United States Constitutional Law and Civil Rights Legal Information

Each state of the United States has its own constitution. Like the national constitution, state constitutions establish the basic framework for governance in their state. However, state constitutions are fundamentally different than the U.S. Constitution. While the primary objective of the U.S. Constitution is to enumerate the powers of the federal government, state constitutions serve to limit state powers. Amending state constitutions is much easier than the U.S. Constitution. As a result, most state constitutions have become long and detailed. Since the 1970s, more state courts have begun to rely on their state constitutions in civil rights matters. As a result, the field of studying state constitutions is growing, and considerable information about them is available today.

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• - Forum for discussing the Constitution and Constitutional law.
  
• - from the November 1992 issue of The Law and Politics Book Review.
  
• - Fan site, and vendor of biography, for Thurgood Marshall, civil rights lawyer and the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
  
• - Internet Resources, Listserv Information, and Subject Guides.
  
• - from Dr. Travel.
  
• - Legal resources and primary materials from the Georgetown University Law Library.
  
• - Information on constitutional law.
  
• - Forum devoted to the US Constitution.
  
• - Legal resource for church leaders in the United States.
  
• - Devoted to the study of state constitutions from the United States. Located at Rutgers University in Camden.
  
• - Searchable text with amendments, including those never ratified.
  
• - from Counsel Web.
  
• - A constitutionally premised argument against welfare.
  
• - Guide to historic documents, biographies, Supreme Court decisions, and constitutional law topics.
  
• - Introducing U.S. free speech law.
  
• - Database on major constitutional cases heard by the United States Supreme Court, with multimedia resources including digital audio of oral arguments and delivery of the Court's opinion.
  
• - Background Material, Individual Decisions, and Related Material.
  
• - Chatroom.
  
• - Academic resource for information about state government.
  
• - Collection of 15 original state constitutions
  
• - A monthly reporting federal and state cases addressing the free exercise of religion, state establishment of religion, the clergy and religious institutions.
  
• - LII: An overview of constitutional law with links to key primary and secondary sources.
  
• - Archives and updates on developments in United States law, including the Supreme Court.
  
• - Professor Joseph E. Magnet is Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa.
  
• - A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy Including the Diplomatic Correspondence 1861-1865
  
• - An on-line presentation of an informational booklet compiled by the Supreme Court, detailing its history and describing the Justices.
  
• - Searchable library on ballot initiative information for all states. Advocacy group that promotes strategic discussions among progressive organizations to counter right-wing ballot measures and launch progressive initiative campaigns.
  
• - Founded by Chief Justice Warren Burger in 1974, the Society has compiled more than 400 full-text Supreme Court arguments, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
  
• - Early constitutions from 11 states
  
  

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