This Supreme Court case dealt with provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act conflicting with the Federal Constitution. Read the complete text of the court's opinions and decision. Registration for a free Findlaw account may be...

In this lesson plan, students will consider "The Supreme Court: The Judicial Power of the United States." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

This essay describes the power of the Supreme Court to 'check' the actions of both the President and Congress, with some historic documentation.

In this tutorial, students learn about the various levels in the federal judicial system and look at a famous Supreme Court case, Tinker v. Des Moines.

Article examining rulings by the Supreme Court and Chief William Rehnquist over the meaning of the Tenth Amendment. The author contends that Supreme Court decisions have favored states' rights over federal rights, and cites several cases...

Site that acts as an index to all the rules that govern the United States Supreme Court. Each rule can be seen in its entirety by clicking the link on the left the listed rule.

2000 general election results from the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections. Provides contextual information for the contested results and ensuing Supreme Court Case, Bush v. Gore, 2000.

This site from the Cornell University School of Law provides a brief overview of child custody with links to federal and state legislation on the topic.

The Supreme Court's opinion in Brown II reflects the struggle between federal and state governments on how and when school desegregation would occur.

Find out what the three levels of the federal court system are and how they work.

The city of Pawtucket, R. I., annually erects a Christmas display in a park owned by a nonprofit organization and located in the heart of the city's shopping district. The display includes, in addition to such objects as a Santa Claus...

Article covers the Judiciary Branch of Government, the branch that interprets the law, and its connection to the US Constitution.

Two informative charts, one of which compares the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, the other which lays out the positions of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists concerning the Constitution.

This site from the Supreme Court of the United States contains links to opinion documents from the Supreme Court.

Travel throughout the Federal Judicial Center at this site. "The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency for the federal courts." This is a comprehensive site that outlines the publications, federal judicial history...

This informative review of "Deciding to Decide: Agenda Setting in the United States Supreme Court" by H.W. Perry, Jr. describes the process of Supreme Court case selection.

A database of the rules, forms, and dockets for both the state and federal court systems.

Resource explains how during the time of the Civil War the Supreme Court used Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution to show that the Confederation formed by the seceding States had no legal existence. The site also...

Through amendments and legal rulings, the Constitution has transformed in some critical ways. The U.S. Constitution, written in 1787 and ratified by nine of the original 13 states a year later, is the world's longest-surviving written...

The Supreme Court is the highest in the land. It has nine members and decides whether laws are unconstitutional. It handles appeals from federal courts or state supreme courts. Learn more about how it works and some famous Justices.

This site from the Encyclopedia Wikipedia provides information on the Dred Scott case, as it progressed through the Missouri state court, the Federal court system, and the appeal that went to the Supreme Court.

A complete and in-depth history of the 1966 U.S. court case of Miranda v. Arizona.

This U.S. Supreme Court case declared the first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) of the New Deal illegal because of the issue of Federalism. This resource provides an abstract containing a concise summary, a link to the full text of the...

A summary of Washington's task to appoint Supreme Court and other federal judicial officials, appointments which he based on relevant experience, their support for the constitution, and on where they lived. Includes images of a...