Executive Discretion in Immigration, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from public distribution include the following.
Executive Discretion as to Immigration: Legal Overview, November 10, 2014
FEMA’s Disaster Declaration Process: A Primer, November 12, 2014
A New Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State: Comparison of Current Proposals in Brief, November 6, 2014
Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, November 7, 2014
Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress, November 3, 2014
Zivotofsky v. Kerry: The Jerusalem Passport Case, October 30, 2014
Landsat: Overview and Issues for Congress, October 27, 2014
Aiding, Abetting, and the Like: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. 2, October 24, 2014
Constitutional Points of Order in the Senate, November 12, 2014
The Administration’s Supplemental Request for Ebola and Other Infectious Diseases, CRS Insights, November 7, 2014
Could the Defense Contract Audit Agency Be Held Liable for Malpractice? Recently Filed Litigation Raises the Question Again, CRS Legal Sidebar, November 7, 2014
Three Parties, Two Cases, One Set of Documents; Not a Fast and Furious Resolution, CRS Legal Sidebar, November 10, 2014
This report serves as a landscape assessment and toolbox from which local governments can negotiate an informed position when it comes to the levers available to them and includes a first-of-its kind analysis of eight executed community benefits agreements.
When a hurricane hits, it’s all hands on deck – that goes for federal data, too. Pulling back from our investments in timely, accurate, and accessible public data will only make us less prepared and put us all at greater risk.
This is bigger than a singular elimination of race and ethnicity questions. It could accelerate the second wave of widespread reductions to demographic data, leaving public health officials with even less information to deliver better health outcomes for all Americans.
Soft law was never meant to be a permanent solution. Treating it as one, and letting the sandcastle stand in for the skyscraper indefinitely, is how we end up with a decade of voluntary commitments and no enforceable accountability to show for it.