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Election Policy Fundamentals: The Secret Ballot
Congressional Research Service · 2024-07-05 · Posts · 1,073 words · PDF available
Provisions for a secret ballot appear in all states’ laws or constitutions. Consensus that the ballot should be secret—that voters should not be able to be linked to their selections—is a somewhat rec...
Presidential Immunity from Criminal Prosecution in Trump v. United States
Congressional Research Service · 2024-07-05 · Posts · 3,033 words · PDF available
On July 1, the Supreme Court issued a divided 6-3 opinion in Trump v. United States addressing, for the first time, the existence and scope of a constitutionally based presidential immunity from crimi...
The U.S. Sentencing Commission Seeks to Limit the Use of Acquitted Conduct in Federal Sentencing
Congressional Research Service · 2024-07-05 · Posts · 2,766 words · PDF available
Consider a defendant who is a part of a group that robs a pharmacy. In a dispute about how to divide up the proceeds, one of the robbers kills another in the group. The defendant is charged both with ...
NATO’s July 2024 Washington, DC Summit: In Brief
Congressional Research Service · 2024-07-05 · Reports · 6,520 words · PDF available
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) 2024 summit, marking the alliance’s 75th anniversary, is scheduled to be held in Washington, DC, July 9-11. In addition to highlighting NATO’s past achi...