The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress covering Italian, Vatican, Roman, and Canon law. Dante has previously published the following post: From Summorum Pontificum to Traditionis Custodes: Changes in Liturgical Matters at the Catholic Church, Vatican Criminal Law and Recent
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Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin: Ojibwe Lawyer and Suffragist
This Women’s History Month, we look back to women who worked to advance women’s suffrage. One such notable figure is Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin, who worked to advance the rights of Native peoples and women, particularly Indigenous women.
Mrs. Marie L. Baldwin. Bain News Service. August 28, 1914. Library of Congress, Prints and…
New Law Library Report on the Regulation of Assisted Dying Published
End-of-life decisions, in particular assisted suicide and euthanasia, have been a controversial topic of debate for politics, experts, and the public in many countries for quite some time. Euthanasia is generally defined as the act of causing death to prevent further suffering. It can take the form of active euthanasia (e.g., administering a lethal dose…
Modernizing Congressional Data – Executive Communications on Congress.gov
The following is a guest post from Cassidy Charles, a legislative data analyst in the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
While the Library of Congress has recently celebrated major milestones like over 10 years since launching Congress.gov and releasing the Congress.gov API, behind the scenes partners across the…
Commemorating Irish-American Heritage Month
March is well-known for St. Patrick’s Day, the commemoration of the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and a modern celebration of Irish culture. Irish immigration to the United States began well before the American Revolution, with an estimated 300,000 Irish natives having settled in the United States by…
Upcoming U.S. Law Webinars – April 2024
With spring in full bloom, the Law Library of Congress is excited to offer more educational webinars this April. The Law Library of Congress’s next offering in its Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series will provide an overview of U.S. federal regulations on April 4, 2024. This entry in the series aims to provide an…
Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top – March 2024
In February, Andrew announced that we have added to the Browse page, under “Debates of Congress,” Page Headings and Index links for the Annals of Congress. This goes from the first Congress through the 18th Congress (1823-1825). He also mentioned that, based on user feedback, when you click on the actions tab of a…
New Law Library Reports on Asylum and Migration Law Published
The following post is co-authored by Kelly Buchanan, chief of the Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Division II, and Jenny Gesley, senior foreign law specialist.
According to the latest Global Trends Report published by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), “108.4 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced as a result of persecution,…
Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office Spurs Possible Law Change
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…
Congressional Globe in the News and Our Plan for Ongoing Modernization of the Globe
The following is a guest post from Rohit Gupta, systems architect for Congress.gov.
As 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…