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Congress's (Limited) Power To Represent Itself In Court, Tara Leigh Grove, Neal Devins
Congress's (Limited) Power To Represent Itself In Court, Tara Leigh Grove, Neal Devins
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Scholars and jurists have long assumed that, when the executive branch declines to defend a federal statute, Congress may intervene in federal court to defend the law. When invalidating the Defense of Marriage Act, for example, no Supreme Court Justice challenged the authority of the House of Representatives to defend federal laws in at least some circumstances. At the same time, in recent litigation over the Fast and Furious gun-running case, the Department of Justice asserted that the House could not go to court to enforce a subpoena against the executive. In this Article, we seek to challenge both claims. …
A Defining Moment: A Review Of Disability & Equity At Work, Why Achieving Positive Employment Outcomes For Individuals With Disabilities Requires A Universal Definition Of Disability, Nicole B. Porter
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This book, Disability & Equity at Work, describes its goal as "to discuss factors contributing to disabled persons' inequality at work and to offer proposals for leveling this uneven playing field." The book is an interdisciplinary, international review of the laws, policies, initiatives, and studies regarding the employment situation of individuals with disabilities. It is a compilation of fifteen different chapters by different authors, which cover a wide variety of subject matters. Some chapters focus on low- and middle-income countries, where individuals with disabilities often have low employment and high poverty rates. And some chapters focus on problems that …