WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following insight (No. IN11881) updated on March 18, 2022, entitled "Invasion of Ukraine: Russia's Trade Status, Tariffs, and WTO Issues" by Cathleen D. Cimino-Isaacs, international trade and finance specialist, and Liana Wong, international trade and finance analyst: * * * Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its allies have imposed financial sanctions and taken trade actions. Some Members   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45300) updated on March 17, 2022, entitled "Questioning Judicial Nominees: Legal Limitations and Practice" by legislative attorneys Valerie C. Brannon and Joanna R. Lampe: * * * SUMMARY The U.S. Constitution vests the Senate with the role of providing "advice" and granting or withholding "consent" when a President nominates a candidate to be an Article III judge--a federal judge potentially e  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45300) updated on March 17, 2022, entitled "Questioning Judicial Nominees: Legal Limitations and Practice": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 4) The ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct Another pertinent set of ethical standards is the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct (Model Code) promulgated by the American Bar Association (ABA)./67 The Model Code "is intended. . . to provide guidance and ass  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45300) updated on March 17, 2022, entitled "Questioning Judicial Nominees: Legal Limitations and Practice": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 4) Historical Practice As explained above, the rules governing judicial ethics are largely self-enforcing/164 and do not always provide clear answers regarding which types of conduct are permissible or impermissible. As a result, judges and judicial cand  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following insight (No. IN11869) updated on March 18, 2022, entitled "Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Overview of U.S. and International Sanctions and Other Responses" by Cory Welt, Russian and European affairs specialist: * * * On February 24, 2022, Russia launched an undeclared war against Ukraine. The United States and countries around the world have condemned Russia's "unprecedented military aggression" as "unprovo  more

LONDON, England, March 21 -- CrystEngComm, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers crystal design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials, published research articles on the following topics in its March 21, 2022 edition: Papers: * In situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigation of kaolinite dissolution in highly caustic environments * Synthesis, supramolecular isomerism, and photoluminescence of scandium(III) complexes with a te  more