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The Modes of Constitutional Analysis: The Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine (Part 9)
Congressional Research Service · 2022-03-29 · Posts · 928 words · PDF available
This Legal Sidebar Post is the last in a nine-part series that discusses certain “methods” or “modes” of analysis that the Supreme Court has used to interpret provisions of the Constitution. This nint...
The Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine: Judicial Minimalism (Part 1 of 3)
Congressional Research Service · 2022-03-29 · Posts · 1,144 words · PDF available
The Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine (see CRS Legal Sidebar LSB10719, The Modes of Constitutional Analysis: The Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine (Part 9)) is a set of rules the Supreme Court has dev...
The Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine: The Last Resort Rule (Part 2 of 3)
Congressional Research Service · 2022-03-29 · Posts · 1,028 words · PDF available
The Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine (see CRS Legal Sidebar LSB10719, The Modes of Constitutional Analysis: The Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine (Part 9)) is a set of rules the Supreme Court has dev...
The Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine: The Constitutional-Doubt Canon (Part 3 of 3)
Congressional Research Service · 2022-03-29 · Posts · 1,215 words · PDF available
The Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine (see CRS Legal Sidebar LSB10719, The Modes of Constitutional Analysis: The Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine (Part 9)) is a set of rules the Supreme Court has dev...
Space Weather: An Overview of Policy and Select U.S. Government Roles and Responsibilities
Congressional Research Service · 2022-03-29 · Reports · 13,731 words · PDF available
Space weather refers to conditions on the sun, in the solar wind, and within the extreme reaches of Earth’s upper atmosphere. In certain circumstances, space weather may pose hazards to space-borne an...
Mark-to-Market Taxation of Capital Gains
Congressional Research Service · 2022-03-29 · Resources · 1,784 words · PDF available
Capital gains are subject to tax only when realized upon sale of an asset. The tax does not apply to gain on assets passed on at death, due to tax rules that apply to capital gains realized by heirs. ...