In 1998 New Jersey -- like other states reacting to murders by sex offenders with previous convictions -- authorized the commitment of anyone who has served time for a sex crime and is found to have a "mental abnormality or personality disorder" that makes him likely to commit another crime.
We now have 100,000 American soldiers in Afghanistan, where President Obama recently authorized the commitment of another 1,000 Marines.
Much of the international debate on "outpatient commitment" or "community treatment orders" assumes that court-ordered treatment in the community is simply an extension of long-existing policies authorizing involuntary commitment as a hospital inpatient.
In passing the 21st Century Cures Act last year, Congress authorized a 10-year commitment of $4.8 billion for all four.
It is not clear what effect the Supreme Court decision will have on New Jersey, one of 18 states with "sexually violent predator laws" authorizing the civil commitment of sex offenders upon their release from prison.
The most experienced pension aggregators have changed their internal governance accordingly to allow them to appoint board representatives in the SPV's who are authorized to make substantial financial commitments and decisions without prior approval from their own or the participating pensions' investment review committees or boards.
Required information is now supplied by the subrecipient's authorized official via the current Subrecipient Commitment Form.
After Burns authorized the extension of Loughner's commitment, he observed that it might be the last he would approve if the defendant wasn't fit for trial by the June 7 end of the latest term.
The Michael Brandman Associates environmental impact report will be a useless document since its authors will feel a biased commitment to the board, which authorized the expenditure.
In March, Ohio passed a law authorizing substance-related commitments.
Last year, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Va., unanimously ruled that none of the powers granted to Congress in the Constitution empowered it to authorize such civil commitments.
