Oregon Legal Research BlogQuestions about Oregon initiative and referendum signature petitions are as old as the petition itself (1902) and as new as yesterday (see History links, below). The latest challenges are…
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A Declaration of Conscience: Senator Margaret Chase Smith on the U.S. Senate: “the Four Horsemen of Calumny-Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear”
…history of the U.S. Senate: “June 1, 1950 As Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine boarded the Senate subway, she encountered the junior senator from Wisconsin, Joe McCarthy. “Margaret, you…
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What Oregon Legislators Need During Public Testimony
On the countdown to the 2010 Legislative Session, I offer this: While listening to a particularly interesting Oregon Legislative Committee hearing (yes, they can be interesting), I noticed how…
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Executive Order 9066 and the Tides of History
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Therefore, we will highlight an important intersection of legal history of significant impact to the Japanese-American community: the…
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Today is 11/12/13: “This Day in History” Links
More than you might want to know about “today“: What happened on a particular day, LibrarySpot Feature story about something that happened “today in history“: Today in History, American…
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #13
Links to Previous Bites can be found here at, “Oregon Consitution in Small Bites: So Far“ Today: Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #13: Article IV, Legislative Department, Sections…
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #12, Article III, Distribution of Powers
…III DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS Sec. 1. Separation of powersSec 2. Budgetary control over executive and administrative officers and agenciesSec.3. Joint legislative committee to allocate emergency fund appropriations and to authorize…
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Oregon History Night: How Southern Oregon Got Its Ornery Streak
Oregon Encyclopedia History Nights has this program, among others coming up: Southern Oregon Got Its Ornery Streak: The Politics of Dissonance and Resentment” Presented by Dr….
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Emergency Clauses in the Oregon Constitution and Laws – Referendum Power Reserved to the People
…Article IV, Section 1. Legislative power; initiative and referendum. (1) The legislative power of the state, except for the initiative and referendum powers reserved to the people, is vested in a…
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U.S. Legislative Counsel: Federal Statute Compilations
Office of the Legislative Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, has posted to their website: Statute Compilations: A list of frequently requested compilations in PDF format Thank you to Legal…