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Archive: August 2017 (19 Posts)

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Congress.gov Tip, Top, and New for August 2017

Posted by: Andrew Weber

I recently mentioned that we are doing releases for Congress.gov that are more frequent and smaller in scope.  Rather than posting highlights of just the new enhancements, I thought it would be good to share a little more from across Congress.gov including the featured search tip and the top 10 most-viewed bills. Search Tip Adrienne …

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“Would You Be Interested in Getting (Attorney General) William Wirt’s Head Back?” Rebecca Roberts Brings Us a Tale From the Congressional Cemetery

Posted by: Robert Brammer

This is a guest post by Rebecca Boggs Roberts. Rebecca is a program coordinator at Smithsonian Associates, writer, and the former program director for the Historic Congressional Cemetery. In 2003, an unidentified man called the Historic Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. and asked the cemetery manager, “Would you be interested in getting William Wirt’s head back?” The answer, of course, …

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Kudzu, Invasive Species and the Law

Posted by: Jennifer Davis

Last weekend I was pulling English ivy off the corner of my house where it had grown over from the neighbor’s yard, and I reflected on the large number of invasive plants I see growing all over the national capital area: kudzu, porcelain berry, water hyacinth, callery pear, and tree of heaven.  I wondered what …

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The Queen’s Speech 2017

Posted by: Margaret Wood

This is a guest post by Conleth Burns, foreign law intern, who wrote a another post earlier this summer, UK Supreme Court rules “Deport first, appeal later” power is unlawful. On June 21st 2017, HM Queen Elizabeth II formally opened the UK’s Parliament by delivering her 64th Queen’s Speech. Despite being called the “Queen’s Speech,” this …

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Regulating the Rag and Bone Man

Posted by: Margaret Wood

This is a guest post by Clare Feikert, foreign law specialist for the United Kingdom at the Law Library of Congress. “Instinctively he and we knew then that what we had not use for was nonetheless of worth”, Environment Committee, Second report, Recycling, 1993-94, HC 63-i, at 14. The “rag and bone man,” also known …

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A New View of the Madison Building – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

For those of you who closely observe In Custodia Legis, you might have noticed that I recently updated my biography on the blog’s About page.  I am now in the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Library of Congress.  I still work on Congress.gov, I just do it from a new location. We are in …

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An Interview with SooYun Cho, Foreign Law Intern

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

Today’s interview is with SooYun Cho, a foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress.  SooYun, who will be going back for her third and last year of law school at the University of Montreal this fall, is currently working with Nicolas Boring on research related to French speaking jurisdictions. Describe your background. I was born …