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LeMieux Amendment Passed

…RATINGS.” This removes the references to NRSRO from federal agencies and the law. The LeMieux amendment is the language of SEC. 6009 from the House moved over, language which was…

Can Congress Deny Birthright Citizenship?

…change would require a constitutional amendment – the 14th Amendment reads in part: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens…

The Latest WTO Case

The WTO has just ruled in favor of the EU and against the US in a WTO dipute. The case involves the “Byrd Amendment,” otherwise known as the Continued Dumping…

…and the vote was actually on a cloture motion.Senators voting “aye” were voting in favor of cloture — moving forward on the amendment — not voting for the amendment itself….

A Wisconsin federal judge today struck down as unconstitutional that state’s voter-ID law, ruling that the appearance of voter fraud, just like the appearance of political corruption, can’t justify impeding the First Amendment right to vote.

…folks–to notice that the Court has now, finally, declared without even a dissent from Antonin Scalia (who protests occasionally that the framers of of the Thirteenth Amendment had it wrong),…