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  No. 98-1828: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States - Merits
United States, 359 U.S. In the court of appeals' view, several aspects of the FCA and its legislative history supported the conclusion that States are "person[s]" subject to suit under the Act.
States have filed qui tam actions in the past; their right to do so has not been questioned; and Congress in enacting the 1986 FCA amendments assumed that a State is a proper relator.
United States, 320 U.S. 577, 585 (1944), the Court held that a State in its operation of wharves and piers is a "person" subject to the regulatory authority of the United States Maritime Commission under the Shipping Act, 1916.
www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1999/3mer/2mer/98-1828.mer.aa.html   (13671 words)

  
 UNITED STATES
Over the decades, the United States has developed elaborate systems of rules and standards designed to ensure that the deprivation of liberty will never be arbitrary and that if individuals are deprived of their liberty after just legal proceedings, the conditions in which they are held must be humane.
United States, for example, the Supreme Court insisted that aliens are entitled to due process before being deported: "Aliens who have once passed through our gates, even illegally, may be expelled only after proceedings conforming to traditional standards of fairness encompassed in due process of law."81 Similarly, in Plyler v.
Although the United States has agreed in principle that a standard policy on detention conditions is necessary to ensure that all detainees in all forms of immigration detention have the same access to telephones, counsel, visitors, the press, and legal information, such a uniform policy has not yet been adopted.
www.hrw.org /reports98/us-immig/Ins989-04.htm   (6010 words)

  
 CongressLink - A Resource for Teachers Providing Information About the U.S. Congress
Many members of Congress and the state legislatures were disappointed with the government as established under this constitution and in 1787 Congress called for a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation.
It is proper to refer to the Chief Justice as the Chief Justice of the United States, not as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The U. Department of Justice, headed by the Attorney General of the United States, is, in essence, the largest law firm in the nation, with far-flung responsibilities of law enforcement, investigation of federal crimes, and the conduct of all lawsuits in the Supreme Court, where the United States is a concerned party.
www.congresslink.org /print_teaching_glossary.htm   (15812 words)

  
 Second Periodic Report of the United States of America to the Committee Against Torture
The United States continues to recognize its obligation not to “expel, return (‘refouler’) or extradite a person to another state where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture”.
The United States continues to attach considerable importance to the task of providing education and information regarding the prohibition against torture and other abuses to persons who may be involved in the custody, interrogation, and treatment of persons arrested, detained or imprisoned.
United States law, at both the federal and state level, continues to provide victims of such abuses several methods for seeking compensation and rehabilitation as well as grounds for punishing those who have used excessive force.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/45738.htm   (11331 words)

  
 United States ex rel. Foulds v. Texas Tech University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Although the United States would reap no monetary award pursuant to a successful retaliation claim, the district court found that [i]f section 3730(h) is eviscerated, then the Government is truly the one that will suffer the greatest harm.
Where the United States has opted for this passive role, it is difficult to treat it as the party that has "commenced or prosecuted" the suit.
The tribes argued that the United States had delegated to the tribes its authority to bypass the Eleventh Amendment and to thus sue the states in federal courts.
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 Thirty-eighth United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from December 7, 1863 to July 4, 1864.
In addition, the Senate was called into special session by President Abraham Lincoln and met from March 4, 1863 to March 14, 1863.
It was this Congress which proposed to the state legislatures for ratification what later became the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that outlawed slavery uniformly throughout the nation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thirty-eighth_United_States_Congress   (123 words)

  
 POWER, LEGITIMACY, AND THE 14th AMENDMENT by Joseph Fallon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Despite its subsequent “interpretation” by the federal judiciary to mandate federal intervention in state and local affairs, the original aim of the 14th Amendment was to ensure the political and economic hegemony of the Northern states over the South.
Led by the states of Mississippi and Georgia, Southern whites attempted to have the constitutionality of the Reconstruction Acts—and, by implication, the ratification of the 14th Amendment—reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The government of the United States, as established by the U.S. Constitution in 1789, was effectively abolished by the 14th Amendment.
www.chroniclesmagazine.org /www/Chronicles/March2002/032002Fallon.htm   (1321 words)

  
 United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 1st Session: Homepage
Oversight plans based on the jurisdiction of the committee and the hearing schedules for the 109th Congress.
Current operating status of the United States House of Representatives.
Search the Thomas website maintained by the Library of Congress for bill and other information related to the U.S. Congress and the legislative process.
www.house.gov   (225 words)

