Our source for our most popular pocket U.S. Constitutions is having a sale: 100 for $30: http://www.nccs.net/ (the National Center for Constitutional Studies).
(Constitution Day isn’t until September, but I like to think ahead 🙂
We get pocket U.S. Constitutions from other sources too, but these are the most popular ones and excellent value.
If you think federalism means that in the United States the federal government operates independently of state government, or vice versa, see this blog post for an interesting civics lesson:
Isaac Laquedem’s take: Harry Reid gives Kate Brown an unexpected power over the United States Senate
In case you were wondering about the 17th Amendment (from here):
Amendment XVII
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:
We came across this Oregon Department Human Services website, with a variety of legal links on the following topics:
1) Planning
2) Power of Attorney
3) Wills & trusts
4) Guardians & Conservators
5) Finding an elder law attorney
6) Disability issues
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:
See the press release at the FTC: Marketers of Mystery Shopper Scam Settle with FTC
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:
Law librarians often get questions from patrons about their Social Security Numbers. Here is an interesting report:
King County Law Library Klues blog post on Social Security numbers.
I’ve been hearing about the Constitution-Free Zone of the United States but haven’t yet done any follow-up research, partly because I’m annoyed.
Here is the map and here is the “Fact Sheet.” What annoys me is that it is missing some facts I would like to see, in fact need to see and that it Creates Work for me when the authors don’t include the facts. (My mother always said, “don’t make work,” which was very clever of her. We could create whatever mayhem we wanted to as kids, but it was (mostly) ok as long as we cleaned up the mess and didn’t Make Work (for her or my dad). We got pretty good at cleaning up our own messes too, which has served us well in life 🙂
Lawyers and law librarians need, really need, cites to authority, whether or not the article (or claim in question) is likely to survive a “fact” check. E.g. when the “Fact Sheet” says, ‘The border, however, has always been an exception. There, the longstanding view is that the normal rules do not apply. For example the authorities do not need a warrant or probable cause to conduct a “routine search”,’ most law librarians (me!) would ask, “where’s the authority for that statement, what laws, what statutes, what cases?,” etc. Who and what says it is an exception? What is this “longstanding view?” Which “authorities” don’t need a warrant? The answers may be buried at this website, but they should be in plain view.
GPO Library of the Year: San Bernardino County Law Library
It’s pretty special in my world (where public law libraries are constantly under threat of losing funding) for a county law library to win such a national award. Congratulations to Larry Meyer and his incredible staff at the San Bernardino County Law Library for winning this award. In addition to their usual excellent public law library services (and they have rescued me on more than one occasion when on the prowl for elusive CA docs), they are also a Federal Government Depository Library (and I know how much work that is, former gov docs law librarian that I am).
Legal Research Tip: When doing your research, remember, keep notes on who you talked to and when (even what time!), what was said, what website, book, or brochure you looked at, who you want to contact next, etc.
GENERAL INFORMATION ON FORECLOSURE:
Moore v. U.S. (docket # 07-10689) (Decided October 14, 2008)
(There are times when a blog is just a place to keep notes on a case someone may ask about immediately after I have forgotten its name 🙂
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