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District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act; Other short titles: District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Long title: To reorganize the governmental structure of the District of Columbia, to provide a charter for local government in the District of Columbia subject to acceptance by a majority of the registered qualified electors in the District of Columbia, to delegate ...
On July 16, 1790, the Residence Act provided for a new permanent capital to be located on the Potomac River, the exact area to be selected by President Washington.As permitted by the U.S. Constitution, the initial shape of the federal district was a square, measuring 10 miles (16 km) on each side, totaling 100 square miles (260 km 2).
By Act of Congress of July 30, 1947 (ch. 388, 61 Stat. 638), the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives is authorized to print bills to codify, revise, and reenact the general and permanent laws relating to the District of Columbia and cumulative supplements thereto, similar in style, respectively, to the Code of Laws of the United States, and supplements thereto, and to so ...
DC Code from Justia; DC Code from the Council of the District of Columbia; DC Code from FindLaw; DC Statutes-at-Large from the Council of the District of Columbia; DC Municipal Regulations and DC Register from the DC Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances; Archived 2016-11-08 at the Wayback Machine from, The DC Government Wants to ...
In the present day, the name "Washington" is commonly used to refer to the entire District, but DC law continues to use the definition of the city of Washington as given in the 1871 Organic Act. [10] In 1873, President Grant appointed an influential member of the board of public works, Alexander Robey Shepherd, to the post of governor. Shepherd ...
What Makes the DC Circuit so Different? A Historical View - Article by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. "District of Columbia" , Caselaw Access Project , Harvard Law School, OCLC 1078785565 , Court decisions freely available to the public online, in a consistent format, digitized from the collection of the Harvard Law Library
President Donald Trump's sweeping assertions of executive power during his first weeks back in office appear headed toward U.S. Supreme Court showdowns, but it remains an open question whether or ...
Established on April 1, 1942, by Pub. L. 77–512 as a judgeship for the DC Municipal Court of Appeals Richardson: DC: 1942–1945 Cayton: DC: 1946–1956 Rover: DC: 1956–1960 Reassigned on October 23, 1962, to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals by Pub. L. 87–873: Myers: DC: 1962–1969 Nebeker: VA: 1969–1987 Schwelb: DC: 1988 ...