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The Scarlet Letter of the Law: The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 Kyle O'Dowd
State Legislation Affairs Update Scott Ehlers
State Legislative Affairs Update Scott Ehlers
Legislation Kyle O'Dowd
Legislation Tova Indritz April 2002 42 Immigration Aspects of the USA PATRIOT Act The USA PATRIOT Act has many provisions that impact particularly on non-U.S. citizens, even those who are long-term lawful permanent residents. Some of these provisions provide new grounds for deportation (evicting
Legislation David B. Smith March 2002 49 Liberty at Risk, Part 2; Forfeiture and Money Laundering Provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act Note: The second in a series regarding recent “antiterrorism” legislation and Executive Branch rule-making, this is the submission of the Forfeiture Abuse Committe
Legislation Gerald B. Lefcourt, Leslie Hagin, Kyle O'Dowd January/February 2002 62 Liberty at Risk, Part I; An Overview of Recent ‘Antiterrorism’ Measures History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. (Skin
Legislation Kyle O'Dowd August 2001 36 Wake Up Call for Justice: The Innocence Protection Act TEN YEARS AGO, ON A COLD DARK NIGHT SOMEONE WAS KILLED 'NEATH THE TOWN HALL LIGHT. THERE WERE FEW AT THE SCENE, BUT THEY ALL AGREED THAT THE SLAYER WHO RAN LOOKED A LOT LIKE ME. Johnny Cash, The Long
Legislation Kyle O'Dowd June 2001 60 Inflation Blues: The Need for a CJA Rate Hike Hey Mr. President / All you congressmen, too You got me frustrated / And I don't know what to do I'm trying to make a living / I can't save a cent It takes all my money / Just to eat and pay my
Legislation Kyle O'Dowd March 2001 47 The 107th Congress: A Look Ahead, A Call to Action I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. Charles de Gaulle New President, new Congress, new Attorney General — the effect this new political lan
Legislation Kyle O'Dowd December 2000 54 Save McDade-Murtha Protracted in length but short on substance, the second session of the 106th Congress nonetheless presages some of the possibilities and pitfalls that lie ahead. Teetering on the brink of one pitfall was the McDade-Murtha law (28 U.S
