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Wikiproject Oregon has this story: Local Politics and Wikipedia

“Wikipedia now covers all Oregon state senators!

WikiProject Oregon just hit an exciting milestone: with Esprqii’s recent addition of a brief biography of Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson, Wikipedia now has an article on every current member of the Oregon State Senate. Some have just the basics (we call them “stubs”), but others offer a pretty good introduction to the senator’s personal background and career, carefully sourced to the legislature’s web site and newspaper coverage.” (for full story)

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If you think the news is all about Presidential (so to speak) elections and economic meltdowns – think again!

A pooch to protect: Rin Tin Tin’s latest film doesn’t sit well with Daphne Hereford, and if she has her way, the star’s next drama could be in court, by MARY FLOOD, Copyright, 2008 Houston Chronicle, Oct. 6, 2008, 11:26PM, excerpt:

“… . Rin Tin Tin is important to me and to other people,” said the owner of www.rintintin.com, author of a fan club newsletter, seller of furry memorabilia and holder of seven Rin Tin Tin federal trademarks. “I had the choice to let the Rin Tin Tin legacy go by the wayside but, to me, it stands for honesty, goodness and integrity.”

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Justice Bedsworth, of the California Courts of Appeal, returns with his October column in the Orange County Lawyer Magazine: Unsafe at Any Speed “Beds has found a danger Ralph Nader missed”

And you thought it will be hard to top last month’s column, Just Another Day in the Monkey House!

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Welcome Justice Bedsworth to September, at his monthly Orange County Lawyer column, A Criminal Waste of Space, where the Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal reminds us that not all of us (not most of us!) are cut out to be sportswriters.

(Previous Justice Bedsworth columns are usually archived here, thanks to MIPTC, but they are having, we hope temporary, hacker problems (see their 8/25/08 post) so check back later.)

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From Lessig blog, comes this: Free (open source) Copyright Licenses

“… So for non-lawgeeks, this won’t seem important. But trust me, this is huge.

I am very proud to report today that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (THE “IP” court in the US) has upheld a free (ok, they call them “open source”) copyright license, explicitly pointing to the work of Creative Commons and others…. (link to full post)

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Who would have thought to use Oregon Small Claims Court to shut down a meth house? A very creative lawyer, that’s who!

See the story in the July 2008 issue of the Oregon State Bar (OSB) Bulletin, Oregon’s War on Methamphetamine,” by Janine Robbin.

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From the Salem Statesman Journal, we read “Measures assigned their numerical designations: A dozen items will appear on Nov. 4 ballot, state says,” by Peter Wong, August 2, 2008

Measure approved for the ballot to date include these:

MEASURE 54: Allows 18-year-olds to vote in school board elections, consistent with their eligibility to vote in state and federal elections. The minimum voting age for school board elections is 21, set by voters in a 1948 constitutional amendment. The voting age for state and federal elections was lowered to 18 in 1971.

MEASURE 55: Allows legislators to complete their elected terms in their original districts even if they are placed elsewhere through redistricting plans, which are drawn every 10 years after each census. The next plan is set for 2011, after the 2010 Census.

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Are you following this blog conversation about Oregon sentencing law ?: “Should juries know the likely sentence when deciding guilt?“

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“The title of this post is the title of this interesting BlueOregon post authored by Oregon state representative Chip Shields. The post begins with a review of the remarkable Rodriguez mandatory sentencing case (previously blogged here and here) still working its way through the Oregon state courts. But it ends with Rep. Shields setting out this legislative history and some provocative questions:

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