Supreme Court of the United States
Official site of the U.S. Supreme Court
Sections include: About the Court ; Docket ; Oral Arguments ; Bar Admissions ; Court Rules ; Case Handling Guides ; Opinions ; Orders ; Visiting the Court ; Public Information ; Related Websites.
Constitution of the United States of America : Analysis and Interpretation
Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Supplements to the Constitution are cumulative.
Prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
National Security Archive
- George Washington University
NPR - Warrantless Wiretaps: A Guide to the Debate
"The Senate held hearings Feb. 6 [2006] on the National Security Agency's domestic wiretapping program. President Bush calls the program a vital tool in the war on terror. Critics call it a breach of civil rights -- and possibly illegal. NPR examines the controversy."
- National Public Radio
Military Commissions
Military Commission Act of 2006
"This legislation gives the US president authorization to set up military commissions to try enemy combatants, and sets some limits for their interrogation and prosecution based on Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. Defendants may not invoke the Geneva Conventions during trials or file habeas corpus petitions in federal court, and cannot prevent hearsay evidence from entering the court. Defendants may receive the death sentence."
- [Description from Council of Foreign Relations website.]
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
- Official opinion from the Supreme Court of the U.S.
United States Military Commissions: A Quick Guide to Available Resources
LLRX Feature by Stephen Young, March 2002, Updated by Sabrina I. Pacifici, October 29, 2006 "to include links to the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and related resources."
Council on Foreign Relations
- The Impact of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
"...the Court ruled that the military commissions do not comply with U.S. military law, the laws of war, or the Geneva Conventions, which protect the rights of detainees during wartime."
Backgrounder by Lionel Beehner, September 2006.
War Crimes
US Code: Title 18,2441.
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Constitution of the United States of America : Analysis and Interpretation
Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Supplements to the Constitution are cumulative.
Prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congres
Emory University School Law Library
American Bar Association - Supreme Court Merit Briefs
American Bar Association - Supreme Court Preview
"...contains concise, plain-language analyses of every case granted plenary review by the Court. Short summaries of the Court's decisions are included in issues throughout the Term."
Brown v. Board of Education - see our separate Brown v. Board of Education page.
CNN.com Special Report - Change at the Supreme Court
Sections include: Miers Nomination ; The Roberts Court ; Rehnquist & O'Connor.
FLITE - Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-1975
Federal Legal Information Through Electronics (FLITE)
Historic File of Supreme Court Decisions
"...the U.S. Air Force has agreed to release a historic file of Supreme Court decisions from its FLITE ("Federal Legal Information Through Electronics") system. The file consists of over 7,000 Supreme Court opinions dating from 1937 through 1975, from volumes 300 through 422 of U.S. Reports."
FindLaw: U.S. Supreme Court Law Center
Major sections include: U.S. Supreme Court ; History and Documents ; Town Hall.
Law Library of Congress
LII Supreme Court Collection - (dead link) - Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
On the Docket - (dead link)
U.S. Supreme Court News
By Prof. Jack C. Doppelt, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
OYEZ - U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia
"...provides access to more than 2000 hours of Supreme Court audio. All audio in the Court recorded since 1995 is included in the project. Before 1995, the audio collection is selective. It remains our aim to create a complete and authoritative archive of Supreme Court audio covering the entire span from October 1955 through the most recent release."
Religious Affiliation of the U.S. Supreme Court
From Adherents.com
Roe v. Wade in a Nutshell - An Edited Text
"Six Justices wrote opinions for Roe v. Wade. Altogether they verge on eighty pages in length. Here are the six opinions edited for brevity..."
From the Abortion Law page.
Same-Sex Marriage - See also our Same-Sex Marriage page.
Supreme Court Historical Society
Sections include: About the Society ; History of the Court ; How the Court Works ; Society Publications ; Learning Center ; Researching the Court.
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Archive
Federal Bulletin Board
"Supreme Court Opinions and Orders from the 1992-1993 session through the 1999-2000 session in WordPerfect 5.1, ASCII and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document (PDF) format. Current session files can now be found on the Supreme Court Web site."
U.S. Supreme Court Research - Selected Sites
LLRX.com Feature, May 15, 2002
By Elizabeth Lambert, Reference Librarian, Harvard Law School Library
U.S. Supreme Court Rules
A Hypertext Publication of Legal Information Institute
University of Washington Law Library
- Supreme Court Nominations
Sections include: Recent Nominations ; Guides ; Collections ; The Nomination Process ; Individual Justices ; The Unconfirmed ; Websites.
Prepared by Cheryl Nyberg
USSC Plus
"USSC+ is a full text database of the opinions of the United States Supreme Court...which is currently comprised of over 7,500 opinions dating from 1945."
Analysis, Commentary & Issues
American Civil Liberties Union ACLU)
American Library Association
- Notable First Amendment Court Cases
"This page contains summaries of frequently cited First Amendment cases. Arranged by topic, they cover case law issued by a variety of courts: the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court of Appeals of different Federal circuits, the District Court of several Federal districts, as well as the highest court of several states and particular appellate courts of action."
- Office for Intellectual Freedom
Brown v. Board of Education - see our separate Brown v. Board of Education page.
Common-Place: Special Issue on the Constitution
Vol. 2, No. 4, July 2002
Roundtable Discussion: The Uses & Abuses of the Constitution
"In eight paired essays, historians, political scientists, journalists, and lawyers examine the uses and abuses of the Constitution in contemporary American political affairs, from Bush v. Gore to the The Clinton Impeachment."
