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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 March 2025. Constitution of the United States The United States Congress enacts federal statutes in accordance with the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest authority in interpreting federal law, including the federal Constitution, federal statutes, and federal ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to United States federal Indian law and policy: . Federal Indian policy – establishes the relationship between the United States Government and the Indian Tribes within its borders.
In law, coming into force or entry into force (also called commencement) is the process by which legislation, regulations, treaties and other legal instruments come to have legal force and effect. The term is closely related to the date of this transition.
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Canby, William C. Jr. (2009). American Indian Law in a Nutshell. Eagan, MN: West Publishing. ISBN 978-0-314-19519-7.
Citizenship in the United States is a matter of federal law, governed by the United States Constitution.. Since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 9, 1868, the citizenship of persons born in the United States has been controlled by its Citizenship Clause, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...
The Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act is a piece of legislation relating to the coverage of maternity by health insurance plans in the United States of America. It is signed into law on September 26 and requires plans that offer maternity coverage to pay for at least a 48-hour hospital stay following childbirth (96-hour stay in the ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 9, 1957. [5]
The legislation changes the definition of sex in the state's anti-discrimination law to "the physical condition of being male or female, which is stated on a person's birth certificate." [ 85 ] [ 86 ] [ 87 ] The act also prohibits municipalities in North Carolina from enacting anti-discrimination policies, [ 88 ] setting a local minimum wage ...