Library Guides: Constitutional Law Reference Guide: Internet Resources

Internet Resources

Administrative Office of U.S. Courts
Anti-Federalist Papers
Opponents of ratifying the Constitution, representing various geographic, personal, and professional backgrounds expressed their concerns in the Anti-Federalist Papers (Courtesy-University of Tulsa Law School). Debate over subjects addressed in the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers continues today over 230 years later.
Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing (October 2018)
Century of Law Making for a New Nation
U.S. Congressional documents and debates 1774-1875
Constitution Annotated: Analysis & Interpretation of the United States Consitution
CSPAN Video Library Supreme Court Programming
Elliot's Debates
State constitutional convention debates on adopting the 1787 U.S. Constitution esp. Vols. 2-4.
Empirical SCOTUS
Blog and data set analyzing historical and contemporary U.S. Supreme Court topics.
Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention 1787
Federalist Papers
"Written in favour of the New Constitution" (in 1787 and 1788), the Federalist Papers explores how the American government might operate.
Federal Judicial Center
Federal Opinions Court - 7th Circuit
Govinfo
Provides one-stop access to U.S. Government legal, legislative, and regulatory information resources from 1994/95-present.

HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new window
Government, Politics & Law on the HeinOnline platform is a fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. It contains comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials, U.S. Congressional Documents and more than 2,400 scholarly journals, all of the world's constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase. HeinOnline’s Government, Politics and Law also includes special topical collections on topics like Religion and the Law, Women and the Law, History of International Law, and Criminal Justice.

Oyez Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Via Chicago Kent College of Law, Cornell University Law School
Preserving the Supreme Court
3rd report of the Continuity of Government Commission 2011
Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation: Brett Kavanaugh
Senate Judiciary Committee Investigation of Numerous Allegations Against Justice Brett Kavanaugh During the Senate Confirmation Proceedings: Memorandum to Senate Republicans from the Office of the Chairman, Senator Charles Grassley.
Slaves and the Courts 1740-1860
Library of Congress Memory Project
Supreme Court Nominee Confirmation Hearings (1971-2018)
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Sentencing Commission
U.S. Supreme Court
Via Cornell University Law School
U.S. Supreme Court (Official Website)