immigration on his or her own, without waiting for Congress to enact further legislation (although the specific actions they would take vary, depending upon their policies on immigration and other issues).
Date:
July 25, 2016
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library