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United States, 327 U.S. The defendant- in that case was charged with having sexual intercourse with a female between the ages of 16 and 18 in Indian country.
Under those circumstances, assimilation of state law fur- thers the purposes of the ACA by ensuring that federal legislation "interfere[s] as little as might be with the authority of the States" regarding the defi- nition and punishment of crimes committed within their borders.
United States, 116 S. Ct. 1241, 1250 (1996) ("[Federal appellate courts appear to have uniformly concluded that they may direct the entry of judgment for a lesser included offense when a convic- tion for a greater offense is reversed on grounds that affect only the greater offense.
www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1996/w967151w.txt   (7550 words)

  
 We The People Features - Kosovo Lawsuit - Memorandum of Law
Congress’ power to declare war works in conjunction with the authority granted to the President under the Constitution to act as "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States." (U.S. Constitution, Art.
In effect, Congress knew that the armed forces of the United States were engaged in hostilities against the sovereign nation of Yugoslavia, unconstitutionally, and they deliberately chose by their official actions to allow for the collapse of fundamental republican principles and with it the rule of law.
This case is directed at the long standing practice whereby the President of the United States, without the involvement of the people’s representatives in Congress, defines and punishes what he considers to be offenses by sovereign nations, by engaging the armed forces of the United States in military attacks and operations against that nation.
www.givemeliberty.org /features/kosovo/memorandumoflaw.htm   (6453 words)

  
 History of Legislative Control Over Opium, Cocaine, and Their Derivatives
Second, the form of government adopted in the United States, a federation of partly independent states, was a conscious attempt to prevent establishment of an all-powerful central government characteristic of Europe.
In New York City, the addiction capital of the United States, heroin became the drug of choice for recreational addicts, and the number of addicts was measured in the tens of thousands by 1920.
The United States hoped one of the major effects of the Shanghai Commission would be to placate China with regard to the poor treatment given Chinese nationals in the United States.
www.druglibrary.org /schaffer/History/ophs.htm   (10907 words)

  
 Administrative Notes Technical Supplement: November 30, 1998
Congress, 2d Session, Unveiling of statues of Pulaski and Kosciuszko in D.C. Was not printed.
Congress, 2d Session, Foreign Relations of United States, Conferences at Cairo and Tehran, 1943.
Congress, 2d Session, Decisions of Commissioner of Patents and U.S. Courts in Patent and Trademark Cases, 1970.
www.access.gpo.gov /su_docs/fdlp/pubs/techsup/ts113098.html   (2211 words)

  
 Copyright Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
According to the text of the guidelines, the purpose was "to state the minimum and not the maximum standards of educational fair use under section 107 of the [Copyright Act of 1976].
Congress approved a significant hike in the minimum statutory damages for various types of copyright infringement in the Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 (H.R. The law increased the minimum statutory damages for infringements from $500 to $750 and increased the maximum from $20,000 to $30,000.
UCITA was passed by state legislatures in Maryland and Virginia in 2000, but has yet to pass in other states due to significant opposition in the public and private sectors.
arl.cni.org /info/frn/copy/timeline.html   (5501 words)

  
 United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: Washington Update: 109th Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon the Government of the Republic of Belarus to cease its human rights violations, and for other purposes.
The resolution states that Congress urges the European Union to maintain its arms embargo on the People’s Republic of China.
The act requires that the Secretary of State submit to Congress a report on efforts by the United States government to secure transmission sites for Radio Free Asia in countries in close geographical proximity to Vietnam, and a description of the development of the rule of law in Vietnam.
www.uscirf.gov /washingtonupdate/legislation/109.html   (1584 words)

  
 FedNet! - Broadcast Coverage of the United States Congress
UNITED STATES CONGRESS: The House and the Senate are in Recess for the Columbus Day Work Period.
to be chief justice of the United States.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS: The Senate and House are currently in summer recess and will reconvene on Tuesday, September 6th.
www.fednet.net /archive   (7080 words)

  
 U.S. Congressional Delegations from Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These are tables of congressional delegations from Washington to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
Note: * designates those Congresses in which representatives were elected from the state at large, rather than by district.
Previous and Current Delegations to the United States Congress by State
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington_state_congressional_delegates   (115 words)

  
 United States Legal Research
Annotated state constitutions are included in the annotated codes for the individual states; for a list of those available on the Internet, see the DLL page on State Law and Government: www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/state.html
Full text of laws from the 101st Congress (1989) to the present, and summaries of public laws from the 93rd Congress (1973) to the present.
General rules of applicability for state courts are usually published as part of each state's statutory code, or as a supplement to the code.
www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/law/llm.html   (2355 words)

