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Administrative Office of the United States Courts

American Civil Liberties Union

Extensive review of civil liberty developments and court cases in the United States from an ACLU perspective
Includes women, disabilities, immigration, privacy, death penalty
Reports on civil liberties since the terrorist attacks

Bankruptcy Court Decisions

Bankruptcy courts do not generally post opinions on their web sites
Most provide court records through the PACER service, available at the U-M Law Library

Black's Law Dictionary

Circuit and District Courts

Constitution of the United States Annotated

Constitution and Amendments annotated with references to Supreme Court cases as of 1996
Senate and Government Printing Office project
Treason is covered by Article 3, Section 3
Provides text of Constitution and historical notes

CQ Supreme Court Collection (UMich Only)

Brief analysis of cases, background readings, and links to the most important related cases
Sorts information for use by non-lawyers
Covers selected cases through 1968 and all decisions since 1969

Department of Justice

Web site includes annual reports of the Attorney General, opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel, and briefs of the Solicitor General
Crime statistics
Information on enforcing tobacco settlement and new immigration laws

Directory of Bankruptcy Courts

Famous American Trials (Linder/UMo-Kansas City)

Excerpted trial transcripts, speeches, and points of law from famous trials
Leopold and Loeb, Scopes Monkey, Rosenbergs, Amistad, Bill Haywood, Salem Witchcraft, My Lai Courts Martial, Scottsboro, Dakota Conflict, Mississippi Burning, Chicago Seven, and Johnson Impeachment
Links to other American trials include Aaron Burr, John Brown, Lincoln Assassination, Lizzie Borden, Sacco-Vanetti, Lindbergh, Alger Hiss, Charles Manson, Patty Hearst, John Hinckley, Rodney King, and O.J. Simpson