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Archive: September 2013 (3 Posts)

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Tomorrow: We Celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day!

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

Each September 17, the Law Library of Congress celebrates Constitution Day and Citizenship Day – a U.S. federal observance to commemorate the signing of the Constitution, and “recognize all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.” The United States Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787 by thirty-nine delegates to the …

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Law Professor Orin Kerr to Discuss the Next Generation Privacy Act on Sept. 30

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The Law Library of Congress will present the final Guggenheim lecture by Orin S. Kerr, the Law Library Scholar-in-Residence for the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation Program on Demography, Technology, and Criminal Justice at the Library of Congress on Monday, Sept. 30. The lecture will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the Montpelier Room, on the …

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Professor Risa Goluboff to Speak at Constitution Day Event on September 17

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The Law Library of Congress will host Professor Risa L. Goluboff in a celebration of Constitution Day 2013. The title of Professor Goluboff’s lecture is “How the Constitution Changes: Social and Political Aspects of the Law.” This program is part of the Law Library’s annual celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day–a federal holiday that is …