Laws, nominations and legal issues
By: Howard D. Stern and Thomas W. O'Grady, editors
Contributors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Series: Congressional policies, practices and procedures; Laws and legislation
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers; Nova Science Pub Inc
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781611228700
Subjects: Law
Notes: Contains edited, excerpted and augmented editions of CRS reports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sharing law enforcement and intelligence information : the congressional role / Richard A. Best Jr.; title: Criminalizing unlawful presence : selected issues / Michael John Garcia; title: Federal sentencing guidelines : background, legal analysis and policy options / Lisa M. Seghetti, Alison M. Smith; title: Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) : using prior juvenile adjudications for sentence enhancements / Alison M. Smith; title: Speed of presidential and Senate actions on Supreme Court nominations, 1900-2009 / R. Sam Garrett and Denis Steven Rutkus; title: Supreme Court nominations, 1789-2009 : actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee and the president / Denis Steven Rutkus and Maureen Bearden; title: Supreme Court nominations : Senate floor procedure and practice, 1789-2009 / Richard S. Beth and Betsy Palmer; title: Nominations to Article III lower courts by President George W. Bush during the 110th Congress / Denis Steven Rutkus, Kevin M. Scott and Maureen Bearden; title: The Whistleblower Protection Act : an overview / L. Paige Whitaker; title: Enforcing immigration law : the role of state and local law enforcement / Lisa M. Seghetti, Karma Ester and Michael John Garcia; title: Fairness doctrine : history and constitutional issues / Kathleen Ann Ruane; title: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea : living resources provisions / Eugene H. Buck; title: The United Nations Human Rights Council : issues for congress / Luisa Blanchfield; title: Impeachment : an overview of constitutional provisions, procedure and practice / Elizabeth B. Bazan and Anna C. Henning.