Sentences with phrase «united states statutes»

I understand that when a bill is signed into law by the President it is sent to the Office of the Federal Register to be assigned a law number and paginated for the United States Statutes at Large.

The Library of Congress also has the United States Statutes at Large available on Law.gov.

The court of appeals handles all appeals except those in the supreme court's exclusive jurisdiction: challenges to the validity of a United States statute or treaty, the validity of a state constitutional provision or statute, cases requiring construction of revenue laws, the title to state office and cases where the death penalty is imposed.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a United States statute that mandates privacy and security protocols for personal medical information.

The All Writs Act 28 USC s. 1651 is a United States statute that authorizes the federal courts to «issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.»

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«Prior to this decision, any decent prosecutor could have indicted anyone in the United States for anything using that statute,» Razzano says.

Also cited on the DOJ's explanation of the statute is a decision from former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who wrote, «To conspire to defraud the United States means primarily to cheat the Government out of property or money.»

The US Global Change Research Program is required by statute to produce the comprehensive National Climate Assessment report on climate change impacts on the United States every four years.

Updated weekly by the attorneys in our Cannabis Law Practice, the National Survey on Marijuana Laws and Regulations is a quick reference to the relevant laws and statutes governing marijuana cultivation, distribution and use in the United States.

The Dodd — Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010.

He was proved to be absolutely prophetic when, just ten years later, the court ruled in United States v. Windsor that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional — thus striking down the federal statute defining marriage exclusively as the union of a man and a woman.

Today, the United States Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the state of California's appeal of a Ninth Circuit decision declaring unconstitutional a statute enacted in that state which restricted minors» access to graphically violent video games....

It endures in the United States in some form in the statutes of all but six states (Alabama, Connecticut, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Texas and West Virginia), and in an ambiguous condition in the federal law (which governs in Boe's States in some form in the statutes of all but six states (Alabama, Connecticut, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Texas and West Virginia), and in an ambiguous condition in the federal law (which governs in Boe's states (Alabama, Connecticut, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Texas and West Virginia), and in an ambiguous condition in the federal law (which governs in Boe's case).

The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (Rule 26) provide that in the absence of statute or rule, the court shall follow «the principles of the common law as they may be interpreted by the courts of the United States in the light of reason and experience.»

«Mike's exceptional experience after more than two decades with some of the elite labels in the spirits business will be a great asset to our team,» said Mr. Graff, who has served as counsel to wholesalers in litigation across the United States, challenging state statutes prohibiting the cross border shipment of alcohol beverages.

She says New York is the only state north of Delaware in the Eastern United States that does not have a medical marijuana statute.

The statute continues on, giving other paperwork - type jobs to this office (and his staff), which all relate to the fact that he was to be the keeper of the Seal of the United States (and thus had to handle all official correspondence).

[1]- «In most jurisdictions in the United States, the statute of limitations for actions in replevin ranges from two to six years.23 Similarly, in the United Kingdom, actions to reclaim personal property expire after six years24» - «THE THIRD TIME IS NOT ALWAYS A CHARM: THE TROUBLESOME LEGACY OF A DUTCH ART DEALER - THE LIMITATION AND ACT OF STATE DEFENSES IN LOOTED ART CASES» by BERT DEMARSIN

But neither statute nor court ever considered striking down the two senators per state clause, nor in fact, the Electoral College for President of the United States!

She says New York is the only state north of Delaware in the eastern United States that does not have a medical marijuana statute.

Kim seemed to allude to the Supreme Court's Skilling v. United States decision, which reduced the scope of statutes barring «honest services fraud,» which were used to prosecute public officials for corruption.

«This statute permitted Lyndon B. Johnson to run for Vice President in 1960 and, at the same time, seek re-election as United States Senator from Texas.»

The motion to dismiss also cited a Supreme Court decision from 2013, Sekhar v. United States, in which the justices restricted the definition of extortion under the Hobbs Act, an anti-racketeering statute enacted in 1946.

The three - judge panel pointed to a 2016 United States Supreme Court ruling on Republican governor of Virginia Bob McDonnell that used a more narrow definition of what constitutes an «official act» under the public corruption statute, ruling that a jury instructed on that definition may not have found Silver guilty.