  
 OPM - Join the "Nation's Finest" United States Capitol Police
Today's United States Capitol Police Officer has the primary responsibility for protecting life and property, preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal acts, and enforcing traffic regulations throughout a large complex of congressional buildings, parks, and thoroughfares.
Additionally, the protection of Members of Congress, Officers of Congress, and their families is expanded by statute to the entire United States, its territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia.
Selection and assignment to these units is accomplished on a competitive basis, and is available to officers after one (1) to two (2) years of field experience.
www.fedquest.com /opmrefs/tei51.htm   (1210 words)

  
 Minnesota State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
Around the state seal is a wreath of the state flower, the lady slipper.
Three dates are woven into the wreath:1858, the year Minnesota became a state; 1819, the year Fort Snelling was established; and 1893, the year the official flag was adopted.
Central hill and lake region covering approximatley half the state; to the northeast, rocky ridges and deep lakes; to the northwest, flat plains; to the south, rolling plains and deep river valleys.
www.50states.com /minnesot.htm   (288 words)

  
 Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr., General, United States Army
A graduate (1936) of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he served in World War II and, following numerous other assignments, in 1964 became a full general and Vice Chief-of-Staff of the United States Army.
It was Abrams' unit that tore from Bitburg to the Rhine including an attack of over forty miles in less than two days.
After his extensive service in Vietnam, General Abrams was nominated to be Chief of Staff, United States Army, and was confirmed by the Senate on October 12, 1972.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /abrams.htm   (2506 words)

  
 Daily Schedule
RAS Ronald Reagan, from "The State of the Union," 1984.
RAS Thomas Jefferson, "The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America," 4 July 1776.
Statutes of the United States, 37th Congress, Session II.
www.people.virginia.edu /~hhk6s/daysched.html   (4540 words)

  
 Serial Set Links: U.S. Congressional Documents
The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850
Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah.
Map of the routes examined and surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, State of Virginia, under the direction of Capt. J.
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 RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON 37TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
37th President of the United States January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974
I have taken an oath today in the presence of God and my countrymen to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Although the Democratic Party maintained majorities in the Congress, the presidential ambitions of South Dakota Senator George McGovern were unsuccessful.
www.geocities.com /legal1two/nixon.html   (3749 words)

  
 The Filson Historical Society - Civil War Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Official army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65.
Military map of the states of Kentucky and Tennessee within eleven miles of the 55th parallel of latitude or southern boundary of Tennessee; compiled from Cincinnati, Ohio: Ehrgott, Forbriger and Co., 1863 ® Large Map 973.799 U58m
Clay's resolutions, delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850.
www.filsonhistorical.org /civilwar6.html   (2914 words)

  
 Presidents of the United States
Presidents of the Continental Congress as well as information about David Rice Atchison who some believe was the 12th President of the United States.
Full text of speeches including inaugural address and State of the Union speeches as well as official documents and many other papers and research sources.
States that entered the Union during the term of each President.
www.presidentsusa.net   (901 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Origins & Development > Party Division
The actual number of senators representing a particular party often changes during a congress, due to the death or resignation of a senator, or as a consequence of a member changing parties.
Note: As the 106th Congress began, the division was 55 Republican seats and 45 Democratic seats, but this changed to 54-45 on July 13, 1999 when Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire switched from the Republican party to Independent status.
The United States Senate: An Institutional Bibliography includes more than six hundred citations to books, articles and government documents printed since 1789.
www.senate.gov /pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm   (664 words)

  
 California State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
A grizzly bear represented the many bears seen in the state.
The word, "California Republic" was placed beneath the star and bear.
It was adopted by the 1911 State Legislature as the State Flag.
www.50states.com /californ.htm   (290 words)

  
 Gerald Ford - 37th President of the United States
Gerald Ford - 37th President of the United States
Gerald Ford : Thirty-Eighth President of the United States
Addresses, State of the Union speeches, and other documents
www.presidentsusa.net /ford.html   (164 words)

  
 Section 4: Oliphant's Anthem (LC Exhibition)
Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President of the United States, died April 22, 1994, from complications of a severe stroke.
The late president became Oliphant's signature image during the Watergate hearings in the early 1970s.
Nixon's career as a political figure and statesman spanned nearly five decades, including 20 years in which he held elective office as a congressman, senator, vice president, and president.
www.loc.gov /exhibits/oliphant/part4.html   (308 words)

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