A former Speaker of the House is addressed, and referred to as, Mr. x, not Speaker x. The current President of the United States is addressed, and referred to as, President, not Mr. x.
Do not assume other public officials, candidates for public office, radio or TV news hosts, newspaper reporters, or others know correct forms of address. Look it up yourself. It’s fun!
You will find authority for these pronouncements in any number of respected forms of address manuals, e.g. to name only two:
“Honda loses Civic hybrid Small Claims Court lawsuit,” by Jerry Hirsch, LA Times, Feb. 1, 2012
Link to the plaintiff’s website and twitter account and my previous posts.
If U.S. Supreme Court Justices can rise above their Green Bag bobblehead replicas, and state court judges survive becoming piñatas, then surely the Department of Homeland Security can survive Justice Bedsworth’s forked tongue (and the Peter Principle)?
“Weaponized Snow Cones,” by Justice William W. Bedsworth, A Criminal Waste of Space, February 2012:
“I am not cut out to be an administrator. I have neither talent for, nor interest in, things administrative.
The 2011 Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) are now online – yay!
You can find the 2011 ORS online at the Legislature’s website.
“The State of Oregon has a Citizen Legislature consisting of the Senate, whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms, and the House of Representatives, which has 60 members elected for two-year terms.
The Legislature convenes annually in February at the State Capitol in Salem, but sessions may not exceed 160 days in odd-numbered years and 35 days in even-numbered years. Five-day extensions are allowed by a two-thirds vote in each house….” [Link to the Oregon Legislature’s website.]
Visit the Oregon Secretary of State’s elections website for general information and links.
Check with your county’s elections office for drop-off instructions:
1) List of all County Election Officials
From a 1/25/12, Law in the News link, we travel to this story from England:
“Jurors: leave the information age—or go to jail,” by Peter Bright:
Excerpt: “An English court has sentenced a juror to six months in prison for contempt of court after she performed research on the Internet and forced the abandonment of a criminal trial.
Travelers and Aviation Buffs: FAA Mobile App
Infodocket brings us news of the first release of the FAA Mobile app.
News, travel advisories, updates, and more.
Check the announcements and updates at the OJD website (and the Media Releases “What’s New” site) for changes to this, but as of right now, here’s the announcement:
“SYSTEM MAINTENANCE: The OJD website will be down Sunday, the 29th, from 5am-4pm.
Due to system maintenance, the OJD website, including OJIN OnLine, OJD Courts ePay, and Appellate eFile, will be unavailable on Sunday, the 29th, from 5am until 4pm.
