The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written numerous posts for In Custodia Legis, including Revealing the Presence of Ghosts; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the United Kingdom; and 100 Year Anniversary …
As you some of you may know, the Congressional Globe is one of the many historical document treasures that is part of the legacy Century of Lawmaking website. The Globe, as it is usually called, contains the congressional debates of the 23rd through 42nd Congresses (1833-73). The Congress.gov team has been working on a multi-phase modernization of the content on this website which includes Congressional Legislation, Annals of Congress, the Globe, and Register of Debates as well as Senate, House, and Executive Journals.
This article describes federal observances created by Congress and Presidents, how they are different from legal public holidays, and examples of well-known and unique observances.
This article describes federal observances created by Congress and Presidents, how they are different from legal public holidays, and examples of well-known and unique observances.
Today's blog post is a guest post by foreign law specialist Gustavo Guerra that examines the newly published legal report titled, "Selected Issues in Biotechnology Regulation."
With the release there are now Page Headings and Index links for the Annals of Congress added to the Browse page under "Debates of Congress." There are now videos on Senate meetings from the Committee Schedule.
