An official compilation of informational resources about the current financial crisis is available via the usa.gov website.  Among other things, the site provides direct links to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA); the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s hearings on the causes and impacts of the financial crisis and the latest news on the committee’s work; President George W. Bush’s Address to the Nation; The White House Economy and Budget web page; Treasury Department Fact Sheet on Assets Buyout; Recent Actions Taken by the Federal Reserve; Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s Speech on Current Economic and Financial Conditions; Chairman Christopher Cox – Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Testimony before the Senate; U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs House Financial Services Committee; G-7 Countries Joint Statement on Global Financial Market Turmoil.

Stay on top of the NY legal scene with a free subscription to the NYLawyer.com’s Daily Buzz email newsletter. The Daily Buzz provides links to the full text of a variety of NYLawyer.com features, including an advice column covering topics such as finding a new law firm job, career crossroads, and balancing professional and personal lives.  It also includes News Watch, offering the latest stories about salaries,
law firms and prominent New York lawyers.   Many of the articles also appear in the New York Law Journal. We receive copies of the paper edition of the New York Law Journal (NYLJ) in the Library, so you can come by and read it daily. Selected NYLJ news and editorials and all “Decisions of Interest,” dating back to 1989, are available via Westlaw.

The Brookings Institution makes available a series of detailed charts, prepared by Brookings experts, outlining the presidential candidates’ positions on the most critical topics facing America’s next President. The topics, which include Fiscal Responsibility, Children, Iraq, Health Care, Immigration, Climate Change, and Trade, were chosen by Brookings staff and the indices will be published throughout the 2008 Presidential election cycle.  Access the charts here.

The Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. The Center is made up of nationally recognized experts in tax, budget, and social policy who have served at the highest levels of government.  The following abstract provides a summary of the Center’s recent report analyzing the presidential candidates’ tax plans.

Tax and fiscal policy will loom large in the next president’s domestic policy agenda. Nearly all of the tax cuts enacted since 2001 expire at the end of 2010 and the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) threatens to ensnare tens of millions of Americans. While a permanent fix palatable to both political parties has proven elusive, both candidates have proposed major tax changes. This report describes how we performed our modeling and analysis, outlines the major tax proposals, and discusses the implications of their policies for the revenue raised, taxpayer economic activity, and the distribution of the tax burden.

The Newseum (the Interactive Museum of News) allows you to explore hundreds of daily newspapers online.  The site provides a searchable display of over 500 newspapers from more than 60 countries, all in their original, unedited form.  You can view the newspapers by region or by state, or use an interactive map.

(from AALL’s Washington Blawg)

You can access a transcript of President Bush’s 2008 State of the Union message here.

You can access the State of the Union Policy Initiatives here.

These websites contain resources referencing the impact or influence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his philosophy. The references include cases, legislation, books, journal articles, and organizations. The included resources address civil rights activism, laws, and movements; social justice through community service activities; nonviolent social change; religious organizations and law reforms; and legal commentary on Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement.

The Legal Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Selected Resources

Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Activists and the Law: Selected D’Angelo Law Library Resources