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Article #16Re: Wanted: free copies of constitution
From: Kevin Frederick Horch
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 01:36
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 01:36
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Thanks to all who replied to my question re free copies of the U.S. Constitution, and especially those who e-mailed me copies. There are a number of places on the Net to find electronic versions, such as Cornell's gopher (fatty.law.cornell.edu). As several people pointed out, once you have a copy on your computer, you can typeset it and print out as many copies as you want. You can get pre-printed versions from three main sources: 1. Your U.S. Representative. In Berkeley, this is Ronald V. Dellums (763-0370), but his office had "fresh run out" when I called. Furthermore, they said they don't always have free copies (it all depends on donations and what-not). The office of Pete Starks (the Representative from farther south in the Bay Area) had plenty and apparently brings them to city meetings and other events where Rep. Starks appears. Look in the phone book under federal government to find the number for your Representative. 2. The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 808 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20006. (202) 872-1787. I actually tracked down a teacher who had ordered some from them, so this was my source. The ones she had didn't have the 27th Amendment, but I heard that someone had received copies from the Commission that did have the 27th Amendment. Personally, I don't think the 27th Amendment is such a big deal, so I'm handing out the old ones to my class. 3. United States Government Printing Office, but it costs money. For those in the Bay Area, the local GPO bookstore is in room 1023 of the Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco. (415) 252-5334. They sell copies of the Constitution for $3.50, $1 (pocket edition), $70 (annotated), and $3.25 (Bicentennial edition). For free copies of the California Constitution, call your state representative (look in the phone book under state government). The Assembly Person from Berkeley is Tom Bates, 428-1423. Someone asked if the CA Constitution was a multi-volume set. I haven't received mine yet, so I don't know for sure, but they said they were mailing it, so I kind of doubt it's very big. There may be annotated versions that are multi-volume. I still haven't heard many ideas about how to get a recent photo of the Supreme Court. Someone said there is a commission in Washington that deals with Supreme Court issues, and I saw a reference to a photo archive on CompuServe, but I have nothing concrete so far. Thanks again to everyone who replied.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100c78,4c25b527cffb42e X-Google-Attributes: gid100c78,public X-Google-Thread: 11eee3,5f2b7a2b5c35fbea X-Google-Attributes: gid11eee3,public X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,5f2b7a2b5c35fbea X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-02-14 17:36:33 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!aix11.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de!uniol!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.belwue.de!surz03.hrz.Uni-Marburg.DE!news.th-darmstadt.de!math.fu-berlin.de!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!uclink.berkeley.edu!fred From: fred@uclink.berkeley.edu (Kevin Frederick Horch) Newsgroups: ucb.boalt,misc.legal,bit.listserv.lawsch-l Subject: Re: Wanted: free copies of constitution Date: 15 Feb 1994 01:36:33 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 46 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <2jp8v1$4j1@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <2iuqte$8h4@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: uclink.berkeley.edu Summary: Sources of free copies Keywords: constitution, free copy