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The CM Law Library Blog seeks to inform the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law community about key legal education, research, practice, and law library news, with a particular focus on Cuyahoga County and Ohio as well as faculty research interests.

What Motivates Your Vote?

Jessica Mathewson-Library Media Technical Asst.-jessica.mathewson@law.csuohio.edu | March 18, 2008 - 11:31

What motivates your vote? National Public Radio and Public Media are interested in just that. Get My Vote is an on line space for one to express how certain issues and personal experiences have shaped how they vote. Once you register, you may upload a video, audio or text clip. Selected posts will be broadcast on NPR radio or TV. See what legal issues are of concern to your fellow citizens, from FDA regulation to immigration.

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Toilet Humor --- Not Funny

Jessica Mathewson-Library Media Technical Asst.-jessica.mathewson@law.csuohio.edu | March 18, 2008 - 10:02

Some of you may have heard the story of a 35-year-old Kansas woman who spent 2 years in her boyfriend's bathroom. The County Attorney has filed charges against her boyfriend for mistreatment of a dependent adult, Kansas Statute 21-3437. Although the woman stayed in the bathroom voluntarily, it is possible her boyfriend was charged under the "omitting or depriving treatment" section of the statute. The woman's body fat had grown attached to the toilet seat, and she needed to be pried off. It appeared she stayed on the toilet seat continually for a month.

Should he be charged...What do you think?

Thanks to Sue Altmeyer for her input.


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Speedy Bookmarking for Research Guides & Posts

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | March 18, 2008 - 09:03

You might have noticed this bookmark icon -- -- at the bottom of our blog posts and on our research guides. This little widget is a convenient way to add any of our posts or research guides to your favorite social bookmarking app, like Del.icio.us, Facebook, Digg, MySpace, Twitter, StumbleUpon and others. To use it, just click the icon, then select the bookmarking service you want to save the page to -- say your Facebook page -- log into your account, and the library page will be bookmarked. Rumor has it that this icon will be showing up on Scholar records soon, so bookmarking books, journals, and databases will become even easier.

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TODAY - Listen to Supreme Court Oral Argument "Almost Live"

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | March 18, 2008 - 08:41

This post is courtesy of Schuyler Cook:

For the first time, you can listen to an oral argument, not live, but immediately after it occurs. At 11:30 a.m. today, C-SPAN will broadcast the oral argument in District of Columbia v. Heller, Case No. 07-290. C-SPAN Press Release . The issue is whether the Second Amendment forbids the District of Columbia from banning private possession of handguns while allowing possession of rifles and shotguns. See article about the case, BNA Summary.

Some podcasts of prior oral arguments are available via CSPAN and Oyez. Argument transcripts are available on the Supreme Court website.


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