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      "id": 103001,
      "date": "2002-12-31",
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      "title": "Withdrawal from the ABM Treaty: Legal Considerations",
      "summary": "On December 13, 2001, President Bush gave formal notice to Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and\nthe\nUkraine that the United States was withdrawing from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty because of\nthe constraints it imposes on the testing of missile defense systems; and six months later, on June\n13, 2002, the treaty effectively terminated. The ABM Treaty has been in force since 1972. Pertinent\nlegal questions that have been raised about U.S. withdrawal concern whether the treaty allows it; if\nso, the procedure to be followed; and, finally, the constitutionality of the President doing so\nunilaterally without the involvement of the Senate or Congress. This report briefly discusses these\nissues, as well as the recent federal district court decision in  Kucinich v. Bush \ndismissing a suit by\n32 members of the House challenging the constitutionality of the President's action. This report will\nbe updated as events warrant.",
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  "topics": [
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    "Constitutional Questions"
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