Category «Congress»

The Supreme Court Needs a Mandatory and Enforceable Code of Ethics

“The City Bar, through its Rule of Law Task Force, Federal Courts Committee, Professional Responsibility Committee, and Professional Ethics Committee, asserts that Congress has the Constitutional authority to enact binding and enforceable ethics rules for the U.S. Supreme Court, and endorses the creation of a Judicial Investigation Panel and an Office of the Inspector General …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

The late summer release for GovInfo included 85 individually tracked system changes

GovInfo – RSS Feeds for Searches, Browse Pages Updates, and New Mobile Buttons – The late summer release for GovInfo included 85 individually tracked system changes. Highlights were functionality to create RSS feeds based on search criteria, design improvements for mobile button display, browse updates that include migrating the Public and Private Laws collection to the …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research, Libraries, RSS

States where abortion is legal, banned or under threat

Washington Post [unpaywalled]: “Access to abortion remains a patchwork of state-by-state policies nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, with abortion restricted across most of the Southern United States. New restrictions are continuing to take effect, even in states that have long been havens for those seeking abortions. A six-week ban …

Subjects: Congress, Health Care, Legal Research, Legislation, Medicine, Privacy

2024 Presidential Election Interactive Map

270toWin – 2024 Presidential Election Interactive Map – This isn’t a popularity contest™. It will take 270 electoral votes to win the 2024 presidential election. Click states on this interactive map to create your own 2024 election forecast. Create a specific match-up by clicking the party and/or names near the electoral vote counter. Use the …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

iwillvote.com

I Will Vote – Have questions about voting? Call our voter hotline at 833-336-8683 or text VOTE to 70888 for answers to some common voting questions. Let’s Vote Select your state, Make sure you’re registered to vote, Then choose how you’re going to vote this year. Find voting or drop-off location Check if I’m registered …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

Types of misinformation Americans say are most concerning

Axios: “Americans’ top concern around misinformation right now — more than foreign government interference or AI — is politicians spreading it to manipulate their supporters, according to a new Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll. Why it matters: The election is 40 days away and nobody trusts or believes anything…”

Subjects: AI, Congress, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Election Security Rumor vs. Reality

CISA – Rumor vs. Reality is designed to address common disinformation narratives by providing accurate information related to elections. Looking for information on state-specific election security efforts or additional FAQs? Check out the #TrustedInfo2024 page from the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and the Election FAQs page from the National Association of State Election …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Legal Research

Why car companies might finally have to care about pedestrian safety

Fast Company: “Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) unveiled a significant change to car regulations that delighted safety advocates, annoyed automakers, and surprised pretty much everyone. In a first, NHTSA proposed forcing car companies to limit the risk of pedestrian head injuries in a collision. If the proposal becomes law, models …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Legislation, Transportation

Migrants Are Settling in Thriving Blue Counties Not the Red Counties That Need Them

Bloomberg [unpaywalled]: “In this year’s US presidential campaign, few issues figure as prominently as immigration. Voters from coast to coast have seen their communities mired in fierce debates about how to handle an influx of migrants fueled by a record number of border crossings in 2023. Republican Donald Trump has long put cracking down on …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Government Documents, Legal Research

How Republican or Democratic is your name?

Washington Post: “…The Post’s voter file is compiled by L2, a data firm founded by its two eponymous L’s, Lourene and Lindy Criddle, in the mid-1970s. Within L2, dozens of engineers hammer away on secure servers to update, clean and standardize public voter records bought from the states. Such voter rolls, constructed under the auspices …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

Rising Threats to U.S. Democracy – Roots and Responses

Theda Skocpol (Harvard University; A..D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell), Rising Threats to U.S. Democracy — Roots and Responses Abstract: Why is US democracy facing an existential crisis this year? While some focus on the persona and rhetoric of Donald Trump, or stress underlying institutional distortions and polarizing social divisions, Skocpol highlights and explains the recent …

Subjects: Congress, Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research