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Legal Resources Guide

America's Founding Documents

U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
The Constitution Annotated
Analysis and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

Federal Legislation

U.S. House of Representatives Legislation
Present and past legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate Legislation
Present and past legislation in the U.S. Senate

Law Library of Congress

Law Library of Congress
Main page of the law library of Congress, including resources, links, and much more
Law Library of Congress Chatbot
Instructions for the Law Library of Congress's chatbot that can connect you to primary sources of law, Law Library research guides and our foreign law reports.

Legislation in the 50 States

Legiscan.com
Current legislation in all 50 states and the U.S Congress
Openstates.org
Recently introduced and pending legislation in all 50 states
U.S. Code
The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 53 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Branch

U.S. House of Representatives
Homepage of the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. Senate
Homepage of the U.S. Senate
Find Your Representative
Tool for finding your Congressman or Congresswoman in the U.S. House of Representatives

Executive Branch

White House
Homepage of the Executive Office, including links for speeches and remarks, press briefings, statements & releases, and presidential actions.
Presidential Executive Orders
List of Executive Orders from current and former Presidents

Judicial Branch

The Supreme Court
Homepage of The Supreme Court of the United States
Oyez
Summaries and archive of the oral arguments, decisions, and votes of the SCOTUS

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