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Mr. Bennett’s Guide to the Supreme Court on the Web

                                                        
Mr. Bennett’s Guide
to the
Supreme Court on the Web
 
Here are some of the best websites for doing  
research on Supreme Court Cases:

California State Resource Page (Rominger Legal): Offers many links to researching California law.
 
FedWorld.gov (United States Department of Commerce)
 
Find Law : for Legal Professionals
 
Legal Information Institute (Cornell University)
 
 
OYEZ: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia
 
 
 
 
Why use these sites? 
These sites are helpful in supplementing the print material when students are engaged in lessons surrounding the following California State Standards, Principles of American Democracy:
  • 12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.
  • 12.5.3  Evaluate the effects of the Court's interpretations of the Constitution in Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and United States v. Nixon, with emphasis on the arguments espoused by each side in these cases.
  • 12.5.4  Explain the controversies that have resulted over changing interpretations of civil rights, including those in Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, and United States v. Virginia (VMI).