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Articles Tagged with U.S. Constitution
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Read the Mueller Report (please)
There are print versions of the April 18, 2019, Mueller Report (“Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election“) in the marketplace (although one publication has virtually unreadable tiny print) and there are multiple online versions so take your pick.
Many public libraries have the e-book and some may have the print.
Link to a PDF copy of the report from, among other places, the Wikipedia Mueller Report article, e.g. from the “External links” section of the article.
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Presidential Misconduct thru the Ages: House Report on the Impeachment of Richard Nixon (1974)
Without access to a library that subscribes to a Congressional documents database (or that has retained the print), you will have a devil of a time finding many Congressional documents, especially those before the 94th Congress (1975-76) or after 1865. (See the LOC Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, the National Archives, or the GPO Congressional Documents database.)
You might want to try Congress dot gov, where you’ll find bills and resolutions and, hmmm – no reports.
Let’s say you want to find this document, which is a “report.”
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Protect Your Constitutional Rights: “Vote” With Your Families on January 21, 2017
Oregon women and their families walk and speak out to protect all our Oregon and U.S. Constitutional rights: Womens March in Oregon
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A Reading List for People Planning to “Occupy” Public Property
Short of performing a bundy-ectomy (formerly reserved for Al or Ted), let’s get another view of this particular cathedral. Here is an old Law Librarian’s take on protest and occupation:
Read a Book, Read the Law:
The history of protest goes back to the beginning of human time (check out the Flintstones if you doubt me).
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Too Big to Sue, (new-ish) Tort Reform, Arbitration Clauses, the Supreme Court and You
If you haven’t seen these 2 articles in your news feeds then you’re not doing your consumer law education reading:
New York Times articles, by Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Michael Corkery, November 2015:
Beware the Fine Print, Part I: Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice
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‘All jokes aside, when and why does a person “Take the fifth”?’
The Martindale dot com Legal Library is a source of many types of legal documents, including articles like this one:
“Taking the Fifth – A quick reference,” by Charles M. Farano, attorney.
Excerpt: “All jokes aside, when and why does a person ‘Take the fifth’?
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U.S. Constitution App (ios) and Open Source Legal Research Tips from LawSites
Links From Bob Ambrogi’s LawSites Blog:
1) Constitution iApp from the Library of Congress (and its companion, the Constitution Annotated).
2) Open Source Legal Research (LawSites blog post)
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Students: Enter the 4th Annual First Amendment Cartoon Contest
Deadline is March 15, 2013!
The First Amendment Cartoon Contest homepage has entry rules, tips and tricks for creating comics, and links to previous contest submissions and winners.
“Since the earliest days of the American republic, cartoonists have entertained us, drawn attention to the issues of the day, and provoked discussion. In short, cartoons contribute to our civic life.
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Should the U.S. Constitution be Untouchable?
Is rewriting the U.S. Constitution really that much of a “dangerous idea?”
See, e.g. Op-Ed Contributor, Louis Michael Seidman, “Let’s Give Up on the Constitution,” New York Times, December 30, 2012.
If business and labor models are changing, why aren’t government models?