97 research outputs found
Report on Presidential Inability and Vacancies in the Office of Vice President, S. Rep. No. 89-66
Considers proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the succession to the presidency and vice presidency.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/twentyfifth_amendment_congressional_materials/1013/thumbnail.jp
Report on Constitutional Amendments, Senate Report No. 88-1017
Considers presidential inability and residence requirements for voting in presidential elections.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/twentyfifth_amendment_congressional_materials/1012/thumbnail.jp
Alien Smuggling/Human Trafficking: Sending a Meaningful Message of Deterrence
As we all know, people from all over the world want to come to America to pursue a better life for themselves and their families. Unfortunately, however, some people entrust their lives to some very dangerous people in the effort to gain our shores. I have been told that the business of trafficking human beings is about a $9– 1/2 billion business
Hearing: Relating to the Death of a President-Designate Between the General Election and Inauguration
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on presidential succession in the pre-inaugural period, addressing what would happen if the winning presidential and vice presidential candidates became unavailable before they were sworn into office. The following witnesses testified at the hearing: former U.S. Senator Birch Bayh; Assistant Attorney General Walter Dillinger; Federal Election Commission Chairman Trevor Potter; Yale Law School Professor Akhil Reed Amar; and Georgetown University Professor Walter Berns.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/twentyfifth_amendment_congressional_materials/1032/thumbnail.jp
Examining U.S. Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery
This Subcommittee is expressly chartered to oversee both constitutional and civil rights issues across America. Just last month, for example, the Subcommittee examined the pervasive problem of hostility to religious expression in public squares across America, and I think the hearing was beneficial regardless of whether you perceive there to be a problem or not. Today’s hearing will examine U.S. efforts to combat human trafficking and slavery across America. As we continue to fight to protect the American way of life in our war against terrorism, we have also been fighting another war to protect American ideals and principles, a war against an old evil—human trafficking and slavery
Hearing: Relating to the Death of a President-Designate Between the General Election and Inauguration
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on presidential succession in the pre-inaugural period, addressing what would happen if the winning presidential and vice presidential candidates became unavailable before they were sworn into office. The following witnesses testified at the hearing: former U.S. Senator Birch Bayh; Assistant Attorney General Walter Dillinger; Federal Election Commission Chairman Trevor Potter; Yale Law School Professor Akhil Reed Amar; and Georgetown University Professor Walter Berns.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/twentyfifth_amendment_congressional_materials/1032/thumbnail.jp
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