Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, February 24, 1923. No to the World Court

Friday, February 24, 2023

Saturday, February 24, 1923. No to the World Court

President Harding sent a message to the Senate asking for it to grant him authority to join the World Court. The Senate instead chose not to vote on the matter.

916 America, a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, acquired that name after the Council of Astronomers at Pulkovo Observatory in the Soviet Union decided to commemorate "the friendly relations of the astronomical observatories and astronomers".

The asteroid has a diameter of 33.2±1.3 km, with an absolute magnitude of 11.20 and an albedo of 0.053±0.004.

Fred Steiner, composer of the Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes and Gunsmoke theme songs, was born in New York.

The following letter was issued by the Department of the Interior to "All Indians".

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Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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