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2019 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 80
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH. Recognizes May 1, 2019, as Law Day in Louisiana.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To recognize May 1, 2019, as Law Day in Louisiana.
3 WHEREAS, Law Day is an occasion of public acknowledgment of our nation's and
4 state's heritage of justice, liberty, and equality under the law and a national day set aside to
5 celebrate the rule of law; and
6 WHEREAS, Law Day provides an opportunity to understand how law and the legal
7 process protect our liberty, strive to achieve justice, and contribute to the freedoms that all
8 Americans share; and
9 WHEREAS, Law Day has been annually proclaimed by the President of the United
10 States since Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed the first Law Day on May 1, 1958; and
11 WHEREAS, the United States Congress in 1961 encoded the presidential practice
12 into law, statutorily designating May first as Law Day; and
13 WHEREAS, the American Bar Association has identified the 2019 Law Day theme
14 as "Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society", focusing on these cornerstones of representative
15 government and calls on all citizens to understand and protect these rights to ensure, as the
16 United States Constitution proposes, "the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our
17 posterity"; and
18 WHEREAS, in the United States and around the world, freedom of speech and the
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1 press are among the most important foundations for a free society and are prominent topics
2 in public discourse and litigation; and
3 WHEREAS, it is impossible to imagine a free society without these individual
4 liberties, yet historical and current debates surrounding them continually challenge us to
5 consider their boundaries and resilience as changes in technology have reshaped how free
6 speech and free press work in the everyday world; and
7 WHEREAS, promoting public understanding of the roots of our freedom is an
8 important component in the civic education of the citizens of the United States and of the
9 state of Louisiana; and
10 WHEREAS, in recognition of Law Day, the Baton Rouge Bar Association is
11 sponsoring activities such as the formal opening of court for the naturalization of new United
12 States citizens, Law Day ceremonies, and having more than seven hundred students take part
13 in courtroom sessions using a mini mock trial format at the 19th Judicial District Court, The
14 Family Court, and Baton Rouge City Court.
15 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
16 does hereby recognize May 1, 2019, as Law Day in Louisiana.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
18 Baton Rouge Bar Association.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 80 Original 2019 Regular Session Claitor
Recognizes May 1, 2019, as Law Day in Louisiana.
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