Executive Branch and Media Resources
Supreme
Court and Legal Research Resources
1. VCU Webpage
on Congressional Resources.
Start here for a wealth of legislative and governmental
resources available on the web and in print.
2. Library of Congress, Thomas. Legislative Information on the Internet.
3. United States House of Representatives
5. Congressional Research Service Reports. Selected full-text reports in the following categories: floor proceedings, special rules, the budget process, relations with the Senate, Presidential relations, house committees, introduction and origin of legislative measures, and more.(Requires Adobe Acrobat software to view documents.)
Executive Branch and Media Resources on the Internet
Executive Branch and Presidency
1. The White House.
The official web site of the White House.
2. C-SPAN Daily
White House Briefings.
This web site contains RealVideo archives of recent
White House press briefings.
3. This Week at the White House.
Look here for weekly presidential information, including
presidential remarks, proclamations, press briefings, radio
addresses, and more.
4. Public
Papers of the Presidents of the United States.
Searchable database of public papers of U.S. presidents.
5. Weekly Compilation
of Presidential Documents.
Includes statements, messages, and other presidential
material released by the White House since 1993.
6. American Presidents:
Life Portraits.
C-SPAN's web site to accompany their television
series on the American presidents. Includes biographical facts, key events
of each presidency, presidential places, and reference materials.
7. Official
U.S. Executive Branch Web sites.
This page is maintained by the Library of Congress
and provides links to federal departments and their agencies, independent
agencies, boards, commissions, and quasi-official agencies.
8. National First Ladies' Library.
Media Resources
1. Newslink
Links to numerous U.S. newspapers, radio stations,
television stations, and a variety of additional resources.
2. Cable News Network.
A continually updated news site featuring live streaming
video, audio packages, and searchable archives of news features and background
information
3. National Public Radio.
Coverage of the latest developments in U.S. and
world news, business and technology, health, science, and the arts.
4. Newspaper Links.
A comprehensive gateway to newspaper web sites around
the world.
5. Online Newspapers.
A searchable database of worldwide newspapers.
6. U.S. Newswire.
News coverage of all three branches of government.
Supreme Court and Legal Research Resources
1. The
Supreme Court of the United States.
The official government web
site for the United States Supreme Court. This website offers information
about the Court's docket, oral arguments, court rules, and opinions handed
down by the Court.
2. Office of the Solicitor General.
Links to activities of the U.S. Office of the Solicitor
General, including access to Supreme Court briefs filed.
3. On the Docket.
This site is maintained by the Medill School of
Journalism at Northwestern University and includes a wealth of information
about cases recently filed and decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
4. Federal Judiciary
of the U.S.
This site provides links to
the United States Supreme Court, the US Courts of Appeals, and the US District
Courts. In addition, the site serves as a clearinghouse for information
from and about the US federal judiciary.
5.
The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School.
This site allows users to
search for cases and also provides information about current and former
Supreme Court justices, the court calendar, court rules, and other general
information pertaining to the Court.
6. The
Oyez Project at Northwestern University.
This web site includes links
to full text Supreme Court cases, including some with audio taped oral
arguments.
7. Findlaw.
Findlaw allows users to search for cases heard by
lower courts as well as the Supreme Court.
8. USA Today.
Supreme Court Section.
USA Today provides useful summaries of many recent
court decisions.
9.
Washington Post. Supreme Court Section.
The Washington Post follows the activities of the
Court and provides links to the Supreme Court docket, the Court schedule,
briefs filed by petitioners, respondents, and amicus curiae groups and
more.
10. Legal Research
Guide
Written by Dr. Kimi King, Associate Professor of
Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of North
Texas. Although the research guide is written for Dr. King's students in
particular, there are numerous suggestions that should be helpful to anyone
carrying out legal research.
11. Duhaime's Law Dictionary.
A law dictionary written in plain English.