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Emergency Clauses in the Oregon Constitution and Laws – Referendum Power Reserved to the People
“My View: Emergency clause abuses democracy,” Portland Tribune, 27 January 2015, by Richard F. LaMountain Background: Oregon Constitution Art. 1, Section 1. Natural rights inherent in people. We declare…
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Oregon Law Will Require High School Students Receive Civics Education Before They Graduate
Read on for a bit of Oregon “Civics Education” from me: Senate Bill 513 A (2021) requires that Oregon high school students receive one half-credit in civics education prior…
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Oregon Constitution: Wikisource, Wikiproject Oregon, and More
interesting (you can’t make me use those other adjectives that spring to mind) system of amending the Oregon Constitution, I thought a few remarks on finding the most current version…
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Oregon 2021 Redistricting Info and Supreme Court Opinion
the April 9, 2021, Oregon Supreme Court case on how the Legislative Assembly and the Secretary of State will meet deadlines for decennial reapportionment of state legislative districts set out…
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Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
…kindly, patiently, and with much skill) has on their web site this database: “Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.” “In conjunction with the Thurgood Marshall Law…
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Oregon Court of Appeals Sniffs the Weed and Finds it “not inherently unpleasant”: Oregon v. Lang
Oregon v. Lang, 273 Or App 113 (2015), (Benton County Circuit Court CM1320460; A154498) Citations below are to the online, unofficial advance sheet version of this case, and available…
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Oregon Supreme Court: PERS Decision (4/30/15)
Moro v. State of Oregon, 357 Or 167 (S061452) (2015) “…. Before Balmer, Chief Justice, and Kistler, Walters, Linder, Brewer, and Baldwin, Justices, and Haselton, Chief Judge of the…
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The 1935 Fire that Burned the Oregon State Capitol
The Oregon capitol building burned in the spring of 1935, destroying most records. What the fire did not destroy, the water damaged. If anything survived, it went to the…
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Update on the Oregon Ballot Measure Archive Project, 1959-2007
of direct democracy. The State of Oregon has earliest established initiative and referendum system in the United States and that has been one of the most active users of the…