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- Report on the Telephone Records Program Conducted under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act (PCLOB, 2014)
Government Record · 2014
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board's review of the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' telephone records. It found the program lacked a viable legal foundation…
- Response to Petition to Commute Chelsea Manning’s Sentence to Time Served
Government Record · 2017
Obama White House
Manning had received a 35-year sentence; President Obama commuted it in January 2017. A commutation reduced the sentence but did not erase the conviction.
- Review of Alleged Patient Deaths, Patient Wait Times, and Scheduling Practices at the Phoenix VA Health Care System
Government Record · 2014
VA Office of Inspector General
The OIG reviewed 3,409 patients and 45 case reviews, identifying 28 patients negatively affected by delays, including six deaths, and 17 other cases with care deviations,…
- Review of DEA Cash Seizures: Notification of Significant Concerns
Government Record · 2024
DOJ Office of the Inspector General
This official notification was opened, but a concise passage was not retained for quotation. It does not replace the requested March 2017 DEA review.
- Review of the Federal Reserve’s Supervision and Regulation of Silicon Valley Bank
Government Record · 2023
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
The Barr review identified bank-management failures and supervisory/regulatory shortcomings. It does not describe a costless rescue.
- Robertson v. United States, No. 18-609, Order of April 15, 2019
Court Filing · 2019
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court substituted Robertson’s widow, granted certiorari, vacated the judgment, and remanded for consideration of mootness following his death. The order did not decide the…
- Rubio: Protecting and Championing Free Speech at the State Department (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, April 2025: closed R/FIMI, the successor to the Global Engagement Center, and said the office spent millions to silence Americans. The…
- Sackett v. EPA (2012)
Court Filing · 2012
Supreme Court of the United States (Scalia, J., for a unanimous Court; Alito, J., concurring)
U.S. Supreme Court, March 2012, unanimous: the Sacketts could go to court to challenge EPA's 2007 compliance order on their small lot near Priest Lake, Idaho.…
- Sackett v. EPA, 598 U.S. 651
Court Filing · 2023
Supreme Court of the United States
Sackett narrowed Clean Water Act jurisdiction in 2023. It did not cause Robertson’s 2019-2020 post-death vacatur and abatement.
- Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745
Court Filing · 1982
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court held that a state must prove its case by at least clear and convincing evidence before permanently terminating parental rights.
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, district-court docket
Court Filing · 2024
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Court docket for Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, the federal lawsuit challenging Norfolk's network of Flock cameras.
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Document 191
Court Filing · 2026
Chief Judge Mark S. Davis, E.D. Va.
Schmidt v. Norfolk, January 2026: after discovery, the judge ruled for Norfolk on summary judgment, finding the evidence did not show the cameras captured the whole…
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Document 29
Court Filing · 2025
Chief Judge Mark S. Davis, E.D. Va.
Schmidt v. Norfolk, February 2025: the judge refused to dismiss the case, ruling the Fourth Amendment claims were plausible enough to go forward.
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Document 66 (Flock intervention)
Court Filing · 2025
Chief Judge Mark S. Davis, E.D. Va.
Schmidt v. Norfolk, May 2025: the judge denied Flock's request to join the case. The ruling notes Flock owns Norfolk's cameras under a contract worth up…
- SEC Litigation Release No. 25261
Government Record · 2021
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The release describes the Burr/Fauth investigation and more than $1.6 million in stock sold on February 13, 2020. It expressly makes no violation finding.
- SEC v. Jarkesy (2024)
Court Filing · 2024
Supreme Court of the United States (Roberts, C.J.; Sotomayor, J., dissenting)
U.S. Supreme Court, June 2024: when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud, the accused has a right to a jury trial, not an in-house…
- Senator Grassley: Letter to Secretary Blinken on GDI Funding (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Senator Charles E. Grassley
Sen. Chuck Grassley, April 2023: asked the State Department for records on funding to the Global Disinformation Index through NED and the GEC. Its suppression claims…
- Settlement Agreement with Members of the Sackler Family
Court Filing · 2020
U.S. Department of Justice and named Sackler family members
The civil settlement required $225 million and expressly preserved criminal liability. It was not an admission of liability.
- SGT Report: Rumble Channel (2026)
Document
SGT Report / Rumble
SGT Report on Rumble: the show's own channel page, active on Rumble after leaving YouTube. The page does not show a verified join date.
- Shared Spaces: San Francisco Small Business Commission Webinar (Reopening Timeline)
Government Record · 2021
City and County of San Francisco
The City timeline places outdoor personal-services authorization on September 7, 2020, after Pelosi’s August 31 visit. It also identifies August 31 as the start of California’s…
- SIGTARP Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020
Government Record · 2020
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
SIGTARP's semiannual report restates its 2015 finding that lenders denied 70 to 80 percent of HAMP applicants, about four million people, and documents housing-program spending. It…
- Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358
Court Filing · 2010
Supreme Court of the United States
Skilling preserved §1346 by confining it to bribery and kickbacks. It did not legalize those crimes.
- Snyder v. United States, 603 U.S. 1 (2024)
Court Filing · 2024
Supreme Court of the United States
The Court held that 18 U.S.C. §666 criminalizes bribes but not gratuities for past acts. It reversed the Seventh Circuit’s 2023 affirmance of the bribery conviction…
- Special Assessment Pursuant to Systemic Risk Determination: Board Memorandum
Government Record · 2023
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The original special assessment targeted estimated DIF losses attributable to protecting uninsured SVB and Signature depositors. Banks, not taxpayers, were the statutory payers.