Pic of the Week–Trouble in River City
Posted by: Jim Martin
A legal perspective on the musical The Music Man
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Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
Posted by: Jim Martin
Congress did not adopt the practice of printing numbers on bills until the 19th century. By the end of the end of the 16th Congress, both chambers assigned numbers to bills; however, neither chamber immediately assigned sequential numbers for bills throughout a congress. The House of Representatives adopted this practice in 1818 during the second …
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U.S. Supreme Court: Original Jurisdiction and Oral Arguments
Posted by: Jim Martin
Today’s guest post is by Ann Hemmens, Senior Legal Reference Librarian. Ann wrote on accessing federal materials on the Law Library’s Guide to Law Online. At the Law Library of Congress, we collect, organize, and provide access to original print records and briefs filed with the Supreme Court of the United States. We are one …
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Today in History: Resignation of Vice President John C. Calhoun
Posted by: Jim Martin
On this day in 1832, John C. Calhoun submitted his resignation as the seventh Vice President of the United States. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1810, he would spend almost all of the remainder of his life serving in either the executive or legislative branches. He had a towering intellect, an overweening ambition, and a strong sense …
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Bill of Rights Day–Pic of the Week
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The Pic of the Week shows a French translation of the American Bill of Rights from 1790.
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Charter of Philadelphia – Pic of the Week
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Friday, October 27 marks the 335th anniversary of the founding of the city of Philadelphia by William Penn.
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Canada Day, July 1. Sesquicentennial of Confederation.
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Saturday is the 150th anniversary of the organization of the Dominion of Canada. Confederation was a product of the work of the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences of 1864, the London Conference of 1866, and the passage of the British North America Act of 1867 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Four provinces comprised …
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Armed Forces Day–U.S. Military leaders who also were lawyers
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This Saturday is Armed Forces Day in the United States, a day set aside to recognize the men and women who serve in the active and reserve components of the armed forces of the United States. The day has been observed since 1950. This blog post is devoted to a few of the men who …
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Law and LGM (Little Green Men), Part 1.
Posted by: Jim Martin
In this column, regarding literature, and in a later one also discussing film and television, I propose to “explore strange new worlds…” by looking at how law and lawyers have been treated in science fiction and fantasy. It may seem that law and lawyers are not often covered in these genres, and it is true …
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