A hearing was held on Tuesday, September 26, 2000, by the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education and the Workforce, Washington, DC, on the importance of literacy. The following U.S. Representatives were present: Goodling, Roukema, Schaffer, Hilleary, Ehlers, Fletcher, Isakson, Kildee, Owens, Payne, Scott, Hinojosa, McCarthy, Kind,…

To aid all interested persons in the use of Government depository libraries, the Joint Committee on Printing periodically publishes a committee print providing the addresses and telephone numbers of all libraries in the system. The 1984 committee print is divided into six sections: (1) an overview including subsections on authorization, types of…

This publication reports the House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Select Education hearings for the extension of the Environmental Education Act. It includes the text of the original Environmental Education Act (PL91-516) with amended sections (PL93-278); Title 45 - Part 183, Financial Assistance for Environmental Education Projects; the…

The "Monell" decision can best be seen as a compromise between the total municipal immunity of "Monroe" and full municipal liability. Unresolved is the scope of immunity for municipal defendants in Section 1983 actions. Available from North Carolina Law Review, Van Hecke/Wettach Bldg., School of Law, University of North…

Outlines the complicated constitutional system on which our country is based. Reviews the system of checks and balances, the judiciary system, and the political system and how they have worked to ensure that the government represents the will of the people. (MD)

Daily sessions of the U.S. Congress are currently televised by satellite to viewers across the United States. This booklet provides information on the role of communication systems in educating about democratic processes and informing viewers about legislative procedures. Two chapters, entitled "The Electronic Eye: The Merger of Technology…

Explores the circumstances under which public employers may take action on employment-related matters without bargaining agent assent in those instances in which a contract has terminated or negotiations have reached an impasse. (Author/IRT)

Emphasizes four areas of employer activity--lockouts, blacklists, damage suits, and a miscellaneous group of employer strike sanctions. (Author/IRT)

Under "Monell," no overzealous employee will cause liability to be assessed against a municipality unless the conduct that causes the constitutional injury is the result of official policy or custom, a result Congress intended. Available from University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law, 651 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226; sc…

Minutes of a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution are presented, beginning with opening statements from four United States senators (Hatch, Grassley, Thurmond, DeConcini) concerning the significance of the United States Constitution and its doctrine of the diffusion of powers. The core of the minutes includes the prepared…

Explains the meaning of a writ of habeas corpus, provides a brief history of its use in England and the United States, and clarifies how the writ is used as an instrument which compels government to adhere to basic constitutional and legal principles rather than exercise power in an arbitrary and self-serving manner. (JDH)

Reviews the earliest roots of the legal values and principles embodied in the United States Constitution, much of which may be traced to the Magna Carta (1215) and other precedents set by English law. (JDH)

It should be deemed an unfair practice under applicable state and local laws for an employer to make a unilateral change in the terms and conditions of employment prior to the exhaustion of post-impasse procedures, whether or not the change is consistent with employer bargaining proposals. (Author/IRT)

This publication reports on the joint hearing to consider H.R. 3559 which would amend the charter of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution (Public Law 98-101) by authorizing the Commission to license use of their official emblem, lifting the cap on the number of publicly paid staff, exempting privately paid staff…

This is a hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fifth Congress, Second Session on Bureau of Prisons, Youth and Juvenile Policies. Norman Carlson, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, makes a statement, and there is an…