Oregon Legal Research Blog…a substitute amendment to an already House-passed measure instead of just working off the Senate introduced CARES Act (S.3548) is the Constitutional requirement that revenue bills must originate in the…
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #10 (Article II, Suffrage and Elections, Sections 11-17)
…and all officers, except the Governor elected at any regular general biennial election after the adoption of this amendment shall assume the duties of their respective offices on the first…
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Defamation in Church: Tubra v. Cook (Oregon)
…which the trial court concluded that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution deprived it of jurisdiction to adjudicate the dispute. The issue…
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #6 (Bill of Rights, 32-39)
…[Constitution of 1859; Amendment proposed by H.J.R. 16, 1917, and adopted by the people June 4, 1917] Section 33. Enumeration of rights not exclusive. This enumeration of rights, and privileges…
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When is Blogging Defamation, Journalism, Extortion, or Free Speech?
…stage for an appeal that will be followed by First Amendment lawyers, bloggers and traditional journalists around the country. UCLA School of Law Prof. Eugene Volokh teaches the First Amendment….
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #15 (Article IV, Legislative Department, Sections 7-9)
…population of senators or representatives, as the case may be, elected from the subdistricts, shall be substantially equal within the district. [Constitution of 1859; Amendment proposed by H.J.R. 20, 1953,…
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #3
…and remain in effect as to all prosecutions for crimes committed before the taking effect of this amendment. [Constitution of 1859; Amendment proposed by S.J.R. 4, 1931, and adopted by…
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Public Sector, and Public Servant, Blogging and Blogosphere Issues
…a Writer’s Voice that is appealing, if also instructive, fair, and trustworthy. 7) Legal: First Amendment issues come to mind first, and limited public forums, but there are others I…
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: #4
…law. Laws for the punishment of crime shall be founded on these principles: protection of society, personal responsibility, accountability for one’s actions and reformation. [Constitution of 1859; Amendment proposed by…
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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…