Federal Level Resources

Access the publications of the three branches of the Federal Government. This includes legislative history materials. Replaced the Federal Digital System (FDSys)."

The daily journal of the executive branch of the United States. Contains all proposed and permanent rules from government agencies as well as presidential documents. Updated 6AM weekdays (excluding federal holidays). Online since 1994. See Regulations.gov for an online forum to comment on proposed rules.

The web site of the federal executive branch of the United States of America. It's named after the official residence of the President of the United States.

Biographical information on federal Judges since 1789. From the Federal Judicial Center.

The web site of the Supreme Court of the United States includes the docket, rules, recent opinions, and the transcripts of oral arguments. Findlaw provides on incomplete collection of Supreme Court Briefs, and Justicia provides a collection of Supreme Court opinions with hyperlinks to recent oral arguments, related blogs, and other relevant resources. Oyez from Chicago-Kent College of Law provides recordings of more than 2000 hours of Supreme Court oral arguments with a synchronized transcript view since the audio recording system was installed in 1995.

Web site of the Federal Courts with links to all federal courts as well as information about briefs, fees, subpoenas, and rules. Includes the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces with appellate jurisdiction over members of the armed forces on active duty and other persons subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and a Map of the Circuit Courts.

This in the local United States District Court. Decisions for this Court may be appealed to the Unites States District Court for the Ninth Circuit.

Web portal to United States government's information, with links to all Federal agencies and departments. This includes the following: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), with its current forms and tax statistics; the State Department's Treaty Affairs with links to Treaties in Force, Recent Treaty Actions, Texts of Agreements (TIAS), and multilateral treaties for which the U.S. is a depository; the U.S. Energy Information Administration with U.S. energy statistics, and the U.S. Geological Survey's map of recent earthquakes in the United States that can be focused on particular areas.

To "further the progress of knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the American people," the Library of Congress contains links to government and copyright information, digitized American history documents, multinational materials, as well as many other resources. Congressional Documents & Debates holds documents from the Continental Congress of 1774, the Constitutional Convention, and Congress to show the formation of the United States of America’s government, and it is part of the American Memory Project.

Contains digital collections and legal research guides. Resources include the following: the Guide to Law Online with links to official web sites and guides to use them for the law of the United States as well as foreign and international legal materials; Country Studies that describe and analyze the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world; and the Global Legal Monitor that covers worldwide legal news. The blog, In Custodia Legis, can be narrowed by category to show all research guide posts.