Law librarian listserves and websites are a never-ending source of valuable, entertaining, and illuminating information: “How the sixth amendment guarantees you the right to a lawyer, a fair trial,…
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Printz v. U.S. (1997): Dual Sovereignty, Federalism, States Rights
This case arises in discussions of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. You can find the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Printz v. United States online using just…
Lawyer Blogs and the First Amendment
…, “Are Lawyers’ Blogs Protected by the First Amendment? Why State Bar Regulation of Law Blogs As “Advertising” Would Be Elitist and Reductive,” by Julie Hilden. (Thank you to Jim…
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #11 (Article II, Sections, 18-24, Suffrage and Elections)
…expenses of such officer. But the words, “the legislative assembly shall provide,” or any similar or equivalent words in this constitution or any amendment thereto, shall not be construed to…
Obsidian & Padrick v. Cox Update
Background: 1) OSB Bar Bulletin April 2012 article, by Janine Robben, “How Oregon’s Blogging Defamiation Case Attracted National Attention” 2) Previous OLR blog post: When is blogging…
Civil Liberties Debate: John Yoo – Steve Wax, Alaska Debate Transcript on DVD
My law library now has a copy of the DVD (2 disks): Alaska Bar Association : “Excerpt from 2011 Convention, Fairbanks, AK: The Balance Between Security…
A U.S. College Campus Free Speech Story Worthy of a Entry in “News of the Weird”?
Above the Law brings us the following news story worthy of News of the Weird. California College Tells Student He Can’t Hand Out Copies Of The Constitution On…
Supreme Court of Ohio, Advisory Opinion re: Judicial Performance of Civil Marriages of Same-Sex Couples
Ohio Supreme Court: OPINION 2015-1 Issued August 7, 2015 Judicial Performance of Civil Marriages of Same-Sex Couples “SYLLABUS: A judge who exercises the authority to perform civil…
Writer, Director John Waters to Keynote AALL Annual Meeting in Baltimore, July 2018
John Waters and law librarians? This should be one for the books – and the pods, tubes, eeks, etc. [FYI: AALL is the American Association of Law Libraries]…
Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure (ORCP): Effective Dates
…The rules authorized by this section do not include rules of evidence and rules of appellate procedure. The rules thus adopted and any amendments which may be adopted from time…
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