Federal law limits the kind of federal tax information that states are permitted to disclose, which could translate into criminal penalties if New York state’s Department of Taxation and Finance does not adhere to statute should Neal request Trump’s returns. “They’re bound by the confidentiality agreement that applies to all federal tax information,” said George Yin, a tax expert at the University of Virginia who has briefed congressional officials on Trump’s returns. “They have to be very, very careful in what they’re doing.”
Ashley Deeks, a UVA law professor and a member of the State Department’s advisory committee on international law, says that in this case the head of state – according to Trump – is Guaidó, and so his appointees “can actually give consent to the U.S. government to go into the Venezuelan Embassy and potentially remove uninvited guests.” And in this case, she said, “the U.S. government gets to decide, since they are a state, and the Code Pink protesters are not.”
Two years into Donald Trump’s effort to “Make America Great Again,” it seems American exceptionalism is alive and well. Certainly compared with other nations. UVA historian Peter S. Onuf said expressions of American exceptionalism were not necessarily as hubristic as they could seem from the outside, but might reflect the debate over the republic’s relatively brief history, about what America means.
Douglas Laycock, a UVA law professor and an expert on religious freedom, said at the time that the order suggests churches should not be found guilty of implied endorsements where secular organizations would not be. Laycock had not heard stories of that happening, but added that “the IRS does jawbone churches in a way that it does not appear to jawbone secular nonprofits. Maybe that’s what it’s supposed to be about.”
Democrats have no incentive to work with the president and give him a legislative victory he can champion ahead of the 2020 election, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) hasn’t announced any legislative agenda this year, said Kyle Kondik, communications director at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
The connections between epilepsy and these various conditions are “intriguing,” says Kevin Pelphrey, Harrison-Wood Professor of Neurology at the University of Virginia, who was not involved in the study. “Are [ADHD and autism] in some way more directly related to the brain mechanisms that also cause epilepsy? If so, how?” he says.
University of Virginia Police Capt. Melissa Fielding has been promoted to deputy police chief, according to UVA police. The 27-year veteran of the department has risen through the ranks, beginning as a security officer in 1992 and serving as a police officer, sergeant, lieutenant and captain.
Led by professors at the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University, the Center for Effective Lawmaking defines legislative effectiveness as the “proven ability to advance a member’s agenda items through the legislative process and into law.” It’s that reason that Norton and the nation’s black-, other minority- and women-owned media companies are optimistic that her proposed legislation will aid their businesses, which have long played a vital role in local communities.
"We don't see many shootings with two people, and very rarely would one of them be female," said Dewey G. Cornell, an education professor at UVA’s Curry School of Education and Human Development and the director of the Virginia Youth Violence Project. "This already seems unusual, but I think we have to wait and see what the involvement was for each of these two individuals," he added.
We have ranked schools according to their percentage of 2018 graduates in full-time, long-term jobs that require a J.D., which are often seen as the gold standard for new law graduates. Here, Columbia Law School comes out of top, with nearly 94% of recent grads landing such jobs. Columbia is followed by the University of Virginia School of Law, Duke University School of Law, University of Chicago Law School and Cornell Law School.
The UVA-led Compassionate Schools Project happening at Portland Elementary School in Louisville focuses on social and emotional learning as a means to boost overall performance.
(Commentary by Ken Hughes, research specialist at UVA’s Miller Center) Like Donald Trump, Richard Nixon tried to stonewall congressional investigations into crimes allegedly committed in the White House. But the stone wall crumbled under pressure from the public, Congress and the courts, and its rubble formed the foundation for an article of impeachment.
One-third of adults in this country are now obese, and seatbelts aren’t working so well for them. That’s why UVA engineers are studying the science of seatbelts, hoping to create safer restraints.
(Commentaries) Doctors, farmers, and others continue to dole out too many antibiotics, driving the resistance. Amy Mathers, who directs the University of Virginia’s Sink Lab, told me that over the past decade there’s been a surge of U.S. patients infected with bacteria for which there’s no effective antibiotic. “I see that once a month,” she said. “Ten years ago, that was a rarity.”
Not everyone is convinced it has been Biden alone that is damaging O’Rourke over the last month. Presidential politics expert Kyle Kondik says O’Rourke’s dip is also happening as Pete Buttigieg – another young, white Democrat – has gained ground. Since those late March polls, the 37-year-old mayor from Indiana, has pushed ahead of O’Rourke. Kondik, managing editor of the Sabato’s Crystal Ball political newsletters via the University of Virginia, said Buttigieg has created a buzz built on youthful enthusiasm – another of O’Rourke’s strengths.
“To me the person who’s most vulnerable to this is Mnuchin because, of course, the statute directs Mnuchin to do something,” said George K. Yin, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and former chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation. “So if he doesn’t comply then he’s the one in violation. … The statute is very clear and seems like very strong support for what [Committee Chairman Richard] Neal is trying to do. I think he obviously needs to think very seriously about that; now he might not care if he gets fired, but I think he would care if he gets sent to jail.”
The reduction in blood pressure was small but significant, and worthy of further exploration, said Dr. Robert M. Carey, a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia who wasn't involved in the new study. He helped write the most recent blood pressure guidelines for the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.
It has a population of almost 50,000, but Charlottesville “somehow manages to maintain a small-town feel,” said local Kelly, 31, a program manager for UVA’s Institute of Environmental Negotiation. “People are so friendly and everything is within a close proximity. There are so many amazing outdoor activities; hiking and cycling are really popular in C’Ville, helped by the proximity to Shenandoah National Park.”
Charlottesville City Council candidates are sharing their ideas on how to help make the city more environmentally friendly. Several of the five Democratic candidates described the public transportation system in Charlottesville as "broken." Sena Magill says the city can learn something from the University of Virginia. “When I was a UVA student, I used the bus system there and when I lived in Charlottesville I've used the bus system here and I always got to my classes on time at UVA and I never got to work on time when I used it here," Magill said.
Since the inception of the first mills in the 1950s, politicians have owned or gained control of them by winning mill co-operative elections. A study on the links between politicians and sugar mills by Sandip Sukhtankar, associate professor of economics at University of Virginia, found that 101 of the 183 mills – for which data was available – in Maharashtra had chairmen who competed for state or national elections between 1993 and 2005.