The number of websites relating to U.S. Constitutional Law is overwhelming.
Herewith a few particularly useful or interesting ones with which a student (or
anyone else) can begin. This page is under construction and I expect to add to
it from time to time.
· The Cornell Law School's Legal
Information Institute maintains a comprehensive page on Constitutional Law,
with a nice little overview and links to sources on all dimensions of the
subject, from documents to cases to web pages of a variety of organizations and
individuals devoted to information and advocacy about the constitution. It is
probably the best place for a student to start.
· FindLaw.com maintains a Constitutional Law Center, which
includes an up-to-date source on the current docket (including briefs and
orders) and past decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, texts of founding
documents, information about the Court, its members, its rules of procedure,
discussion forums, and so on.
· Professor Doug Linder of the
University of Missouri-Kansas City maintains a fascinating site for students
called "Exploring
Constitutional Conflicts" emphasizing constitutional history,
with both original pages (including several quiz games to test and add to your
store of constitutional lore) and many links to other sources on the Court, the
Justices, the Constitution and famous cases.
Historical Documentation
·
Because constitutional law is inseparable from
historical context, it is worthwhile to consult a couple of sources for
historical documentation relating to constitutional issues. Two sites, both including federal and state
constitutions and related documents in a far more comprehensive collection, are
particularly notable for the history buff:
o The Avalon Project at Yale
Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy, which includes, for
example, a collection on The American
Constitution: A Documentary Record
o The
Library of Congress’s American Memory collection, which includes
extensive documentation of the Continental Congress and the
Constitutional Convention and related materials.
Current Events and Commentary: The Blogosphere
·
Weblogs on
constitutional law are also legion, engaged in a continuous
dialogue/discussion/debate on current issues.
Herewith precisely “a few”, each of which includes extensive
links to other blogs and other sources along with the
opinions of the bloggers:
o The SCOTUSblog,
sponsored by the law firm of Akin Gump and maintained by a number of lawyers
and professors based primarily in Washington
o Balinization,
founded by Prof. Jack M. Balkin of Yale Law School
o The Volokh Conspiracy,
founded by Prof. Eugene Volokh of UCLA Law School