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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 …
Posted in: Federal Judiciary, Guest Post
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 …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Jim Martin
A legal perspective on the musical The Music Man
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week