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National Security Implications of Fifth Generation (5G) Mobile Technologies
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-14 · Resources · 1,496 words · PDF available
The fifth generation (5G) of mobile technologies will increase the speed of data transfer and improve bandwidth over existing fourth generation (4G) technologies, in turn enabling new military and com...
The Constitution and Race-Conscious Government Action: Narrow Tailoring Requirements
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-14 · Reports · 8,904 words · PDF available
Constitutional equal-protection principles require that state and federal government actors deny no one “the equal protection of the laws.” Equal-protection claims against government actors allege unc...
The Twenty-Seventh Amendment and Congressional Compensation Part 6: Implications for the Article V Amendment Process
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-14 · Posts · 628 words · PDF available
This Legal Sidebar post is the last in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, which prevents laws that modify Members of Congress’s compensation from taking...
The Twenty-Seventh Amendment and Congressional Compensation Part 5: Scope of the Amendment
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-14 · Posts · 674 words · PDF available
This Legal Sidebar post is the fifth in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, which prevents laws that modify Members of Congress’s compensation from takin...
The Twenty-Seventh Amendment and Congressional Compensation Part 4: Proposal and Ratification
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-14 · Posts · 812 words · PDF available
This Legal Sidebar post is the fourth in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, which prevents laws that modify Members of Congress’s compensation from taki...
The Twenty-Seventh Amendment and Congressional Compensation Part 3: Debates over the Constitution’s Ratification
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-14 · Posts · 628 words · PDF available
This Legal Sidebar post is the third in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, which prevents laws that modify Members of Congress’s compensation from takin...
The Twenty-Seventh Amendment and Congressional Compensation Part 2: The Federal Convention
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-14 · Posts · 1,201 words · PDF available
This Legal Sidebar post is the second in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, which prevents laws that modify Members of Congress’s compensation from taki...
The Twenty-Seventh Amendment and Congressional Compensation Part 1: Introduction
Congressional Research Service · 2023-03-14 · Posts · 756 words
This Legal Sidebar post is the first in a six-part series that discusses the Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, which prevents laws that modify Members of Congress’s compensation from takin...