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False Speech and the First Amendment: Constitutional Limits on Regulating Misinformation
Congressional Research Service · 2022-08-01 · Resources · 1,645 words · PDF available
Federal and state legislators have expressed interest in regulating online misinformation and disinformation. Such regulatory efforts may implicate the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. The Supreme...
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay: History and Legal Issues Regarding Its Lease Agreements
Congressional Research Service · 2022-08-01 · Reports · 8,303 words · PDF available
This report briefly outlines the history of the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, its changing relationship to the surrounding community, and its heightened importance due to military operation...
Railroad Retirement Board: Trust Fund Investment Practices
Congressional Research Service · 2022-08-01 · Reports · 4,663 words
The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), an independent federal agency, administers retirement, survivor, disability, unemployment, and sickness insurance for railroad workers and their families. Railroad...
Three Strike Mandatory Sentencing (18 U.S.C. § 3559(c)): An Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2022-08-01 · Reports · 5,752 words · PDF available
The federal three strikes provision calls for a mandatory term of life imprisonment for defendants convicted of a serious violent felony who have two or more federal or state serious violent felony co...