Observations About the Use of Legislative History

One of the workaday tools which federal judges are called upon to employ regularly in their daily labors is the body of materials called legislative history. Like a trusty old teapot, legislative history is readily available whenever the need for it arises. Indeed, in the current era legislative history truly abounds, with library specialists compiling vast tomes designed to aid lawyers and judges in divining the meaning of statutory law. Today, as courts toil under burgeoning case loads, we pause to examine whether (and to what extent) we may be, as it were, drinking too much tea

Acquired by Character, Not by Money

This J. Reuben Clark Law School convocation address was given at the Provo Tabernacle on April 27, 1990

Report on the Death of Vincent W. Foster Jr., by the Office of Independent Counsel in re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association

In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 594(h), the Office of Independent Counsel In re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association (the OIC) files this summary report on the 1993 death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent W. Foster, Jr