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- Directive 98/44/EC on Biotechnological Inventions, Articles 5-6
Government Record · 1998
European Parliament and Council
The EU biotech patent law says the human body and the simple discovery of its elements, including gene sequences, cannot be patented, and bans patents on…
- DNI Statement on Activities Authorized Under Section 702 of FISA
Government Record · 2013
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
The Director of National Intelligence, June 6, 2013: says Section 702 is for collecting foreign intelligence on non-Americans outside the U.S. The agency's own description.
- DNI Statement on Recent Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information
Government Record · 2013
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
The Director of National Intelligence, June 6, 2013, the day after the Snowden leak: confirms the court-ordered collection of Americans' phone records, while saying it does…
- DoD Directive 2311.01: DoD Law of War Program (2020)
Government Record · 2020
U.S. Department of Defense
DoD Directive 2311.01 (2020): every weapon the Pentagon buys or modifies must get a law-of-war legal review.
- DoD Directive 3000.03E: Non-Lethal Weapons Policy
Government Record · 2013
U.S. Department of Defense
DoD Directive 3000.03E: nonlethal weapons need legal reviews and testing of their effects on people. It admits nonlethal weapons can still kill or permanently injure.
- Doe v. Google and YouTube: Complaint (2020)
Court Filing · 2020
Plaintiffs John Doe and others
Plaintiffs in Doe v. Google and YouTube, October 2020: a federal complaint alleging YouTube told a user on October 15, 2020 that SGT Report channels were…
- Doe v. Heck, 327 F.3d 492
Court Filing · 2003
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
The Seventh Circuit held that caseworkers violated the Constitution by removing and interviewing a child at a private school without a warrant, probable cause, consent or…
- Doe v. United States, No. 08-80736: Order on Remedies
Court Filing · 2019
U.S. District Court, S.D. Fla.
This remedies order recounts Judge Marra’s February 21, 2019 CVRA finding. It is not itself the February liability ruling.
- DOE: Zero-Based Regulating Sunset Rule (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Department of Energy (Secretary Chris Wright, signed May 13, 2026)
Department of Energy, May 2026: the first agency rule under Executive Order 14270. Most covered DOE regulations will expire July 13, 2027 unless extended, with longer…
- DOJ: Hunter Biden Found Guilty on Gun Charges (2024)
Government Record · 2024
Special Counsel David C. Weiss, U.S. Department of Justice
Special Counsel David Weiss, Justice Department, June 2024: a federal jury in Delaware found Hunter Biden guilty of three felonies tied to illegally buying a gun…
- DOJ: Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty to Tax Offenses (2024)
Government Record · 2024
Special Counsel David C. Weiss, U.S. Department of Justice
Special Counsel David Weiss, Justice Department, September 2024: Hunter Biden pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to all nine counts, three felony and six misdemeanor tax offenses,…
- DOJ: Settlement of Social Media Coercion Lawsuits (2026)
Government Record · 2026
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice, March 2026: announced settlements in Missouri v. Biden and Children's Health Defense v. Biden, noting the court found officials "likely" caused some…
- Dozens of States Are Missing Thousands of Foster Kids
News Report · 2023
Stateline/States Newsroom
Reporting on a federal audit that found an estimated 34,800 cases of missing foster children went unreported across 46 states. A case can be a repeat…
- Driven Into Debt: How Chicago Ticket Debt Sends Black Motorists Into Bankruptcy
News Report · 2018
ProPublica Illinois
The analysis tied rising ticket debt to Chapter 13 filings and reported historical towing, storage, and boot-removal charges. Methodology relied on court data and Census-based ward…
- Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act, 725 ILCS 150/13.2
Government Record · 2026
Illinois General Assembly
The drug-forfeiture formula distributes 65% to the seizing agency, 25% to the Cook County State’s Attorney, and 10% retained by State Police. Thus “90%” combines police…
- Edrei v. Bratton (2d Cir. 2018): LRAD Sound Cannon Case
Court Filing · 2018
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Second Circuit, 2018, Edrei v. Bratton: New York police officers who used an LRAD sound cannon on protesters were denied qualified immunity. The court did not…
- EFCSN: Response to Meta Ending Fact-Checking (2025)
Document · 2025
European Fact-Checking Standards Network
European Fact-Checking Standards Network, January 2025: disputes Meta's claim that fact-checking was censorship, saying it adds context and that Meta alone decided what to do with…
- Elon Musk: Trump Will Be Reinstated (2022)
Corporate Filing · 2022
Elon Musk, X
Elon Musk, owner of X, November 2022: announced Trump would be reinstated after a public poll, posting "The people have spoken." An owner's announcement, not a…
- Emergency Economic Measures Order, Parliamentary Briefing Binder
Government Record · 2022
Public Safety Canada / RCMP
The briefing reports 246 frozen financial products, disclosure of 57 entities, 253 Bitcoin addresses shared, and a separately frozen payment-processor account valued at C$3.8 million. Counts…
- Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Pub. L. 110-343
Government Record · 2008
Congress of the United States
The statute authorized up to $700 billion outstanding at one time and imposed executive-compensation restrictions. Authorization was not the amount ultimately disbursed or the program’s final…
- EPA and Army: Field Memo on ‘Continuous Surface Connection’ (2025)
Government Record · 2025
U.S. Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA and the Army Corps, March 2025: guidance telling field staff how to decide whether a wetland has a 'continuous surface connection' to other water after…
- EPA and Army: Proposed New WOTUS Definition (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Environmental Protection Agency; Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
EPA and the Army Corps, November 2025: proposed a new definition of 'waters of the United States' after Sackett, dropping interstate waters as a category, defining…
- EPA and Army: Supplemental WOTUS Proposal (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Environmental Protection Agency; Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
EPA and the Army Corps, September 2026: after about 220,000 public comments, added new options to the WOTUS proposal, including a version limited to waters that…
- EPA and Army: WOTUS Conforming Rule After Sackett (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Environmental Protection Agency; Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
EPA and the Army Corps, September 2023: changed the 'waters of the United States' rule to match the Supreme Court's 2023 Sackett ruling, dropping the 'significant…