 January 7 - Defining the Boundaries: Courts Play Larger Role as Interbranch Referee |
| January 7 - Major Separation-of-Powers |
| January 14 - Court's Move Heartens Anti-Abortion Forces |
| January 21 - Court Upholds Sentencing Guidelines |
| January 21 - Florida, Texas Seek Aid for New Influx of Aliens |
| January 21 - Justice Report Sharply Criticizes Meese |
| January 28 - Court Ruling Leaves Federal Law Untouched |
| January 28 - Racial Overtones Intensify in Hastings Case |
| February 4 - Judge Starr Named Solicitor General |
| February 4 - Judge Wants Charges Dismissed: Special Senate Committee Likely to Try Hastings Case |
| February 4 - Members Ask Bush to Boost Refugee Quotas |
| February 4 - Rep. Mazzoli Loses Immigration Chairmanship |
| February 4 - Ruling on Immigrants Due Feb. 20 |
| February 11 - Aid Sought to Cope With Central American Influx |
| February 11 - Bill Introduced to Revise Visa Quotas |
| February 18 - Advocates of RICO Revision Gird for Third Try |
| February 18 - Civil RICO Cases in the Federal Courts (chart) |
| February 18 - Criminal RICO Unlikely to Change |
| February 25 - Hastings' Motion To Dismiss Charges |
| February 25 - Hill Committees to Survey Situation at the Border |
| February 25 - Members of the 101st Congress, First Session Governors, Supreme Court, Cabinet-Rank Officers |
| February 25 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Judiciary Approves 'Whistleblower' Reward |
| March 4 - CONFIRMATION HEARINGS: Bennett Headed for Approval As National 'Drug Czar' |
| March 4 - GUN CONTROL: Curbs Proposed On Assault Weapons |
| March 4 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Impeachment Cases Weighed In House Unit, Full Senate |
| March 4 - New Drive Begun to Revise Visa-Allotment System |
| March 4 - REFUGEES: Bill to Ease Entry of Soviet Jews |
| March 4 - Visa Application Backlog Brothers, Sisters (chart) |
| March 11 - CONFIRMATION: Bennett Approved As 'Drug Czar' |
| March 11 - LAW ENFORCEMENT: 'Hate Crimes' Bill Backed by Panel |
| March 11 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Hastings Submits More Arguments |
| March 11 - SECTION NOTES: Bush Special Ethics Panel Releases Proposals |
| March 18 - Bush Action on Gun Imports Cheers Backers of Curbs |
| March 18 - Gun-Control Legislation: A History |
| March 18 - Refugee Funds Sought |
| March 18 - THE BENCH: Chief Justice Urges Judicial Pay Hike |
| March 18 - Trial of Judge Alcee Hastings To Go Forward in Senate |
| March 25 - Court Ruling May Give Impetus To Drug-Testing Measures |
| March 25 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: The Abortion Debate Is Far From Over |
| March 25 - IMPEACHMENT: Charges Against Judge Nixon Are Voted by House Panel |
| March 25 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Antitrust Shield Approved |
| April 1 - FBI Background Investigations Draw Intensified Scrutiny |
| April 1 - Justices Weigh Age Minimum For Capital Punishment |
| April 8 - Abortion Protagonists Gird For Crucial Court Test |
| April 8 - Battles on Hill Likely to Continue |
| April 8 - SECTION NOTES: Bush Widens Import Ban On Assault Weapons |
| April 8 - SUPREME COURT: Drug Enforcement Wins New Boost |
| April 15 - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Bush, Congress Launch Efforts To Fight Crime, Drug Crisis |
| April 15 - Hastings Wants Taxpayers To Pay for His Defense |
| April 15 - Questions, Criticism Surround Apparent Choice of Lucas |
| April 15 - SECTION NOTES: House Panel Approves Liability Bills |
| April 15 - SECTION NOTES: Senate Judiciary OKs Bill on TV Violence |
| April 22 - ABA's Role Under Scrutiny In High Court, Senate |
| April 22 - GUN CONTROL: Panel Moves Bills to Prohibit Sales of Assault Weapons |
| April 22 - IMMIGRATION: Revision of McCarthy-Era Law OK'd by House Subcommittee |
| April 22 - IMPEACHMENT: Hastings Trial Set To Start July 10 |
| April 22 - SUPREME COURT: Court Ducks Ruling On Secrecy Forms |
| April 22 - SUPREME COURT: Justices Asked to Impose Lid On Punitive-Damage Sums |
| April 29 - Justices Give Few Clues In Key Abortion Case |
| April 29 - SECTION NOTES: House Committee Votes To Impeach Judge |
| April 29 - SECTION NOTES: Law-Enforcement Liability, Military Malpractice |
| May 6 - FEDERAL WORKERS: Rehnquist Argues For Pay Raise |
| May 6 - Key Senators Remain at Odds Over Immigration Reform |
