Internet Resources
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| US Constitution: Bill of Rights |
| The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School hosts this online version of The Bill of Rights. (
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/rights1.htm
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| American Civil Liberties Union |
| Website for the ACLU featuring statements on various issues from the Death Penalty to Student Rights. Read highlights of the ACLU's actions, learn what Congress is doing about each issue, and find links to resources the Web. A special section for students includes information about participating in special programs. (
http://www.aclu.org/
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| The Oyez Project |
| Includes information on Supreme Court rulings; particularly useful when studying nineteenth-century cases. (
http://www.oyez.org
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| FindLaw: U.S. Supreme Court Rulings |
| An excellent source of information on Supreme Court and lower court rulings. (
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
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| Center for Criminal Justice Technology |
| This site is dedicated to criminal justice questions with links to many additional sites that focus on particular issues. (
http://www.noblis.org/CenterforCriminalJusticeTechnology.htm
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| FindLaw – Law, Lawyer, Lawyers, Attorney, Attorneys and Legal Resources |
| A consumer's shopping site for lawyers and the law. (
http://www.findlaw.com
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| The Fourteenth Amendment and the Incorporation Debate |
| Demonstrates the gradual application of the U.S. Bill of Rights to the states. (
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/incorp.htm
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| The Free Expression Policy Project |
| From the Brennan Center for Justice, this site has reference information on art censorship, censorship history, censorship of youth, copyright, internet, media policy, political speech, sex and censorship, and violence in the media. (
http://www.fepproject.org/
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| NCJRS – National Criminal Justice Reference Service |
| Has reference materials for law enforcement professionals and those in criminal justice, constitutional law, and law enforcements classes. (
http://www.ncjrs.org
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| Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| A vigorous defender of autonomy and freedom for cyberspace occupants. See also Electronic Privacy Information Center. (
http://www.eff.org/
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| Freedom of Information Act Page |
| Provides information on how to extract public information from federal agencies. The site is hosted from USDOJ Office of the Attorney General. (
http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/foia.htm
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| Roe v. Wade |
| From the Legal Information Institute, this site is the syllabus of the decision. (
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0410_0113_ZS.html
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| Online NewsHour Forum 25th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade – January 30, 1998 |
| Discusses a quarter-century history of the Supreme Court's abortion decision of 1973. (
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/january98/roe_1-30.html
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| Roe v. Wade: Its History and Impact |
| A supportive statement on Roe from Planned Parenthood Federation. (
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/issues-action/abortion/roe-v-wade/reports/roe-v-wade-657...
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| National Right To Life Committee, Inc. |
| A leading opponent of Roe. (
http://www.cirtl.org/nrtl.htm
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