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Happy Thanksgiving!
…and unusual punishment. Tofurkey Producer Sues Texas over Labeling Laws The makers of Tofurkey, Turtle Island Foods, is an Oregon company that produces plant-based products. They have filed a suit…
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When is it criminal neglect to leave your children alone?
See recent updates (e.g. 2/10/11 ), but also click on the Home Alone label in the sidebar or the bottom of this post. Some of the most frequently…
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Oregon Classroom Law Project, and Baseball “Law”
Constitution Day 2010 has passed with nary a whimper, but thoughts of the inimitable Classroom Law Project stay front and center. Did you know you can volunteer with…
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100 Uses for Pocket U.S. Constitutions
I frequently get calls from people looking for U.S. pocket constitutions and I happily refer them to our various sources, including this one, which is having a sale! But…
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Baseball and the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments
…idea I have for this year’s Constitution Day…. I then read this in Rafe Esquith’s book: “To me, baseball is the perfect game. It’s the only game in which the…
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“… that unnecessary officer the Vice- President …”
Serendipity also has a role to play when you perform legal research. While searching for something else, I came across this from George Mason’s Objections to the Constitution. George…
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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…
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U.S. Supreme Court: Scope of Self-Representation Right
The U.S. Supreme Court in Indiana v. Edwards (07-208), decided June 19th, 2008: “Held: The Constitution does not forbid States from insisting upon representation by counsel for those competent…