| May 6 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Starr Confirmation Appears Likely |
| May 13 - Congress Again Scrutinizes |
| May 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: ABA, Thornburgh Near an Accord |
| May 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Raises Limit On Settlements |
| May 13 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Impeachment of Judge Nixon Sets Up 2nd Senate Trial |
| May 20 - Administration Crime Package Urges Increased Spending |
| May 20 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Relaxation of Antitrust Laws Eyed for Joint Ventures |
| May 20 - SECURITIES: High Court Arbitration Ruling Could Revive Investors' Bill |
| May 27 - Bill to Aid Central Americans Advances in House Panel |
| May 27 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Is Impeachment The Only Way? |
| May 27 - IMPEACHMENT: Nixon Says He Will Remain off Bench |
| May 27 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Makes Starr Solicitor General |
| June 3 - Justice Department and ABA Settle Their Differences |
| June 3 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Exhorts Broadcasters To Curb TV Violence, Sex |
| June 3 - The Federal Court System (chart) |
| June 3 - U.S. Judges Turn to the Hill For Help on Pay, Work |
| June 10 - Congress May Seek to Reverse Narrow Civil Rights Ruling |
| June 10 - IMMIGRATION: Refugee-Fund Shift Draws Protests |
| June 10 - SECTION NOTES: Future Action Unlikely On Line-Item Bills |
| June 10 - Senate Panel Votes Overhaul Of Visa-Allotment System |
| June 17 - Groups Look to Capitol Hill For Help on Civil Rights |
| June 17 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Panel OKs Antitrust Bills |
| June 24 - Flag-Burning, 'Dial-a-Porn' Acts Struck Down by Justices |
| June 24 - IRAN-CONTRA: North Sentencing Runs Into Snag |
| June 24 - LAW/JUDICIARY:House Judiciary Takes Aim At 'Vertical' Price-Fixing |
| June 24 - Refugee Status for Soviet Jews Voted by House Judiciary |
| July 1 - Business Gets No Satisfaction On Damage Awards, RICO |
| July 1 - Flag Burning, HUD Scandal Dominate Press Queries |
| July 1 - Flag-Burning Ruling Sparks Cries for Action on Hill |
| July 1 - IRAN-CONTRA: Judge Denies North Effort To Challenge Verdict |
| July 1 - Proposed Amendments |
| July 1 - SUPREME COURT DECISION EXCERPTS: Divided Court Offers Opinions On Issue of Flag Burning |
| July 8 - Abortion Rights and Access Are Sharply Restricted |
| July 8 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: The Supreme Court: Not a Juggernaut |
| July 8 - Justice Kennedy: The Fifth Vote |
| July 8 - Major Rulings, 1988-89 |
| July 8 - North Gets Fine, Not Jail Term |
| July 8 - Solid New Majority Evident As 1988-89 Term Ends |
| July 8 - Splintered High Court Rules On Major Abortion Case |
| July 8 - Status of Abortion Laws (chart) |
| July 15 - Aid for Chinese Students |
| July 15 - APPROPRIATIONS: Funding Approved For U.S. Courts |
| July 15 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Critics of Flag-Burning Ruling Debate Next Step to Take |
| July 15 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Gun Control Bills Stall in Senate |
| July 15 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Hastings Trial Gets Under Way Before Special Senate Panel |
| July 15 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Votes Refugee Status For Soviet Jews, Others |
| July 15 - Public Laws |
| July 15 - Senate Votes 81-17 to Revamp U.S. Visa-Allocation System |
| July 22 - IMMIGRATION: House Panel Agrees to Shelter Chinese Students, Others |
| July 22 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Ban on Some Assault Weapons OK'd by Senate Committee |
| July 22 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Republicans Go All Out To Extinguish Flag Threat |
| July 22 - Lucas Comes Under Sharp Fire At Confirmation Hearing |
| July 29 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce, Justice Funds Approved |
| July 29 - Commerce, Justice, |
| July 29 - House Committee OKs Measure To Outlaw Flag Desecration |
| July 29 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Panels Seek to Close Loophole On Copyright Infringement |
| July 29 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Judiciary Committee To Vote on Death Penalty |
| July 29 - Panel Delays Vote on Lucas At Sen. Heflin's Urging |
| August 5 - Abortion's Changing Politics |
| August 5 - Dodging Touchy Census Issue, House Passes Funding Bill |
