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In private legal practice, he played a key part in the ultimately successful battle against the 1922 Oregon School Law. [ 2 ] The house was designed by Portland-based architect Joseph Jacobberger (1867–1930), who became noted as one of the leading architects of the Pacific Northwest during his long career (1890–1930).
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990), is a United States Supreme Court case that held that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote even though the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual.
Oregon (/ ˈ ɒr ɪ ɡ ən,-ɡ ɒ n / ⓘ ORR-ih-ghən, -gon) [7] [8] is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho.
In both instances, a jury again imposed the death penalty. On October 11, 2012, the Oregon Supreme Court vacated his latest death sentence and remanded the case for a new trial on the appropriate penalty. [7] On November 16, 2015, a Clackamas County jury sentenced Rogers to death for the fourth time.
Jeffrey Alan Merkley (born October 24, 1956) is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Oregon since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1999 to 2009 as the representative for the 47th district in the Oregon House of Representatives, which covers central Multnomah County on the eastern side of Portland; he was the speaker of the House during the ...
Janet Marilyn Smith was born on June 9, 1966, and moved to Portland, Oregon, with her family in 1973 from Loleta, California, around 15 miles south of Eureka.She was a member of the Yurok American Indian tribe, [5] and attended Lincoln High School in Portland but dropped out during her sophomore year; she was also employed at various retail sales jobs around Portland, including a Fred Meyer ...
Mexico's foreign service started in 1822, the year after the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba which marked the beginning of Mexico's independence.In 1831, legislation was passed that underpinned the establishment of diplomatic representations with other states in Europe and the Americas.