Policy Library

The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of particular interest to fede...

From the late 1800s through the 1950s, telecommunications companies hung, buried, or placed under water extensive networks of cables containing lead sheathscasing that protects the wiresthroughout the...

When Congress delegates the power to regulate to a federal agency, it often also provides for judicial review of that agency’s actions. Reviewing courts are generally empowered to “set aside” agency a...

Access to high-speed internet, also known as broadband, has been a particular concern of many in Congress. Broadband is deployed throughout the United States, primarily by the private sector, and is a...