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The United States Constituion
Executive Branch	Legislative Branch	Judicial Branch
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Executive Branch
	POTUS (President of the United States) A great site from the Internet Public Library. Here is information on the Presidents, Vice Presidents, members of the Cabinet, with biographies, notable events, etc.
	The Official White House Site. The President's own web site, with lots of information about what's happening in the Oval Office
	The Presidents of the United States The official White House site of Presidential Biographies
	Google Web Links to US Presidents The Google Directory list of Web Links to Presidential Biographies.

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Legislative
	CHHS Library Online Encyclopedias. Go to this page for the electronic World Book and the Encyclopedia Americana.
	Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Part of the CHHS Virtual Library.
	Congress.org. The Web site for finding information about elected and appointed officials. Use the menu bar along the right-hand site to search for government officials from all branches and all levels of government
	FirstGov. A search engine for millions of U.S. Government Web pages.
	A map of your Congressional District Click on the link for OH
	United States House of Representatives. The Official Web site of the House of Representative
	United States Senate. The Official Web site of the Senate
	Congressional Quarterly: Politics in America: The 111th Congress. Includes profiles of the 535 members and candid analysis of personalities, political styles, legislative agendas, political ambitions, and reputations of members at home and on Capitol Hill. Part of the CHHS Virtual Library.
	US Legislative Resources on the Internet from BGSU
	Biographical Directory of the Congress of the United States. A biography of every member of Congress, from 1774.

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Judicial Branch
	U.S. Supreme Court The official Supreme Court Site
	Supreme Court Justice Biographies Biographies of members of the Supreme Court, from Oyez.org
	Landmark Supreme Court Cases.
	The Oyez Project An excellent site, with text of the decisions, how the justices voted, and recordings of the oral arguments and commentaries
	Selected Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court This site lists over 600 historic Supreme Court cases, from 1783 to 1990, organized by topic ("abortion", "voting rights", "mental illness"), by case name ("party name"), or by opinion author. Includes a brief synopsis, and opinions of all the justices. Watch the dates to stay within the assigned range.
	Supreme Court Decisions 1990 to the Present This site has all the Supreme Court cases from 1990 to the present, including published information on cases from the current term. Use the index in the right hand margin for cases during this period by topic, by party, and by year.
	FindLaw Another way to approach Supreme Court cases. This site uses parts of the Constitution to organize the Court cases, arranging cases by the Article or Amendment they affected. Each topic includes a discussion of the development of the law, as reflected in the court decisions, as it pertains to the Article or Amendment, with links to the specific cases mentioned in the discussion. Each specific case includes a brief synopsis of the facts, and the important opinions.
	FindLaw by Citation This site is useful if you know the name of the case you want to research, because it has a citation search engine, and a party name search engine. Enter one of the parties, or the citation, and you'll find the case.
	Federal Legal Information Through Electronics (FLITE) Search and View Full Text of Supreme Court Decisions Issued between 1937 and 1975. DO NOT PRINT THE ENTIRE DECISION!! Select and print the part that is most useful to you.


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