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Supreme Court

Supreme Court Opinions from 1937-1975

Supreme Court Opinions from 1992-2000

Supreme Court Opinions from 2002-2007

SCOTUS Merit briefs

Supreme Court via The Oyez Project -Audio recordings of oral arguments

Supreme Court transcripts of oral arguments

The Supreme Court: Justices, Landmark Decisions, Time lines -general overview of SCOTUS decisions

Federal District and Appeals Courts

United States Court of International Trade

United States Tax Court

The United States Marshals Service Judicial Security Process, Evaluation and Inspections Report -assessing threats to judiciary




US DOJ
Attorneys General, by State

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) -NamUs, is the first national online repository for missing persons records and unidentified decedent cases.

Federal Judicial Center -educational unit for the courts

WashLaw Web -links to all known law related material on the web

Stats

Probation and Parole in the United States, 2006 -BJS

Federal Justice Statistics

Reports

2007 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary -US Courts

Benchbook for U.S. District Court Judges, Fifth Edition -Federal Judicial Center

Unidentified Human Remains in the United States, 1980-2004

2006 Law Enforcement Deaths (U.S.)

Annual Report: Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States

CRS

U.S. Attorneys Who Have Served Less than Full Four-year Terms, 1981-2006


Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Hearings -Deals with apportionment of representatives, bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, counterfeiting, civil liberties, constitutional amendments, holidays, immigration, interstate agreements, claims against the ...

Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Web cast

Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Testimony -click on a hearing and a list of witnesses will be listed on the new page with opening statements

Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Transcripts of Hearings

Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Bills assigned to the committee

House Committee on the Judiciary: Hearings

House Committee on the Judiciary: Bills assigned

House Committee on the Judiciary: Hearings Transcripts


Bills

Bills related to the Department of Justice

Courts

Criminal procedure

District courts

Federal aid to law enforcement

Firearms

Bankruptcy courts

Civil liberties

Fraud

Government attorneys

Homicide

Informers

Judges

Juries

Law enforcement officers

Liens

Obstruction of justice

Public prosecutors

Tax courts

Victims of crimes

Weapons

Think Tanks/NGOs
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Rand Corporation-unclassified
reports

Think tanks reports

Analysis of Racial Disparities in the New York Police Department’s Stop, Question, and Frisk Practices
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« Reply #1 on Jan 26, 2006, 1:56pm »

Assisted Suicide


Gonzales v. Oregon State

The following are opinion sites for purposes of comparison:

Euthanasia ProCon.org

Compassion & Choices-Pro

Dignity in Dying-Pro

International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force-Con

Euthanasia-Con

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Scams and Frauds/Citizen Resources and Information


Better Business Bureau (BBB): Work-at-Home Schemes

Crimes of Persuasion: Schemes, Scams, Frauds

Consumer Action (CA)

Common Fraud Schemes

Fraud Types

Fraud.org -resources to recognize frauds

Internet

Internet Fraud

Anti-phising Working Group

Internet Crime Complaint Center

Stopping Unsolicited Mail, Telemarketing, and E-mail

On Gaurd on Line

Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud

Tax Frauds

Tax Fraud Alerts

IRS E-mail and Phishing Scams

Identity Theft

Identity Theft

Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)

Fight Back: What You Can Do about Identity Theft

Money

Telemarketing Fraud

"Ponzi" Scheme: A Ponzi scheme is essentially an investment fraud wherein the operator promises high financial returns or dividends not available through traditional investments.

