Legislative Branch
        Congress, U.S. Code, bills.

Judicial Branch
        U.S. Supreme Court, Circuit Courts of Appeal, court rules, cases.

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research -- Courtesy of Georgia State.

U.S. Founding Documents

• Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents.-- Links to U.S. founding documents from the Magna Carta through the present.
• The Constitution at Emory -- Includes unratified amendments.
• The Constitution at the National Archives and Records Administration -- In addition to a transcription of the Constitution, site provides brief biographies of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention and signers, questions and answers about the Constitution, and high resolution images of the Constitution.
• FindLaw -- Site has the Constitution, with annotations and links to full text Supreme Court opinions from 1906 to June 29, 1992. However, this version excludes the preliminary matter, appendices, and tables available in the GPO version.
• The Declaration of Independence at the National Archives and Records Administration or the University of Mississippi.
• The Federalist Papers at the University of Oklahoma or at Emory University.

• President
  • The White House
  • Presidential Documents -- Executive orders, Office of Management and Budget circulars.
  • Line Item Veto Notices
• Agencies
  • Code of Federal Regulations
    • List of Sections Affected
  • Federal Register
  • Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual
  • Government Agency Web Sites -- Consult the following sites for links:
    • Emory University
    • Internet Legal Services
    • Library of Congress

• Thomas -- Site includes bills (1989-present), committee reports (1995-present), and the Congressional Record (1989-present). Select "Bill Summary & Status" to check on proposed legislation.
• Congressional Universe -- Restricted to use in the University of Mississippi Law School. Includes CIS legislative history from 1970 to the present, bill tracking, information about Congress, answers to frequently asked questions, and hot topics.
• U.S. Code
  To update the U.S. Code, search public laws through GPO Access or a gateway, or use the Legal Information Institute's updating service, which is available onscreen as you look at each code section.
• U.S. House of Representatives at Thomas (Library of Congress) or the U.S. House website.
• U.S. Senate home page.
• Congressional Pictorial Directory
• General Accounting Office -- GAO is the investigative arm of Congress, examining matters related to public funds. Site includes GAO reports and decisions.
• Congressional Budget Office
• Avalon Project -- Collection of statutes and reports from the Code of Hammurabi to the Manhattan Project Report on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including many U.S.-related documents. Through Yale Law School.

• U.S. Supreme Court
• Circuit Courts of Appeal
  • FindLaw
• District Courts
  • Federal Judiciary's Court Links
  • Northern District of Mississippi (August 1994- September 2000)
• Court Rules
• Federal Judiciary Home Page -- Information about the court system, court rules, statisics, links to federal court web sites, PACER (the Federal Judiciary's centralized registration, billing, and technical support center for electronic access to court records).
• Federal Judicial Center