Oregon Legal Research BlogThe Oregon Legislative Library’s Reference Librarian* answers our ‘floor letter’ question. (The “Note from Mother” question is answered at the end of this blog post. Who said watching the…
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Psilocybin Service Initiative of Oregon, Michael Pollan, and “My Stroke of Insight”
…You can track previous legislation (bills and enacted legislation) by compiling what is known as a legislative history.) Citizen initiatives that appear on the ballot are also different from Referendums…
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Oregon Legislative History: From PGE to Gaines
For a lesson on how Oregon has heretofore interpreted legislative history (and intent) – and how they will do so henceforth: Oregon v. Gaines (SC S055031), April 30, 2009…
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2011 Oregon Legislature: Legislative Sessions, History, and Bills
Legislative intent: For an update to my previous post on Oregon Legislative History: From PGE to Gaines, see OSB Bulletin, October 2010, article, Methodology Matters, by Robert M. Wilsey….
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Statutory Interpretation: It’s Not Your Gramma’s Grammar (but maybe it should be)
…blog post at Legal Research Plus, “How to Use Legislative History to Teach Grammar ,” cites and links to Prof. Susan J. Hankin’s “Statutory Interpretation in the Age of…
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Superseded Oregon Revised Statutes 1953-1993: Update
The Oregon Legislature (via Legislative Counsel) has now posted all the superseded ORS volumes we scanned (1953-93). They already have 1999-2011 ORS. Note: It’s not very easy to find…
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Legal Research Class: City of Damascus v. Henry R. Brown, Jr. (Oregon Court of Appeals, 2014)
…Brown, Jr. (A156920) “ARMSTRONG, P. J. This case concerns the constitutionality of a bill passed by the 2014 Oregon Legislative Assembly, House Bill (HB) 4029, which permits landowners with…
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Oregon Court of Appeals Sniffs the Weed and Finds it “not inherently unpleasant”: Oregon v. Lang
…decide the meanings of words, the role of legislative history, rights and responsibilities of law enforcement personnel, the value of “making a good case” by the police and the prosecutor,…
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Superseded ORS on the Oregon Legislature’s Website: 1953-1981
…more are being added as time and resources allow.” More about the Gutbuster scanning project we have been working on with Legislative Counsel, including a picture of a Gutbuster….
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #14 (Article IV, Legislative Department, Sections 2-6)
Links to Previous Bites can be found here at, “Oregon Consitution in Small Bites: So Far“ Today: Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #14 (Article IV, Legislative Department, Sections…