Laws, nominations and legal issues / Howard D. Stern and Thomas W. O'Grady, editors.

Contains edited, excerpted and augmented editions of CRS reports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sharing law enforcement and intelligence information : the congressional role / Richard A. Best Jr. -- Criminalizing unlawful presence : selected issues / Michael John Garcia -- Federal sentencing guidelines : background, legal analysis and policy options / Lisa M. Seghetti, Alison M. Smith -- Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) : using prior juvenile adjudications for sentence enhancements / Alison M. Smith -- Speed of presidential and Senate actions on Supreme Court nominations, 1900-2009 / R. Sam Garrett and Denis Steven Rutkus -- Supreme Court nominations, 1789-2009 : actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee and the president / Denis Steven Rutkus and Maureen Bearden -- Supreme Court nominations : Senate floor procedure and practice, 1789-2009 / Richard S. Beth and Betsy Palmer -- Nominations to Article III lower courts by President George W. Bush during the 110th Congress / Denis Steven Rutkus, Kevin M. Scott and Maureen Bearden -- The Whistleblower Protection Act : an overview / L. Paige Whitaker -- Enforcing immigration law : the role of state and local law enforcement / Lisa M. Seghetti, Karma Ester and Michael John Garcia -- Fairness doctrine : history and constitutional issues / Kathleen Ann Ruane -- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea : living resources provisions / Eugene H. Buck -- The United Nations Human Rights Council : issues for congress / Luisa Blanchfield -- Impeachment : an overview of constitutional provisions, procedure and practice / Elizabeth B. Bazan and Anna C. Henning.

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