Terry Stop Extension in Louisiana?

This story came across the wires today with regards to what is and is not enough for "probable cause" regarding a police search. The La. Supreme Court rules in an interim appeal that what the police in this case (see link) was enough to suggest probable cause. For more information see this short article at theNewspaper.com .

New Law School Dean

The Law Library would like to join in all of the other law school entities in welcoming our new Loyola University New Orleans Dean of the Law School, María Pabón López. For the official announcement see here. I've seen Dean López around the building this week so make sure and say hello when you get a chance to meet her.

Password Safety

I ran across this site today that I thought was pretty interesting, http://howsecureismypassword.net/.You can type in your password and it will tell you how long it would take a standard program to crack your password. Give it a try, it may surprise you.- BB

law student thoughts ...

For the first weekday after the 2011 Law Grads are no longer law students I thought I would post a "music video" entitled "I Hate Law School" that seems to be based on some real truisms.

On-Line Versus Print: The U.S.C.A.

Why would you ever want to use print copies of the U.S. Code when Westlaw and Lexis are so easy and convenient? Sometimes the finding tools in the print statutes are the better option.

David Foster Wallace, Zen, and the Internal Revenue Code

The drama of this year’s tax day is two weeks behind us, and unless they filled for an extension, most people don’t give a thought to income taxes under the following year’s April 15th (or 16th, 17th, or, as this year, 18th) is looming in the near future. Most people besides, of course, IRS agents and cutting-edge popular-darling “post-post-modernist” writers who’ve been dead for three years.

Library of Congress Twitter Feed

The Law Library of Congress has announced its newest Twitter account: @THOMASdotgov http://twitter.com/THOMASdotgov.

The @THOMASdotgov account will provide alerts on THOMAS.gov updates, bills being considered on the floor of Congress, and will serve as a venue for feedback on THOMAS.gov. To read more about it, see our In Custodia Legis blog post http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2011/04/thomasdotgov/.

In addition to the @THOMASdotgov Twitter account, the Law Library can also be found on:

- In Custodia Legis blog: http://blogs.loc.gov/law/

- Twitter: http://twitter.com/LawLibCongress

- iTunes U: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/loc.gov.3061529668

- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lawlibraryofcongress

- YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/LibraryOfCongress#g/c/96401BE3402149B9

(Information via Emily Carr, Senior Legal Research Specialist, Law Library of Congress)