| August 5 - Hastings Trial Panel Is Ready To Submit Case to Senate |
| August 5 - Judiciary's Rejected Nominees |
| August 5 - Key House Votes on Abortion (chart) |
| August 5 - LAW/JUDICIARY: TV Violence Talks: Antitrust Relief |
| August 5 - Lucas Rejection a Blow To Bush, Thornburgh |
| August 5 - With Bush's Blessing, ADA Bill Sails Through Senate Panel |
| August 12 - Law/Judiciary |
| August 26 - Bell Chronology |
| August 26 - Congressional Intent And the Judiciary |
| August 26 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Hastings Witness Held in Contempt |
| August 26 - Thornburgh's Bumpy Start Surprises Some on Hill |
| September 2 - Key Supreme Court Rulings |
| September 2 - Scholars Split Over Response To Flag-Burning Ruling |
| September 9 - Anti-Bias Measure for Disabled Is Passed by Senate, 76-8 |
| September 9 - Bush Reveals Anti-Drug Plan, Calls for Extra $2.2 Billion |
| September 9 - Bush's Anti-Drug Campaign Emphasizes Enforcement |
| September 9 - IMMIGRATION: House Panel OKs Nurse Bill |
| September 9 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Panel Launches Trial Of Impeached Judge Nixon |
| September 9 - Other Drug Initiatives of the 1980s |
| September 9 - Public Laws |
| September 16 - Abortion, Right-to-Die Cases Top Docket for New Term |
| September 16 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce, Justice Bill Stalls In Scrap Over Drug Funding |
| September 16 - Flag-Desecration Legislation Passed by House, 380-38 |
| September 16 - Hill, Administration at Odds |
| September 16 - Major Cases, 1989-90 Term |
| September 16 - Panel Unsure How to Cope With Latest Sex Scandals |
| September 16 - SECTION NOTES: Cases Against Judges Ready for Trial |
| September 23 - Bennett Sends Hill Legislation To Implement Anti-Drug Plan |
| September 23 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Flood-Insurance Bill Passed by House |
| September 23 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Flag-Desecration Amendment Rejected by Senate Panel |
| September 23 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Panel Lays Foundation For Action on Death Penalty |
| September 23 - Public Laws |
| September 30 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce, Justice, State Bill Finally Passed by Senate |
| September 30 - Chairman Morrison: Open Arms |
| September 30 - Commerce, Justice, State (chart) |
| September 30 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: O'Connor Becoming The New Powell |
| September 30 - Emergency Drug Funding (chart) |
| September 30 - IMMIGRATION: House Panel Opens Hearings On Visa-Allotment System |
| September 30 - The LSC: Still an Issue |
| October 7 - LAW/JUDICIARY: McNary Grilled on Credentials To Lead Immigration Service |
| October 7 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Amends, Then Passes Bill on Flag Desecration |
| October 7 - SECTION NOTES: 'Whistleblower' Rewards Authorized |
| October 7 - SECTION NOTES: Copyright Bills OK'd By House Judiciary |
| October 7 - SECTION NOTES: Foreign Nurses Gain Immigration Break |
| October 7 - Senate Actions to Fight Drugs Face Unclear Path in House |
| October 14 - DRUGS: House Vote Sends a Message For Anti-Narcotics Action |
| October 14 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Anti-Fraud Reward Bill Is Cleared |
| October 14 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Flag Measure Will Become Law Without Bush's Signature |
| October 14 - LAW/JUDICIARY:Death Penalty and Appeals Move Front and Center |
| October 14 - PROVISIONS: Senate Anti-Drug Proposals Included on Two Bills |
| October 14 - The 'New' Joe Biden Seems Very Familiar to Some |
| October 21 - Anti-Abortion Protest Groups Win Help From Congress |
| October 21 - Anti-Flag Burning Amendment Falls Far Short in Senate |
| October 21 - APPROPRIATIONS: Conferees Impose More Curbs On Legal Services Board |
| October 21 - Death-Penalty Expansion Bill Is Moved to Senate Floor |
| October 21 - DRUGS: House Leaders Promise Action On Most Senate Proposals |
| October 21 - ETHICS: Garcia Convicted Of Extortion |
| October 21 - GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS: Census Undercount Adjustment May Be Too Late for States |
| October 21 - Hastings Chronology |
| October 21 - Hastings Removed From Bench After Conviction by Senate |
| October 21 - Impeachment: A Change Needed? |
