The Lincoln Memorial – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
A brief history of the Lincoln Memorial Commission for and dedication of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Archive: May 2020 (3 Posts)
Domestic Violence: Resources in the United States
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Ann Hemmens, a senior legal reference librarian with the Law Library of Congress. We recently received a question concerning resources available for victims of domestic violence. During this coronavirus pandemic we are seeing news articles about the increased reporting of domestic violence, also called intimate partner violence. According to …
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History, Precedents, and Rule of Law
Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Max Spitzer, the precedents editor in the Office of the Parliamentarian, House of Representatives. On May 31, 1789, James Madison, then a member of the House of Representatives during the First Congress, wrote a letter to Edmund Randolph, who would soon after be appointed the nation’s first Attorney General. …
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