The Congressional Research Service has prepared reports on various aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court nominations process, including these:
Speed of Presidential and Senate Actions on Supreme Court Nominations, 1900-2010, August 6, 2010
Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate, February 19, 2010
Supreme Court Nominations Not Confirmed, 1789-August 2010, August 20, 2010
Supreme Court Nominations: Senate Floor Procedure and Practice, 1789-2011, March 11, 2011
Supreme Court Appointment Process: President’s Selection of a Nominee, October 19, 2015
Supreme Court Appointment Process: Consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee, October 19, 2015
Supreme Court Appointment Process: Senate Debate and Confirmation Vote, October 19, 2015
Questioning Supreme Court Nominees About Their Views on Legal or Constitutional Issues: A Recurring Issue, June 23, 2010
Supreme Court Justices: Demographic Characteristics, Professional Experience, and Legal Education, 1789-2010, April 9, 2010
To increase the real and perceived benefit of research funding, funding agencies should develop challenge goals for their extramural research programs focused on the impact portion of their mission.
Without trusted mechanisms to ensure privacy while enabling secure data access, essential R&D stalls, educational innovation stalls, and U.S. global competitiveness suffers.
Satellite imagery has long served as a tool for observing on-the-ground activity worldwide, and offers especially valuable insights into the operation, development, and physical features related to nuclear technology.
This year’s Red Sky Summit was an opportunity to further consider what the role of fire tech can and should be – and how public policy can support its development, scaling, and application.