Oregon Elliott Forest — latest filings and what they mean
The Elliott State Forest case is the live litigation that grounds the project. Recent filings and developments are tracked here; questions about strategy or doctrine welcome.
Welcome to America's School Trust Library. This is a building made of records. Nine rooms are open today and more are being built. Beginning in 1785, Congress set aside land in every township to support public schools; this Library gathers what survives of that record — what was promised, what the land earned, and what each state has and has not published. Come walk through.
The Reading Room is the curated catalog. Six topic shelves. A dossier for every state. If you want to know where to start in the Library, start here.
Click to enter the Reading Room →The Writing Room is where the long-form arguments live. The school-trust-law hornbook, in complete first draft. The Forgotten Forever Gift to Public Schools, the history. Who Steals from Children, the Oregon record. Stewards of the Republic, the look forward. And open essays addressed to the architects of the next forever-trusts.
Click to enter the Writing Room →The Atlas is one map, four lenses — see the trust architecture as a national pattern. The Map Room sits next door with state-by-state transparency directories: who publishes the books, who hides them, who never reported.
Click to enter the Atlas →The Counting House is the ledger. Every state, every fund, every figure with a confidence badge. Some states publish enough accounting for public audit; many still do not.
Click to enter the Counting House →The Newsroom logs the live record — court motions, hearings, settlements. Voices is the editorial column where librarians and contributors take a position on what the record shows. Want a Library Card? It's free; it tracks your reading and lets you contribute.
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