The most important question in the history of Western Civilization

[A18]

For whatever reason, "US" just doesn't sit well with me.

Oh, and the Chicago Maroonbook is evil. (Hopefully at least one or two people will understand the reference.)

[bullmoose88]

For whatever reason, "US" just doesn't sit well with me.

Oh, and the Chicago Maroonbook is evil. (Hopefully at least one or two people will understand the reference.)

Have never seen this so called maroon book...my bluebook is showing its age though, pages dogeared and such

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I abbreviate it as U.S.. Other ways just don't seem right.

[Eraserhead]

U.S.

[Lunar]

U.S. is the gramatically correct one, no?

I prefer using US in more informal situations, especially as an adjective, US History, for example.

[opebo]

U.S. seems more correct, though of course it is more time consuming.

Interestingly, here in Thailand if you say 'you-ess' for our homeland most people don't understand, but if you say 'AmericAH' with a funny rising tone on the 'cah', then they understand.

[Matt Damon™]

Amerikkka or U.$. are the only proper terminology.

[dead0man]

I don't see a question about Batman vs James Bond in here.

[MasterJedi]

U.S.

[A18]

For whatever reason, "US" just doesn't sit well with me.

Oh, and the Chicago Maroonbook is evil. (Hopefully at least one or two people will understand the reference.)

Have never seen this so called maroon book...my bluebook is showing its age though, pages dogeared and such

The Maroonbook is the University of Chicago Law Review's alternative to The Bluebook. Subject to some minor exceptions, it instructs users against using periods for the abbreviations in case names and citations. Hence, one refers to:

     United States v Lopez, 514 US 549 (1995).
     And not: United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995).

Yes, that's right—the period is omitted even after the "v" that separates the names of the parties.

As terrible as The Bluebook is, I'll take it over the (admittedly simpler) Maroonbook.

[minionofmidas]

Usa.

[paul718]

The Maroonbook is the University of Chicago Law Review's alternative to The Bluebook. Subject to some minor exceptions, it instructs users against using periods for the abbreviations in case names and citations. Hence, one refers to:

     United States v Lopez, 514 US 549 (1995).
     And not: United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995).

Yes, that's right—the period is omitted even after the "v" that separates the names of the parties.

As terrible as The Bluebook is, I'll take it over the (admittedly simpler) Maroonbook.

My school teaches the ALWD Citation Manual in first-year.  Then subsequently requires Bluebook for journal writing.  Why?  Because my school is backwards.  After first-year, most classes give you a choice between ALWD or Bluebook.  I always choose Bluebook because I think it's most logical to go along with the rest of the country. 

As for the thread topic...I use U.S., but will use US informally like when posting on a forum. 

[A18]

Well, many courts have their own citation rules, so it's probably best not to get locked into a single system. And then there's the fact that each new Bluebook edition seems to include a great many non-trivial changes (thus undermining its alleged purpose of uniformity). Most strikingly, they even tinker with the signals from time to time!

But whichever citation system it may be wisest to familiarize yourself with, I hope we can agree on this: Absolutely all of the law review–specific Bluebook rules should be discarded.

[Rob]

"US" is the wave of the future.

[Keystone Phil]

U.S. but I also abbreviate United Kingdom as UK. Very odd.

[Platypus]

US when typed, U.S. when written.

[Middle-aged Europe]

US is just "us" with Caps Lock on anyway...

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

U.S.

I always use periods, except for the UN - because I never see U.N. anywhere.