According to NIH spokesperson Donald Ralbovsky, NIH's position is based on the statute, regulations, and policies authorizing the Kirschstein NRSA awards, which are, respectively, 42 United States Code 288; 42 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 66; and NIH Manual Chapter 54810.

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They brought this action in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas to enjoin enforcement of a Kansas statute which permits, but does not require, cities of more than 15,000 population to maintain separate school facilities for Negro and white students.

It is also required by statute that pupils be instructed in the history of the United States flag and the Virginia flag.

That the provisions of the settlement agreement dated January 30, 2013, between the United States of America, acting through the United States Department of Justice and on behalf of the United States Department of Education, and the State of Connecticut, acting through the office of the Attorney General and on behalf of the Connecticut State Department of Education, requiring an expenditure from the General Fund budget in excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars and submitted by the Attorney General to this Assembly for approval in accordance with section 3 - 125a of the general statutes, are approved

(1) the occupancy of such position, or access to the premises in or upon which any part of the duties of such position is performed or is to be performed, is subject to any requirement imposed in the interest of the national security of the United States under any security program in effect pursuant to or administered under any statute of the United States or any Executive order of the President; and

I am confused about how the statute of limitations with regards to debt applies to what is reported on an actual credit report from the 3 credit reporting agencies in the United States.

(b) This section shall not repeal, amend, modify, or diminish any right or power to charge and collect charges, fees, interest, or an interest surcharge existing under any other applicable state or federal statute, nor repeal, amend, or modify Public Law 96 - 221, enacted by the United States Congress and approved March 31, 1980, nor Section 5 - 2A - 24.

In the United States, state statutes of limitations can for instance require you to start your claim within 60 days.

Technicians in the military or naval service of the United States, United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Veterans Administration or the United States Public Health Service, in the practice of such technical procedures in obedience to the requirements of the laws of the United States, while engaged in the performance of the actual duties prescribed under the appropriate statutes of the United States;

She explained that even in some of the most forward - looking environmental statutes in the United States, like the legislation creating the national parks, the language on safeguarding this asset «unimpaired» for future generations is in the preamble, and thus not «hard law.»

RGGI is one of the two legally mandated CO2 reduction programs in the United States, the other being a California cap - and - trade statute.

«(1) whether the programs under Safe Climate Act and other Federal statutes are resulting in sufficient United States greenhouse gas emissions reductions to meet the emissions reduction goals described in section 702, taking into account the use of offsets; and

Chevron's filing also cites numerous statutes that refute the plaintiffs» claims that fossil fuels unreasonably interfere with public rights, including the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Mining and Minerals Policy Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Federal Lands Policy Management Act, all of which specifically call for the production of oil and natural gas within the United States:

«Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.»

Shapiro cites cases such as McDonnell v. United States, decided in 2016, in which the court unanimously reversed the conviction of a former Virginia governor on the basis that meeting with constituents who seek favors is not one of the «official acts» that can be prosecuted under public - corruption statutes.

We would then regale readers with a review of possibly every case in the United States that has dealt with «whether body parts can constitute dangerous or deadly weapons for purposes of... assault and battery statutes.»

Class v. United States, No. 16 - 424, holding that a guilty plea, alone, does not bar a federal criminal defendant from challenging the constitutionality of the statute of conviction.

The NLRB is an independent agency — members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the US Senate — that enforces the National Labor Relations Act, one of the fundamental statutes in the United States governing private sector labor - management relations.

He handles all issues relating to the constitutional rights of public employees under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and federal and state statutes.

It has become the common statutory pattern in the United States for a statute establishing an administrative agency to provide that any wilful violation of the rules adopted by the agency constitutes a federal felony.

First, it has no database of statutes — not even the United States Code.

After reading some related articles, delving into the Statutes at Large and United States Code, and finding a question in a similar vein (How many lines of text in all currently active federal laws of US?)

Statutes, cases, and statutory forms are in the public domain in the United States and this has not resulted in any noticeable adverse effects in that country.

52 Titles of the United States Code (some of which have more than one volume) and a smattering of uncodified statutes that probably would take up one or two additional books.

Case law interpreting each section the United States Code (or comparable state statutory codifications of statute law) are accompanied by what are known as «annotations» which briefing state the holdings of all legal cases interpreting a particular statutory section and usually briefly stating its holding.