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Archive: July 2018 (14 Posts)

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Justice Kennedy Retires from Supreme Court

Posted by: Jim Martin

The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Osborne, legal reference librarian. On July 31, 2018, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is retiring from the United States Supreme Court at age 82, after over 30 years on the bench. Kennedy was born in Sacramento, California, in 1936, to parents Anthony J., an attorney and lobbyist, and …

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Birthday of the WAVES

Posted by: Jim Martin

Monday, July 30, marks the 76th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Navy’s WAVES, the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.  During World War I women were accepted into the Navy’s reserve force due to an ambiguity of the law which did not specify that a reservist must be a “man.”  The idea was …

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Interview with Rossana Deplano, Law Library Scholar-in-Residence

Posted by: Donna Sokol

  Describe your background. I was born and raised in Sardinia, Italy. After completing my law degree, I moved to the UK, where I currently live and work. What is your academic/professional history? I hold an LL.B. and LL.M. from the University of Cagliari, Italy, and a Ph.D. inlLaw from Brunel University London, UK. During my Ph.D. …

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Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top for July 2018

Posted by: Andrew Weber

We just passed the two year anniversary of when THOMAS was retired to make way for Congress.gov.  Robert recently shared our second set of enhancements that we had for Congress.gov in June. One area where we have focused is on enhancing committee data.  With this release we are adding a legislative interest column to the House: Legislation with …

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You Ott to Know: Using Legal Documents to Change Baseball History

Posted by: Betty Lupinacci

The ABA publication Insights On Law & Society states in its Winter 2017 issue that “The birth certificate is among the first legal documents an individual might acquire.” In most jurisdictions it’s the only document one can use for obtaining a drivers’ license, proving your citizenship, obtaining a passport… just merely establishing your existence. And …

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Our New Reports on Regulation of Cryptocurrency Around the World

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

The Law Library of Congress often produces foreign, comparative, and international law reports on a wide range of issues. We recently completed two reports on the global cryptocurrency regulatory framework. While one of the reports is a compilation of brief surveys of the legal and policy landscape surrounding cryptocurrencies in 130 countries, the other one provides more …