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Liability for disease transmission -- Laws, regulations and rules, Liability for disease transmission -- Remedies, Liability for disease transmission -- Reports, Tort liability -- Laws, regulations and rules, Tort liability -- Remedies, Tort liability -- Reports, Government regulation, Law, and American Bar Association. Governmental Affairs Office -- Reports

Just as the number of COVID-19-related deaths, job losses and small business closures has continued to climb in the United States, so has the number of coronavirus-related lawsuits. By early [...]

United States. Library of Congress. Law Library -- Innovations, Digital libraries -- Evaluation, and Law

Like many attorneys, Mark Wojeik used to view law libraries as a means to an end. But thanks to an innovative outreach campaign conducted by the Law Library of Congress, [...]

United States. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs -- Investigations and Public lands -- Management

Freedom of religion -- Cases, Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, United States Constitution (U.S. Const. amend. 1), and City of Boerne v. Flores (No. 95-2074 (U.S. June 25, 1997))

The US Supreme Court ruled that the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act altered the interpretation of the First Amendment and therefore exceeded the powers of Congress in City of Boerne v. Flores. The Act creates compelling government interest and least restrictive means standards for any law that substantially burdens the exercise of religion regardless of the law's intent. It is the judiciary's purpose to interpret the law, not Congress's, and so the Act is unconstitutional since judicial interpretation requires the burdensome law to specifically target religious practices.

United States. Congress -- Services and Law libraries -- Services

United States. Legal Services Corp. -- Powers and duties and Legal aid societies -- Finance

A federal and New York state court have enjoined restrictions on federal funding of legal aid in two separate cases, and another federal case on the issue is pending. The restrictions were imposed by the US Congress on the disbursal of Legal Services Corp. funds to other groups, making funding conditional on how nonfederal money was spent by the groups. Prohibitions of class actions were declared unconstitutional by the New York court. Other prohibitions cover prisoner litigation, abortion and political activity.

United States. Congress -- 1995 AD and Republican Party (United States) -- 1995 AD

The 104th Congress will be the first time in more than four decades that both House and Senate have had a Republican majority. The ABA's Governmental Affairs Office has been evaluating the leadership change and the Republicans' Contract with America as well as budget cuts proposed by Republicans in the past. Republican proposals of interest to the ABA include tort reform, reduced funding for the Legal Services Corp and elimination of government funding for legal education programs.

United States. Congress -- Planning and Law reform -- Political aspects

The 105th Congress will be controlled by a Republican majority that is larger in the Senate and smaller in the House of Representatives, and the leadership has called for increased bipartisanship. At the top of the agenda will be the balanced budget, but many other issues of interest to the ABA will also be considered. Issues include continued funding of the Legal Services Corporation, reauthorization of Superfund, tort reform, campaign finance reform, reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and increased pay for federal judges.

Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gun control -- Political aspects, Government regulation, and Law

THE NICKNAME 'DO-NOTHING CONGRESS,' MADE FAMOUS BY PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN IN 1948, COULD HAVE BEEN REVIVED TO DESCRIBE LEGISLATORS' SEEMING ANTIPATHY TOWARD FEDERAL GUN LEGISLATION DURING MOST OF THE [...]

United States. Congress -- 1994 AD

The 103rd Congress had many partisan battles but also accomplished much, passing a number of ABA-supported measures. These included the Family and Medical Leave Act, Motor-Voter Registration, the Brady Bill, National Service legislation, a five-year reauthorization of the Independent Counsel Act and omnibus crime legislation. The 103rd Congress also finished work on all appropriations measures for FU 1995 before that year's Oct 1 start.

United States. Congress -- Management and Law reform -- Analysis

The US Congress has responded to public dissatisfaction with legislators by creating the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress. This will be a bipartisan body including both House and Senate members and will conduct hearings on eight areas of congressional procedure during early 1993. These eight areas include such topics as the budget process, cooperation between political parties and congressional ethics. The committee hopes to develop a bill by the summer of 1993.

United States. Congress -- 1993 AD

The 103rd Congress has organized quickly and seems ready to deal with the legislative proposals of President Clinton's first 100 days. Although Congress has 122 new members, leaders of the 102d Congress will for the most part remain as leaders in the 103rd. All but three of the 22 main House committees will keep the chairmen they had before. Five Senate committees need new chairmen. The House of Representatives has changed its rules to so as to streamline the law-making process.

United States. Congress -- 1992 AD

The 102nd Congress passed some laws which the ABA supported. These included the Civil Rights Act of 1991, a five-year reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, reauthorizations of the Older Americans Act, the State Justice Institute and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. The Senate also agreed to ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

United States. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs -- Investigations and Dispute resolution (Law) -- Management

The ABA supports efforts to legislate greater use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to reduce use of the courts and to improve access to the judicial system. Legislation in the US Congress would establish permanently the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1990, which authorizes federal agencies to save money by using ADR techniques. An executive order of Feb 5, 1996, by Pres Bill Clinton directs agencies to use strategies including ADR for claims against the government.

United States. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit -- Management and Court administration -- Laws, regulations and rules

Pending Senate legislation would split the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, only the third such split in US history. The effort to divide the largest federal circuit has already gone farther than three previous attempts, winning the Senate Judiciary Committee's endorsement, but the court itself and all its official organs, as well as five of the nine statewide bar assns concerned, oppose the change. The measure's sponsors, Sens Conrad Burns and Slade Gorton, hope to eliminate CA's influence on their states' cases.

United States. National Endowment for the Humanities -- Finance and Freedom of speech -- Analysis

United States. Supreme Court, Jurisdiction, and Separation of powers -- Analysis

United States. Federal Trade Commission, Jurisdiction -- Analysis, and Professions

United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Standards, Acid rain -- Standards, Industrial wastes -- Standards, and Hazardous wastes -- Standards

United States. Social Security Administration -- Social policy, American Bar Association -- Political activity, Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Acquiescence (Law) -- Cases