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Volumes 1 to 64 (1789–1951) of the Statutes at Large at the Library of Congress; Volume 65 et seq. (1951–present) of the Statutes at Large at Govinfo (U.S. Government Publishing Office) Volumes 1 to 18 (1789–1875) of the Statutes at Large made available by the Library of Congress American Memory collections
Volumes 1 through 18, which have all the statutes passed from 1789 to 1875, are available on-line at the Library of Congress, here. In the list below, statutes are listed by X Stat. Y, where X is the volume of the Statutes at Large and Y is the page number, as well as either the chapter or Public Law number. See examples below.
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The Statutes at Large: . Edition by Owen Ruffhead, from "Magna Charta" down to the Acts of 4 Geo. 3: 9 volumes, London. "Printed for Mark Basket, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, and by the Assigns of Robert Basket; And by Henry Woodfall and William Strahan, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty", 1763–1765.
Session laws are the collection of statutes enacted by a legislature during a single session of that legislature, often published following the end of the session as a bound volume. The United States Statutes at Large is an example of session laws which are published biennially, because the United States Congress meets for two years per session ...
In 1874, the U.S. government created the United States Reports, and retroactively numbered older privately-published case reports as part of the new series. As a result, cases appearing in volumes 1–90 of U.S. Reports have dual citation forms; one for the volume number of U.S. Reports, and one for the volume number of the reports named for the relevant reporter of decisions (these are called ...
The Revised Statutes of the United States (in citations, Rev. Stat.) was the first official codification of the Acts of Congress. It was enacted into law in 1874. The purpose of the Revised Statutes was to make it easier to research federal law without needing to consult the individual Acts of Congress published in the United States Statutes at Large.
The Pew Research Center found 40% in 2010, 50% in 2013, and 61% in 2019. [69] By 2016, 83% of Americans aged 18–29 supported same-sex marriage. [ 70 ] In 2018, 60% of Americans said they would not mind if their child married someone of the same gender.