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Bizarre Holiday Laws
…In Provo, Utah, there is a city ordinance that restricts residents from using a snowball or any object that could be labeled as a “missile,” to inflict damage to other’s…
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Executive Order 9066 and the Tides of History
…and the related curfew challenged by Minoru Yasui of Oregon and Gordon Hirabayashi. In all three cases the Supreme Court upheld the right of the government to exclude Japanese Americans…
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“Big Money Bought Oregon’s Forests. Small Timber Communities Are Paying The Price” (OPB)
Oregonian and Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and OPB, June 11, 2020: Excerpts: “…. For decades, politicians, suit-and-tie timber executives and caulk-booted tree fallers alike have blamed the federal government and urban…
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Oregon Law Forces Jury Trials To Continue, Increasing Virus Risk (OPB article)
…Courthouse: “Oregon Law Forces Jury Trials To Continue, Increasing Virus Risk,” by Conrad Wilson, OPB, May 12, 2020 If you are called for jury duty, grand or petit, in Oregon,…
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“Vote” 365 Days of the Year: Talk, Talk, Talk to your Elected Representatives
media, so why not with you? (I archived the latter info at the Internet Archive.) Oregon: Don’t forget your state governor, legislative administration, courts, state senators and representatives, and local elected…
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A Reading List for People Planning to “Occupy” Public Property
…of time. Oregon and U.S. history, including pre-statehood materials. The State of Oregon Law Library is a good place to begin, but remember that not everything you need is online….
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Librarians versus the NSA (The Nation)
Hat tip to the 5/11/15,Library Link of the Day: “Librarians Versus the NSA: Your local library is on the front lines against government surveillance,” by Zoë Carpenter May 6,…
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Oregon Supreme Court: Retired Public Servants, Health Care, and Private Rights of Action under ORS 243.303
…the Oregon Supreme Court held that, in enacting ORS 243.303(2), which requires local governments to make available to retired employees, “insofar as and to the extent possible,” the health care…