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2 U.S.C. § 168Constitution of the United States; preparation and publication of revised edition; annotations; supplements; decennial editions and supplements

submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-589 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 270 words · no verdicts yet

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The Librarian of Congress must produce and keep updating the Constitution Annotated. This book explains Supreme Court rulings that interpret the Constitution. The Librarian must issue a first edition, later supplements, and a new full edition every ten years.

This section directs the Librarian of Congress to keep publishing an official reference book about the Constitution. (1) The Librarian must prepare a hardbound revised edition called the Constitution of the United States of America—Analysis and Interpretation, published as Senate Document Numbered 39, 88th Congress — referred to as the "Constitution Annotated." This edition covers Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Constitution through the end of the Supreme Court's October 1971 term. (2) After the Supreme Court finishes its October 1973, October 1975, October 1977, and October 1979 terms, the Librarian must prepare a cumulative pocket-part supplement to that hardbound edition. Each supplement gathers all the Supreme Court decisions on the Constitution issued after the October 1971 term, up through that point. (3) After the Supreme Court finishes its October 1981 term, and after every tenth October term after that, the Librarian must prepare a new hardbound decennial edition of the Constitution Annotated. Each of these editions covers every Supreme Court decision interpreting the Constitution up to that point. (4) After the Supreme Court finishes its October 1983 term, and after every following October term that falls in an odd-numbered year not ending in 1, the Librarian must prepare a cumulative pocket-part supplement to the most recent decennial edition. Each of these supplements covers the Supreme Court decisions not already included in that decennial edition.
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The Librarian of Congress shall have prepared—

(1)

a hardbound revised edition of the Constitution of the United States of America—Analysis and Interpretation, published as Senate Document Numbered 39, Eighty-eighth Congress (referred to hereinafter as the “Constitution Annotated”), which shall contain annotations of decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States through the end of the October 1971 term of the Supreme Court, construing provisions of the Constitution;

(2)

upon the completion of each of the October 1973, October 1975, October 1977, and October 1979 terms of the Supreme Court, a cumulative pocket-part supplement to the hardbound revised edition of the Constitution Annotated prepared pursuant to clause (1), which shall contain cumulative annotations of all such decisions rendered by the Supreme Court after the end of the October 1971 term;

(3)

upon the completion of the October 1981 term of the Supreme Court, and upon the completion of each tenth October term of the Supreme Court thereafter, a hardbound decennial revised edition of the Constitution Annotated, which shall contain annotations of all decisions theretofore rendered by the Supreme Court construing provisions of the Constitution; and

(4)

upon the completion of the October 1983 term of the Supreme Court, and upon the completion of each subsequent October term of the Supreme Court beginning in an odd-numbered year (the final digit of which is not a 1), a cumulative pocket-part supplement to the most recent hardbound decennial revised edition of the Constitution Annotated, which shall contain cumulative annotations of all such decisions rendered by the Supreme Court which were not included in that hardbound decennial revised edition of the Constitution Annotated.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–589, § 1, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1586.)

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  • 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-589 · 84 Stat. 1586

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