Immigration Law, Military Law

Employers Must Update Several Policies, Forms and Posters

by Dwight L. Armstrong, Marlene Moffitt, John M. Scheppach | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/2/2013

As the first four months of 2013 come to a close, employers should ensure that their human resources departments have updated several policies, forms and posters requiring attention after the first of the year. The posting of...more

New FMLA Regulations Effective: New Notice Poster and Model Forms Available

by Danielle M. Barbour, David L. Woodard | Poyner Spruill LLP on 3/12/2013

As of March 8, 2013, employers with 50 or more employees are required to post the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) notice poster incorporating the recently issued final regulations, which...more

SuperVision Today - 1st Quarter 2013

by Erin Jones Adams, Larissa Dean, Carl Hellerstedt, Jr., Eric W. Iskra, Eric E. Kinder, Peter Rich | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/27/2013

In This Issue: - Notes from the Chair & Executive Editor - Immigration Reform May Affect All Employers - Primer on West Virginia State Law Labor and Employment Claims? - Taking a Look at the Latest on Affordable...more

Labor and Employment Observer 2012/2013

by David Barron, Jessica Corbett, Keenya Harrold, Kimya Johnson, Emily Miller, Olufeyikemi Obafemi, Jeffrey Pasek, Carrie Rosen, Michael Schmidt, Marcy Stras, George Voegele | Cozen O'Connor on 1/1/2013

In This Issue: - Message from the Chair - A Second Obama Administration’s Impact on Labor and Employment Issues - Will There be Comprehensive Immigration Legislation After the 2012 Presidential...more

See for yourself, Two citizens in the country of the United States

by Dan Goodman on 11/20/2012

In this article, it is shown that there is in the country of the United States two citizens; a citizen of the United States and a citizen of a State who is not a citizen of the United States using the waters that surround...more

Military Physicians Granted Blanket Designation as Civil Surgeons

by Cox Smith on 10/16/2012

On September 26, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published an interim policy memo granting military physicians a blanket designation as civil surgeons to facilitate medical exams required for active...more

Not Quite the DREAM Act for Military DREAMers

by Lane Powell PC - Immigration Law on 6/20/2012

On Friday, June 15, 2012, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano issued a Memorandum stating that DHS would shortly grant a temporary immigration status called “deferred action” to certain young people who were...more

For Purposes of International Law there are Two citizens in the country of the United States

by Dan Goodman on 4/26/2012

William Bennett Munro, Professor of Municipal Government at Harvard University, in his work "The Government of the United States: National, State, and Local" (1919) writes at page 73: “So far as the rules of international...more

All You Need To Know About A Citizen Of A State Who Is Not A Citizen Of The United States

by Dan Goodman on 3/4/2012

Since the Fourteenth Amendment and the Slaughterhouse Cases, there is a citizen of the United States, and a citizen of a State who is not a citizen of the United States. A citizen of the United States is...more

Blunders of the Supreme Court of the United States, Part 7

by Dan Goodman on 1/15/2012

The seventh in a series on blunders made by the Supreme Court of the United States. In this article the case of the Slaughterhouse Cases (83 U.S. (Wall. 16) 36, 1873) is reviewed. The blunder made is that one born or...more

Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 is defined to have both Fundamental and Common Privileges and Immunities

by Dan Goodman on 12/6/2011

Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 has been defined to have both fundamental privileges and immunities as well as common privileges and immunities. After the adoption of the Constitution of the United States of...more

December 1, 2011 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily

by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 12/1/2011

The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more

Yes there are two citizens (with privileges and immunities) under the Constitution since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment

by Dan Goodman on 9/27/2011

Since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, there are two citizens under the Constitution of the United States of America with privileges and immunities which are not the same. They are a citizen of the United...more

Yes, there were four citizens before the Fourteenth Amendment

by Dan Goodman on 9/24/2011

Before the Fourteenth Amendment, there were two citizens; one was a citizen of a State, born in the United States of America (a native citizen); the other was a citizen of the United States, born in a foreign country (a...more

What effect did the Slaughterhouse Cases have on the case Dred Scott v. Sanford?

by Dan Goodman on 9/23/2011

Discover for yourself that the Slaughterhouse Cases had no effect on the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Legal authority cited, quoted, and linked....more

Yes, persons born in the United States under the Fourteenth Amendment are not born in the several States

by Dan Goodman on 9/18/2011

One born (or naturalized) in the United States, under Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment is not born (or naturalized) in the several States, but rather in the District of Columbia, the territories and possessions of...more

Questions and Answers on Citizenship in the United States, More

by Dan Goodman on 5/7/2011

All you need to know about citizenship in the United States. (The following cases from the Supreme Court of the United States are quoted, cited, and linked to: Holden v. Hardy, 169 U.S. 375 (1918); Collector v....more

Yes there is a citizen of the several States

by Dan Goodman on 5/3/2011

The Supreme Court, in the Slaughterhouse Cases, held, that there are now two citizens under the Constitution of the United States of America, a citizen of the United States, at Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment, and...more

Questions and Answers on Citizenship in the United States

by Dan Goodman on 4/9/2011

All you need to know about citizenship in the United States. (The following cases from the Supreme Court of the United States are quoted, cited, and linked to: Paul v. State of Virginia, 75 U.S. 168 (1868);...more

Selected Service Taps Undocumented Workers

by Ronald Shapiro on 2/28/2011

The Selective Service System (the “System”) of the United States has made it clear that any man “ages 18 through 25 and living in the U.S.” must register with the System for military service in the event of a draft. “You...more

Yes there is a citizen of a State

by Dan Goodman on 12/12/2010

Before the Fourteenth Amendment, there was only a citizen of a State, under Art. IV, Sect. 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America. Such a citizen was also a citizen of the United States, under...more

The Fourteenth Amendment's effect on Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution

by Dan Goodman on 12/8/2010

Before the Fourteenth Amendment, there was only a citizen of a State and a citizen of the United States. One born in a State of the Union, was, in general, a citizen of that particular State. As such he or she was...more

Section 1, Clause 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment modified Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States,...

by Dan Goodman on 11/30/2010

A citizen of a State, under Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America, is now also a citizen of the several States. Such citizen is recognized under international law as a...more

Two State Citizens in every State of the Union

by Dan Goodman on 9/4/2010

Before the Fourteenth Amendment, one was considered a citizen of a State as well as a citizen of the United States. After the Fourteenth Amendment one changed to being either a citizen of a State OR a citizen of the United...more

Universal Jurisdiction over slave trafficking under the Law of Nations as compared to the Law of the Sea Convention

by Charla Lenz on 4/30/2008

While the law of nations and the Law of the Sea are in accord regarding the unacceptability of allowing slave trafficking on the high seas, the questions remain: who is capable of enforcing the law of nations and the Law of...more

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