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Press release today from The National Archive Archives: “A federal judge’s dismissal last month of a landmark open government case was based on two factual misconceptions and deserves re-opening, according to court filings last week. The lawsuit challenges President Bush’s Executive Order 13,233 that gave former Presidents and their heirs (as well as former Vice-Presidents …
Justices Hear Arguments in Energy Task Force Case. For reference, previous postings on this case.
‘We’re in a new era of secrecy’, by Taylor Holliday 2004 National FOI Day keynote speech, by David L. Sobel 2004 FOI update: Federal legislation , by Kevin M. Goldberg 2004 FOI update: The courts, by Harry Hammitt 2004 FOI update: The states, by Mac McLean
Press release: “The National Security Archive, together with America’s leading library and archival associations and four public interest groups, filed a joint amicus brief today in the U.S. Supreme Court case brought by Vice President Richard Cheney to prevent discovery into the makeup of his controversial energy policy task force.” “Joining the Archive in the …
From the Supreme Court of Canada, a recent and notable copyright decision of interest to those tracking the course of the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (DCIMA): The Law Society of Upper Canada v. CCH Canadian Limited – and between – The Law Society of Upper Canada v. Thomson Canada Limited c.o.b. as …
About the Blackmun Papers View Highlights Finding Aid for the Collection (HTML) Finding Aid for the Collection (PDF: 410 pages) Selected Bibliography on Harry A. Blackmun Copyright and Restrictions
From the New York Times, Documents Reveal the Evolution of a Supreme Court Justice. Other postings on the Blackmun papers, available to the public beginning March 4, at the Library of Congress. See also from NPR: Justice Harry Blackmun’s Papers, Documents, Oral History Reveal Supreme Court’s Inner Workings From NPR, via the SCOTUSBlog, Nina Totenberg’s …
How I Lost the Big One “In this article adapted from his upcoming book, Eldred v. Ashcroft lead counsel Larry Lessig explains how the decision how to argue Eldred was made, and what he believes went wrong.” [Link from The Eldred Act]
This Washington Post (reg. req’d) article reviews today’s arguments in Ashcroft v. ACLU, No. 03-218. Child Online Protection Act (original statute); amended statute. Brief for Petitioner Brief for Respondents
From the Library of Congress press release: “The 362-page guide (finding aid, already posted online as referenced in this link) to the Blackmun papers will be available on the Librarys public Web site, www.loc.gov, at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, March 4. Other materials, including case files for eight major cases and videotapes and transcripts of interviews …
The Justice Blackmun Finding Aid, Intro. through page 362 (pdf, in 15 separate sections) Upcoming Release of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun’s Papers
The Memory Hole published Highlights from the (362 page) Finding Aid for the papers (comprising over half a million items) of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, scheduled for release to the public March 4 by the Library of Congress. From the Library of Congress press release dated May 13, 1997: “Plans for the transfer and …
