WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11294) on April 25, 2025, by labor policy analyst Elizabeth Weber Handwerker and legislative attorney Alexander H. Pepper: * * * Executive Clemency and Judicial Power: Legal Overview and Recent Caselaw On the first day of his second term in office, President Donald Trump granted a "full, complete and unconditional pardon" to almost all "individuals convicted of offenses related to more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11293) on April 25, 2025, by legislative attorney Dave S. Sidhu: * * * Supreme Court Clarifies That a "Crime of Violence" May Be Committed by "Omission" Federal law, at 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924(c), triggers a mandatory minimum penalty of five years of imprisonment for using or carrying a firearm in the commission of a "crime of violence." Section 924(c) further defines a "crime of viole more PR