Word: federales
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In 1976 Congress amended the IRS code, making it a felony for the agency to provide or even discuss confidential tax-return information with most outsiders, including the FBI and the Justice Department, without a federal court order. The revised Section 6103 was designed to prevent Executive Branch officials from...
Cavazos' boosters say his determination to forge agreement rather than dictate policy has been misinterpreted as a sign of weakness. "Cavazos has brought a willingness to listen and a less combative tone than we've had in the past," says Wilmer Cody, Louisiana's superintendent of education. "It's a...
To be sure, the Federal Government's role in education is limited, since the states and local school boards wield most of the policymaking power. But Cavazos seems reluctant to take charge even in the areas that are clearly his. He has yet to promulgate all the regulations for the...
Horror stories regularly fill court dockets. In a New York federal court, a translated undercover wire quotes a Cuban defendant: "I don't even have the ten kilos." The defendant means kilos of currency (Cuban cents), but the translated statement suggests kilograms of drugs. In a New Jersey homicide trial...
"It's an admirable effort, but the question is going to come down to state regulation versus federal regulation, and I think there's going to be a lot of debate about it," said Thomas J. Dougherty, a partner in the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. "They...