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Changes to Small Business Subcontracting On the Horizon

July 26, 2016 0

Amendments to Federal Acquisition Regulation Council obligations for prime contractors through the "Final Rule" adjusted the required obligations for small-business subcontracting. The new requirements, and…

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Update and Simplify Disclosure Requirements as Part of Overall Disclosure Effectiveness Review

July 25, 2016 0

The SEC is proposing amendments to create modifications in disclosure requirements in order to ease the burden on public companies and others while retaining sufficient…

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EPA Releases First Determinations for New Chemicals under New TSCA

July 25, 2016 0

The EPA has released the first determinations for four new chemicals under the new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). All four were found to have…

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Gitmo Detainee Lawsuit Against Donald Rumsfeld Dismissed in Federal Appeals Court

June 12, 2014 0

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit dismissed a former Guantanamo detainee's lawsuit against former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, according…

Lawyers Lie about the Second Amendment October 8, 2021
Lawyers lie about everything and so it should come as no surprise that they lie about the Second Amendment as well, and they lie regardless of which side of the lawsuit they are on. Unfortunately, the Conservative and Libertarian press has been all too willing to help them spread their lies. The most recent example […]
Is the Supreme Court finally taking the Second Amendment seriously? October 6, 2021
Is the Supreme Court finally taking the Second Amendment seriously? We will know the answer to that question by the end of next June. Over 13 years ago, the United States Supreme Court conducted its first-ever in-depth examination of the Second Amendment right. Having defined what the Second Amendment protects, and as importantly what the […]
An Important New Development in NYSRPA v. Bruen – the Supreme Court concealed carry case September 18, 2021
Justice Scalia read an excerpt of his opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller from the bench when he announced the opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller. The part of the Heller opinion he read was from the beginning of Section III that began with saying that prohibitions on concealed carry do not violate […]
Demetreus A. Keahey v. Dave Marquis, Warden – SCOTUS 2021 Long Conference Countdown September 17, 2021
This is probably the most important cert petition filed this term and ranks close to the top of all cert petitions ever filed. The Second Amendment is meaningless if the government can prosecute you but the judge won’t allow you to claim you acted in self-defense. The question presented is: Whether the failure to give […]
ANJRP v. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey – Magazine ban – SCOTUS 2021 Long Conference Countdown September 15, 2021
New Jersey has banned the possession of magazines that hold more than ten rounds. The questions presented in the cert petition are: 1. Whether a blanket, retrospective, and confiscatory law prohibiting ordinary law-abiding citizens from possessing magazines in common use violates the Second Amendment. 2. Whether a law dispossessing citizens without compensation of property that […]