Learning Activity: Supreme Court Websites
For further information about the United States Supreme Court teachers and students can visit a number of websites. These sites contain information about the history of the Court, its roles and powers, and its decisions. These websites include:
- Supreme Court of the United States, official site: www.supremecourtus.gov
- Landmark decisions of the Supreme Court: www.landmarkcases.org
- Audio recordings and transcripts of decisions: www.oyez.org (Northwestern University)
- History of the Supreme Court: www.historyofsupremecourt.org (PBS) and www.supremecourthistory.org (The Supreme Court Historical Society)
- In-depth collection of Supreme Court decisions: www.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html (Cornell University’s Legal Information Institute)
- Supreme Court briefs: http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/
- News about the Supreme Court: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/currentawareness/ussupremes.php (University of Pittsburgh, School of Law)
- Supreme Court preview of cases: www.abanet.org/publiced/preview (American Bar Association).