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The Tucker Act (March 3, 1887, ch. 359, 24 Stat. 505, 28 U.S.C. § 1491) is a federal statute of the United States by which the United States government has waived its sovereign immunity with respect to certain lawsuits.
The Edmunds–Tucker Act of 1887 was an Act of Congress that restricted some practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and disincorporated the LDS Church. An amendment to the earlier Edmunds Act , it was passed in response to the dispute between the United States Congress and the LDS Church regarding polygamy .
The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. United States, 136 U.S. 1 (1890), was a Supreme Court case that upheld the Edmunds–Tucker Act on May 19, 1890. Among other things, the act disincorporated the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
The United States has waived sovereign immunity to a limited extent, mainly through the Federal Tort Claims Act, which waives the immunity if a tortious act of a federal employee causes damage, and the Tucker Act, which waives the immunity over claims arising out of contracts to which the federal government is a party. The Federal Tort Claims ...
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President Joe Biden is promoting bold voting rights legislation and wants Democrats in the Senate to pass it. The stakes The post The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, Explained appeared first ...
Tuckerization (or tuckerism [1]) is the act of using a person's name in an original story as an in-joke.The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a pioneering American science fiction writer, fan and fanzine editor, who made a practice of using his friends' names for minor characters in his stories.
A post shared on social media purportedly shows a press release from President-elect Donald Trump announcing commentator Tucker Carlson will be the White House Press Secretary. Verdict: False As ...