The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term next week. The “First Monday in October” has been the Court’s official start date for over a century and is codified at 28 U.S.C. § 2 (2012). In conjunction with the start of the new term, please see the following resources that may interest you.
Featured Resources
- 10 Fascinating Facts About the Supreme Court From the National Constitution Center
- SCOTUSblog, a well-known source of information about the Supreme Court, provides a free email daily digest (you can sign up in the footer).
- The Congressional Research Service has produced a report summarizing the significant rulings from last year’s term.
- The American Bar Association’s Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases on HeinOnline provides expert analysis of all cases before the Supreme Court before the arguments. Users may establish MyHein accounts to set up electronic table of contents (eTOC) alerts to be notified via email when new issues are available.
Library Databases
- ProQuest Supreme Court Insight Supreme Court Insight is a complete online collection of full opinions from Supreme Court-argued cases, dockets, oral arguments, joint appendices, and amicus briefs. Content associated with each case is compiled and organized to facilitate understanding of the judicial process and is also retrievable on a document-by-document basis.
- HeinOnline: U.S. Supreme Court Library Complete coverage of the official U.S. Reports bound volumes, preliminary prints, slip opinions, and books and periodicals related to the U.S. Supreme Court are included in this library.
- HeinOnline: History of Supreme Court Nominations This library features the complete print series Supreme Court of the U.S. Hearings and Reports on Successful and Unsuccessful Nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Browse by Justice option allows you to see relevant works related to that Justice, including links to articles, a bibliography of other works, and links to Scholarly Articles.
Free Resources
- U.S. Supreme Court Center | Justia Provides links to opinions and related resources
- Supreme Court Nominations | Library of Congress This Law Library of Congress website provides information on recent Supreme Court nominees.
- Oyez | Chicago-Kent, Cornell LII, Justia Oyez is a multimedia archive providing access to the U.S. Supreme Court’s audio since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. Oyez also offers transcript-synchronized and searchable audio, plain-English case summaries, illustrated decision information, and opinions.
- Landmark Cases | C-Span Produced in cooperation with the National Constitution Center, this series features landmark Supreme Court cases.
Free News Sources
- Lyle Denniston Law News Covering the courts, particularly the Supreme Court
- Howe on the Court “Covering the Supreme Court and the Judiciary in (mostly) Plain English.”
- The Supreme Court | C-Span
- The Supreme Court | NPR News