Oregon Legal Research BlogIt all started with a simple citation. One of our patrons had a case from the Oregon Court of Appeals and was looking for previous history information. The first…
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The Saga of the Missing EAB Decisions
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Which Version of Dred Scott, Plessy, or Bush v. Gore Do You Want?: U.S. Supreme Court Rewrites (ur, edits) Past Opinions
…stand a chance against a Supreme Court and a Congress (let’s not forget the “editing” of the Congressional Record) that have no scruples when it comes to rewriting history? But…
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New Feature on Oregon Legislature Website
The Oregon State Legislature has added a new feature to its website, an enhanced measure search tool. The new measure search adds the following information to search results:…
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Oregon Ballot Measure Archive Project: Update
We heard a good-news update on the Oregon Ballot Measure Archive Project, which founder and leader Joshua Binus says is alive and well. From Joshua: “The biggest news to…
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Women and Politics: Chi-Raq (Spike Lee), Pussy Fights Back (Nation), and If Hillary Groped Men (NYT)
…Lee’s Chi-Raq (movie inspired by Lysistrata) And some links to a couple of fun Oregon women’s’ political history stories: Oregon Women in History: ‘We Can’t Do Much Worse Than…
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Facelift for Oregon Legislature’s Website and Stay Tuned for More Superseded ORS
The new Oregon Legislature’s website goes live Oct 1, 2013. This is great news for legislative and legal researchers (and government wonks, too). 1) Superseded ORS, 1953 – present:…
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ORS Restores Hair Loss
Who knew! Thanks to Isaac Laquedem we learn that Oregon’s Legislative Counsel has a sense of humor (not that we didn’t love their work already :-). Visit…
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New regs: Unpaid Leave for Oregon Domestic Abuse Victims
An article in the Oregonian on Wednesday (11/14/07), by Anne Saker, Workplace law eases plight of abused,” reports on rules just “issued” pursuant to a law passed in the…
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The Oregon Legislature and the Satanic Versus: Supplemental vs. Special
It’s not enough for the Oregon House and Senate to pass a bill; the Governor needs to sign it. Here is a link to the Governor’s legislative web page…
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Effective Dates of Oregon Legislation
From the Oregon Legislature Clerk of the House website: “In 1999, the Legislative Assembly adopted ORS 171.022, which reads, “Except as otherwise provided in the Act, an Act of…