Mortgage Fraud

Nigerian Advanced Fee Fraud

Banking Fraud

Senior Citizens

Scams Targeting Senior Citizens

Misc

If You've Got The Look, Look Out! Avoiding Modeling Scams

Student Scholarship Scams

FTC Cautions Consumers About Voter Registration Scams Have you received an unsolicited e-mail or phone call from someone who claims to represent your local election board or civic group and asks for your Social Security or credit card number to confirm your eligibility or registration to vote?
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Child Predators



National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act of 1998 -pdf

Megan's Law

Megan's Law by State

CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN: THE NATURE AND THREAT OF SEXUAL PREDATORS ON THE INTERNET -1999 sub-committee hearing

Innocent Images National Initiative

FBI Kidnapping and Missing Persons Investigations

FBI Parental Kidnappings

International-Abduction Prevention Tips

Wanted by FBI for CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

Alien Rapists, Pedophiles and Other Sexual Predators Apprehended for

Map of register offenders in your neighborhood

Code Amber

Enough.org -''dedicated to protecting children and families from the Internet dangers of pornography and sexual predators"

A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety

Know the Rules...Internet Safety Quiz for Adults

A Family Survival Guide When Your Child is Missing


Bills


Child pornography



Child sexual abuse


Child safety
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Civil Rights


Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights

U.s. Commission on Civil Rights

Civil Rights Division Criminal Section

First Freedom -religious discrimination

Disability Rights Home Page

Voting Rights

Reports

EEOC issues fact sheet on employment tests and selection procedures to screen applicants, workers

FBI 2006 Hate Crime Statistics

Fact Sheet: Hate Crimes and Prosecution of Civil Rights Violations

Stats

Hate Crimes

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Civil Rights Opinions



Bills

Civil liberties

Civil Rights

Civil rights enforcement

General Information

Unseen. Unforgotten -unpublished photographs from the Civil Rights era

Think tanks, NGOs, PACs, and Lobby groups

Think tanks/NGOs

Center for Equal Opportunity -anti-affirmative action

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights -pro-affirmative action
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CSI


Crime Library: Literary Forensics -discusses handwriting analysis used in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, the Unabomber case, the JonBenet Ramsey murder, and the Hitler diaries.

A Free And Comprehensive Guide To The World Of Forensic Science

Handwriting, Typewriting, Shoeprints, and Tire Treads:
FBI Laboratory's Questioned Documents Unit
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Crimes


Department of Justice-see first post

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Office for Victims of Crime

Human Smuggling and Trafficking -Section 7202 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

United States Sentencing Commission

Office for Victims of Crime

Stats

Criminal Victimization, 2006 -BJS

Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants in State Courts -Bureau of Justice Statistics

Crime in the United States, 2006

Uniform Crime Reports

Homicide Trends in the United States

Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report

2007 Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice Annual Recommendations Report to the President and Congress of the United States

Latest Federal Criminal Enforcement Data from TRAC

Trends in Crime and Justice

Drugs and Crime Facts

National Threat Assessments -This site provides National Drug Threat Assessments, which are designed to give policy makers "a timely, predictive report on the threat of drugs, gangs, and violence."

Reports

Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress -CRS

How Crime in the United States Is Measured -CRS

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007 -NCES

2007 Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice Annual Recommendations Report to the President and Congress of the United States

Trafficking in Persons Report 2007

General Information

Fight Trafficking in Persons

Be Crime Smart: Advice from the FBI

Congress

Judiciary committees listed in first post

Bills

Criminal justice

Victims of Crime
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Constitution


National Constitution Center -Congress mandated this "independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization to increase awareness and understanding of the US Constitution, the Constitution's history, and the Constitution's relevance

Popular Names of Sections and Clauses of the US Constitution

The Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline -interactive includes headlines, audios, news stories, point & counterpoint debates.

Constitution Finder -constitutions of all nations
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Abortion


States with Parental Notification Laws

Roe in a NutshellAll SCOTUS decisions on Abortion

Gonzales v. Carhart -SCOTUS decision on federal ban on partial birth abortions: pdf

Abortions Up Under Bush?

Committees:
Senate Judiciary-see first post for info on this committee.
House Judiciary-see first post for info on this committee.

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Hearings-Writes legislation about interstate and foreign commerce, energy generation and conservation, travel and tourism, and consumer protection.

