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This Week in Washington - May 11, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 5/15/2012

In This Issue: - DOMESTIC POLICY MATTERS Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Budget/Appropriations. The House Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense and Military Construction/Veterans Affairs both advanced FY 2013 spending...more

There are Two Nationalities for the Nation of the United States

by Dan Goodman on 5/7/2012

Discover that since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Slaughterhouse Cases, there is a citizen of the United States, who is not a citizen of the several States (united) and a citizen of the several States...more

Blunders of the Supreme Court of the United States, Part 8

by Dan Goodman on 5/6/2012

The eighth in a series on blunders made by the Supreme Court of the United States. In this article the case of Cramer v. United States (325 U.S. 1, 1945) is reviewed. The blunder made is that the United States Supreme...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

Fourth Circuit Upholds “Derivative” Soveign Immunity, following the D.C. Circuit

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/20/2012

Suhail Najim Abdullah Al Shimari, et al. v. CACI Int’l, No. 09-1335 (4th Cir. 2011), addresses the issue of “derivative sovereign immunity”, which deserves another look. According to the allegations, four Iraqi citizens were...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

Broader than Bombs: What the Arms Export Control Act Means to You

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 1/31/2012

As a business owner you likely never imagined that the Arms Export Control Act (“AECA”) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (“ITAR”) might apply to you and your business. But the broad...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