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Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea: Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-09-06 · Posts · 1,329 words · PDF available
Since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks and Israel’s military response in Gaza, the Ansar Allah/Houthi movement, an Iran-backed force in Yemen, has targeted (Figure 1) Israeli territory and commercia...
Johnson v. National Collegiate Athletic Association: Third Circuit Allows College Athletes’ Claim for Wages to Move Forward
Congressional Research Service · 2024-09-06 · Posts · 1,715 words · PDF available
In Johnson v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Third Circuit) considered whether college athletes can be barred as a matter of law from assert...
Congressional Court Watcher: Circuit Splits from August 2024
Congressional Research Service · 2024-09-06 · Posts · 2,123 words · PDF available
The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the thirteen “circuits” issue thousands of precedential decisions each year. Because relatively few of these decisions are ultimately reviewed by the Supreme Court, the ...