Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102

§137 Use and Regulation of Law Library

Title 2 › CHAPTER 5 — LIBRARY OF CONGRESS › § 137

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

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Justices have free law-library access and may set rules during sittings, but may not deny authorized users the same rights as general Library.

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Title 2, §137

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The justices of the Supreme Court shall have free access to the law library; and they are authorized to make regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the use of the same during the sittings of the court. But such regulations shall not restrict any person authorized to take books from the Library from having access to the law library, or using the books therein in the same manner as he may be entitled to use the books of the general Library.

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Codification R.S. § 95 derived from act July 14, 1832, ch. 221, § 2, 4 Stat. 579.

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2 U.S.C. § 137

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102