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The Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas School of Law is announcing a new online resource, Justices of Texas 1836-1986 : The resource highlights the contributions of the 160 individuals who have served as members of the Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals from 1836 to 1986. Justices of Texas 1836-1986 is one component of Tarlton’s Texas Legal History digital library ; that online resource also includes historical Texas constitutions (1824-1876) and journals and debates from Texas’ constitutional conventions.

The U.S. Supreme Court was busy today, issuing five new decisions . However, in perhaps the most imporant legal news of the day, the Dry Cleaners won the $54 million pants suit . Read the opinion and the judgment (via WSJ Law Blog ).

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The WSJ Law Blog highlights the "battle" between Justices Scalia and Stevens over statutory intrepetation in today's Tellabs opinion .

There is an interesting op-ed in the Hill about how Congressional Franking Rules are limiting how members of Congress can use their web sites: These rules were created decades ago to restrict the use of mass mailings sent to congressional districts at taxpayer expense. Franking Rules, modified to apply to the Web in 1994 and last updated in 1996, state that members may not use non-congressionally provided services for their website, nor link to any site of a personal or political nature. From Robert J. Ambrogi at Law.com .

Law professor Eric Goldman is making a list . From Law Librarian Blog .

The Librarians' Internet Index describes a web site from ThisNation.com, What is the History of Third Parties in the United States? : An introduction to the types of third parties in U.S. government and politics. Features a table listing parties, third party presidential candidates, voting percentages, and electoral votes. Parties listed include Free Soil, Populist, Progressive (Bull Moose), American Independent, Reform, and Green. From a company that publishes an online American government and politics textbook. See also the U.S. State Department interview with Presbyterian College professor J. David Gillespie about the history of third party politics in America.