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U.S. Federal Law
- Congress.govCongress.gov is the official source for federal legislative information. Use it to find the status of legislation, texts of bills and laws, bill sponsors, all actions taken by Congress and more.
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)The codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register. The Code is divided into 50 sections each dealing with a different section of the law (Examples: Aliens and Nationality, Public Health). Browse the titles or click on "Simple Search" to search.
- Federal RegisterThis is a searchable version of the Federal Register, the Federal Government's daily official publication of Rules, Proposed Rules, Notices of Federal Agencies, Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents.
- FindLaw: U.S. Supreme Court OpinionsFindLaw has a searchable database of Supreme Court Opinions back to 1760. You may browse the collection by year or search by party name, case title, citation, docket number or full text.
- Google ScholarTo find U.S. Case Law choose Case Law then Federal Courts.
- Legal Information Institute: Supreme CourtA useful starting place for Supreme Court Opinions, this site highlights the most recent decisions and has an archives of opinions back to 1990. The archives is searchable by topic, author and party.
- Oyez:A near-comprehensive multimedia archive of the U.S. Supreme Court. Has audio of court sessions going back to 1955. Also includes biographical information on all justices.
- Regulations.govThis site is designed for citizen participation. It provides an easy way to find out what regulations the federal government is currently proposing and gives people an easy way to comment on the proposed regulations.
- U.S. CodeThe U.S. Code of federal laws. You can search for a particular title and section, browse/read each of the fifty titles or individually search any one of them. There is also a Table of Popular Names listing the commonly known names of legislative acts.
- The United States ConstitutionFrom the U.S. Senate web site. The text of the Constitution with all amendments.
Evaluating Web Sites
How can you tell if a web site is trustworthy or not? It's not always easy, but there are things that you can look for that will help you decide.
- Who is the author? Are they qualified to talk about this subject?
- How accurate is the information? You may need to compare what you find with another source to answer this question.
- Who is the audience? This can influence how much detail is included.
- What point of view is being represented? All sites have a bias, but is it obvious or are they trying to hide something?
- How up to date is the site? Older information may no longer be accurate.
- How comprehensive is the page? Some pages may leave out critical information.