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The TPA had the effect of delegating congressional power to the executive branch with limitations. [2] Fast track agreements were enacted as "congressional-executive agreements" (CEAs), which were negotiated for by the executive branch following set guidelines from Congress, and were approved by a majority in both chambers of Congress. [3]
The United States becomes the only superpower in the world. 1992 — Los Angeles riots result in over 60 deaths and $1 billion in damage, spurred by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King.
1990 – The definition of patent infringement changed. [1] Petr Taborsky is the first person to be found guilty in a US court of stealing intellectual property. [32] 1995 – United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) opened patent museum. [1]
The history of the United States from 1980 until 1991 includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency, eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration, and the first three years of the George H. W. Bush presidency, up to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In 1990, as part of the Immigration Act of 1990 ("IMMACT"), P.L. 101–649, Congress established a procedure by which the Attorney General may provide temporary protected status to immigrants in the United States who are temporarily unable to safely return to their home country because of ongoing armed conflict, an environmental disaster, or other extraordinary and temporary conditions.
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In United States v. Eichman, the Supreme Court overturns a 1989 federal law that made it illegal to burn the United States flag. June 14 – 1990 NBA Finals: The Detroit Pistons defeat the Portland Trail Blazers. June 17–30 – Nelson Mandela tours North America, visiting three Canadian cities and eight U.S. cities.
Grover Cleveland becomes the 22nd president of the United States on March 4, 1885; Benjamin Harrison becomes the 23rd president of the United States on March 4, 1889; The Territory of Dakota is admitted to the Union as the State of North Dakota and the State of South Dakota (the 39th state and the 40th state) on November 2, 1889 [1]