This reminds me of Senator Byrd's amendment to an appropriations bill from a few years ago requiring that all educational institutions getting federal funds have to have an educational program on the U.S. Constitution on September 17 (or a close date if it falls on a weekend). See Pub. L. No. 108-447, §. 111, 118 Stat. 2809, 3344-45 and 70 Fed. Reg. 29727 (May 24, 2005). There are also training requirements for federal employees.
How does your institution comply with this law? I've heard some law schools say that they don't have to do anything since they have Con Law classes. That doesn't quite seem enough to me! On the other hand, I doubt that any school will be losing its federal aid because they don't have an assembly or talk that day. I've also wondered about the pre-schools and elementary schools. The law does not have any age restrictions. Constitutional Law for Tots!
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Laura Orr Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:26 PM To: law-lib List Subject: Constitution Day - SEPTEMBER 17th - Time to Prepare
Isn't it great to be wrong in front of a zillion people (aghhhhh)? Actually, I find it funny, though it may mean y'all will have to do some serious fact-checking the next time I post to the list :-)
The original question still stands ($$$), but I am glad to see that the date I had in my so-called Mind was wrong. And September is SOOO much better too, so maybe the karmic forces are with me (even if my mental ones have left the building).
Thanks to many of you who sent wonderful and gentle messages correcting me (especially to the very special librarian who reminded me that it is my constitutional right to celebrate Constitution Day whenever I darn well please - ain't that the truth :-)))))
Not quite looking for another day job,
Laura
P.S. Quite a few ordering suggestions are coming in. I'll post a summary to the list in a day or so.
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From: Laura Orr Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:56 PM To: law-lib List Subject: Pocket Constitutions - bulk ordering question
Greetings:
Could you recommend good place(s) to bulk-order pocket-size U.S. Constitutions? The ConstitutionFact dot com bookstore sells them at a $1.00 each for orders of 500-999. I want to order about 500 of them for a Constitution Day event (please tell me Constitution Day is still May 17th this year!) and $500 is a little much. I'm pretty sure we'd manage fine with 300, but I still have a little time to bargain hunt, with your help. I may just have to wait until next year (last-minute planning isn't always a good thing), but the Constitution is worth the effort.
We don't do too much here for Law Day (week or month), but one has to start somewhere and "Constitution Day" rocks *my* world.
Thanks!
Laura
Laura J. Orr
Law Librarian
Washington County Law Library
111 NE Lincoln St
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Phone: 503-846-8870
Fax: 503-846-3515
Email: laura_orr@co.washington.or.us <mailto:laura_orr@co.washington.or.us>
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