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Legislative Process
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Regulatory Oversight
Catherine Hanaway Appointed as Missouri AG
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On Tuesday, Governor Mike Kehoe announced that Catherine Lucille Hanaway will become attorney general (AG) of Missouri on September 8. Her appointment follows the resignation of Andrew Bailey, who is…
PrawfsBlawg
Hats in the House of Commons
Main Friday, August 01, 2025Hats in the House of CommonsOn a recent trip, I read an excellent biography of Edmund Burke by Jesse Norman. Being me, though., my attention was…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Underrepresentation of Women in Congressional Testimony and its Consequences for Judicial Decision-Making
By Tracy Thomas
Caroline L. Bruckner, Elizabeth A. Keith, Karen O'Connor & Collin Coil, Echoes of Exclusion: The Underrepresentation of Women in Congressional Testimony and its Consequences for Judicial Decision-Making, 16 ConLawNOW 187…
PrawfsBlawg
One Heartbeat Away
Main Monday, April 14, 2025One Heartbeat AwayThis is the title of Birch Bayh's 1968 book on the proposal and ratification of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. It's probably the best account of…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Bipartisan Women Congress Reps Lead Effort to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents
By Tracy Thomas
2 Mothers Bring the House to a Halt Over Push to Allow Proxy Voting for New ParentsTwo moms brought business on the floor of the House of Representatives to a…
PrawfsBlawg
Vice President Charles Dawes Makes A Monkey of Himself
Main Wednesday, March 12, 2025Vice President Charles Dawes Makes A Monkey of HimselfCharles Dawes was an impressive public servant. He was one of the few Americans to win a Nobel…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Corporate vandalism
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
SB 21 is making its way through the Delaware legislature. From my perspective, it's ill advised for a number of reasons. Here's just one: with little deliberation, it will leap…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The History of the Gendered Term “Congressman” and its Neutral Alternative “Representative”
By Tracy Thomas
You Should Call House Members "Representatives"For most of the nation’s history, members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been addressed as “Congressman” or “Congresswoman.” By contrast, a senator is…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
European Parliament approves legislative proposals under corrigenda procedure
On 17 September 2024, the European Parliament approved the final texts of twenty corrigenda relating to proposals that were adopted earlier this year but had not completed lawyer-linguist reviews before…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Reflections on Delaware Amendments
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
OK, so last night, the Delaware House passed SB 313 and sent the 2024 amendments to the DGCL to the governor for signature. Ordinarily, this would not be the kind…