House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Hearings Testimony

House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Bills assigned

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Hearings

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: bills assigned

Bills:
Pending legislation related to abortion

Think tanks and NGOs

NRLA Pro-choice -Pro abortion. Opinion

Planned Parenthood Pro-choice. Opinion

National Right to Life -Pro-life. Opinion
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Immigration


Immigration and Naturalization Service

Executive Office for Immigration Review (US Justice Dept.)

US Customs & Border Protection (CBP)

Guestworker Programs -Foreign labor certification programs permit U.S. employers to hire foreign workers on a temporary or permanent basis to fill jobs essential to the U.S. economy.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

ICE Most Wanted -pdf

Reports

Removing Aliens from the United States: Judicial Review of Removal Orders -CRS

Trends in Naturalization Rates (U.S.) -DHS

Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation -CRS

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Performance and Accountability Report 2007 -DHS

The Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments -CBO

ICE Fugitive Operations Teams arrest more than 30,000 in FY 2007

Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion and Removal of Aliens-CRS

Point Systems for Immigrant Selection: Options and Issues -CRS

Immigration Fraud: Policies, Investigations, and Issues

USDOJ: What We Do: Fight Trafficking in Persons

GAO

Immigration

Stats

Yearbook of Immigration Statistics

This report provides estimates of the number of unauthorized immigrants residing in the United States as of January 2006

Immigration Statistics

Asylum Statistics

Supreme Court
(look in right column for list of cases. The middle column may contain links to cases that may be of interest to you)

Criminal Procedure: Immigration

Immigration and Naturalization, Citizenship

Illegitimates, Rights of


Congress
Committee-Judiciary (see first post above)

Bills
Pending bills related to immigration


Think tanks, NGOs, PACs, and Lobbyist

Think tanks and NGOs
(Read about precautions with these groups here)

Brookings Institution -Liberal

Urban Institute -pro
reports

National Immigration Law Center-Our mission is to protect and promote the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their family members. NILC staff specialize in immigration law and the employment and public benefits rights of immigrants.

American Civil Liberties Union: Immigrants Rights -pro

National Council of La Raza -pro

Federation for American Immigration Reform: The site addresses immigration issues (including national security and FAIR's support of a plan to curtail immigration) and provides some data as well as analysis of current immigration reform legislation.

Minuteman Project -reform

Center for Immigration Studies -reform

Think Tank Reports

Reforming U.S. Immigration Policy: Open New Pathways to Integration -The Brookings Institution

Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America’s Children -NCLR/Urban Institute
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Death Penalty


U.S. Supreme Court Decisions in re Capital Punishment

Stats

Capital Punishment Statistics

Race and the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty in Federal Cases

Bills

Capital punishment

Think tanks, NGOs, PACs, and Lobby groups

Pro-death penalty

Death Penalty Info Center - Great Facts & Figures -anti-death penalty
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Civil Justice

Stats
Civil Justice Statistics

Medical Malpractice Insurance Claims in Seven States, 2000-2004

Think tanks, NGOs, PACs, and Lobby groups

The Institute for Civil Justice
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Frauds and Scams: Justice


DOJ Fraud

Stats

FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center 2006 Statistics

Idenity Thief

DOJ Criminal Division, Fraud Section Identity Theft

Reports

The President’s Identity Theft Task Force -FTC. Staff Summary of Comments and Information Received Regarding the Private Sector’s Use of Social Security Numbers

Fact Sheet: the Work of the President's Identity Theft Task Force

A National Strategy to Combat Identity Theft -pdf

National Center for Prosecution of Identity Crime

Stats

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Identity Theft, 2004

Bills

Fraud
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International Justice

International Criminal Court (ICC)

International Court of Justice

International Law Commission

International Criminal Tribune for the Former Yugoslavia(ICTY)


Reports

International Criminal Court for 2006/2007
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Schools & Colleges Crime

STATS

Campus Security Statistics

Reports

Crime in Schools and Colleges: A Study of Offenders and Arrestees Reported via National Incident-Based Reporting System Data

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