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Bills, Resolutions, Nominations, and Treaties: Origins, Deadlines, Requirements, and Uses

Description: In each chamber of Congress, four forms of legislative measure be introduced and acted on: bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and resolutions of one house. This report contains information on and a table of all forms of business on which Congress acts.
Date: December 28, 2006
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Banning the Use of Racial Preferences in Higher Education: A Legal Analysis of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action

Description: This report discusses the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Laws based on suspect classifications such as race or gender, however, typically receive heightened scrutiny and require a stronger, if not compelling, state interest to justify the classification.
Date: September 3, 2013
Creator: Feder, Jody
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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