WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44947) on Jan. 11, 2022, entitled "The Alien Tort Statute: A Primer" by legislative attorney Stephen P. Mulligan: * * * Summary Passed by the First Congress as part of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), in its current form, provides the following: "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the la more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following focus paper (No. IF10166) on Jan. 13, 2022, entitled "Environmental Provisions in Free Trade Agreements" by environmental policy specialist Richard K. Lattanzio and international trade and finance analyst Christopher A. Casey: * * * Linkages between trade and environmental protection have long been a concern to some U.S. policymakers and stakeholders. The central question is whether trade liberalization (i.e., the r more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Jan. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Virginia issued the following news on Jan. 13, 2022: As the author of more than 100 of President George H.W. Bush's speeches, Mary Kate Cary can spot a good address. In fact, the adjunct professor in the University of Virginia's Department of Politics has collected 30 of them for her students to analyze this spring as part of a "Democracy Out Loud" class. Her list is labeled "the greatest speeches in American history" on the clas more PR