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10 Legal Reference Services Q. 1 (1990)

handle is hein.journals/lgrefsq10 and id is 1 raw text is: LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: Ben Cole's recent article in 8 LRSQ 219 (no. 3/4 1988) on the Federal Rulei of Evidence is greatly misleading in one important respect. He continually refers to the U.S. Supreme Court's origi- nal version of the Rules and to the FRE as initially proposed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Federal Rules of Evidence were transmitted to Congress by the Supreme Court, but were actually drafted by a Judicial Confer- ence Advisory Committee. The U.S. Supreme Court never reviews the rules, nor does the Court propose or draft rule changes. See LU Questions and Answers 74 LU 501-2 (1981) and 75 LU 434-5 (1982) for more detail. After reading Mr. Cole's article, a researcher is left with the im- pression that the FRE began with the U.S. Supreme Court when, in fact, that is not the case. Weinstein's Evidence is a particularly good source for Judicial Conference and legislative history of the FRE. Sincerely yours, Penny A. Hazelton Law Librarian Professor of Law Legal Reference Services Quarterly, Vol. 10(1/2) 1990 C 1990 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. 1

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