There are thousands of useful U.S. government web sites. In the center box you will find a few of the most helpful and most used. Please contact me if you would like further assistance.
Take a look at web resources:
- CRS Annotated Constitution
From the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University from content prepared by the Congressional Research Service(CRS) at the Library of Congress. "This edition is a hypertext interpretation of the CRS text. It links to Supreme Court opinions, the U.S. Code, and the Code of Federal Regulations, as well as enhancing navigation through linked footnotes and tables of contents."
- INational Constitution Center
Lets you search the Constitution by keyword, topic, and Supreme Court decisions.
- Constitution with index and Declaration of Independence
Pocket size guide to the Constitution in a PDF file.
- Primary Documents in American History: United States Constitution from the Library of Congress
Links to a variety of online resources including items in the American Memory Historical Collections (e.g., Max Farrand's The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787.
- ConstitutionFacts
Quizzes, puzzles, quotes, important dates, etc.
- Constitution Project
"A bipartisan nonprofit organization that seeks consensus on controversial legal and constitutional issues through a unique combination of scholarship and activism." Initiatives include: War Powers, Liberty and Security, Death Penalty, Courts, Constitutional Amendments, Right to Counsel, and Sentencing.
- The Founders' Constitution
A joint venture of the University of Chicago Press and the Liberty Fund, this anthology features the writings of people who impacted the creation of the U.S. Constitution.
- The Constitution: That Delicate Balance
The Emmy Award winning, 13 part video instructional series on the American Constitution produced in 1984 by “Columbia University Seminars on Media and Society." A free online registration links college and high school students and adult learners to these one hour dialogues. Each explores the Constitution as it relates to a realistic hypothetical scenario. Discussion participants include important national players of that time, drawn from government, business and journalism, with program introductions by television pioneer, Fred W. Friendly.
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