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The Ethics Of Lobbying Under The District Of Columbia Rules Of Professional Conduct, Michael S. Frisch

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The District of Columbia is the epicenter of lobbying in the United States. With the presence of the Congress, the Executive Branch and its various Departments and independent agencies, few industries, trade associations or large businesses lack a Washington-based government relations arm. Law firms and lawyers fill in the gaps for those entities that lack a Washington presence or supplement in-house staffing with additional expertise and contacts.

Under these circumstances, it should come as no surprise that the bar authorities in the District of Columbia have examined the issue of lawyers and lobbying and implemented rules that differ from the …

When School Is Not In Session: How Student Drug Testing Can Transform Parenting, Amanda R. Lamberson

Touro Law Review

This comment focuses on a growing trend in today's schools: requiring drug tests. A focus is given both to the judiciary's role in this matter and the Legislature's passage of New York Education Law section 912-a, 10 which regulates student drug testing and urine analysis.

Constitutional Authority Statements In Congress, Hanah Metchis Volokh

Florida Law Review

The structure of this Article is as follows. Part I discusses Congress’s authority and institutional capacity to interpret the Constitution. Part II situates constitutional authority statements within existing debates over constitutional interpretation outside the courts. Congress must necessarily make decisions about constitutional meaning when it legislates. Most scholars believe Congress has at least some independent authority to interpret the Constitution, while others think Congress should follow Supreme Court doctrine even when Congress disagrees. Regardless of which theory is correct, Congress needs to consider constitutionality (however defined) when legislating. CASs increase Congress’s capacity to do so by creating an institutional mechanism …

Overcoming Legislative Gridlock In The U.S. Congress: How Procedural Rules Affect Legislative Obstructionism, Molly Jackman

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

More than 90 percent of bills introduced in the U.S. House never make it to a floor vote, and far fewer are enacted into law. Since legislative gridlock is much more common than legislative action, in order to understand policy outcomes, it is critical to know why bills are obstructed. Gridlock occurs when a legislator (or group of legislators) wants to block a bill, and has the procedural right to do so. Using new data on the procedural rules in the U.S. states, this presentation will identify the chambers in which legislators can block bills from the legislative agenda. Then, …

F13rs Sgfb No. 3 (Grad Student Trip), Emily A. Smith

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of two one thousand six hundred dollars and zero cents ($2,000 1600.00) from the Student Government Senate Contingency Account to fund Ian Miller and Matt Rossbach (Graduate Students in the Landscape Architecture Department) to attend the Acadia 2013 International Conference in Adaptive Architecture in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada as representatives of Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College (LSU).

F13rs Sgb No.1 (Psif-Oif Account), Miranne, Stewart

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend the Programming, Support, and Initiatives Fund (PSIF) Bylaws to establish the Organizations’ Initiatives Fund

F13rs Sgb No. 4 (Cc Constitution), Baumgardner

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend the College Councils Constitution

F13rs Sgfb No. 1 (Going Global), Harper

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of three thousand three hundred dollars and zero cents ($3,300.00) from the Student Government Senate Contingency Account to fund the Career Services Going Global Program at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (LSU).

F13rs Sgfb No. 2 (Med School Bus Trip), Scwartzenburg, Boudreaux, Elly Smith, Williams

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of one thousand seven hundred dollars and zero cents ($1,700.00) from the Student Government Senate Contingency Account to fund the Science College Council’s first annual Bus Trip to LSU New Orleans School of Medicine.

F13rs Sgb No. 5 (Finance Bylaws), Herwig

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend the Student Government Bylaws to enhance Student Organizations' ability to request Senate funding

F13rs Sgb No. 6 (Election Code), Alex Grashoff

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend the Student Government Election Code

F13rs Sgfb No. 4 (Business Grad Student), Emily A. Smith, Warner

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of four thousand eight hundred dollars and zero cents ($4,800.00) from the Student Government Senate Contingency Account to fund MSA Business Analytics Society to attend the South Central SAS User Group Conference in San Antonio, Texas, USA as representatives of Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College (LSU).

F13rs Sgfb No. 6 (Percussion Society), Taylor

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of one thousand dollars and zero cents ($1,000.00) from the Student Government Contingency account to fund the Percussion Society at Louisiana State University to attend the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Indianapolis, Indiana from November 13^th-17^th as representatives of Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College (LSU).

F13rs Sgfb No. 7 (Nsslha), Boudreaux

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of one-thousand four-hundred and zero cents ($1,400.00) from the Senate Contingency to the LSU Chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) for flights to attend the American Speech-Learning-Hearing Association (ASHA) 2013 Convention in Chicago, Illinois

F13rs Sgfb No. 5 (Decoy Laptop), Buvens, Do

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To allocate a maximum of two thousand eight hundred dollars and zero cents($2,800.00) from the Student Government Initiatives Account to the Louisiana State University Police Department (LSUPD) to fund a decoy laptop and GPS tracker to decrease theft on campus.

F13rs Sgfb No. 8 (Water Bottle Refill Stations), Frink, Young

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A FINANCE BILL

To Allocate two thousand five hundred dollars and zero cents ($2,500.00) From the Student Government Initiatives Account to fund three (3) water bottle refilling stations in the Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College (LSU) Student Union.

F13rs Sgr No. 1 (Raising Cane's Thank You), Zerkus

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

F13rs Sgr No. 2 (Rep. Richard Thank You), Schwartzenburg, Mahtook

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

F13rs Sgr No. 4 (Internships For Credit), Boudreaux, Polander, C Williams

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.

F13rs Sgr No. 5 (Alpha Phi Welcome), Harper, Zeringue

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

No abstract provided.