…few more small bites over the next few weeks, months, sigh.) Oregon Constitution Bite #1: Preamble: “PREAMBLE We the people of the State of Oregon to the end that Justice…
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Naughty, Naughty: Lawyers and Public Officials: Disciplinary Records
…Records of Disciplined Attorneys 8/24/08, This week in public records: Arizona Disciplinary Records. This is an interesting post on several fronts with Tamara raising the question: Does your state…
Online Superseded Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS)
The superseded ORSs are starting to reappear at the Legislature’s website: a) 1999-2011 ORS b) A backup source: Internet Archive resource (work in progress from the Oregon State Library):…
Eight-grade 1930 Civics Lesson Questions: Describe good seed corn
…type.– Is there more profit in raising pure-bred poultry than in grade fowls?– What is meant by the Congress of the United States?– Mention two powers of the President of…
“Death Rates Lower in Prison than in the General Population”
…read this one, Medical Causes of Death in State Prisons, 2001-2004, and its press release, “Death Rates Lower in State Prisons than in the General Population.” Thank you to the…
Justice Bedsworth Fishes for a Bond with OR-7 (Oregon’s favorite wolf)
…my absolute astonishment that the State of California is spending federal grant money and a ton of head-scratching over the question of whether the state’s one gray wolf is an…
What Would Nero Wolf and Archie Goodwin Charge for their Services?
How much and for what services should the state pay private investigators in capital cases? The May 10th Willamette Week has a very interesting story about how the state…
Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. “The Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 A Transcription By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day…
“Sleep driving” as a DUII Defense
…when a person is sleeping” (p. 12). The June 1 Oregonian article on the case notes the unanimous decision is sending “shock waves” through the state’s prosecutorial community. The article indicates the…
Court of Appeals: Speedy Trial Law Applies to Traffic Violation
…Defendant moved to dismiss the charge, asserting that the state had violated ORS 135.747 by bringing him to trial some 15 months after the citation was issued. The trial court…
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