  
 World War II -> War Comes to the United States on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Though determined to maintain its neutrality, the United States was gradually drawn closer to the war by the force of events.
To establish bases to protect its shipping from attacks by German submarines, the United States occupied (Apr., 1941) Greenland and later shared in the occupation of Iceland; despite repeated warnings, the attacks continued.
War was declared (Dec. 8) on Japan by the United States, the Commonwealth of Nations (except Ireland), and the Netherlands.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/WW2_WarComestotheUnitedStates.asp   (952 words)

  
 List of United States Congresses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a complete list of the individual congresses of the United States Congress.
Congressional Record dates for all sessions of Congress through the convening of the 108th Congress (Jan. 7, 2003)
This page was last modified 23:59, 15 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_United_States_Congresses   (68 words)

  
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A RESOLUTION urging the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the United States Department of Defense to conceive and devise policies and actions to offer African Americans enhanced opportunities to participate in postwar economic redevelopment and reconstruction efforts in Iraq; and for other purposes.
Urging the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the United States Department of Defense to conceive and devise policies and actions to offer African Americans enhanced opportunities to participate in postwar economic redevelopment and reconstruction efforts in Iraq; and for other purposes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Honorable George Bush, President of the United States; members of the Georgia Congressional delegation; and the Honorable Donald Rumsfield, Secretary of Defense.
www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/2003_04/search/hr744.htm   (418 words)

  
 The Civil War Defenses of Washington: Historic Resource Study (Bibliography)
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States.
U.S., Congress, Senate, Committee on the District of Columbia.
Revised United States Army Regulations of 1861, with an Appendix containing the Changes and laws Affecting Army Regulations and Articles of War to June 25, 1863.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/civilwar/hrs1-b.htm   (10868 words)

  
 U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva
State Alumni is an interactive web site by and for alumni of selected Department of State Exchange programs like the International Visitor Program (IVP)
Ratification by the United States of the Inter-American
Special IIP webpage provides information on the United Nations, the anniversary summit document and the reform process.
www.us-mission.ch   (297 words)

  
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Also included are a biography of John Mitchell, a description of how anthracite mining is done and political cartoons of the times.
United Mine Workers of America tribute to Mother Jones.
Summary: A history of three important women activists, Annie Besant, Kageyama Hideko, and Mother Jones, and their struggles in England, Japan, and the United States respectively.
libraries.cua.edu /MotherJones/links.htm   (1186 words)

  
 Index to Comic Art Collection: "United Service Organizations" to "United States Environmental Protection Agency"
United States--Civilization--1945- I. Crumb, R. Call no.: HQ971.M4 1970z ----------------------------------------------------- United States.
Silver Wings : true action stories of the United States Air Force / by Edwin L. Wilber, Estelle R. Schoenholtz ; illustrated by Milton A. Caniff.
89, 83rd Congress, 1st Session, and S. 190, 93rd Congress, 2d Session, a part of the investigation of juvenile delinquency in the United States.
www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/urri/unit_s.htm   (4046 words)

  
 Embassy of the United States in Manila
John stated, "These are the types of talks that close allies hold….
Prior to that, she served as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement at the Department of State.
The U.S. Department of State is offering rewards for the capture of two Jemaah Islamiya members who are believed to be involved in the bombings in Bali, Indonesia, in 2002.
manila.usembassy.gov   (1989 words)

  
 FSM News and Government Public Statements
FSM Statement before the United Nations General Assembly at Informal consultations on the report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change and on the United Nations Millennium Project, New York (2/23/05)
FSM Statement before the United Nations General Assembly on Oceans and the law of the sea, New York (11/17/04)
State of the Nation Address by H.E. Leo A. Falcam before the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, Palikir, Pohnpei (11/4/02)
www.fsmgov.org /statemnt.html   (889 words)

  
 Serial Set Links: U.S. Congressional Documents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/amlaw/lwsslink.html   (1828 words)

  
 Warsaw Poland
Colonel Carl Thomae, Director of Operations at the 162nd, stated that the Polish pilots had made “impressive progress.” The pilots are confronted not only with the Polish/English language barrier, but an entirely new array of controls and systems in the cockpits of the ultra-modern F-16s.
On November 18, the Departments of State and Justice’s Law and Democracy program concluded a week-long seminar with 16 high level Polish police officials in Legionowo, Poland.
The Roadmap is intended to lead Poland into the group of countries whose citizens can travel to the United States for tourism without obtaining a visa (Visa Waiver Program).
warsaw.usembassy.gov   (981 words)

  
 Welcome to Jan's Website
"I believe it is important to protect the trade secrets and intellectual property of auto manufacturers...However, I believe that information necessary to diagnose, service, and repair vehicles sold in the United States should be disclosed to car owners, repair shops, and the Federal Trade Commission.
It expresses the policy that the United States needs to increase the amount of funds available for water and sanitation, supports innovative funding mechanisms, greater international coordination, and better integration of water and sanitation into other development efforts.
"This Halloween, the Republican leadership in Congress is playing tricks on the poor and middle class families, to make way for more treats for the rich."
www.house.gov /schakowsky   (1407 words)

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