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The Law Library of Congress has added a new website about the Constitution that includes sections on Constitutional Interpretation, Executive Privilege, Military Tribunals, Presidential Inherent Powers, Presidential Signing Statements, The Second Amendment, State Secrets Privelege, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, and Additional Constitutional Resources.
To check out this new resource, Click Here.
“On May 7, Mary Alice Baish of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) gave testimony before the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Legislative Branch Subcommittee, in support of the fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget request of the U.S. Government Printing Office. She testified on behalf of AALL, the American Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association.” [via ALA District Dispatch] (as summarized here)
For the complete text of Ms. Baish’s testimony click here.
Following up on a previous post, web guru Lawrence Lessig has decided not to run for Tom Lantos’ Congressional seat. For more details, click here.
Web legal scholar and Stanford University professor Lawrence Lessig is considering running for the House of Representatives. For more details, click here or here.