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US
Judicial Branch
Get information on the Judicial branch of the US government
and the US Supreme Court, including links to
the letter of the law: the Bill of Rights, Constitution, Code of Federal
Regulations and more.
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US Judicial Branch
Constitution
of the United States of America
A project of the United States Senate and the United States Government Printing
Office and prepared by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of
Congress with the 1992 edition and a 1996 supplement. This site is an analysis
and interpretation of the US constitution with annotations of cases decided
by the Supreme Court of the United States.
The
Federal Judicial Center
The Federal Judicial Center is the federal courts' agency for research and
continuing education. The site includes many of the FJCs publications. Note:
Some publications require the free Adobe® Acrobat Reader®.
GLIN: United
States of America Legal System Part of the GLIN, this site gives a succinct overview
of the US legal system, as well as providing a search function
to access the much more extensive information to be found in the database.
LawGuru.com:
ILL: US Federal Law
Originally a project from the US House of Representatives,
the Internet Law Library (ILL) now resides at this site.
inks to Supreme Court decisions, District Courts, Courts
of Appeals and more.
LII:
constitutional law: an overview From the Legal Information Institute (LII) at
Cornell Law School. An excellent overview of constitutional
law, as well as related links.
LOC:
United States Law From the Library of Congress. Access sites on U.S. Law as
well as other Web sites specializing in legal information.
NARA: The
Bill of Rights
From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). View an image
of the original document or read a transcription of the preamble, amendments
1-10, and amendments 11-27 of the Constitution.
There are a number of sites that archive Supreme Court decisions,
cases, background, analysis and opinions; most of them are not comprehensive,
but the sites listed below are good ones to try.
FedWorld:
Historic File of Supreme Court Decisions
This searchable site is part of FedWorld and archives
the full text of Supreme Court opinions dating from
1937 through 1975. There are also links to other sites
that archive Supreme Court decisions. The Court Decisions
can be searched by keyword or case name.
OYEZ
Project A Northwestern University project supported by National
Endowment for the Humanities "Teaching with Technology" program,
National Science Foundation, the M.R. Bauer Foundation and others. This
site offers access to Supreme Court cases by: On this Date in US Supreme
Court History, On the Docket, Search by Title, Search by Citation, Search
by Subjects (very useful), and Search by Date. Information about the
Justices can be accessed by List of Current Justices, List of Justices
in Order of Appointment, List of Justices, Alphabetic by Last Name or
Search Justices by Name. Note: Portions of the OYEZ Project require the
free Real Player and QuickTime.
Special interest: Top
Cases.
Yahoo!
Supreme Court Decisions Links to some of the most famous cases of the Supreme Court
, such as Brown vs. Board of Education, Marbury v. Madison, and Roe v.
Wade.
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