Oregon Legal Research BlogSince Portland has also seen the peak of its cherry blossoms, we’re sharing the Law Library of Congress’s seasonal post “Stumpy’s Legacy: Laws on Plant Patents and Propagation.” “The…
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Research Foreign and International Law Like a Pro
…1) NYU’s GlobalLex (sample Researching Canadian Law) 2) You can also visit the Law Library of Congress 3) You can search the web using keywords like legal research guide [country name]…
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Some (Very Funny) Rules of Dueling (In Custodia Legis)
If your latest novel, or dinner table conversation, includes a duel, here’s a useful and humorous blog post for you from In Custodia Legis, a Law Librarians of Congress…
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Fill Out (or In) Your Census Form and Win a Chance at Gaining Another Congressional Representative
The constitutionally mandated U.S. census form (and a link to the online form) should be awaiting your attention, perhaps it’s on your kitchen table now. Here’s an interesting story…
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Oregon Covid-19 Resource Page (Senator Merkley)
Oregon’s Senator Merkley has updated his Covid-19 Resources page with information about the 880 page bill (HR 748) that was signed into law on March 27, 2020 (P.L. 116-136)….
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U.S. Congress: Free, Online House Staff Directory
The Sunlight Foundation releases a beta version of a House (Congressional) Staff Directory. (Note: Clicking on the Members List (at bottom of the search screen )…
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A Declaration of Conscience: Senator Margaret Chase Smith on the U.S. Senate: “the Four Horsemen of Calumny-Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear”
history of the U.S. Senate: “June 1, 1950 As Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine boarded the Senate subway, she encountered the junior senator from Wisconsin, Joe McCarthy. “Margaret, you…
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Speeding Up the Codification of Laws: You Say AI, I Say Thank you!
…works, that may sound unremarkable, but because it usually takes the Council three to five months to turn each new law into properly formatted legal code, there have always been…
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Abortion: Judicial History and Legislative Response (CRS Report)
Link to the new Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “Abortion: Judicial History and Legislative Response,” from the Legal Research Plus website….
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Statutory Interpretation and Legislative Intent
…noted that he agreed with the enacting Congress approach, argued that statutory interpretation also needed to factor in evolving language and the context that the legislation was created under….” (read…