IN THIS ISSUE:

From the President

Editor's Notes

Former SCALL President on AALL Slate

Legislative History Tips: A Page From the Court's Unofficial Playbook

SCALL Chapter Business Meeting Summary

USC Law Professor Speaks About Interrogation Techniques

The Constitutional Legacy of Abraham Lincoln

Getting to Know You: George Carver

A First-Timer's Guide to D.C.

ALL-SIS Outstanding Article Award Goes to...

Heard Around Town

Minutes of the SCALL Executive Board: December 10, 2008

 

SCALL Chapter Business Meeting Summary... by Ed Butler

During the SCALL chapter business meeting, held during the Spring Meeting at the Home Restaurant in Silver Lake on April 28th, the assembled members voted to change chapter bylaws to allow the executive board to change the amount of dues, subject to ratification by membership at a regular or business meeting, and to allow change of the bylaws by two thirds vote of members in attendance.

The assemblage also voted to nominate Hazel Lord and Gayle Webb to life membership status.

Programs Chairman Paul Moorman announced that the annual business meeting would be held June 30, 2009 at the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena. Following the business meeting, SCALL members enjoyed a presentation by USC Professor Rebecca S. Lonergan, who spoke on the topic of interrogation techniques used in connection with the War on Terror, September 11, 2001-Present.