Oregon Legal Research BlogThe constitutionally mandated U.S. census form (and a link to the online form) should be awaiting your attention, perhaps it’s on your kitchen table now. Here’s an interesting…
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Speeding Up the Codification of Laws: You Say AI, I Say Thank you!
Take a look at the future: “Automation tools are enabling Washington D.C. to publish its laws much faster: A process that once took months can now be completed…
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U.S. Congress: Free, Online House Staff Directory
The Sunlight Foundation releases a beta version of a House (Congressional) Staff Directory. (Note: Clicking on the Members List (at bottom of the search screen…
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License to Print Money? Researching Marijuana Taxation Law, History, and Practice
…6) Don’t forget CRS reports: Members of Congress have still not made this database of reports public, but librarians and researchers have been trying to make up for this. See,…
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Statutory Interpretation and Legislative Intent
…Interpret Statutes When interpreting statutes, does the Constitution require federal judges to act as agents of the incarnation of Congress that enacted the legislation or the present day Congress? That…
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Casualties of American Wars
The next time you think you’re tired of reading bad news, hearing about Congress “debating” whether or not to raise the debt ceiling, the high price of gasoline or…
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Hyperlinking, Newspapers Disappoint Us, and the Oregon National Guard
…directive . Companion resolutions in the House and Senate xxx the current authorizations xxx. The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power xxx…
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Oregon Foreclosures
Now if only we could stop looking to Congress to come to our rescue (Congress? To the rescue? Good grief!) from the stock market fearmongers and foreclosure doomsayers…
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Book: Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars From Gutenberg to Gates
…to spread cheap reprints of popular sheet music. In the 1950s, a pirate music label named Jolly Roger issued recordings by Louis Armstrong and other jazz greats from LP’s that…