Sections include: Electoral College ; The Clinton Impeachment ; The Second Amendment ; Women and the Constitution.
Center for the Study of Democracy - (dead link)
University of California, Irvine
EPIC Online Guide to Privacy Resources
Includes Organizations, Printed Publications, US-Based Net Sites, Privacy Tools, Mailing Lists and Newsgroups, and Upcoming Conferences and Events
Electronic Privacy Information Center
The Founders' Constitution
"In this unique anthology, Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner draw on the writings of a wide array of people engaged in the problem of making popular government safe, steady, and accountable. The documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s, from the reflections of philosophers to popular pamphlets, from public debates in ratifying conventions to the private correspondence of the leading political actors of the day."
Web edition, University of Chicago Press and Liberty Fund
Lambda Legal
"...is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered, and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work."
- Marriage Project - (dead link)
"Lambda Legalís Marriage Project is committed to winning the right to marry for same-sex couples."
- Lawrence and Garner v. Texas - (dead link)
U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas's "Homosexuality Conduct" law (June 26, 2003).
Background on Lambda Legal's Supreme Court Case Challenging Texas's "Homosexual Conduct" Law.
- U.S. Supreme Court's Majority Opinion - (dead link) [.pdf]
- Case: Lawrence and Garner v. Texas - (dead link)
"The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments March 26, 2003 on whether Texas's 'Homosexual Conduct' law is constitutional. The law criminalizes oral and anal sex by consenting gay couples and is used widely to justify discrimination against lesbians and gay men."
Library of Congress - The Harry A. Blackmun Papers
"Harry A. Blackmun (1908-1999) was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1970 by President Richard Nixon, and he served until his retirement in 1994 at the age of 85...Blackmun is perhaps best known, however, for his landmark opinion in the abortion-rights cases of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton (1973)."
Online sections include: Oral History Videos and Transcripts ; Case Material Highlights ; Finding Aids ; Selected Bibliography.
A More Perfect Union
Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution
"This site explores a period of U.S. history when racial prejudice and fear upset the delicate balance between the rights of a citizen versus the power of the state. Focusing on the experiences of Japanese Americans who were placed in detention camps during World War II, this exhibit is a case study in decision-making and citizen action under the U.S. Constitution."
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
The National Security Archive
The George Washington University
National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
NPR - Warrantless Wiretaps: A Guide to the Debate
"The Senate held hearings Feb. 6 [2006] on the National Security Agency's domestic wiretapping program. President Bush calls the program a vital tool in the war on terror. Critics call it a breach of civil rights -- and possibly illegal. NPR examines the controversy."
- National Public Radio
PBS - America at a Crossroads
Companion website to the April 2007 series.
"...is a major public television event premiering on PBS in April 2007 that explores the challenges confronting the post-9/11 world ó including the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops serving abroad; the struggle for balance within the Muslim world; and global perspectives on Americaís role overseas."
Films include: JIHAD: The Men and Ideas behind Al Qaeda ; Warriors ; Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience ; Gangs of Iraq ; The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom ; Europe's 9/11 ; The Muslim Americans ; Faith Without Fear ; Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia ; Security versus Liberty: The Other War ; The Brotherhood.
PBS Online - Conscience and the Constitution
"In World War II, a handful of young Americans refused to be drafted from an American concentration camp. They were ready to fight for their country, but not before the government restored their rights as U.S. citizens and released their families from camp. It was a classic example of civil disobedience -- but the government prosecuted them as criminals and Japanese American leaders and veterans ostracized them as traitors. CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION delves into the heart of the Japanese American conscience and a controversy that continues today. Experience the choice faced by any group when confronted by mass injustice -- whether to comply or to resist."
[Press] The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP)
"A nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free legal assistance to journalists since 1970."
- Open Government Guide
"...a complete compendium of information on every state's open records and open meetings laws."
- Homefront Confidential
How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information and the Public's Right to Know.
6th edition, September 2005, RCFP White Paper.
Same-Sex Marriage - See our separate Same-Sex Marriage page.
Taking Back America: USA Patriot Act and Civil Liberties
Information and Resources
"This site was created to accompany panel discussion by faculty and librarians on dangers the Patriot Act poses to the American democratic experiment offered as part of the University of Washington's event, Time of Reflection: The War in Iraq."
Sections include: USA Patriot Act ; USA Patriot Act II ; Interpretations & Analysis ; Libraries & the USA Patriot Act ; Universities & the USA Patriot Act ; Government Documents ; Finding Additional Information.
- University of Washington Libraries
University of Alaska, Anchorage - Justice Center
- Focus on Gun Control - (dead link)
"...an educational resource on firearms and their regulation in Alaska and the United States. Though not exhaustive, the resources gathered here provide a foundation in understanding U.S. and Alaska law on firearms, statistics on firearms and crime, and the issues at stake in the gun control debate in the U.S."
Maintained by Melissa S. Green
University of California, Berkeley - Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Archives
"...include the best legal 'briefs,' transcripts, and motions in cases reported in the Civil Liberties Docket since 1955. For the law profession, these materials have served as a major resource for lawyers involved in civil liberties cases anywhere in the United States."
Sections include: History ; Publications ; Dockets ; Finding Aids.
University of Michigan - Information on Admissions Lawsuits (English or Spanish)
"The University of Michigan is fighting two lawsuits challenging its admission policies. This web site is provided as a resource for journalists and others who need background information."
Sections include: What's New ; FAQs ; Legal Overview ; Court Filings ; Supporting Research ; News Releases & Articles ; Statements ; Press Kits.
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