NCLA Site Search
Search Results for
2083 results found
Deference to the Bureau of Prisons Results in Time Lost for Thousands Under Its Custody
August 8, 2019
The rule of lenity requires that if a criminal statute is ambiguous, courts must interpret the ambiguity in a manner favorable to the defendant. There are two primary reasons for the rule of lenity. First, criminal laws must provide people with fair notice so people can live by the law.…
FDA Shadow Regulations Target Fido’s Dinner
August 8, 2019
Answers Pet Food, a brand created by Pennsylvania-based company Lystn to provide high quality, organic pet food, is being targeted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for failing to comply with an unofficial, zero-tolerance policy toward naturally occurring strands of salmonella in minimally processed pet foods. The FDA refers…
Going off the Rails: The CA High-Speed Rail Authority
August 7, 2019
Billions of dollars over budget. Years behind schedule. Hundreds of acres of land taken from Central Valley farmers, who are still waiting to receive their compensation. How did a project to build America’s first high-speed railway become such a wreck? The answer is simple: a lack of oversight exercised by…