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“Using the askSam Web Publisher, we’ve put the entire text of all 49 published opinions of Judge John G. Roberts on-line in a searchable database. You can search and browse through the information from your Web browser.” [Link] See also Judge Roberts’ Answers to Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire
“With over 50 M audio files available, Yahoo! Audio Search is the most comprehensive audio search product on the Web. Now you can find, learn about and listen to a diverse selection of audio spanning popular and hard to find music, interviews, speeches, newscasts, podcasts, and even sound effects.” [FAQ] From the Yahoo! Search Blog, …
Recess Appointments, A Legal Overview, July 26, 2005 (20 pages, PDF), focuses on the “historical application and interpretation” of the Recess Appointments Clause of the Constitution. Related references: Rappaport, Michael B., The Original Meaning of the Recess Appointments Clause, (October 6, 2004). CRS Report: Recess Appointments, Frequently Asked Questions, March 15, 2005.
Press release: “The National Security Archive, along with other secrecy experts, today filed a ‘friend of the court’ brief ( 42 pages, PDF) in a lawsuit challenging the FBI’s authority to issue national security letters (NSLs) without any judicial oversight and under a blanket gag order that prohibits the recipient from speaking with anyone about …
Via this excellent Resource Page on Copyright and Licensing Digital Materials by Therese A. Clarke Arado, a link to Lolly Gasaway’s PowerPoint presentation, Copyright Permissions for Multimedia, from the AALL 2005 annual conference.
As a follow-up to my May 16, 2005 posting, New York Times Announces New Online Fee-Based Service, this news yesterday that the Times will merge its print and online operations.
The Press Gazette reports on the expanding global consumer embrace of digital edition formats available for major newspapers and market/industry papers by subscription, including the Financial Times, the Washington Post and Investor’s Business Daily.
“Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information to the Public,” DoD Directive 5210.50, signed by Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, July 22, 2005. (7 pages, PDF)
PowerPoint presentations prepared by Lee Nemchek, Larry Eiring, and Ganesh Natarajan, and a 3-page outsourcing bibliography (in Word), from the PLL-sponsored program entitled “Outsourcing: Odious or Out-of-the-Box [Link to all these materials].
From the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property July 18, 2005 – H. Rept. 109-174, part 1 to Accompany H.R. 3199, USA PATRIOT Act and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2005 (510 pages, PDF) See also this committee bibliography of links on the USA Patriot Act.
“This edition is a hypertext interpretation of the CRS text. It links to Supreme Court opinions, the U.S. Code, and the Code of Federal Regulations, as well as enhancing navigation through linked footnotes and tables of contents.” [Link]
“Slaw is a co-operative weblog about Canadian legal research and the impact of technology on it. Our audience includes practicing lawyers, legal librarians, legal academics and students anyone, in short, who uses IT in researching the law. The aim is to share information, offer advice and instruction, and occasionally provoke.” [Connie Crosby]
