Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: April 19, 2019

Presidential Misconduct thru the Ages: House Report on the Impeachment of Richard Nixon (1974)

By Laura Orr

…Jr., Chairman. 93rd Cong., 2d Sess. August 20, 1974. Washington: U.S. GPO, 1974. 528 p. Includes bibliographical references. Let’s say you can find that report’s numbers, which to save time…

Published on: March 25, 2020

Covid-19 Assistance in Oregon: Where to Begin if You Don’t Know Where to Begin

By Laura Orr

…our mobile app and online database. They “serve all 36 Oregon counties and Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania and Wahkiakum counties in Southwest Washington.” CALL 211 or 1-866-698-6155 TEXT your zip…

Published on: September 5, 2006

By Laura Orr

…you’re half asleep and spent the better part of your holiday weekend awake (drinking and eating)-hours talking about Poor Pluto’s demotion. Pluto’s demotion was not unlike Poor George Washington’s demotion…

Published on: January 16, 2018

Speeding Up the Codification of Laws: You Say AI, I Say Thank you!

By Laura Orr

Take a look at the future: “Automation tools are enabling Washington D.C. to publish its laws much faster: A process that once took months can now be completed by…

Published on: October 4, 2006

By Laura Orr

…of the Day, links to a Washington Post story from McLean High School (Virginia?) where the students are challenging school officials who plan to turn over student work to Turnitin,…

Published on: March 27, 2017

Is the Trump/Kushner “White House Office of American Innovation” the 21st Century’s Bush/Quayle “White House Council on Competitiveness?”

By Laura Orr

…will trigger some memories: New York Times 1991 article: “At Heart of Debate on Quayle Council: Who Controls Federal Regulations,” by Philip J. Hilts, December 16, 1991 Washington Post 1992…

Published on: December 19, 2008

Food Liability Law

By Laura Orr

The Food Liability Law Blog has some interesting posts, including this one that features an Oregon and Washington public health officer: “Is it Really a Food-Born Illness?” Excerpt: “At…

Published on: February 21, 2008

Oregon Legislators and Health Care: “Treating Cancer is a Profit Center”

By Laura Orr

…in Washington, D.C. “It’s a lot about money.” Trends in Medicare reimbursement, which many private insurance plans mimic, largely dictate what is profitable, Draper said. Diseases of the heart, blood…

Published on: September 23, 2008

Where Does Federal Digital Information Go When The Lights Go Out?

By Laura Orr

I thought some of my readers might be interested in this recent post on AALL’s Washington Blawg about Saturday’s New York Times article on the loss of federal online…

Published on: April 13, 2011

The FBI Opens its Vault

By Laura Orr

Gallagher Blogs has a post about the FBI’s Vault . I remember getting a tour of the Washington D.C. FBI building way back in the, well, way way…