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- STRATEGIC SOLUTION FOR US-VISIT PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE BETTER DEFINED, JUSTIFIED, AND COORDINATED
- GAO-08-361 Homeland Security: Strategic Solution for US-VISIT Program Needs to Be Better Defined, Justified, and Coordinated February 29, 2008 Statement of Joel C. Willemssen, Managing Director, Information Technology Issues The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson Chairman The Honorable Peter T. King Ranking Member Committee on Homeland Security House...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy.(Book review)
- Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy BY KEITH WHITTINGTON NEW JERSEY: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2007. pp. 296. $49.00 INTRODUCTION I. THE POLITICAL UTILITY OF COURTS II. THE GROWTH OF JUDICIAL SUPREMACY III. THE PEOPLE'S COURT?...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Enforcing the treaty rights of aliens.
- Despite the Supremacy Clause's declaration that treaties are the "Law of the Land," efforts to incorporate treaties that guarantee individual rights into domestic law have been stymied by a wave of political opposition. Critics argue that giving these treaties the force of domestic law would be inconsistent with constitutional values...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Update for 2007 federal income tax returns
- There are a few changes that legal assistance attorneys should be aware of when completing and filing tax returns for military taxpayers this tax season. Most of these changes relate to recent tax legislation for the Alternative Minimum Tax AMT, (1) mortgage debt relief, (2) deductions for charitable cash contributions,...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Late is late: the GAO bid protest timeliness rules, and how they can be a model for boards of contract appeals
- The surest way to be late is to have plenty of time. (1) I. Introduction One of the unique aspects of litigating contract disputes before the Government Accountability Office GAO (2) is its ironclad adherence to the timeliness rules contained in its bid protest regulations. (3) Under the...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Law is everywhere.(Testimonial)
- TRIBUTE The phrase "War on Terror" has no discrete legal content. It was politically inspired and used by the administration of George W. Bush to mobilize American society, much like the "War on Drugs" or the "War on Poverty." Yet the declaration of ...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Interpreting recent changes to the standing rules for the use of force
- I. Introduction On 29 August 2005, Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast Region, causing unprecedented devastation and widespread flooding. (1) In response, thousands of National Guard Soldiers deployed to the area to provide assistance. In addition, the President ordered U.S. Army active-duty units to immediately deploy to the...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- The canons of war.
- War powers hang in a delicate balance, with conflicting statutes overlying contrasting constitutional prerogatives. Because Congress has filled nearly every shadowy corner of Justice Jackson's "zone of twilight" with its own imprimatur, war powers debates now hinge on traditional statutory interpretation, albeit in a unique context. This Note draws upon...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Choosing between the necessity and public interest standards in FCC review of media ownership rules.
- Section 202h of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended, directs the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") to review its media ownership rules every four years. But the statute contains an ambiguity regarding the standard of review that the FCC must apply during such proceedings. To retain...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: A Synopsis and Recent Legislative History, The
- Abstract This article describes the provisions of the federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act HMDA, tracing its legal evolution since 1989, when Congress expanded HMDA to require reporting of home mortgage lending by ethnicity and race. HMDA requires most lenders to report the demographic makeup and geographic distribution of home mortgages...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- The netting of costs against income receipts produced by such costs, without barring Congress from disallowing such costs
- I. INTRODUCTION This article principally argues that, under the federal income tax, costs of obtaining specific sums of money should be capitalized as opposed to being treated as expenses, just as costs of obtaining property should be capitalized. (1) Insofar as a right or claim to money is itself...
- Research articles 2007-09-22
- Extending Hamdan v. Rumsfeld to Combatant Status Review Tribunals
- I. INTRODUCTION In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the United States Supreme Court struck down a military commission convened by the President to try foreign nationals for violations of the law of war.1 Over vigorous dissenting opinions, a five-Justice majority2 held that the commission's structure and procedures violated domestic statutes (the Uniform...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- VITA, the MTC and the modern accounting curriculum.(part 1)(volunteer income tax assistance, modern tax curriculum)
- Several authors have discussed the benefits of "service learning" in the accounting curriculum and, more specifically, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance VITA program. This is described as a means of strengthening the accounting curriculum by engaging students in critical analysis and problem solving; see Still and...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
- Engaging civilian-belligerents leads to self-defense/Protocol I marriage
- I. Introduction The belligerents waging intense armed attacks against government armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq are not agents of a Geneva Convention "high contracting Party," or any nation-state, or any armed force within the meaning of the law of war. They are non-uniformed "civilians," as are the militants...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- What's good for the goose is not good for the gander: Sarbanes-Oxley style nonprofit reforms.
- In this Article, I contend that the Sarbanes-Oxley-inspired nonprofit reforms currently being put forward in seven states, particularly the costly disclosure requirements, will be of little value in the effort to improve ethical nonprofit board governance. After providing a primer on the oversight of nonprofit organizations...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Love, murder in Pear Ave.'s 'Playboy'
- WITH "Playboy of the Western World," the Pear Avenue Theatre again proves, given a wonderful script, direction and acting make great theater, even when expansive sets and fancy production values are lacking. Director William Kenney pulled together and paced a wonderful cast. The acting is just super....
- Research articles 2007-05-22
- Notice 2007-41
- Public Comment Invited on Recommendations for 2007-2008 Guidance Priority ListThe Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service invite public comment on recommendations for items that should be included on the 2007-2008 Guidance Priority List.Treasury's Office of Tax Policy and the Service use the Guidance Priority List each year to identify...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- "Overshift": the unconstitutional double burden-shift on affirmative defenses in the new article 120
- The Fiscal Year FY 2006 National Defense Authorization Act employed an unprecedented strategy to combat the threatening problem of sexual assault in the military. (3) Congress completely overhauled Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice UCMJ, (4) removing "without consent" as an element of rape and other sexual...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- E. M. MAPALAD AND THE MAPALAD BUS LINERS, INC.: THE BUSINESS ENDED DESPITE A TALENTED ENTREPRENEUR
- CASE DESCRIPTION The primary subject matter of this case is entrepreneurship. Secondary issues examined in the case include strategies involved in family business startup, growth, and decline, including profit-maximizing strategies revenue maximization in particular, as well as international business environments and their impact on businesses, in general, and family businesses,...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- The use of government-owned vehicles for the comfort or health and welfare of personnel in deployed or remote locations
- I. Introduction: The Beginning of the Story My interest in the topic of government-owned vehicles GOVs (1) began at Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea. (2) It was around 2300 hours of my first night in country, when my commander woke me up from a jet-lagged stupor. He wanted...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
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