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Posted by: Andrew Weber
There was a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about In Custodia Legis posts. Francisco’s History of the Mexican Constitution was mentioned and linked to in View From Casita Colibrí. I also noticed that this same posting was tweeted about a couple of times and that it is cited on Wikipedia’s article on the Constitution …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 9 directs that “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” Each year the U.S. Congress drafts legislation to appropriate funds for the continued operation of the government during the next fiscal year. Since 1921, this process has been …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
One thing that has not been conveyed in our pictures to date is just how close the Supreme Court of the United States is to the Library of Congress. Christine’s historic bird’s eye view post provides an overhead shot of the area. This week’s Pic of the Week shows the back of the Supreme Court Building …
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Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
This weeks’ interview is with Judith Gaskell, former Librarian of the Supreme Court of the United States. Judy is currently volunteering at the Law Library and is working in the office next door to mine. I couldn’t resist popping over and asking her to do an interview for our blog. She kindly and graciously accepted. Please …
Posted in: Collections, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
In Custodia Legis had a terrific January! We had the most page views ever in a month for the blog. We have now posted over 400 times (have you read them all?). The month was led by a trio of posts. Last year’s post on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day tops the list. People were also …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The annual State of the Union address by the President of the United States to a joint session of the U.S. Congress has become a modern ritual that generates considerable discussion among newspaper and broadcast commentators, bloggers, and the Twitterverse. This commentary covers a broad array of topics, including political analysis, comments on special guests, …
Posted in: Congress, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We have now completed our first full calendar year of In Custodia Legis. Our team of bloggers covers current legal trends and subjects from around the world so you never know what the next topic of a post will be. But I can tell you what the most popular posts of the past year were. To …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, THOMAS