Congress’s Foreign Commerce Clause Power Questioned
On May 5, 2022, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (the panel) held that the federal sex tourism statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c), outlawing overseas child molestation, ex...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) FY2022 Budget Request and Appropriations
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) mission is to understand and predict changes in weather, climate, oceans, and coasts; to share that information with others; and to conse...
Double Jeopardy, Dual Sovereignty, and Enforcement of Tribal Laws
On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld the federal prosecution of a man who had already been convicted of, and punished for, a lesser-included offense by a Court of Indian O...
Social Security: Selected Findings of the 2022 Annual Report
According to the recent report of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds, the program’s finances are in a similar, albeit marginally better, position in 2022 relative to what they we...
The Political Question Doctrine: Political Process, Elections, and Gerrymandering (Part 6)
This Legal Sidebar is the sixth in a six-part series that discusses the Supreme Court’s political question doctrine, which instructs that federal courts should forbear from resolving questions when do...
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: Overview of FY2022 Appropriations
The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill—often called the Interior bill—contains funding for about three dozen agencies and entities. They include most of the Department of ...
Federal Research and Development (R&D) Funding: FY2023
The U.S. government supports a broad range of scientific and engineering research and development (R&D). Its purposes include addressing national defense, health, safety, the environment, and energy s...
Temporary Professional Foreign Workers: Background, Trends, and Policy Issues
Temporary visas have become an increasingly important gateway for foreign professionals to work in the United States. Since 1997, the number of visas issued annually for temporary professional workers...
Introducing Third Way’s US-China Digital World Order Initiative
Third Way is a center-left think tank that champions modern solutions to the most challenging problems in US public policy, including the economy, climate and energy, national security, social policy,...
Social Security: Adjustment Factors for Early or Delayed Benefit Claiming
Social Security is a work-based, federal insurance program that provides monthly cash benefits to insured workers and their eligible family members in the event of the worker’s retirement, disability,...
Removal of Nazi Symbols and Inscriptions on Headstones of Prisoners of War in VA National Cemeteries
Overview
During World War II, hundreds of thousands of German, Italian, and Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) were held in the United States at various military installations. During this time, the U.S...