| October 21 - LAW/JUDICIARY: House Closes Legal Loophole, Raises Copyright Fees |
| October 21 - SECTION NOTES: Antitrust Criminal Fines Are Raised by House |
| October 21 - SECTION NOTES: House Eases Immigration For Foreign Nurses |
| October 21 - SECTION NOTES: McNary Wins Approval As INS Commissioner |
| October 21 - Turnabout Is Fair Play? |
| October 28 - DRUGS: Negotiators Accept $3.2 Billion Plan |
| October 28 - Fiscal 1990 Appropriations for State |
| October 28 - House Approves Entitlement For Japanese-Americans |
| October 28 - House OKs Temporary Haven For Selected Foreigners |
| October 28 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Passes Death Penalty For Murders by Terrorists |
| November 4 - Anti-Drug Funding (chart) |
| November 4 - APPROPRIATIONS: Turf Fight Develops Over Funding Bill |
| November 4 - Bush's Nomination of Thomas Sets Stage for New Battle |
| November 4 - D'Amato: Proud, Not Repentant |
| November 4 - DRUGS: House Approves Anti-Narcotics |
| November 4 - ETHICS: Committee Opens Garcia Inquiry |
| November 4 - IMMIGRATION: Haven for Central Americans Approved by Senate Panel |
| November 4 - LAW/JUDICIARY: D.C. Flag Burning Tests New Law |
| November 4 - LAW/JUDICIARY: RICO Overhaul Is Revised |
| November 4 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Convicts Judge Nixon, Removes Him From Bench |
| November 4 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Panel Approves Renewal Of School Aid for Disabled |
| November 4 - SECTION NOTES: Damage-Limit Increase Nears Final Approval |
| November 11 - A Real Person Says 'No Thanks' |
| November 11 - APPROPRIATIONS: Commerce, State Bill Clears |
| November 11 - Barring Age Bias in Job Benefits |
| November 11 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Court's Gentler Side: Unanimous Cases |
| November 11 - DRUGS: House Committees Clear Way For Narcotics-Fighting Bills |
| November 11 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Debt Collection Facilitated |
| November 11 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Old Rights Commission Fight Seems Ready to Erupt Anew |
| November 11 - Public Laws |
| November 11 - Rights Bill Is Almost Ready After Long Delay, Debate |
| November 11 - States Jockey for Anti-Drug Funds |
| November 11 - The Key Court Rulings |
| November 18 - ADA Bill Approved by First Of Four House Committees |
| November 18 - All Sides Targeting O'Connor In Court Tests of Abortion |
| November 18 - DRUGS: Anti-Narcotics Funding Clears; Other Bills Near Completion |
| November 18 - IMMIGRATION: Hill Seeks to Aid Chinese Students |
| November 18 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Both Chambers Agree to Extend U.S. Civil Rights Commission |
| November 18 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Panel Delays Markup Of Major RICO Revision |
| November 18 - Public Laws |
| November 18 - SECTION NOTES: Copyright Tribunal Nears Revamping |
| November 18 - SECTION NOTES: Philippine War Veterans Near Naturalization |
| November 25 - ABORTION: Pro-Choice Members Vow 1990 Fight |
| November 25 - DRUGS: Bush Wins Andean Initiative; Two Narcotics Bills Falter |
| November 25 - IMMIGRATION: Chinese Students Win Waiver |
| November 25 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Crime Fight Delayed in Senate; Biden Offers His Own Plan |
| November 25 - LAW/JUDICIARY: Senate Intervenes In Flag Case |
| November 25 - SECTION NOTES: Damage-Claims Measure Cleared by Congress |
| November 25 - SECTION NOTES: Illinois Abortion Case Settled Out of Court |
| November 25 - SECTION NOTES: Iran-Contra: Plea in One Case And Dismissal in Another |
| November 25 - SECTION NOTES: Nurse-Immigration Bill Cleared for Bush |
| December 2 - Bills Boost Anti-Drug Efforts Of Schools, Andean Nations |
| December 2 - Bush Tests His Pocket-Veto Power |
| December 2 - Handgun-Control Advocates Keep on Shooting Blanks |
| December 2 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law/Judiciary |
| December 2 - Veto of Chinese-Students Bill Touches Off Furor on Hill |
| December 2 - WHAT'S AHEAD: High Court to Consider 'Right to Die' Issue |
| December 9 - Cable and the Law |
| December 9 - Former GOP Rep. Erlenborn In Pivotal Role at LSC |
| December 9 - SUPREME COURT: Right-to-Die Case Is Argued |
| December 16 - Public Laws |
| December 30 - CQ ROUNDTABLE: Courts Still Struggle With Privacy Right |
