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Jack Abramoff in 2004. The Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal involved the efforts of Jack Abramoff, other lobbyists, and government officials to change or prevent, or both, Congressional action regarding the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and businesses on Saipan, its capital, commercial center, and one of its three principal islands.
The Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal was a United States political scandal exposed in 2005; it related to fraud perpetrated by political lobbyists Jack Abramoff, Ralph E. Reed Jr., Grover Norquist and Michael Scanlon on Native American tribes who were seeking to develop casino gambling on their reservations.
The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands [2] (in case citations, D. N. Mar. I.) is a federal territorial court whose jurisdiction comprises the United States-affiliated Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It was established by Act of Congress in 1977, pursuant to an international agreement between the United States ...
The Supreme Court was created by commonwealth law on May 1, 1989. [1] This was allowed under the terms of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, § 402(c), Act of Mar. 24, 1976, Pub. L. 94-241, 90 Stat. 263, codified as amended at 48 U.S.C. § 1801 note.
Case law generated by the territorial courts, as a common law jurisdiction; As a territory of the United States, United States federal law applies to the CNMI, though many laws that apply to the 50 states do not cover the Commonwealth. Unlike states, the U.S. federal government has direct control over territories, limited only by the Covenant.
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Jack Allan Abramoff (/ ˈ eɪ b r əm ɒ f /; born February 28, 1959) is an American lobbyist, businessman, film producer, writer and convicted criminal. [1] [2] He was at the center of an extensive corruption investigation led by Earl Devaney [3] that resulted in his conviction and 21 other people either pleading guilty or being found guilty, [4] including White House officials J. Steven ...
A California law barring new oil drilling in residential areas and school zones will be put directly to voters next November following a campaign by a state oil trade group. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D ...