Current Events Quiz

Can you match laws to current events?  We put together this five-question quiz as a fun way of showing how current events drive people to our website to read the laws behind the headlines.  See how you do–answers are at the bottom.

 

1. Traffic on this page spiked on January 29, 2017 with 95,434 pageviews:
   1. The First Amendment to the US Constitution
   2. 8 USC 1182 – Inadmissible Aliens
   3. Wex article – Executive Power
   4. The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution

    

2. Two days later, Twitter sent more than 50,000 of the 146,000 people who came to this page:
   1. 50 USC 3021 – National Security Council
   2. 8 USC 1187 – Visa Waiver Program for Certain Visitors
   3. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26
   4. Wex article – Second Amendment

    

3. 14 CFR 250.5 saw a huge traffic spike on April 11, 2017.  What is it about?
   1. Income taxes on foreign subsidiaries of US businesses
   2. Sanctuary cities
   3. Oil and gas exploration in national parks
   4. Compensation for airline passengers denied boarding

    

4. Facebook users came to our site more than 90,000 times on February 14, 2017 to read which of the following:
   1. Wex article – Executive Power
   2. The law declaring Valentine’s day a federal holiday
   3. The statutory definition of treason
   4. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution

    

5. Links from the February 9th edition of the online Washington Post sent thousands of visitors to our website to read the regulation concerning:
   1. Proper retirement of American flags
   2. Use of public office for private gain
   3. Placarding requirements for vehicles transporting HAZMAT
   4. Disclosure of executive compensation under the securities laws

    

Answers:

1. After the President’s executive order on immigration, users flocked to our site to read 8 USC 1182 and other statutes related to immigration.  (Answer b)
2. A statute no one paid much attention to until the President announced his attention to appoint his advisor Steve Bannon to the National Security Council, 50 USC 3021 deals with the composition of the NSC.  (Answer a)
3. 14 CFR 250.5 addresses compensation of passengers denied boarding by airlines.  Its popularity in April was tied to news accounts of an incident aboard a United Airlines aircraft.  (Answer d)
4. On February 14, 2017 the American public was reading about the circumstances surrounding the resignation of Michael Flynn as the National Security Advisor.  Apparently as a result of those stories, the definition of treason found in 18 USC 2381 was a topic of debate on social media and a major source of traffic on our website. (Answer c)
5. On February 9th, the Washington Post was sending us traffic from multiple stories covering Kellyanne Conway’s televised statement about Ivanka Trump’s merchandise.  Those articles linked to 5 CFR 2635.702, which addresses the use of public office for private gain.  (Answer b)