LIS4362 - Assignment 4

The citation style used in this assignment is Bluebook style. The Basic Legal Citation site is similar to Bluebook style. (hint: do not use the side navigation; use top navigation).

1. What was the exact quote from George W. Bush about the difference between a squirrel and a bomb?

a) find this quote in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Give the exact citation (following citation style exemplified below).

b) find the same quote in the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Give the exact citation (following citation style exemplified below).

2. There was an Executive Order, "Increasing Seat Belt Use in the United States". Give the following information:

E.O. number:

Date:

Citation from Code of Federal Regulations: (__ C.F.R. ___) URL:

Citation from Federal Register: (___ Fed. Reg. ___) URL:

Citation from Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: (___ Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. _____ ) URL:

Citation from Public Papers of the President: follow example from this Web page: http://bit.ly/pZcQ6Y  URL:

Citation from United States Code: (___ U.S.C. ____ ) URL:

Using the archives.gov site, find the disposition of this E.O. Report everything that is stated about the disposition:

 

 

3. What was the first Executive Order issued by George W. Bush after September 11, 2001?

E.O. number:

Date:

Title:

Sources this can be found (use citation styles as above):

4. C.F.R. Title 6 concerns Homeland Security. Using LSA, find the section of the 6 CFR changed during June, 2006.

a) Give the CFR part affected and the FR page. Copy and paste the heading and summary information only [no need to paste entire text from FR]; OR, if using HeinOnline, provide the permanent URL.

b) Find that section in CFR. and copy and paste the first page only; OR, , if using HeinOnline, provide the permanent URL.

5. Morehead (pp. 177-178) refers to Executive Order 9066 (7 FR 1407, February 19, 1942; 3 CFR 1938-1943 Comp, pp. 1092-93). Using HeinOnline provide the following:

a) a permanent link to the Federal Register citation

b) a permanent link to the CFR citation

c) a permanent link to the Presidential Proclamation issued by President Ford rescinding this EO (in the Federal Register).

d) find the disposition of EO 9066 in the Codification of Presidential proclamations and executive orders.

e) You already have found the full-text of Proc. 4417 as mentioned in the Codification. But now find the full-text of Proc. 2714 by providing the permanent link from HeinOnline.

6. A student wants help researching the "Brady Bill". Provide the following:

a) The actual short title of the act:

b) The enacted bill number:

c) The public law number:

d) The citation to Statutes at Large:

e) The permanent link to this public law in HeinOnline:

f) The SuDocs numbers of 2 House reports on this act.

g) The SuDocs numbers of 2 hearings.

h) The SuDocs number of a GAO report about the implementation of the act:

i) Bibliographic information about a CRS report concerning the act:

7. In 1984 a new SuDocs stem was created for NARA (AE). previously the GS class had been used for these materials. Find the background of why this happened. Be sure to document all resources used in the answer, using SuDocs numbers (if relevant), report numbers (if relevant), and other citations as necessary.