By the title of this post, I’m implying that my thoughts on FOIA will be a series. You know me. The next post in the series might not happen for a month or eleven. They are on my to-do list,…
Laws and regs
A DC.Nerd’s heaven
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Shown here, my heaven. On the left, the 1901 District of Columbia Code, through 1924. Next to that, the 1901 Code amended through 1929, followed by five annual supplement volumes. The two dark blue volumes? The 1940 D.C. Code. With…
When your resources aren’t perfect
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This post is a bit of a “what would YOU do?” request for input. Let me begin with the background: I am, on behalf of my office, working on a project to digitize (*cough*scan*cough*) all of the D.C. Laws from…
The funny things that legislative language can do
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It’s been quite some time since I last posted about legislative language. I hope you’ve found other sources for your daily humor fill. Today I want to talk about corporate personhood. You know, like in Citizens United. When something that…
Urban Alliance, and I can’t believe I’m doing this
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I read the incredibly cheesy portmanteau “Blogust” on Twitter and since it makes much more sense than NaNoBloPo (let’s leave that month to the novel writers, please) and I have a lot to say, I figured I’d take part. We’ll…
Opinion of the Day
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After yesterday’s high-tension SCOTUS ruling in Hobby Lobby, some lighthearted yet with serious consequence opinion from the District Court for the District of Columbia, 1989. Clarke v. United States addresses the question of whether a legislator’s vote is protected speech…
On privilege
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Three things in the last 24 hours have me thinking about privilege. First, Fobazi’s great post at Hack Library School about diversity and intersectionality. Read it, read the comments (seriously). Then there was the guilty plea of Florida Rep. Trey…
The fourth day in the life
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Home inspection day! Waiting for the typed up report, but just minor things that a quick visit from an electrician should take care of, I think. Tomorrow I must deal with insurance. No progress on the spring semester schedule debacle. Last…
Department of Redundancy Agency, Repetition Administration
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As I noted earlier, it really isn’t necessary for the District’s laws to refer repeatedly to the “Mayor of the District of Columbia.” Really, “Mayor” is just fine. And if you weren’t sure, we even have a law that says…
You-Lee-Muh
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This semester I am doing an independent study, tentatively entitled “The dual challenges of online legal publication: hackability vs. authenticability.” I’ve committed to submitting the literature review section of my paper to my advisor by Tuesday. (Or ON Tuesday?) Consequently,…