Federal Government Resources
- United States Constitution
- Text:
- Constitution United States Government Printing Office (FDsys)
- Constitution Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)
- Other images:
- Constitution at the National Archives
- Constitution at the Library of Congress (World Digital Library)
- Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention documents
- Amendments
- Bill of Rights at the National Archives
- Bill of Rights and other amendments at Cornell's Legal Information Institute
- Federal Case Law via Fastcase.com
- Law Library Subscribers Only. Includes case law from Federal appellate, district, bankruptcy, and tax courts, as well as 50 states.
- Search Supreme Court Opinion since 1893 (Findlaw)
- Browse Supreme Court Opinions (Official site)
- Download the Full Text Opinions as bound in the official U.S. Reports, from volume 502 (1991) to the present.
- Court Rules
- Supreme Court Briefs
- A selection of briefs submitted to the Supreme Court, analyzed and hosted by the American Bar Association Division of Public Education
- Supreme Court Docket Report
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- 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee)
- Search Opinions since 1994.
- Local Rules
- Forms and Notices
- Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Rules
- Ohio District Courts
- Northern | Bankruptcy
- Southern | Bankruptcy | Probation
- Kentucky District Courts
- Eastern | Bankruptcy
- Western | Bankruptcy | Probation
- Michigan District Courts
- Eastern | Bankruptcy | Probation
- Western | Bankruptcy
- Tennessee District Courts
- Eastern | Bankruptcy
- Middle | Bankruptcy | Probation and Pre-trial
- Western | Bankruptcy | Probation
- 7th Circuit of Appeals (Indiana, Illinois & Wisconsin)
- Indiana District Courts
- Northern | Northern Bankruptcy | Northern Pre-Trial/Probation
- Southern | Southern Bankruptcy | Southern Pre-Trial/Probation
- Illinois District Courts
- Northern | Northern Bankruptcy | Northern Probation | Northern Pre-Trial
- Central | Central Bankruptcy
- Southern | Southern Bankruptcy | Southern Pre-Trial/Probation
- Wisconsin District Courts
- Eastern | Eastern Bankruptcy | Eastern Pre-Trial/Probation
- Western | Western Bankruptcy | Western Pre-Trial/Probation
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- U.S. Code (USC) (House of Representatives)
- Codified laws of the United States.
- Alternate site: U.S. Code (USC) (Cornell Law School)
- For the U.S. Constitution and Amendments see the Constitution Tab
- U.S. Code Table of Popular Names
- Prior Versions of the U.S. Code
- Search prior versions of the U.S. Code, going back to 1988.
- U.S. Session Law
- Search the public laws, as passed and prior to codification, from 1973 to the present.
- Library of Congress
- Legislative site, including bill summaries, text, committee reports, and more.
- House of Representatives | Senate
- The official sites for the two chambers of the United States Legislature.
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (GPO)
- Codification of Federal regulations
- Alternate site: Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (Cornell Law School)
- Federal Register (GPO: 1994-present)
- Alternate site: Federal Register (Findlaw: 1995-present)
- Cabinet and Executive Offices
- This information, hosted at the White House Web site, details information about the Executive branch.
- Executive Orders
- Orders of the President of the United States, going back to 1937.
- Executive Agencies Directory
- This listing, provided by the Library of Congress, breaks out all agencies, like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Justice, as well as many of the specific entities that have valuable legal information, like the Patent and Trademark Office,Occupational Saftey and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
General Federal Resources
- USA.gov
- A gateway site to all kinds of information related to the Federal government (formerly known as Firstgov.gov)
- Federal Digital System (FDsys) formally known as "Government Printing Office" Access Online
- A number of special collections, databases, and other information managed by the GPO.
- Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook
- A frequently updated guide to information about countries, including imports, exports, and other geographic, economic, and cultural facts.
- Law Library of Congress
- Congress established its Law Library in 1832, recognizing its need for ready access to reliable legal materials. The Law Library has grown over the years to become the world’s largest law library, with a collection of over 2.65 million volumes spanning the ages and covering virtually every jurisdiction in the world.