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There is an ongoing debate surrounding the minimum wage, and politicians, workers, and economists have differing views on the subject. Proponents of raising the minimum wage argue that it would improve the lives of low-wage workers and boost economic growth...

The US House of Representatives filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Treasury on Friday for the departments' alleged abuse of their executive...

US President Barack Obama on Thursday announced execution action on immigration that would allow 4.7 million undocumented immigrants to stay in the US. The reform allows immigrants that have been in the US for more than five...

Executive orders, like other rules issued by the federal government, are subject to judicial review. A significant example of the Supreme Court striking down a president's executive order came about in 1952. In Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer,...

The US House of Representatives passed a resolution on Wednesday authorizing Speaker of the House John Boehner to move ahead with a lawsuit which would challenge President Barack Obama's 2013 decision to waive...

The US Senate on Monday voted 61-30 to move forward with the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) , which prohibits employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. As...

The US military was in strategic command of the international effort in Libya at first, with the launch of Operation Odyssey Dawn on March 19, 2011. Operation Odyssey Dawn officially ended on March 31, with the US handing over control...

On September 21, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed DOMA into law. The act defines marriage as between one man and one woman for the purpose of excluding homosexual couples from the institution of marriage. DOMA also exempts state-recognized same-sex marriages...

Maxwell Slackman, George Mason University School of Law

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