Almanac
Source: Information Please
Summary: A part of the Pearson Education Company, Infoplease is an extensive, free online almanac. The Supreme Court entry includes links to facts about the Supreme Court, profiles of current and past Justices, and notable decisions of the Supreme Court grouped by term, ranging from the 1996-1997 term to the 2007-2008 term.
Summary: A part of the Pearson Education Company, Infoplease is an extensive, free online almanac. The Supreme Court entry includes links to facts about the Supreme Court, profiles of current and past Justices, and notable decisions of the Supreme Court grouped by term, ranging from the 1996-1997 term to the 2007-2008 term.
Online Encyclopedias
Supreme Court, United States
Source: Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition via INSPIRE
Summary: Describes the establishment of the Supreme Court under Article 3 of the Constitution. Highlights the functions of the Court and breaks down its history into eras. Provides a bibliography at the end of the article.
Source: Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition via INSPIRE
Summary: Describes the establishment of the Supreme Court under Article 3 of the Constitution. Highlights the functions of the Court and breaks down its history into eras. Provides a bibliography at the end of the article.
Supreme Court of the United States
Source: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia via INSPIRE
Summary: Details significant Supreme Court decisions since the establishment of the Court. Lists all justices who have served on the Court along with their home state, years served on the Supreme Court, and birth and death dates. Justices named in the body of the article are hyperlinked to separate biographical articles.
Source: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia via INSPIRE
Summary: Details significant Supreme Court decisions since the establishment of the Court. Lists all justices who have served on the Court along with their home state, years served on the Supreme Court, and birth and death dates. Justices named in the body of the article are hyperlinked to separate biographical articles.
Government Websites & Documents
Source: Supreme Court of the United States
Summary: Biographies and photographs of the sitting Justices of the Supreme Court on the Court's official website. Also includes the biographies of three recently retired justices.
Branches of Government
Source: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Summary: Targeted to high school students, this resource describes the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. Government. It includes a link to a PDF of a portion of the U.S. Government Manual, which begins with the full text of the Constitution and then features a diagram of the functions of the three branches of government on page 21.
Constitution of the United States
Source: National Archives
Summary: Image of the original copy of the United States Constitution, the document that established the Supreme Court and guides all of its decisions. Accompanied by a summary of the history of the Constitution.
Search and View Full Text of Supreme Court Decisions Issued between 1937 and 1975
Source: FedWorld, U.S. Department of Commerce
Summary: Database of documents that contain the full text of 7,407 Supreme Court Decisions. The database can be searched by case name or by a keyword search of the full text of the transcripts.
Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate
Source: Denis Steven Rutkus, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
Summary: Describes the role of the President of the United States to nominate a new justice to the Supreme Court in the event of a vacancy. Explains the role of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate debate and confirmation vote in order to establish the appointment of a new justice.
Supreme Court Justices: Demographic Characteristics, Professional Experience, and Legal Education, 1789-2010
Source: Congressional Research Service
Summary: Analyzes the demographics of current and past Supreme Court Justices, including race, ethnicity, gender, religion, prior political and military experience, judicial experience, and legal training. Includes graphs to illustrate each of these categories, based on demographics from four separate time periods throughout the Court's history.
The Supreme Court of the United States
Source: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Summary: Describes the Senate Judiciary Committee's role in evaluating and questioning the person nominated by the President to fill a vacancy in the Supreme Court. Provides links to other resources, including the history of the Supreme Court, transcripts of Judiciary Committee hearings, and Senate votes on nominations to the Supreme Court.
U.S. Supreme Court- Cases Filed and Disposition: 1980 to 2010
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2012
Summary: Table containing statistics reflecting the number of cases heard by the Supreme Court. Includes the total number of cases on the docket, cases acted on, cases dismissed or disposed of, and cases decided.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2012
Summary: Table containing statistics reflecting the number of cases heard by the Supreme Court. Includes the total number of cases on the docket, cases acted on, cases dismissed or disposed of, and cases decided.
General Information
Checks and Balances
Source: Dr. Paul M. Johnson of Auburn University
Summary: This entry in Dr. Johnson's Glossary of Political Economy Terms describes the relationship between the three branches of U.S. Government as it was laid out by the Framers of the Constitution. Below the article are links to entries for related terms, including "separation of powers" and "judicial review."
Meet the Supreme Court
Source: iCivics
Summary: Briefly describes the process of nomination to the Supreme Court and displays a group picture of the current Court. Includes links to biographies of current and recently retired Supreme Court justices. iCivics was founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to increase citizens' knowledge of and participation in civic responsibility.
Source: Dr. Paul M. Johnson of Auburn University
Summary: This entry in Dr. Johnson's Glossary of Political Economy Terms describes the relationship between the three branches of U.S. Government as it was laid out by the Framers of the Constitution. Below the article are links to entries for related terms, including "separation of powers" and "judicial review."
Meet the Supreme Court
Source: iCivics
Summary: Briefly describes the process of nomination to the Supreme Court and displays a group picture of the current Court. Includes links to biographies of current and recently retired Supreme Court justices. iCivics was founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to increase citizens' knowledge of and participation in civic responsibility.
Articles
Source: Time Magazine via INSPIRE Military & Government Collection
Summary: Summarizes the history of United States Presidents' Supreme Court nominations. Includes the full text of the article but not the images that were printed with the article when it was published.
Summary: Summarizes the history of United States Presidents' Supreme Court nominations. Includes the full text of the article but not the images that were printed with the article when it was published.
Source: U.S. News & World Report via INSPIRE Military & Government Collection
Summary: Discusses some of the historic battles between U.S. Presidents and the Senate over nominations to the Supreme Court. Includes stories of George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, and John Tyler and the difficulties they had getting their nominees onto the Court. The full text article does not included the images that originally accompanied it.
Source: FDCH Congressional Testimony via INSPIRE Military & Government Collection
Summary: Transcript of Senator Patrick Leahy's opening statement of the Senate Judiciary hearing to consider President Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to be a Supreme Court Justice. The 2010 speech includes the history of women serving on the Court as well as Senator Leahy's personal beliefs regarding the responsibility of Supreme Court Justices.
Summary: Transcript of Senator Patrick Leahy's opening statement of the Senate Judiciary hearing to consider President Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to be a Supreme Court Justice. The 2010 speech includes the history of women serving on the Court as well as Senator Leahy's personal beliefs regarding the responsibility of Supreme Court Justices.
Subscription Databases
Source: Gale U.S. History in Context
Summary: Lengthy article about the Judicial Branch of United States Government. Includes a discussion of the Supreme Court's responsibility to interpret and uphold the original intent of the Constitution. Concludes with a bibliography of books and websites.
Summary: Covers Supreme Court decisions in a searchable database. Includes twenty-one years of case summaries, essays, trends, and tables. Subscriptions are available on both an individual and institutional level.
Source: Congressional Quarterly Press
Summary: Over 10,000 lists of government agencies and organizations. Includes summaries of Supreme Court activities, among many other government-related topics. Provides up-to-date contact information for government officials and employees. Available in print or as an online database. The database is searchable by name, organization, or subject index.
Summary: Over 10,000 lists of government agencies and organizations. Includes summaries of Supreme Court activities, among many other government-related topics. Provides up-to-date contact information for government officials and employees. Available in print or as an online database. The database is searchable by name, organization, or subject index.
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