Revolt in Review: What the 104th Congress Achieved Political Norms Shift Right, but Few New Laws
Enacted in 1974, the Privacy Act was passed during the Watergate scandal and at the advent of new technologies like mainframe computer systems that allowed for the storage of millions of Americans' information. "It was Congress' effort to control what government may do with the information it co...
Investigations are held to gather information on the need for future legislation, to test the effectiveness of laws already passed, to inquire into the qualifications and performance of members and officials of the other branches, and in rare occasions, to lay ...
Getting injured or sick while on the job can be financially devastating for employees.Workers’ compensationlaws are in place to help alleviate any burden while ensuring workplaces are kept safe and hazard-free. These laws include the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA). Congress also pass...
The Card Act limits how issuers can increase interest rates on existing accounts, but the interest rates themselves are still governed by state laws. Among other limitations, the law also doesn't protect you from certain fees or interest rate increases. It also applies only to consumer credit ...
What year did the Supreme Court strike down laws forbidding marriage between blacks and whites? What year was the Petition of Right signed into law? What new US laws were passed during the Atomic Age? What was the first law passed by Congress?
Our country, with 4% of the world’s population has civilians owning half of the firearms in a world of 7.8 billion. Trumplicans, now morphing from Trump cult to Fascisicans, have a great advantage over those who believe in “common good” laws: they don’t give a damn about how man...
federal holidays every year, designed by the United States Congress. Unlike other countries, the U.S. cannot designate national holidays as Congress only has constitutional authority to create holidays for federal institutions. If an employee is required to work on any one of these holidays, he ...
The lack of laws against deepfakes is because most people are unaware of the technology, its uses and dangers. Because of this, victims don't get protection under the law in most cases of deepfakes. However, certain recent legislative efforts have been in the making that if passed would co...
The 435 members of the House of Representatives are up for election every two years, as are one-third of the 100 Senators in the US Congress. 自1800年美国独立后不久,就有两个政党在选举中竞争。 Ever since 1800, shortly after the USA established its independent existence, there have been two...